The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-16

FINANCIAL.

Money-Easy.
Foreign Exchange-Market firm. The
following are net Savannah quotations:
Commercial, demand, $4S52s; sixty davs.
81. S21a; ninety days, $4S1A; francs, Paris
and Havre, sixty days, 5.21 1916; Swiss.
sixty days, 5.23A; marks, sixty days, 94Jb.
Domestic EXchange-Steady Banks
are buying at Is per cent. discount and
selling as follows: Up to $685. l0c prem
ium; S25 to $50, 15c premium: $50 to 500. zoe
premium; 500 to 500, Csc premium; $500
and over at par.
Securties-The market is quiet with
fair investment demand.
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Geor-
gia 49, per cent. bonds of 1880, 102 bid -
asked; Georgia 31s per cent. due 1915. 1Ol
bid, 1O2 asked; Georgia Az per cent. bonds.
1915. 11S bid. ia asked; Georgia per
cent, due 1926, 10 bid, 1lOA asked; South
Carolina, 412s, 1854 bid, 1861 asked
City Bonds-Atlanta per cent, los bid.
1O6 asked; Augusta AIS. 1925. log bid, III
asked; Augusta 7 per cent, 113 bid ia
asked; Augusta per cent, 112 bid, 113 ask
ed; Columbus per cent, 104 bid los ask
ed; Macon per cent, liz bid, ia asked;
Savannah per cent. quarterly
Savannah per cent. quarterly February
coupons, 1919 bid, 10S asked Charleston
As, "a bid, 95 asked.
Railroad Bonds-Savannah. Florida and
western railroad general mortgage bonds,
per cent. interest coupons. 11215 bid, ia
asked; Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage,
consolidated z per cent. coupons January
and July maturity, 1897, 1Ol1s bid = asked;
Central Railroad and Banking Com
pany, collateral gold IS, 81 bid. 80 asked;
Central of Georgia Railway first mortgage
SIS, 50-year gold bonds, 10 bid, III asked;
Central of Georgia Railway first CONSOLE
dated mortgage 5s SO bid, 80 asked;
Central of Georgia Railway. first pre-
ferred incomes, 1872 bid 34l5 asked;
Central of Georgia Railway, second
preferred incomes, 1871 bid, 141s asked; Cen
trail of Georgia Railway third preferred
incomes, 6lh bid, ~ asked Georgia rail-
road 6s, 1910, 108 bid, 10 asked; Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta first IS, 1O9 bid, ITO
asked; Charlotte Columbia and Au-
gusta second mortgage rs, lib bid.
IA asked Georgia Southern and
Florida new IS, 96 bid, 9S asked; South
Georgia and Florida first mortgage rs,
103 bid, 105 asked; South Georgia ana
Florida second mortgage Is. lO2 bid. lN
asked Ocean steamship per cent.
bonds, 1926 103 bid l03la asked; city and
Suburban Railroad first mortgage per
cent bonds. - bid, rs asked; Electric
Railway 5, due 1885. IA bid, 10 asked; Ala
bama Midland per cent indorsed, IS DID,
IS asked Brunswick and Western 49,
- bid, 20 asked South Bound railroad o.,
20 bid. 70 asked; Southern railway Oh. VI
bid. 90 asked; Georgia and Alabama hrst
preferred Is, 9sls bid, 100 asked: Georgia
and Alabama first consols, so Did, u
asked.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and Savan-
main, a5 bid. 96 asked; Georgia common
lisa bid. liz asked; Southeastern. IS bid
a6 asked. Atlanta and West Point rail-
road stock. 105 bid. 40 asked; Atlanta an
West Point per cent certificates lo3
hid. = asked: Savannah Construction
Company, IN bid. "a asked.
Gas StocKs-Savaunah Gas Light stock.
22h bid. q asked: Electric Light ana
power Company, IS bid 60 asked eX-diy.
Bank Stocks Etc.-Citizens Bank, llUls
bid. IN asked; Chatham Bank, f6 bid,
AZ asked: Gcrmanfd Bank. lOI bid, lJS
asked: Merchants National Bank, 10 BID
- asked. National Bank Of Savannah.
i27 bid, 40 asked; Oglethorpc Savings and
Trust Company 100 BID. l0l ask
cd. ex-div.. Southern Bank o.
the state OF Georgia, 100 Ola,
III asked; Savannah Bank and Trust Com.
many, l0i bid. i02is asked; Chatham Real
Estate and improvement Company, =. d
BID. - asked; D, 50is bid. 5ils asked; Peo-