New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-02
WEEK OF LOWER VALUES.
CONDITION OF THE FEDERAL TREAS
I-RY-BONDS AND MONEY.
Sunday. March Up. m.

Sunday March Up. m.
Tho Tinted States Treasury received last week
-, customs s.. j57. 49, from internal revenue,
- zoe oo- and from miscellaneous sources. $512.-
80 ro,al from ell 81 006597 against $j.S6S. 046
- ,,o preceding week of five business days.
nh receipts for February amount to s26,059,22S,
..A the navments 70 So. 931 $685. making the ex-
~oss e receipts over expenditures. sl27.S40 For
,he fiscal year 10 date the receipts are s222,-
.e,e,o. expenditures 24l.42S4S9; the excess of
.xnenditures being slS.55S.5Sl. The weekly
treasury statement showed an increase of
co. loss in the available cash balance and an
'roraase of CSC in the actual cash bal
anca which IS now $266S2o.4o7.
compared with week ago the Treasury mold
,nes show the following changes: An increase
a. the GOLD balance of $lSl7l.0S3. made up by
cain of slS13Ol63 in coin and bullion. and a loss
If $4,000 in the amount OF outstanding certi!.
80 a loss in the silver balance of $36O93'
a,,a 10 a gain of 500 7l3 in silver coin and bullion
,-inus a gain of S45I.6JO In the outstanding
silver certificates and gain IN me legai-aeiitt
de~ balance of $l.SG6.2sS, made up by a gam OF
% oo5 00O in the amount OF outstanding currency
Certificates minus gain OF Sol6l2SS III lne
amount of legal-tcnder notes In the IreasuiSi;
co.'s 733 Treasury notes issued under the law
" 1ss0 To- the amount of Sl.2Sl.oO2 We're fe'urn'u
10 the Treasury. and the amount OF mes mo't -
in circulation was decreased by inns sum ~
s'oe 14s5e For the redemption of Natlonai
bank notes the Treasury holds 2l,9oOl4% de-
crease Of $l22 766 from the preceding week
S,bioined IL Saturdays Treasury statement
conrared with that OF February Il:
February 81. February - Changes
Cola coin and bull
In less sos 800 s4s si2ao7a 9ec ms slsi7os3
s 4s lo3 s.s SO 80. be be :ss rs
stver dollars ana
, q19n less Ger 2aeiass 2552se Dec SGo9sI
cash in Treas se4o 3as 5oi $3.50 1856 2c2 Inc si'oi
Deg S,n ai' banAs Va nss7s2o 2aleao7 Inc Sat21S.
A,s,ab,e cash $3.50 s2i s2s2 ee7 400 Inc $274os'
D s,ies minor Ma 1eo7co 1e1o7o2 Dec. SS62 ys
Actual cash bal s25 500 s2ce so 400 lac s7looSo
THE MONETARY sITU ALTON.
Money on call representing bankers balances
lant in the week high as Per cent an" d
Inv as 3 per cent. the general average Oe'"s
Ga. ner cent. Banks and trust companies quo'e"
ner cent the minimum. Time money was "''o
freely offered at slightly lower rates WIN '''
Invited busjness doing. Some loans for SIX to
',ai,. r,oo,hs were made at trine under per
-. -, cold notes and one loan was placed
~ %. ner cent for nine months. I. nrdc's -!
time loans were generally mace al = PEI 80 80
CO.. thirty davs 4Q4i2 per cent foi Sixty cay
md ninety days, 4i2Q5 per cent lor to1i
- Eve months and per cent Tor longer ppiious
on good stock Exchange collateral haies
commercial paper were lower, Will d ''a 80
demand from lenders. but there was no hOtce
shle Increase in offerings. Some good lhdorse,
men,s were sold at -. per cent, p"t ny -,
ninetv-day indorsed bills receivable. 9'zg6 per
cent Tor four months commission Mouse i as.
o,6 the same rate from four 10 SIX inohthS
etnple Names and above for names n0t 50 Nyii
i,nTwn In England the Bank Of EngIand
minimum rate OF discount remained rhcnansvu
at per cent. while discounts OF slN'l - H." ~
cav bank bills ruled at 1j-l6 of per cent. IN
pa,is The omen market rate was las per cent
and n Berlin and Frankfort 2ls per cent The
Hanx of England gained IN me Wen io'''4''
i1.,iiol and held at the close tisll6rl5'
F.roirn exchange was steady with an I'M
,1ved demand resulting in trfe higher rates.
Y.ere was a fair supply Of cotton dralts IN
70 market but the general supply OF DIS was
email The easier money market was renected
:, a Arrner exchange market. and IN the week
r.rsde rable talk was heard of the probaDhl,y
AZ he resumption Of gold exports Cndoupteuly
iA'considerabe amount OF nercahtie rehi.aaMy
=, ,r-gr,nrs - cell their paper but the amount
win he Offset il foreigners continue TO maHe
,a..chases IN the local stock market. IL Is 20 De
,,....,..1 that the lower rates for money nave
,.,fsad q falling of in the amount OF foreign
r. ~cv ending in this market although toward
tie rose Of the week there was some I0leisn
honey lending on gold notes. II the 0lleilns
Of foreign money should become larger and a pet
ter foreign demand for stocks should prevail
there Will be little chance OF any serious n o au
inc The week at 81 SIZE and 81 So for long and
short sterling respectively, while rates Tor
actual business closed the week as loI!vNS:
Sterling 4ssaAss'. 4sG'.pi. ~. 4S"'st is-.
Eeichsmarks - -
Guilders ia '
The bank exchanges Of the New-lOrk Clearing
House and the stock sold at the NewYOrk stock
Exchange last week and for the same week OF the
preceding two years compare as follows:
March g. March .. '95 Feb %. 9G.
Exchanges S4G 0O2 400 s53l Gs52l7 SGT 3O5I3
No shares sold. 1Oj1245 s7l.29 l5l2,G26
RAILROAD EARNINGS
The Tribune has printed the gross earnings Of
sixty-eight railroads systems for the sec
ond week In February. OF these hfty-fve re-
turn gains Of sS7532l. or 20 per cent. and thir-
teen return losses of s5S646. or 1913 per cent.
Th, whole shows a gain Of $Sl6.675, or 1876 per
cent The Tribune has also printed the gross
earnings Of fifty-nine railroads or systems for
the third week in February. OF which forty
three return gains of s44G,79l. or II per cent,
and sixteen return losses of sll7,e5l, or 81 per
cent The whole shows gam OF S32Ss4o' or
GO per cent.
Second week In February o <., ~
l5 companss .S4 800 493 S.244s4 lac. ss75S2l ~
10 companies...... 533971 4'o'S5 Dec os'io lo.V
AZ cnSrnani~s 81 M O82 s. 5O7. SO Inc. SAG 7gl II
10 comp anies...... l2l6614 l~'s"5 Dec H'''i %
Total 80 co's So 277Glo S.o'G,4j6 Inc s32ssi c2
THE Financial Chronicle has compiled the fol-
lowing tables showing statistics Of railway traffc
IN 1885 compared with 1894: