New-York tribune., 1896-05-08

OWlHS DdidnceS.
Nc, gold on haE Dec cnsssss .ss
Net SH sSsr p"aa on lid Hnc Rss s siss
Actual cash in the
D:s5.l !. bank ssSss ' Ias Ias
Available cash $3.50 oseesa Inc. sooas74
biifes ia.747s5e isases25 Inc. 7isccC
Acti cash bal $3.50 os4 Oo SECS Dec s5i4 2o2
Customs receipts reported to-day from Wash
ington were s427.946. internal revenue receipts
H703l3 and the miscellaneous receipts $l07. .655
Total Government receipts for the day. 81. .005 914
expenditures. sl,5s5,00O; excess Of expenditures
s579.0S5 Receipts for the month. s56s2,3s5; ex
penditures. sS537 900; excess Of expenditures. 81
S74.G05. Receipts for the fiscal year date $780,
555.129: expenditures. 1906 SS4924; excess of ex-
penditures over receipts. $26.329.795. There were
$24441 National bank notes received for re-
dempton.
The Sub-Treasury had a debit balance at the
Clearing House of $2S7.43O Its net gain on bal
ance was s444.7s5. made up by a gain in currency
of $507.sc3. and loss in coin of s63O3s To-day's
operations include: Receipts, $3,6l1,7T; pay
ments. s3.166.962, resulting In a general balance
Of s211.5S7sl3. consisting Of s123S90S52 coin and
SSS,197,O60 currency
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.
Money on call was 2lhQS per cent. Time money
ruled at 2ls per cent for thirty days, per cent
for three months, 3@31e per cent for four months
ard 3k@4 per cent for six months Commercial
paper was 4AM5 per cent for the best names Tor
three and four months and 4kQ5 per cent for
SIX months Names not so we'll known ruled at
5G6 per cent There was a scarcity OF hrst-class
paper In the market
The foreign exchange market was dull at un-
changed quotations. Posted rates were "a $500
81 SO and "a s9a@A 80 for long and short sterling
respectively Closing rates for actual business
were follows:
Sterling sss':s Hsss s'; ssss' ~;
;s;S:s. ;SSS; s:;;$:na;i; ii.::: 's s ''i.ls .ss
The price of domestic exchange was as follows
In the places named: New-Orleans, commercial.
par; bank, at 81 so premium; San Francisco,
sight. 712c; telegraph. 10c; Charleston. buying,
par selling 14c premium; Savannah, buying. 1-16
per cent off; selling par Chicago, IOM'oc prem
ium; Boston, 10 to 16 2-3c. discount
Bank clearings in the city were: EXCHANGES,
s90S49,l3S; balances s5102,S93. Baltmore-Ex-
changes s2.2 .657; balances. ssG3,o7S. Philade-
phia-Exchanges s1l $50 800: balances. s1.49O. .973.
ChicagO-Exchanges sl5. oil: balances. $780,
s29 Boston-Exchanges, sl5,573.5SO; balances,
81. .996. .24O
The price Of commercial bar silver in this mar
ket was size. Mexican dollars were quoted at
53kQ54}ic. In London bar silver declined Is to
Sid.
the rate Of discount in the open market was 1s
per cent for short and long bills. British consols
were III 9-l6 for money and 111& for the account
French rentes were quoted at 102 francs 9I1s
centimes. with exchange on London % francs 1ole
centimes. The discount rate In Paris was rs
per cent and in Berlin 2% per cent. The weekly
statement OF the Bank of England showed de-
crease In bullion of f49s.634. The proportion OF
the banks reserve 10 liability. which last week
was 80 10 per cent Is now 59O2 per cent, as COM
pared with decline from 67.55 per cent to 65.9C
per cent in the corresponding week last year.
No change made In the banks minimum rate
Of discount. which remained at per cent. The
weekly statement Of the Bank of France shows
an increase Of 9225. 900 francs gold and an In
crease Of 3. $50 900 francs silver.