New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-28
Bid Asked
f the Seaboard National Bank

Ten shares Of the seaboard National Bank
were sold ut 10 . $500
The volume Of business in railway bonus ',o ma
smaller. and prices irregular ana deNe'I ~
considerable weakness. The bulk or the tiauins
was in the Atchison. Northern Pacific MlS I,
Kansas and Texas. Southern Railway anu IN 80
Pacific issues The changes either WAY W. i
small. the only conspicuous advances pe'ls ~
Pitteburg, Shcnango and Lake Erie hrsts. WI" na,
gained ) TO 90. and Milwaukee ana -. ~ ,u.
frsts, Qowa and Mimi to 126 from the ,ast
sale Some Of the other issues when ctosc" a.
net advances were Wisconsin Central hrs,S, p
to Az, keoliuk and Dies Mones hrsts Z t. lo',2,
Western North Carolina first 6s, = T. ll5 h'iISaS
and Pacific 6s Q)enver dvisiOn), "a = io5' 'e''oI
Central 5s. Il to 1871; Lake shore stc ..,md
coupons, = to 1893: Louisville and Nashsii'e
r. to 100: Northern Pacific first coupons.
to ll7%. the second coupons /. to Ill; the thiraS'
y to 1872; the consol. IS receipts L TO Az,
New-York Central debcnture IS. to lVs' ana
Iowa Central first 5s. x to S47s. The chlei DC
clines were in Achison seconds 3-4e, !, 70 z'1s;
AtchisOn As receipts. q ~ 70, Baltimore am
Ohio IS. . to 90; Chesapeake and Ohio general general
as q to IA; Chicago and Northern facilc
first receipts, Il to Az: Kansas and Texas ilir'
As IS to S57s; Oregon Short Line 6s q 10 It's
Rio Grande Western hrsts. Is to 1ea.; WABASH wa, 81
seconds q TO 16%.: Kentucky Central hrst -,
II to SSH: NewYork Chicago and ST Louie as
L to lO4%: Union Pacific nrsts # 1896. q %
1927. and Southern Pacific Of California 5s' =
to gos.
To-days Washington Treasury statement Gov,
erlng actual results for two days ago. compared
with the last previous statement shows the ioi-
lowing balances:
Net gold on $50 sl9sGsiii Inc so sos
Ne: E: . @s4 on hd 49, ss ss I" me- %
Actual cash in ,he
Treasury vault,
Dso s saa ss Dec bee ii
Avaiabl. cash s27s ose oo5 .274 so55n Dec 'O7a'c4
biies .."...'. Ioas4.eG4 sco322a Dec l7oi."l
Actual cash bal 1854 Ga a4 SECS o72sIs Inc so27'7'
Customs receipts reported to-day from Wash
ington wore $1,000, 7s3. the Internal revenue ~,
s65l Total Government receipts for the day.
N.5925Si: expenditures. f9i5,oo0; excess Of re-
ceipis t647 ISL Receipts for the month 10 date.
32i Dos 49, expenditures S2j 060 0H0 excess ot ex-
penditures over receipts ;l.ojl.5lG. RECEIPTS FOR
fiscal year 10 date. 1920 Sli,20S; expenditures
$40 552 Ol, excess OF expenditures over receipts
slo.13 500
The Sub-Treasury had debit balance at the
Clearing House of S9i5. Its net loss on bal
ance was s205,931. made up by gain in currency
Of sc. 209 and loss in coin Of s332.lio. To-day
operations included: Receipts. S3.Sj+Ss6, pay
mcnts. S. $50 S27. resulting IN general balance
Of s2lj.7l1.s53. consisting Of S21.ll4tsj coin and
sss,6o3.3JS currency.
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.
Money on call was 2ai per cent. Time money
was per cent for thirty days. 4aiia per cent for
three months. and Fep5 per cent for four and
six months. Commercial paper ruled at sac per
cant FOR an periods for hgh-grade paper. and
above for paper not so we'll known. The COM
rr'idl paper market IS extremely inacuy"
Foreign exchange was dull bat steady. Posted
rates for sterling 81 S7i2 and 81 ~ for long
and short bills respectively. Closing rates for
actual business were rs follows;
Sterling c.S,;' .s4 ,Snr s l s ss.1 sg'
h.ehsmark. 80. ~. o..
Guild~rs tDA Wt
Tho price Of domestic exchange was as follows
al the places named. Sew Orleans commercial
20 premium. bank 81 30 premium. san Francisco.
sight par telegraph par: Charleston. buying par.
selling &c. premium. Savannah. buying l-l6 per
cent ofr. selling par; Chicago, 81 discount; Bos-
ton l6 Pa &c discount Palm delphia, Toe. pre-
MUM per $1,000.
Bank clearings in this city were: Exchanges.
slOl6aO jG4. balances. $','ss.1fO Bali!mor" f.N-
changes, t2.21y 636. balances S3Ss,jil B,ston-
Exchanges tl3 ~. s63: balances. !l3i96O5
The price OF commercial bar silver In The mar
kct was Gsiac Mexican dollars were quoted at
5H.g55isc. In London bar silver declined lie
to 3lNd
The rate OF dis cunt in the open market was
per cent for short and three months bills French
ren.es were l02 francs 70 confines. Paris ex
change on London, p francs 29is ccntimes Brit
ish cons1ls were 1898 for money and the account.
The weekly statement OF the Bank %! England
showed an increase in bullion OF i3ls.43s. The
proportion OF the Bank II Enplanfs reserve I"
liability which last week was CPS per cent ~
now 6339 per cent. against decline rom loO
per cent to IS 65 per cent In the corresponding
week last year. The Bank OF England made no
change in It's minimum discount rate which re-
mains at per cent. The weekly statement OF
the Bank Of France shows an Increase OF @lOoO
francs gold. and nm increase Of 3.o49,OOo francs
silver. Further details Of foreign markets are
given in the usual cable report printed In another