The sun., 1896-08-21

Government bonds steady at unchanged QUO
tations. Railway bonds weak. The features
were Atchison Adj. As Burlington and Quincy
7s. Kansas and Texas IDS. New York. Chicago
Pacific and Reading issues The more impor-
isat net declines were In AtGhtson Adj As,
z York chsnss anG St ISss sa. Is to
loo4: Reading LIST preference incomes. I'd ].
P 70 2is ana T, sd P,s'ssrens. incomes ,n o ID
and DDS. j cent. TO l5Ia. The noteworthy
advances we're in Burlington ana Quincy IS =
and West Shore As, II cent. to log.
Sales of silver bullion certificates for $4,000
ounces were made on the stock Exchange at
66l4c. Commercial price OF bar silver In
New York. oobc. Bar silver in London closed
at 30Itd.
Money on call 3t4 2 cent. Time money is
quoted at y cent and n commission In many
cases, for all peri DDS on first-class stock Ex-
change collateral but no transactions are re-
mai. Rates are 8 y per cent and upward even
for endorsed bills receivable.
There was q sharp turn in sterling ex-
hrmer. There was n decrease in the supply OF
bankers and commercial bills. and at the came
gold imports and stocks sold Tor London ac.
count. Continental exchange was also higher.
eT Actual %@E
Long bills. S4.s+ 94@S4 s5: sight drafts. s. s5y4G
$50 and oGo,aS eos!s '5sn,fTt1 -. an ss
6.ls>sG5l7Is for short; reich-mark-; ,9+fsG95
for long and 95!4a93Ss for shor,; guilders. 400
Domestic exchange on New York: Boston-Par
tolO cents discount. Chareston-Buyine par;
ceiling sell s,, premium sn54nn9sssuylns -i9 10
premium; comm mercial. so cents discount. San
Francisco.Sight nominal: telegraph nominal.
premium. Chicago-$l.l5 discount
The National Lead Company has declared q
quarterly dividend Of IA Z cent. on its pre-
ferred stock. payable Sept. Is.
ha vl aDta
Rai,road cad reports gross es.9pGs po for July az
with the same month last year.
The Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling Railroad
an 'I increase Of Sae, 400 as compared With the
:anS sn s4H
ing May 81 the gross earnings were 81 ,43s, 1877.
corrssponding CO period oflast year. and net SAT-.
239. an increase of S36Ss2.
The Philadelphia. Reading and New England
Railroad reports for year ended June 30:
SS 3::sss ss:5: Iss
s:s E sIt 1919. Dec s'sS5 ss5
surplus ....... sso,iso ss33i7 Inc .s2s soIs
The receipts OF the Government to-day wers
Customs, 1888, 20s; Internal revenue, $500. .433
and miscellaneous, $780,, a total OF s763,4gs
pensions were 81 .203. 900. excess OF ex pendi-
lures over receipts Of $500, 5o2. The receipts
OF the Government TOT the nOntn 10 GATE were
Sl7. 7.2y7. .236, and expenditures 500, 49, 900. an
excssA of expenditures over receipts OF $ll Sls.-
764. The receipts for the fiscal year TO date
have been SAC, 1928 445: and expenditures, S7l.-
2O4.46s. an excess of expenditures over re-
ceipts Of $24,S7S.023
The net assets OF the Treasury at the close of
business to-day, as officially computed, compare
with those OF yesterday as follows:
s:;:: ga ::;:: s:!.:
Other assets in excess OF
demand liabilities. Bpb4l,o80 AO,256,297
Available cash balance
including gold balance. .e2%Sss4.o77 s2<6.ss7,5so
The Withdrawals OF gold from the Treasury to-
day wero Sl29,70O and for the month to date
they aggregate $7.75O. 900.
Money in London, y y cent Rate of discount
in open market, for both short and three months
bills 1915 y cent Amount OF bullion with
drawn from the Bank OF England on balance to-
day, f35l 900. The Bank OF England mini
mum rate of discount is unchanged at cent
The proportion OF its reserves 10 its liabilities is
5Sg3 II cent. against 6S.76 II cent. last week
and %. II same week last year. Bullion In tho
and reserve Increased E+71.0OO PariS vices
| quote p cent. rentes at OF francs 20 centimes
Exchange on London, 25 francs II confines
The weekly statement OF the Bank OF France
shows an increase OF 35l3.OOO francs gold and
an increase of 1910 900 francs silver.
The sales OF mining stocks at tho New York
to-day were as follows: