The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-23
RICE.
Money-Easy

Foreign EXchange-Market weak. The
following are net Savannah quotations.:
Commercial, demand. $4.S45s; sixty DAYS
$4 50; ninety days, A.S0% francs loari:
and Havre, sixty days, 5.2l 15-l6: SWISS
sixty days, 5.2S14; marks, sixty DAYS. g4lb'
Domestic Exchange-Steady Ranlr.
are buying at Is per cent. discount and
selling as follows: Up to SO. loo prem
ium; $25 10 $50, 15c premium: $50 to s100 2Oc
premium; 500 to $500, 25c premium; 500
and over at par.
Securties-The market is quiet with
fair investment demand.
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Geor-
gia 31a per cent. bonds of $780, 1902 bid 103
asked; Georgia 31s per cent, due 1915. 1Ol
bid. 102 asked; Georgia Az per cent bonds
1915, 1872 bid, 11512 asked; Georgia 4 nay-
cent, due 1926. 110 bid 1l01h asked: SoIfh
Carolina, AIS, los bid, ITO asked
City Bonds-Atlanta per cent, 1O5 bid.
LOG asked; Augusta 412s, 1925 1O6 bid. 1Oi
asked; Augusta Z per cent, l13 bid, ia
asked; Augusta per cent, 112 bid, lib ask
ed; Columbus per cent, 104 bid, los aslx
ed; Macon per cent, 112 bid, ia asked;
Savannah per cent, quarterly
January coupons, 1854 bid, asked:
Savannah per cent, quarterly February
coupons, 1O71a bid, 10S asked; Charleston
As, "a bid 50 asked.
Railroad Bonds-Savannah, Florida and
western railroad general mortgage bonds,
6 per cent. interest coupons. 1121b bid ia
asked, AIldullC anu lTQll UrSt mOrtR9
consolidated per cent. coupons, January
and July maturity, 1897, 1O2 bid, l025a asked.
Central Railroad and Banking Com
pany, collateral gold S. 81 bid, 80 asked;
Central of Georgia Railway first mortgage
IS, 5O-year gold bonds, ITO bid, 112 asked;
Central of Georgia Railway first consoli-
dated mortgage 5s, So bid, 80 asked;
Central of Georgia Railway. first pre-
ferred incomes, 1872 bid. S415 asked;
Central of Georgia Railway. second
preferred incomes, 131a bid, 141k asked; Cen
trail of Georgia Railway third preferred
incomes, 6la bid, 715 asked; Georgia rail-
road 6s, 1910. 10S bid, 10 asked; Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta first 5s. 100 bid, 10
asked; Charlotte Columbia and Au-
gusta second mortgage rs, 113 bid,
ia asked; Georgia Southern and
Florida new S. SO bid, SO asked; South
Georgia and Florida first mortgage Is,
1903 bid, 105 asked; South Georgia and
Florida second mortgage rs, 102 bid, 10i
asked: Ocean steamship per cent.
bonds, 1926, 1913 bid, 1031a asked; City and
Suburban Railroad first mortgage per
cent bonds, bid Is asked; Electric
bama Midland per cent. indorsed, IS bid.
So asked: Brunswick and Western As,
- bid, 20 asked; South Bound railroad IS.
20 bid, 70 asked; Southern Railway 5s, SSk
bid, S91a asked; Georgia and Alabama first
preferred IS, 9Sls bid. 100 asked: Georgia
asked.
Railroad stocks-Augusta and Savannah,
95l5 bid 9Gl5 asked; Georgia common, 1874
bid, 167 asked; Southwestern, 9234 bid 1914
asked, ex-div.; Atlanta and West Point
railroad stock, 106 bid, 10 asked; Atlanta
and West Point per cent certificates, 102
bid, asked. Savannah Construction
Company, 70 bid, "a asked.
Gas Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock
22A bid, % asked; Electric Light and
Power Company 6S bid. SO asked, ex-div
Bank Stocks Etc.-Citizens Bank 10S bid
1O9 asked: ex-div. Chatham Bank, 46 bid,
Al asked; GermanIa Bank, 107 bid. los
asked; Merchants National Bank, 80 bid,
asked: National Bank of Savannah,
127 bid, 100 asked: Oglethorpe Savings and
Trust Company 100 bid, 101 ask
ed. e ex-div.. Southern southern Bank Iaa 90, o.
III asked; Savannah Bank and Trust Com
pany. 100 bid. 1Ol asked, ex-div.; Chatham
Real Estate and Improvement Company
a, "a bid, = asked; 3, 50ls bid, 5lls asked;
Peoples Saving and Loan Company, "
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory. 6s. 100
bid. 102 asked: Sibley Factory 6s, 100 bid.
10l asked; Enterprise Factory IS. l0l bid,
102 asked; Eagle and Phenix Manufactur-
ing Company. per cent. bonds. 40 bid, 80
asked
Factory stocks-savannah Cotton Fac
tory, - bid. 80 asked, Augusta Factory, n
bid, 50 asked, eX-div; Graniteville Fac
tory 145 bid. $50 asked Langley Factory,
100 bid. 105 asked: Enterprise Factory,
common, IS bid. 100 asked; ]. p. King
Manufacturing Company, 1902 bid. los ask
ed. Sibley Manufacturing Company. rs bid.
"a asked; Savannah Brewing Company. "a
bid 81 asked
London, Dec. 22.-Bar silver, 297sd. Con-
soils 40 1916 for money ana III i-l6 for
the account
New York Dec. 22-AIoney on call was
easy al iieM2 per cent; the last loan was
at per cent. and AT the closing was Of
fered at per cent Prime mercantile pa
per. 3ian4 per cent Bar silver, 65Mc.
Sterling exchange weak. with actual bus
mess IN bankers bills at HS3iaft4S3A for
sixty days. and Si.bii for demand. Posted
rates. si.4iaflSS. Commercial bills, SiS2
0t4.S3. Government bonds frini state
bonds dull; railroad bonds easier. Silver
az the board wits steady
New York Dec. l2.-l'he treasury Dai-
auccs were rs follows: Coin. Sl2l,zljeiG.
currency. SJ0J2i.1G8
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