The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-20
FINANCIAL.

Savannah. Dec. 19.-Money is steady.
Domestic EXchange-The tone of the
market is steady Banks are buying at
1-16 per cent. discount and selling at 1-16
to Is per cent. premium.
Foreign EXchange-The market is
steady. The following are net Savannah
quotations. Commercial demand, $iSS;
sixty days, $4S7; ninety days 4.S69s; francs,
Paris and Havre, sixty days, $5.l71s;
Swiss, sixty days, $51SA; marks, sixty
Secc'urities-The market is very dull;
State Bonds-Georgia Az per cent 1876
11415 bid, IFS asked; Georgia Z per cent. 1885,
1O4s4 bid. 1885, asked Georgia 31a per cent,
long dates, 1884 bid, 1904 asked.
City Bonds-New Savannah per cent
quarterly January coupons, 1854 bid 1864
asked; new savannah per cent. Febru-
airy coupons, 1852 bid, 106 asked.
Railroad Bonds-Central Railroad and
Banking Company collateral COLDS 5s, IS
bid, 95 asked; Central consolidated mort
July maturity, 1898, 1852 bid, - asked; Sa-
vannah and Western railroad per cent
trust certificates, So bid, 56 asked; Sa-
vannah, Americas and Montgomery per
cent. so bid, 81 asked; Georgia railroad
per cent, 1910, 40 bid, Ill asked Georgia
Southern and Florida, first mortgage 8
and Eufaula first mortgage per cent,
Endorsed by Central railroad, lC3 bid, 1914
asked; Augusta and Knoxville first mort
gage per cent, 1903 bid, l04 asked; Ocean
$751; asked; Columbus and Rome first
mortgage bonds, indorsed by Central rail
road, = bid, 43 asked; Columbus and
Western, 8 per cent, guaranteed, lOS bid,
10 asked City and Suburban railway first
MORTGAGE Z per cent, bid, 80 asked;
savannah and Atlantic per cent, in
dorsed - bid, 81 asked; Electric railway
FIRST mortgage IS, - bid, so asked; South
Georgia and Florida first mortgage per
cent. JOG bid, - asked; South Georgia and
Florida second mortgage d9o oid, asked
wick and Western As guaranteed %
asked. -
hid. II asked; Augusta and Savannah z
per cent guaranteed, so bid, 80 eX-divi-
dend asked; Georgia common, l52 bid, =
asked; Southwestern per cent; guaTan-
teed including order for div, ~ bid, Il
asked: Central 6 per cent certificates,
with order for faulted interest % bid "A
asked; Atlanta and West Point r3lIroad
stock IS bid, 81 asked; Atlanta ana vest
Point per cent. certificates, 81 bid, 80
Bank Stocks, c.-southern Bank of
Merchants National Bank, % bid, IS
asked; Savannah Bank and Trust Com
pany, ex-div., 1873 bid, asked; National
Bank of Savannah, 100 bid, 13l asked;
Orlethorpe Savings and Trust Company,
e8 bid SO asked; Citizens Bank eX-divi-
dend 9Sls bid, 100 asked; Chatham Real
Estate and Improvement Company, ~
hid 521b asked: Germania Bank, 1912 bid.
102lb asked Chatham Bank, - bid, 90
asked: Savannah Construction Company,
39lL hid "a asked Title Guarantee and
Loan Company rs bid so asked.
New York Dec. 19.-Money on call was
firm, at 11aq2 per cent; the last loan was
at liz per cent, and at the closing was
offered at per cent.
Bar silver 60c.
Sterling exchange steady, with actual
business in bankers bills at $4.S7l244SI24
for sixty days, and $4.SS12d4.SSs4 for de-
mand Posted rates $4S8l2o4S912. Com
mercial bills S4.S61aa4a.
Government bonds steady; State bonds
active; Railroad bonds weak.