New-York tribune., 1896-05-16

the following balances
Net gold on Ado hsy ssy y Dec Gasafs;
Net .Vs? on ia sss ss p:s sssa
Actual 4qsd.srS cash ,a,th: In Il:
COZ, co ,oo n.o 9, 9,o oes
Deposits in bank ss1osiS7 ss37i2So Inc. ssiis
Available cash $3.50 SIS 2as s2sie5o.2s Dec. si.is7.so
bilities ...... I5,2io.oi2 Iso5524 Dec. l.2o'.ass
Act bal s2s7 COL 800 s267 COS eo4 Inc. O7.57s
Customs receipts reported to-day from Wash
ington were $36O,O6i. internal revenue receipts
1904 20. and the miscellaneous receipts 80! SOB.
Total Government receipts for the day. S9S2,-
OS9; expenditures. S1.12S.O0O; excefs Of expend-
lures. $145,91O. Receipts for the month. ST.
e43, 49, expenditures. S17.542 600; excess Of ex-
penditures, $4,6oS,513. Receipts for the fiscal
year to date. S2S7, go; expenditures, S31o.-
sos, 1870 There were S620. .247 National bank
notes received for redemption.
House S123.91S. Its net loss balance was
SiO'oS2G3 made up by gain IN &C currency Io % or
S134,435 and a loss in coin OF 81 ,2O4 69S To-
payments. S3.o34. III. resulting in general bal
ance OF S20SOl91l3 consisting of S117,612,oGo
coin and $90406153 currency. The business for
the week ended tonight includes RECEIPTS OF
$l54IS49 and payments Of Sl9,4I0.oI4. De-
ducting from the receipts S516OOO and from the
payments S40IS000 for items which affect only
affecting the banks. was $I3OOS0
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.
Money on call was 2ls@3 per cent. Time money
for three months, 3kQ4 per cent for four
months. and 1 per cent for six months. Com
mercial paper was 4A@o per cent for the best
names for three and four months periods. and
4RQJ per cent for six months. Names not so
we'll known ruled higher. Little business was
doing in commercial paper.
o. Grry1 on a
small volume of business. Gold bills were the
chief source OF supply. Posted rates were 81 SSla
@$4 50 and 81 S9kaS4 80 for long and short
sterling respectively. Closing rates for actual
business follows:
Sterling .sSsso s.sI;i ss:ss ss s!;; sS?5' s'
h:isS:maiA. ai;,S:I. sss: ''ilvj: ,j.,
The price OF domestic exchange was as fol-
lows in the places named: New-Orleans, COM
Inerca. pc. discount to par; bank. at 81 %
premium; San Francisco sight. 121sc.; telegraph.
15c.; Charleston. buying par. selling rs
premium; Savannah buying. 1-l6 per cent OFF,
selling. par: Chicago soc. premium; Boston,
5M1Oc. discount.
Bank clearings In the city We're: Exchanges,
SS4.S9G.I12. balances. S5302Gl2 baltimore
Exchanges. S2O52. .227: balances. $214S9G Bos-
ton-Exchanges, S14,OOO5I4; balances. Sl.4oO,-
Oil
ket was CSC. Mexican dollars were quoted at
53izc In London bar silver advanced l-l6 to
3l1s Silver to the amount of Jl30OO ounces
will be shipped abroad tomorrow.
Money on call in London was y per cent. ana
the rate OF discount In the open market was l
per cent for short and long bills. British con-
soils were ] II ZIG for money and 1lIR FOR the
account The discount rate In Paris was rs
per cent, and IN Berlin. "a per cent. French
rentes were 102 francs 20 centmes Exchange
on London % 5l6a2511. The weekly statement
OF the Bank Of France showed an increase OF
s. 30 900 francs gold and an increase OF 1oO.Voo
francs silver Further details Of the foreign
markets are given in tho usual cable report
printed elsewhere.
NORFOLK AND WESTERNS REPORT.
The report Of the Norfolk and Western Rail
road Company for the year ended December
81 shows n falling off in revenue, due In great
part TO the strike OF the miners In the foca-
hontas coal field. which lasted In effect nearly
five months. Prior 10 the strike tJanuary 10
AprD the coal ard coke traffic Increased
Slj tons and gross earnings S213lo3 ana
during the period Of the strike the coal anu
coke traffic fell off 9199I1 tons, and gross earn
ings decreased S9iO9H from the same time IN
tho preceding year. In the last three moh,ns nl
Of the year. gross earnings Increased $3.50
For the whole year gross earnings decreas.on .o
S81S. .36J operating expenses decreased Sl'oZ"'
and net earnings decreased S5OS,Ww. the ioi-
lowing are comparisons for three years