New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-24
CLOCKS AND BONDS STRONG,
RITTER INQUIRY FOR SECURITIES
oxn1T1ON OF THE FEDERAL TREASURY
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.
Sunday. February 2S-p. N.

sunday, fCpTudTN -0--p H.
Tho United States Treasury received In the five
..s,,ess DAYS last week from customs s34SlI6;
~. ,,,arnal revenue 81 263. 500, and from mis-
-aua,eous sources sl22.461. Total from all, So
81 o,s AGAINST 81 s74 S22 in the preceding week Of
S BUSINESS davs. The receipts for the month
a,,o amount t. sl9O52 S21, and the payments
- col sos 900. making the excess Of expenditures
- ,aceipts s275517S For the fiscal year TO
sa,s the receipts are s2l5,S5S,545; expenditures.
90 ooo 1O1. the excess IF expenditures being 81,
a. - XXI The weekly Treasury statement showed
an Increase Of $2S,3lS.00j in the available cash
Salance and an increase OF S3O.4sa,o1l in the
p~,,,al casn balance. which is now 235,509.72l
C,noparcd with week ago the Treasury mold
,nSs ST ow the following changes: An increase in
re cola balance Of s25 966,56S. made up by a
galn Of s2S292. 44S IN coin and bullion ana loss
OF s2s4 100 H. The amount Of outste rding certlil-
cates loss H. the silver balance OF S333'Oso,
due 10 I gain of s203.727 In silver coin and bull
Non minus a gar of 1852 in the outstanding
oliver certificates. and a gain In the legal tender
balance Of 50 S94. made UP by loss of $25ooDO
q, the amount OF outstanding currency certiii-
ca,es minus a gain Of 81, 294. 1874 in the amount
az legal-tendor notes in the Treasury. Holdings
of National bank notes decreased s12502S Treas
rrv notes issued under the law of 1890 to the
amount Of 81 1861 13 were returned TO the Treas
NV. and the amount Of these notes in circulation
was decreased by this sum 10 slO7.es626l
Subjoined is Fridays Treasury statement com
pared with that - February 10:
February * February Il. Changes.
Gold coin and bull
les . SO aa6 go sos ao2 $40 Inc. s25 .o6s 5G3
cer,aoa,es ... os cooen lol74eoas Inc. 1880 s9t
Nat hank notes. $500. SO sI,1Is7 Dee '-0."-H
silver dollars and
,iaca,.. -. eao4eo2i 2aoissse Dec sss.oS'
Cash IN Treas s2il 800 oG7 s2Os3s5 s34
p ssnai banNs I4s77o4s i4s47.s2O Dec Isosea
Available cash s22o $40 So, lsos2l Inc. SIS aso'
itl4vt '"'' '" o, 81 ccc "a c-G COO Dec lG7 OGi
biiiies -l.>4S'"Vo l""'"po N'0 80
Actual cash bal s2o3 oo4 $50 72l sso4s5ol
TIE MONETARY SITUATION.
Money on call representing bankers balances
r,lea during the week at 3a4 per cent Banks
and trust companies quot I'd per cent the mini
mum. There was considerably more business do
Ing in time contracts. and money was freely OF
fered on Stock Exchange collateral al oQo'2 per
cent for thirty TO sixty days and 5i246 per cent
FOR ninety days 10 four months. some money
was lent a; 4U4ia per cent for four months On
the new Government bonds and on Friday TINE
contracts were made at 4Q412 per cent Tor thlItE
DAYS to four months The demand Tor conihe r
cial paper showed slight Improvement. also the Of
ferings but rates We're not reduced fuiliis al
5iga6 per cent for all periods FOR hlgh-Sial j.
uaper and 70S per cent for paper not SO Wei
known The week just closed completed the sec
ond year Of the Bank OF Englands per cent
minimum discount rate. Il having been reduced 10
that figure in February, 1894 discounts loI
sixty to ninety day bank bills in London We're
quoted at lQl lilo per cent. While Nc ot'h mar
ket rate in Paris was 2as per cent Berlin "a per
cent, and Frankfort 2as per cent The Bank or
England gained in the week ioS'l'O bullion ana
held at the close f4S1s75Io
The foreign exchange market was dull ana
easy without important change IN general ieat
rrcs from the preceding week. The supply OF
commercial bills was small and the buying for
foreign account In the stock market did not ma
terially show in the exchange market. as a good
mart Of the buying was undoubtedly Tor pro.
1asg,nnal account 10 be sold again. The demand
- REMIT lnce was small. and Y may nave p'en
.hat the dulness in the market was due IN part
- The putting off by importers Of the settlement
NJ Obligations until they could obtain iunds more
freely Gold 10 the amount Of S,699.s@' was I'M
norted In the course II the week most OF Whlch
has already been RENTED fer Posted rates Tor
',e~linr were s. s7I5 and 81 50 for long and short
I!ls respectively. Closing rates for actual bust
ress were az follows
Sterling ....... 4ssd4.ssG Asc%a4SG,s 4s7'=atst
Eeichsrnarks ''cs sna
Gulders "a
The bank exchanges Of the New-Hork ClHarlhg
House and the stock sold at the Ncw-YOrk stock
Fxchanga last week and for the same week Of the
preceding two years compare as follows:
FEB q; 3 90 s gss e s F s. 2 Ga !s5
10. shares sold. 57S.9Jl 1851 s2sl'
RAILROAD EARNINGS.
The Tribune has printed the gross earnings or
seventy railroads OF systems for the first week
IN February. OF these forty-eight return gains
OF 1893 1926 or &c per CEN. and twenty-five return
losses Of SIG 1913 or 70 per cent. The whole shows
a gain Of 1917 2S3 or GO Der cent. The tribune