New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-05


MOST IMPORTANT
EVENT or THE
WEEK.
Sunday February 4. p. III.
The United States Treasurer received last week
tro,n customs S2.5!i.99l; from internal revenue
90 5sa0oi. and from miscellaneous sources $''4'-
sc- total from ALL $5S7S.552, against $1'oI'--o III
tho preceding week. Receipts from cuatoiEs c"ii-
,,nue steadily TO shrink. while those from inter-
"a, revenue are increasing and tend to make
good the loss. -
Tho weekly Treasury statement SHOWS an III
crease Of sl93. 404 IN the net cash in vaul's ana
,.h IN increase Of S2759 900 in deposits in Ma
.,o,o,hanks thenet cash balances were strength
- h,, si7O31O Tho largest increase Was IN the
ia balance but this was on account or S@VVO'-
oon donosited at the Sub-TreasUry iii this city on
,rbrrs(,av. in payment Of subscriptions 10 the
or, Government loan. Subsequent deposits 90
90, annear. of course in the present statement.
rn. nrincipai changes in the vault balances
,.ora made NJ as follows gain IN the gold
holorca of s2794S6, by an increase Of Al4SS6o
l.. coi, and bullion, with a reduction OF Sl5oiZ'
-. ,,o or,ornt of outstanding certificates; q loss
t. ,be silver balance os $96O.6G2. by an increase
=, :, AGO O22 in outstanding certificates. less a
Gain If sos $50 in coin and bullion. and gam
IN the legal-tender balance of $1s,OS6 Dy an IN
crease of s2CO9.0G6 in notes. minus an issue OF
90 .oo ooo IN currency certificates. In National
hank notes there was a further gain OF $"'fq'o'
treasury notes issued under the law Of 1890, 10
the amount Of $2.s71 were returned IN the
ordinary course of business, but others amount
too 70 s197 O99 were reissued and the volume
If these notes in circulation was increased by
se4 a2S The Treasury's liability Cor the re-
demption Of National bank notes was only
slightly increased and the deposits Of lawful
money on that account amounted az the end OF
the week to s24. 49il37
Subjoined is Saturdays statement compared
with that Of January p: - ,,,.,,o
Jan. -. FEB. j. D'lere"ces'
Cola coin and bull
c csn 's . SCI l3l5Gl sGs4lloJO Inc. N.2794sG
s; nsa notes; , :G ~ , sS5i De- Dec %
,jsca te rs. sssi742 7724oso Dec. goo Geo
Cash IN Treas. 800 s47 eC2 s9Go4i sl9S,4oa
banks va. 1i4o2sso n7c9 sl5 Inc. 27oeoG
ro,a, balance .sIo7 10000 slo7slI2il Si7o.ao
serve ........ 100 900 900 100000 .......
Ne, cash ball.. s734o9ol szsllcll Inc. si'c.Sio
BANK CONDITIONS COMPARED.
Rvthe operations Of the New-Yor Sub-Treasury
IN the week ended Friday night, which included
navments OF s14 1850 for purchased bonds, the as
soc,ated banks lost sl35161O3. but Of this amount
S9 100000 was deposited in the Sub-Treasury
on account Of subscriptions TO the new Govern
ment loan AS these deposits were made near
the close Of the business week. they counted Tor
little in the weekly bank statement publshed
Yesterday, which showed an average gain IN cash
of ss6OS 5OO The inflow OF money from the coun-
try Is steadily diminishing in volume, chiefly IN
consequence Of the reduction In interest on de-
posits made by many OF the city banks. The
changes in the items Of the statement were not
large. An increase in loans OF s'oS,9Oo was a
hopeful sign but il was only about one-hfth or
the gain in cash. The statement was suihclent-
~ consistent in its details. The result OF all the
changes was a further gain of S2,oSOOOO In the
surplus reserve and the banks now hold in ex-
cess Of legal requirements sl11,623.OOO, against $lS
654 900 In the corresponding week year ago anu
$33441,425 at the same time IN the pfeceuihs
year. 81, , l..
The changes in the corresponding week IN
three preceding years were as follows: los5-
loans Increased s9,7303O0 cash decreased s2,Slo.-
300 deposits increased $50 900. ana surplus re-
serve decreased $4,4S9.300; 1Ss2-loans lncreaseu
81 070 9OO cash decreased s11l3,SOO; deposits m
saS7sz75; issl-ioans Increased 100. cash de-
creased s2.275.sOO. deposits Increased S0ZSo'VV'
and surplus reserve decreased $370O450.
subjoined is Saturdays statement. compared
with the corresponding dates of the preceding
two years: ~ -, rn ~,
roan. .S46O 653 600 SAGA $1,000 Sily53V."O
Specie AZ So AZ. s.s,
Legatcnders ~ 4W ny 10 oto 10
Sssssits ss5s ''3 saS$S Ss5S
The following shows the relation between the
total reserve and the total deposits at the re-
spective dates:
cnoc,s Sill eoo 200 $s33G1 500 si20.55s.oo0
IpeaI,enders .... 30 293 400 50 l01O 12O,UlG,2DD
psservs ~ sl62 2s5, 600 $l42 5229 800 s2i9,575.l 100
L required ,oo COO ooo o-o ,oo
e,,,,s - sag 441425 sls654O0O Sill. G23.OOO
ouIP.us '''''''''' 45.2
The following table shows the percentage OF
reserve held for each bank. 1t should be OBJ
served the National banks are required 10 Keep
q reserve of % per cent and State banks one Oh
Is per cent: , r.,os,,s d.
Banks Loans. Specie Ieeals. Deposits ~:
b YNBA11 $50 900 3.3300D0 22lOOC0 i54lOOo9 81 %
Nj, Nat GAG 400 1893 600 247G.40O 12,31S 800 IL
Meb Nat $4,000 2,Gf9 900 4G3 900 IL no 900 80
ilk % Am 6O55, 800 22,9lO,4OO 399
I,ho,fx oa3 600 1.IO6COO Cos 4.4SGO 600 4OS
Na, ~ s5fa zoo 300 3IG3 700 100 jGl
Traans Eat . 1G- 100 43sfOO 10000 2,4gG 100 80
o49 Ron AGs 900 slY