New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-12

nessea settlement SIS at S. $4,000 at sot+' $500
at S6b and S. 900 at 81 and &c. 900 Virginia fuhueo
debt 23s Of 1891 at 6lk. Ten shares OF the AiC,
lean Exchange Bank sold at l'2's' my
shares Of the Merchants Bank at 1874 .o
Railway bonds were lightly dealt In. the cou, &c
Of prices ruling irregular Outside OF me MI W,
ern Pacific. Southern Railway. Atchlsoi, IT,,
Union Pacific issues. there was niue 49,,
Changes at the close were generally irdct,una
with losses predomnating. Among the $50 -
which declined were Brooklyn Elevated III -
TO lOl; Southern Railway first 5s: Il 10 sozs
Denver and Rio Grande As. 4 to 1914. Nurane g
Pacific second coupons Y to l12h; the cons11 %,
\ TO IS; the consol 5s receipts y 10 49, I.os
Island Is. II. to 80; Oregon Short Line ana I'm
Northern consol receipts. Y to 6S. ana SeasiuS
Eastern Illinois IS up " to III. Fort worth
and Denver City first receipts IA to 6S14 Kansas
and Texas seconds u to 6Ola. Union PACING In
yer and Gulf frsts Il TO 3S. Wisconsin Centrai
first receipts - TO AN and Wabash first os a 10
1O7lk
To-day's Washington Treasury statement GOV,
ering actual results for two days ago, compdfea
with the last previous statement, shows the ioi-
lowing balances:
March 10 March II. Changes
Net gold on hand SIPS 55c55 sl2G5S95s7 Inc 5000
.rs4 on Va ssssss ss Dec be-: 6sS
Actual cash in the
outstanding 49,. ..o o.a ~, e,o, "a.
certificates 545OG3S2 s"J3 ,l2 ~ Dee zoo ona
Deposits in bank. 2O.i2s4l3 -i,h"oi' i"''
b,its ......... 1sc35Oo4 isoco5ei Dec. ''4,4lo
Actual cash bal $685. $50 7oI 2e3 Dec SIT
Customs receipts reported to-day from WASH ua
ington were $4,000, the Internal revenue
cepts $25752l. and the miscellaneous receiPtS
Sl4OSS Total Government receipts for the u"S >
ss9OC1O expenditures. sl.2l6oO0; excess OF expeia
ditures. $225.SSs Receipts for the month 10 Ga.s
sSS79727; expenditures. $l2.470000: excess OF tx
penditures. 3,59O273. Receipts for the fscai year
to date 1898 44s4ls: expenditures. s254 eM
cess OF expenditures ever receipts sIi'll' ,i
There were $685.. S02 National bank notes ieOc'''N
for redemption .h
The sub-Trcasury had a debit balance at the
Clearing House of $55.454 Its net gain on paI-
was sl.24l.654, made up by gam , ,a ~,
rency OF ss7S l03 and gain In coin OF ssoo 200
To-day's operations included: Receipts, sS,"oo,,
co., payments. s2l3s953. resulting in gehef cal
balance OF $217 o0S17G. consisting or >i-o-f''O'"
coin and sss.765.l3l currency.
MONEY AND EXCHANGE
Money on call was 3Gsla per cent. Time
money was per cent for thirty days. ana
three months. and 4Q4is for four months a te
six months. Commercial paper ruleu at 49, 49,
per cent for all periods for high-grade pape''
and above for paper not so well know'. II,
sale OF paper is slow and subject 10 ''b'u
scrutiny. ,,,
Foreign exchange remained steady and dull.
Posted rates for sterling were 81 So and ~ 90
for long and short bills respectively. Closing
rates for actual business were as follows
s,.r,n. ss sss,ss I .sIs ~; s9: S,'
Relchsmarkr ~ so,
Guliers ". w"
The price Of domestic exchange was as foi-
lows at the places named: New Orleans com
mercial 25c discount bank at 81 80 premium; san
Francisco. sight par telegraph par Chari ''h
buying par selling lsc. premium; oavaiihn'''
buying i-ls per cent OFF. selling par; Chicago
Csc discount: Boston. l0u lie discount
Bank cl~arings in this city were; Exchanges,
ss7 40 FOG. balances. $4.952.97s. Philade'phia-
Exchanges. tl0347.772; balances. H5s4 tOs Bos-
ton-Exchangcs. 722: balances. sl,l9l'"4
The price II commercial bar silver In the mar
ket was GSssc Mexican dollars were quoted az
5ju557s In London bar silver was unchanged al
81 7-16d India Council bills We're allotted to-day
I'm London at a decline Of l-l6d. per rupee.
Money on call in London was y per cent Inc
rate OF discoun, In the open market was ll-loHH.
per cent for short and three months pills french
rentes were lO2 francs s2ig confines faris eA-
change on London, q francs 2V's confines ha.-
ish consols were 1894. for money and the account
Further details II foreign markets GRE given IN
the usual cable report printed I'm another column.
WESTERN UNIONS QUARTER
The directors Of the Western Unicn Telegraph
c )rnpany. a. their regular quarterly meeting To-
day declared the usual quarterly dividend o!
~ per cent on The capital stock Of The conpany
payable on and after April II. Tho estimated
statement for the quarter ending March 81 II
not as favorable az that for the preceding quar-
Ter showing a deh-lt Of siS5.5io. against a BUY
plus Of slG79lI In the December quarter but IL
is better than the same quarter IN 1879 ana 1917
The actual statement TOT N" IifN'l4D'i V'"t -.
IL not - good that estimated. IN" actui
figures rhowne n surplus on January
OF s. Oe2 533 against an estimated one OF sSll'l-'
These figures Include the previous sLrpus-booA-
keeping surplus.
The following statement exhibits the condition
OF the company az the close Of the quarter ended
December 81. 1880:
Surplus October J. 1895 per las, quarterly 80 -. .,
Net revenues quarter ended December 81 1895 iid q
ST. 45s o3o -
From which deduc'ing for
Dividend o: u. pc. cent paid . .o.o .,-.
January u ~ ~ Va 30 80
Interest g. bonded cebf........ 80 tS' ~
Sinking funds .......-..+...... NVp w ...o
Left surplus January /. 1906 of.....s s. oe23 x3 10
Surplus January J. 1890 above. .sSo22a53 10
Quarter ending March 81
1890 (F,st'dD 1913 (Acil) Changes.
No, e,rnlngs ..... 81 TOO 81 fc3 ISL Inc SsC.20
Interest and sinking - o ,r
fund S4d,Jbp <hiool Inc wv
Bnlauc. ........sl o0e4,o 500 300 Inc $50 osO
Dividend ............. ll9l.H5O l.lyl"Jb Inc ~
Deficit ............. Sisj.5lO S27l ji5 Dec. $40 o38
previous rfrulus $500. sO22 5s3 1881 62D 49OD0s
Total aurpius 81 SS7 Oo3 81 40 Os3 Inc. s5C $40
For the first three-quarters OF the fiscal year:
1890. 1895 Changes.
Net revenues .... 81 800 o55 ft55s3n Inc sl3I.I2i
Interest and .. f..... I'p.HIs I0h's Inc. $40