New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-19

nessee Settlement On at So one hundred shares
or the American Exchange Bank were sold al i'
a nd loo of the Western National Bank at ia
Railroad bonds were more quiet, anu ,he pur T.,
mes, done was not 10 widely distributed, Dut III
conjunction With stocks aesiaeuy weS n,. cm c-
was developed. and scarcely any OF the more ae-
tive Issues failed to decline In price Inc huH'VeI
of important losses was unusuaiiy large ana a
few OF the more striking are as I9t'oWS: Chasa
DDS ~ at 25hs. the general IS X at 49, Chesa,
peake and Ohio AIS u at ION. Iowa Centrai
lists ~ at 81 Kansas and Texas Zds y. at oo.s'
Northern Pacific IDS IA al lVtN she Sus a. -.
the consol % III at 37ts, Rio Grande western lss
/ at 77st. Union Pacific Denver and Gulf lists ~
at 37A and Wisconsin Central Isl receipts 10
at 46. The trading extended 10 siol'Voo ao,
The United States Treasury received to-uay
s3S6 $40 National Bank notes Tor redemption
customs receipts reported To-Day nom WASH
ington were S510.719. the internal revenue
s9i7 AS ard the miscellaneous receipts SlO.'Soo.
Total Government receipts for the day, S95ool''
expenditures. sl2ll,0O0: excess OF expenaicu,Ies'
s2749SG Receipts for the month 10 oase sio,iiy;;
o95. exnenditures 5000. 600 excess or expendi-
tures 81 $50 965 Receipts for the hscal year 10
date 1851 S945 expenditures si-e loS44"' excess
OF expenditures over receipts. No''o',-'-. ~
To-days Washington Treasury statement Gov
erinr actual results Of two days ago. compared
with the last previous statement SHOWS the io'-
lowing balances:
M ON hand s R's $50 PSI Dec
Nj Nj !:I Id sss fS2 Inc:
Actual 4qsI.S G%sh I IA Iss
SsTh Sas% sss Dec Dec sssS
Available. cash $3.50 a54 300 500 272 Cos Dec. 2S97
p ses minor IA % 22e 2a7os7ea Inc. 1os5s7
..,si cash ball. si75 os4 go s1755o37i5 sl9oo34
The Sub-Treasury had debit balance at the
Clearing House OF s555.0S1. Its net lass on PAL
ance was $500. 459 made up by loss IN currencs
of 5000 II and a loss in coin or S.045- to-day
onerations include Receipts. $243S,oI0; pay
ments s272s.sl9 resulting in general balance
Of 1881 DOL. 502 consisting Of Ssl35l,obS coin ana
500 449 1874 currency.
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.
Nonev IN call WAS 2G2Ia per cent Time con-
tracts were made at 3 per cent for thirty DAYS
3a3i2 per cent for three months 3'2 per cent ioI
four months and per cent for s.N months. me
highest grade commercial paper was az per
cent for three months. 4l2G5 per cent Tor four
and six months. THESE rates were generally
made by houses which pla ed loans directly
while the majority Of houses dealing through
sixty to ninety day Endorsements, 4's@o per
cent for four months high grade single names
4ia@5ia per cent for six months single names
of the same grade. Six months paper not so
well known was per cent and above.
The foreign exchange market was hrm ana
the appearance Of gold bills In the market made
estimates OF gold shipments for Saturday reach
as high as 100000 Closing rates for actual
business were as follows:
Sterling ...... 4ss'4o4.Ss 4.s7,.54s7s. 4ssh a4s9
RechsmaIks sott "@@t
Ciuders ava +oh
The price OF domestic exchange was as follows
at the places named New-Orleans. commercial
$50 discount bank par: San Francisco. sight Lie
premium. telegraph Sc; Boston. 10 to loo. dis
count: Chicago. par.
Bank clearlngs in the city were Exchanges
$l42 355 $780, balances. sS,243.527
The price of commercial bar silver in this mar
ket was 6Gasc per ounce. Mexican dollars We're
quoted at 52l4c. In London the price of bar
silver advanced 3-16 to 303sd. Silver bullion
certificates representing 1000 ounces OF silver
were sold at the Stock Exchange at 81.
Money on call in London was x per cent. the
rate Of discount in the open market was pc, per
cent for short and three months bills. British
consols were 1868 for money and the account
French rentes were 100 francs 6112 centlmes
Paris exchange on London. 20 francs % centimes
American stocks in London were weak ana
lower Further details Of foreign markets are
given In the usual cable report printed Ill an
other column.
The Mercantile Trust Company at the annuai
meeting of its directors to-day, increased us
dividend TO L. per cent and carried hKe
amount to surplus In future the company VIII
nav it's dividends quarterly. The transfer books
of the company will be closed on December "a
and reopened on January 2, 1896
A quarterly dividend of l per cent on the
capital stock Of the Norfolk and Southern Rail
road COMPANY has been declared payable Jan
uary 10 at the Atlantic Trust Company, NO 81
William-st. ,,. 60.
The New-York Guaranty and Indemnity Com,
many No Go Cedar-st has declared dividend
Of Q per cent payable January :. go
The following securities were solo AT PUBIC
auction at the New-York Real Estate Saesroom
by Adrian II Muller & Son:
SO 600 Missouri Kansas and Texas Railroad first e.u