New-York tribune., 1896-05-01
Ac,r cash bal. .s27s. s73. ais s21i.elllls Inc

Actl cash bal. .S213 S3.41S $27i,6llllS Inc s'3'''W
Customs receipts reported to-day from Wash
s461, 1874 and the miscellaneous receipts Sl12H.
Total Government receipts for the day $l.o62 6ls;
expenditures 1912 1000: excess of receipts s6!Oei9
Receipts for the month. s24.2s2,s9l expenditures.
$2S, 725, $685. excess Of expenditures, s4A249L Re-
ceipts for the fiscal year to date s274.2s27 1871 ex
penditures $298. .0S5 920; excess OF expenditures.
over receipts s2S S7s3.lss There were sss427O Ma
tional bank notes received for redemption.
The subTreasury had debit balance at the
Clearing House OF s464.471. It's net loss on bal
ance was s279.e2O. made up by loss IN cur
rency OF $253.0s2. and a loss In coin OF S26S3s
To-days operations include: Receipts. S29Oe
55s; payments. s3.1ss.47s, resulting In a general
balance of s2I277O275. consisting OF $l2S,27o9 9O2
coin and S4.499.37S currency.
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.
Money on call was 21a per cent Time money
ruled at ga per cent for thirty days. SA per
cent .or three months and per cent for four
months and six months Commercial paper was
41.a5 per cent for the best names for all periods
and above for those not 20 well known. Very
little business done below ) per cent
Foreign exchange was firm There were Few
more bills in the market: owing to oHerinss rings
were "a SsA6s4 SO and 81 sshaA 80 for long ana
short sterling respectively Closing rates for
actual business were as follows:
Sterling ..ssssss'. ssssS .s9ss. ss s' .sssa.
Rec,smarks s5,. {" iioic 40
The price Of domestic exchange was as follows
in the places named: New-Orleans commercial.
25c. discount bank. at 81 so premium Sn1 Fran
cisco, sight. 7l1c; telegraph l0c; Charleston
buying par selling tac. premium; Savannah
buying lie per cent off, selling par; Chicago Soc.
premium; Boston, 104jc discount.
Bank clearings In the city were: Exchanges,
s93. .766; balances 3617902S. Baltmore-Ex-
changes, s2.379.SS0; balances. S3Ol,494. Philade-
phia-Exchanges. sS,9SS.0G6; balances, N.ll5,751.
Boston-Exchanges. $l4,97O.9O6; balances N,4f6-
60
The price Of commercial bar silver in this mar
ket was Csc. Mexican dollars were quoted at
54Q55c: In London bar silver was unchanged at
81 1-6d.
Money on call in London was hG& per cent
and the rate Of discount In the open market was
per cent for short and long bills English
consos 11l% for money and the account
French rentes were quoted at l02 francs 22is
centimes with exchange on London % francs 10
centimes The discount rate In Paris was l1s per
cent. and In Berlin 2ss per cent. The weekly
statement Of the Bank Of England showed a de-
crease in bullion OF $4,000. and the reserve de-
creased $4,000. The proportion OF the Bank OF
England's reserve to liability. which last week
was 600 per cent Is now $40 per cent, against
decline from G7.55 per cent to e59G per cent in
the corresponding week last year. The Bank
made no change in the minimum rate of discount.
which remains at 2 per cent. The weekly state
ment of the Bank Of France showed: Notes In
circulation increased 1860. 900 francs: Treasury
accounts current increased l4,S25.000 francs; gold
in hand decreased 1075.000 francs: bills discounted
increased l7l,550.000 francs: silver In hand In
creased 100000 francs. Further details Of the
foreign markets given In the usual cable re-
port printed elsewhere.
Messrs. y. W. Harris g. Co. will pay dividends
on a number of securities, list OF which will be
found in another column.
Messrs. Winslow, Lanier g. Co. will pay divi-
dends on n number OF securities. list OF which
will be found In another column.
The NeyYork Executive Reorganiza ton Com
mttee Of the Norfolk and Western Railroad
Company, Louis Fitzgerald, chairman. announces
that a majority Of all the bonds have assentcd to
the plan Of reorganization. and In view Of the fact
that large amounts Of the securities are held in
foreign countries the committee has extended
the time for the deposit of bonds and stocks with
the Mercantile Trust Company and for the pay
ment Of fhe first instalment Of 81 per share on
the deposited stocks to and including May 10.