New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-14

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In State issues there were sales OF si'ooo Nor.h
Carolina con- As at 1854 and Aooo virginia
funded debt 2-3s of 1891 at SO. Ten shares OF
the Third National Bank were sofa AT 1oo, anu
loo shares OF the American Exchange BANK al
The Reading issues were still the leading active
feature among railroad pomhs o So,ra recesaou
occurred In their quotations. auVanSeS VI III
uortance were more numerous IN the genera
pmariet The only noteworthy exception to this
r,,Ia was Pittsburg and Western lists, which de-
clined TO So but Burlington and quincy con. IS
rose to 12l. Chicago and Northern racine ISL
receipts ~ to Az Detg gSs G to ss ST. Louis
Southwestern DDS ~ to 2S. Union Pacific ex-
tended s F. SIS IN to 96la and Wabash 2ds l9s
to 1854. The trading showed so'he i"''''s ''' anu
amounted to 81 $4,000. ,, -,
The United States Treasury received to.uas
1860 S74 National bank notes for REDEMPTION
customs receipts reported to-day from ashlhg-
~ wnre s379 934 the internal revenue receipts
emo 6aS and the miscellaneous recelpts sio,IsS.
Total Government receipts for the day. soso'oo"'
expenditures. slOsOoOo; excess OF expen en- n,
s1aI SAG Receipts for the month to date sll'o4l.-
Sco. exnenditures Sl5.497.O0O excess OF eXpendl-
lures sS.s55.64O. Receipts for the hsca year 10
date s5S O046; expenditures 100 49, oe eA
cees of expenditures over receipts, s-ofZi'o'
Today's Washington Treasury statement
covering actual results Of two days ago com
nared with the last previous statement SHOWS
the following balances
,o. on hand SIS Il ce RfS 81 Dec sc's
xss ss sss q5:a9 s Dec
Actual cash in the
over outstanding 1890, .,e- oso -, t.. GOO c,2
DEPOSITS in bank "a So. 4s3 l5os4@47 Inc. 2h'''4
.vouah. cash. 500 o2Go la s2oose742o sa'i.io7
D siipies minor 'a 2,eaao 2ecoo7s4 Inc $685.
Actual cash bal 3stc2a si74.3ooes6 Dec s2se'7
The Sub-Treasury was debtor at the Clear
ing House s673. 4O5 It's net loss on balance was
800 242 made up by a loss in currency OF so4z'-
gil and a loss in coin Of S57s31 To-day's opera
tons included: Receipts. 23l93l5; payments
So O19 557. resulting in general balance OF WV
900 $50 consisting Of $50. HIS coin ana $9Soll-
9O2 currency. The business for The week ended
tonight includes receipts OF S2o.i51o@i ana pay
ments of 500 23S 09S Deductng from the re-
ce,nts 81 O09 900 and from the payments A,43s.OOO
for items which affect only its account with the
general Treasury, its gain as ahecthg the pahi's
81 ,629, 1886.
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.
Money on call was carr per cent. Time con-
tracts were made at 3 per cent for thirty days,
3a3h per cent for three months. 312@4 per cent
for four months and per cent for six months.
The highest grade commercial paper was 4l2
ner cent for three months 4i2@5 per cent for
four and six months These rates were gener-
ally made by houses which placed loans directiy'
while the majority of houses dealing throush
sixty to ninety day Endorsements. f3Qo per cent
for four months acceptances. f1aQ5 per cent ior
four months hghgrade single names, 4'2na1s
per cent for six months single names OF the
same grade Six months paper not so we'll
known was 6 per cent and above.
The foreign exchange market was dull To-
ward the close IL was trfie easier In freer
offering Of commercial and gold bills. Closing
rates for actual business were as follows;
Sterling GsS'si 433f Gs sass G
ran
Rechsmarks 49,. ~. 95N
The price Of domestic exchange was as follows
at the places named: New-Orleans. commercial
$50 discount. bank par: san Francisco sigh lilo
premium. telegraph &c; Boston. Rl2al6 &c dls-
count; Chicago, 1jc. premium.
Bank clearings in this city to-day were: EX-
changes 1915 539 6s6; balances, sj,6Ga,sSG
The price of commercial bar silver in this mar
ket was CSC. per ounce Mexican dollars were
quoted at $3.50. in London the price Of oar silver
advanced 3-l6 to 80 3-16d. Silver to the amount Of
100000 ounces will De shipped to Europe to-mor-
-
Money on call in London was y per cent The
rate of discount in the open market was 1916
per cent for short and three months bills. BRIT
sh consos were 106 JIG 70: money and 101 FOR
account French rentes were l0l francs 40 cen
times. Paris exchange on London - francs 22'2
centimes. American stocks in Lond were irreg-
uar and generally stronger. Further details OF
foreign markets are given in the usual cable re-
port printed in another place.
"Dun's Review for this week says: 1T has
a
Prices Of manufactured products slowly recede
from the hgh-water mark IF speculation, and no
material increase In demand is now expected
until after the holidays. but there is general
confidence that greater activity will then appear,
and that works which have stopped a little
earlier than usual will again be called Into opera
ton. Speculation IN products is not very brisk,
and In stocks decidedly inactive except In few
industrials The outgo Of gold does not expand
and the outward movement OF products Is shade
larger. Clearings l04 per cent more than
last year. though 1858 per cent less than In 1872
Distribution of products makes fair progress. re-
tail trade being more active since wintry weather
came and the decline In Wholesale prices. though
general has a. no point been so great as 10 cause
alarm The nearness Of the new year has strong
supporting influence"
Simon Borg chairman of the Savannah and
Western Railroad Company Five Per Cent Bond
holders Committee, gives notice to holders OF the
Central Trust Companys certificates for these
bonds that upon presentation OF their certificates
there will be paid s49i So per bond In cash to
holders who syndicated their allotment OF con-
solidated mortgage per cent bonds OF the
Georgia Central Railway Company, and 10 the
certificate holders who elected to dispose OF their
pro rata holdings OF consolidated bonds to the
syndicate and had that fact stamped upon their
certificates there will be paid the sum of 1863 %
per bond and such payment will be duly stamped
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