The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-25

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Government bonds steady, at unchanged
national lst As. New York. Chicago and St.
southern;Pacidc OF New Mexico lists. and North.
ern Pacific issues. The more important net
declines were in Northern, Pacific LIST e. y
cent. TO llb1l, and consol os, /. r. as, ", to
52h; New York. Chicago and s.: Louis As. Il. to
l0313. and Oregon. Railway and Navigation lists,
Were in American Tobacco Scrip. i . " cens.. to
70: Mexican international LIST 4s.h. to 7lf. and
to los.
Sales Of silver bullion certificates for Al, 900
ounces were made on the Stock Exchange at
YorSE. esao. Bar silver in n London sisV Closed ,n s1 AT
90 lS;l6d; Mexican silver dollars wero quoted
at OU11IDDl41c. ExDOTtB TO EUROPE SATURDAY..
$50. 900 ounces.
Money on call. lH92 o cent. Time money. 3 .
cent for sixty to ninety days. 3ll y cent for four
and Ave months. and 1 y cent. Tor eight to nine
months. on good mixed Stock Exchange collat-
eral. The market for commercial paper Is dull.
Prime endorsed bills receivable are quoted at 4
v cent. choice single names at 4LR35 q cent.
and good names at b95h n cent.
Sterling exchange was steady. but business
was light. Continental exchange was dull and
:sstsaG for r'i long Bills afE'n and Fs sass 1907 for d sssai,nS.
Actual rates are! Long bills. S4.s3lt4S4.s3}4;
s sss7a sFAf Fts 5 ;s7 s1 Sna a sasis ' ss s'aSSs stis5t 70
96go5H for long and 05sS9o5N Tor, short;
40 5-l6 for short.
Domestio, exchange on Now York: Boston.
par. Charleslon-Buy 70 discount; selling,
Inc. par. New Orleans Bank. par: CONNER
ciai, $3.50 discount. San Francisco-Sight.
MUM. ST. Louis-25 cents Discount. Chicago
offered at par. Cincinnati between banks,
par; over counter 40 cents premium.
to-day were 81 ,so5. 700. against 81. 800, sl3 last
week and S2.422,0l6 for the corresponding
Sesk e lat AGAINST year; The 9@o Sas ma. Mssl wa;
S2.3l3,042 for the corresponding week of last
year.
Tho Delaware. L~ackawanna and Western
dividend OF ia " cent, payable Jan. 20.
The New York. Ontario. and Western Rail.
road reports gross earnings for November OF
Sa37. 700. a decrease OF $ll.4S5 as compared
with the same month of last year. and MT SllO,-
6l2. n decrease of $40. 0Si. For tho five months
ending Nov. 30 the gross earnings were 81, 847,-
900. an Increase of sos, 974 as compared with
the corresponding period of last year. and net
S623. 076. an increase OF SAL ,505.
BrddStrSet's reports the number OF business
failures In the United States during the week
at 1927. O decrease of ~ as compared with tho
previous week. and OF IL ms compared with tho
corresponding week OF last year. X. q. Dun &
Co. compute the liabilities of commercial fail
ures during the first three weeks OF December
at Sl4. 602 ,007, as against Sl:k, 30l ,9B7 in the
corresponding week OF last year.
The receipts OF the Government to-day were:
Customs. 1891. ga; internal revenue. $5l7,433.
and miscellaneous. sos. 205. a total OF S9T4.OO2.
The disbursements. were $3.50, 900. an excess OF
receipts over expenditures Of S5SS. 962. The
receipts for the fiscal year to date have been
$l52,837. 40. and expenditures sos. $50. 335,
an. excess OF expenditures over receipts OF
SAL. 2l5.SO4
The net assets OF the Treasury at the close Of
business to-day. IA oficially computed. compare
with those Of yesterday as follows:
Gold coin and bullion ... Sl34. 5lD ,Bg9 9l84. T2b, ISL
Silver dollars and bullion. lH.44O. AS lh,I7l, RpS
United btates noteB ....... 81. 2v0. 03b 80, lOv,S7l
Other assets in oXcesB OF
demand liabilities. 49,. 5000, 702 $685., 057
Available cash balance. in.
GLIDING sold balance. -. 1926. 3l6. $40 1926. lA2, 407
Money In London, 3k@3N y cent. Rae of
discount In open market, for both short and