New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-04
STOCKS AND THE SYNDICATE
WATCHING THE EXCHANGE
CONDITION OF THE FEDERAL IhEN''i
FEATURES or THE WEhh
IN FINANCE.
sunday. March 3-p. m.

Tho limited States Treasury received idsl "eVh
tron customs Si141lG9. from Internal revenue
sos412-3 and from miscellaneous sources F-''''oI'
total from all s7OSSS72 aGains; S''-'t'o'' IL '"e
precedinc week The weekly treasury Statement
sbowaa an increase Of $l916l.2S2 in the available
cash in vaults and an increase oi SS'"'o'oS- III we
.., .o.,, balance which is $l77.930,il9; deposits
:, National banks apparently increased S'SS'-lS
Tho raceiDts for the fiscal year 10 date amount 10
500 $40 215 the receipts for the month to date
60 90, OPS the expenditures for the month II date
OF and the expenditures for the fiscal year
SO far S29 S99 the excess OF expenditures over
receipts being s36,927.6Si
The principal weekly changes in the vault bal
ances were made up as follows: An increase in
the gold balance Of sl72O2.S 6l. due TO increase
in the coin and bullion iten, Of $l1Sil4O plus the
decrease of $500 in the amount Ot outstanding
gold certificates which of course returned 10 the
Treasury increase in the silver balance oI
SS70l5S. which is the sum Of gain ot S254 w IN
silver coin and bullion. and decrease oil $ooo'-oo
in outstanding silver certificates, ana an increase
in the legal-;ender balance of S52l.'2G. when l.
the sum of a decrease in the outstanding cuI
rcncy certificates OF $4,000 and an increase IL one
amount of lcgal-tendcgs IN the iredS VI! VI Ss1
726 Holdings of National bank notes decIEd fSod
s1l go Treasury notes issued under tne T al
in the course of business. and the amount % ,Io -
notes in circulation was decreased py tniS ~ 20
sl140sl.666 Tie Treasury'S liability ioI ne en-
demp,ion of National bank notes decrease3 81
S3S and the deposits OF lawful money Oh ' "
count now are s2S,2SS.lo6 . r,nored
SubjoLed Is Saturdays statement N''"lN
with that of February %.
Feb g. March >. Differences.
Gold com and bull
n. Tess 'e' s7o77sG25 So $50 1855 Inc. sl7 2o2 $6l
s@ ssa:f s 81: 81 B Iae FL i: 55S
s,lyf eI,., dol lars S ane
PG aa,a Ie'' l5374e7o lG24L437 In. S7o15S
,. il, o5e 47a Sg 4s> Inc. sis''ao14
pG 1PSnal t.nks 1,2.e5oi 14Nl479 Inc. 'NN2iS
Available sise 2>5o ga SOS sioic =$e
pf fIio m'n 10 49, rs $o5lG7SS Inc. lo7s+ $50
Aetna, cash bal .sle 555 80 <l77 $50 Ss27GG>2
The Treasury Is short its 500. 10000 in gold
,aserve $40 Ol9Ola or 1t was on Thursday night
last the conditions Of which day are reflected in
this statement. The large increase in minor liza
biitjes looks as if the Treasurer were deferring
nayments of certain Indebtedness in order to
ieiuce the apparent expenditures of February
BANK CONDITIONS COMPARED.
R, the operations of the Sub-rreasury in this
city during the week ending Friday night. the
associated banks lost s12 0G,407. The weekly bank
statement showed an increase in loans Of $.5SS,-
100 an increase in legal-enders of S3O462Oo. and
decrease in specie of .S44200 the decrease of to-
tal reserve being sl.79s.00O. The statement may BE-
regarded as favorable. Probably ;he specie has
decreased more than AS442OO because it is well
the Sub-Treasury's certificates gold. The sur
plus reserve is coming down, which looks well.
being only about one-third as large to-day as
year ago; and the drift appears to be in favor Of
higher rates for money. The result of all the
changes was decrease in the surplus reserve Of
ST. 76s 225 and the banks held in excess Of legal
requirements S2s O54 800 against S29,S22.12S the
previous week and against s75.17S.SOO in the same
week of 1894. and S6.503.125 in 1898
The following are the changes for the CORE
spending week in the three preceding years: 1894
Leans decreased Sl.914.200. cash increased SOL
100 deposits decreased s100l.200 and surplus re-
serve increased $1.0ll,400. 1S93-Loans decreased
creased $40 7O3.S00 and surplus reserve decreased
81 Ssl $50. lS92-Ioans increased s11s3,3OO, cash
decreased s5.267.5OO. deposits increased Sl639sOo
and surplus reserve decreased $j,61147J.
Subjoined is Saturdays statement compared
with the corresponding dates of the preceding
years:
Loans ..........s452 97 s4393O3 s4sl go 2OD
specie ............ ~. $500 9'.52G3o G'i92'@0
Ieea,tenders ~ go 700 lils7 900 90 5,2 zoo
Circulation ......... 5.640.4Oo li.640c0 l2.0s3i"O
The following shows the relation between the
total reserve and the TOTAL deposit Of the le-
spective dates:
snecie $ Mst 90 s57 So 800 So ,e5S6
L.ga-,enders 80. 4967"7oo lll.is7"oO '"'72@ -"
Total reserve sl22 oo4 200 s2os,7l4 slColC7Oo
against deposits m lI55oio75 49, oaaaoo lae1io9op
Surplus sS'Oalss s7'77seos SIS o' 80
The following Ia bic shows the percentage Of re-
serve h ED for each bank. 1t should be observed
that the National banks required To keep a
reserve Of % per cent and State banks one OF 10
per cent:
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