New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-18

Among State issues there small sales Of
Alabama class 4. at lO2 and South Carolina iiss
al 1O1. OF city bank stocks America sold 90 at
lf6. and Central 900 at 100.
There little real business in the general
bond market While gold Is going out Of the
country at the rate Of about &C. 900 Og a week. II
Is useless to expect an active demand Atchison
general As were dull and firm at 734 1874. but A
seconds under heavy selling fell q per cent 10
30h. Northern Pacific issues continued 10 be
pressed for sale. but the only noteworthy de-
clines were u per cent in cOnsol Is and " per
cent in coupon thirds. There was an unusually
large business IN Iowa Central first Js which. on
sellers option for fifteen days were per cent
lower at 81. Philadelphia and Reading Issues
dull at declines OF AGi2 per cent. Texas
and Pacific firsts closed unchanged AZ S3a. while
seconds yielded Y per cent to 2lh. Considerable
sales OF West Shore As were made at l0411. Ref
erence is made To- our full report OF bond sales.
Rates for money remained easy at per cent
for call loans and at 1h43 per cent for time
loans.
The Clearing House statement was as follows:
Exchanges $50. 449 912: balances 81 $50 539
The Sub-Treasury was debtor to the Clearing
House $3.50 526 It's net loss on balance was $l70.-
372. made up by lass Of 81 5& In coin less
gain Of s925162 In currency The days opera
lions included Receipts. $2.14427l; payments.
23l4G43; resulting in a general balance OF N47.-
4l9.0j7. consisting OF $685. 3s coin and s54, 49,.
$40 currency.
The United States Treasury at Washington re-
ceived to-day $30j.029 National bank notes for
redemption.
The customs receipts were s5l5, sol. the internal
receipts sos 937
To-day's Washington Treasury statement Of
cash on hand and deposits in bank compares
with the figures OF the last previous statement
Net gold on hand a'S u %S Inc Da',iSis'
xs1 hSs5 hama i ffs1; Rse 90
Actual cash in II.
over outstanding 400 49, 800 800 81.
Deposits in bank. ii.s57io3 iIcao5ss Dec. 22cso5
Net cash balance sia5 so5 1853 aai Dec
There was a fair business in foreign exchange
although Thursday IS "off" day. Engage
ments Of gold were 81 $50 O00 making the total
exports this week. S3.75O.0O0. 1t was, Of course,
too early 10 guess the shipments on Saturday.
but with "A moderate demand for remittance
they may be large. Following are unchanged
quotations for actual business: Bankers bills.
81 87ANs4 S7is and 1894 for long and short
sterling respectively: French francs. 5IGM and
SIS less I-lG reichsmarks 95A and 352i guders.
40 5-i6 and 4O7lG
FOREIGN MARKETS.
The governors OF the Bank OF England at their
weekly meeting made change In its minimum
rate OF discount which remains at per cent.
In the week the bank gained fSl9,Hj bullion and
the proportion Of reserve 10 liability was raised
from 647 TO $3.50 per cent. against reduction
from 394l to 5000 per cent in the corresponding
week last year. when the discount rate was ad-
vanced from 3iz to per cent. To-day the bank
gained f76G coo balance. At the London Stock
Exchange British cOnsols were unchanged nj
100 7-lG FOR money ana l00H for the account.
In the open market money was plentiful at liz
per cent for discounts and Z. per cent
for bankers balances. Bar silver declined
further u 10 lied an ounce American
railway shares continued their downward course
until near the close when there was fractional
rally At Paris French per cents rose 10 10O.aj
sight exchange on London being slightly easier
AT 2519ia francs 10 the sterling. The weekly
statement of the Bank OF France showed an
increase In specie OF 7.025,00o francs gold and
l250c0 francs silver.
The Hecker-Jones-Jewel Milling Co. has de-