New-York tribune., 1896-05-15

| dealings being In the Atchson. Northern Pa
cihc and Baltimore and Ohio Issues. and
Kansas and Texas first As. Some of the strong
features. were Atchison adjustment Is. which
advanced 1h to 42h; Baltimore and Ohio con-
sol 0s OF 1888. l to 10l; Baltimore and Ohio
frsts Parkersburg branch). ] to 10l: Erie first
consol IS. y to 1884,; Northern Pacific first 6s.
y to 11Gh; the first registered. y to 1161s:
Baltimore and Ohio 5s of 1925. Is TO 01la. and
Reading third preference incomes, u 10 l5k.
Erie Is prior bonds. Northern Pacific collateral
trust notes receipts. Chesapeake and Ohio. Ohio
Southern firsts. and Union Elevated firsts were
lower.
covering actual results of two days ago. COM
pared with the last previous statement. shows
the following balances:
Ne, gold on S1y Il 70, @iy Inc fhsat:1 sse
ne; ,7:3 on ia 4.sss. sssls R Is: ;: s:
Actual cash in the
eertihcs,es s2ss e7e 40 $3.50 ola1 Inc sisse!2
Deposits in bank. 236i5550 237oslo7 Inc. e2.55i
Available cash s2s2 O5 s2s2ssess Inc. $685. 22a
biities ....... l52oi.2, l5.2ism2 Dec. 1894
Actr cash bal s2o7 a3o 75s s2e7 Coi s27o5e7
Customs receipts reported to-day from Wash
ington were SG31 4JS internal revenue receipts
$374.1lJ and the miscellaneous receipts S30,44
Total Government receipts for the day, S1.OiJ,
6l5 expenditures $1,320,O00; excess OF expenii
SCI Sos eSpendltnres. siS4i4 ooo; CO. excess o of ex
pendtures $4,JJ2 6O2 Receipts for the fiscal
year TO date. $2S6 754 13l; expenditures. S3l4.-
7o Tbere Ds vsrs eSre:d Sdio National bank
notes received for redemption.
- The Sub Treasury a had a debit balance at & the
was SSl 1s6 made up by gain n cur
rency Of S45,2SI. and loss in coin Of SIG. .4t8.
To-day's operatons include: Receipts, S3232 i..S;
Of Sclfl OStB 2lE consisting Of Sl1SSlI t.lS
coin and $90,211.I1S currency.
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.
Money on call was 2lkQ3 per cent. Time money
ruled at 3 per cent for thirty days. 3is per cent
months. and per cent for six months. Com
mercial paper was 4HG5 per cent for the best
names for three and four months, periods, and
well known ruled higher. The supply Of high
grade paper was small.
The foreign exchange market was inactive and
unchanged in general features. Posted rates
were 81 SS,9@s4 80 and 81 S9hGs4 80 for long
and short sterling respectively. Closing nates
for actual business were as follows
Sterling sss'; .s4s::x ,af s!!: sssa. ss25i ss
Rechsrnarks -. s5% ellie
Guilders 4OA +0is
The price Of domestic exchange was as fol-
lows in the places named: New-Orleans COM
mercial. 25c discount to par; bank, at 81 30 pre-
mum; San Francisco. sight. Tvs; telegraph.
Savannah. buying, 1-l6 per cent on; selling. par;
Chicago, 81 premium; Boston. oMSc discount.
Bank cearngs In the city were Exchanges.
S96 56I.41S; balances. SJ.J14l45 Baltimore
Exchanges. S26J7 2O6: balances SJO1 .020
ladelphia-Exchanges. S10144214; balances.
Sf.41J.230. Boston-Exchanges. Sl4.l24. l49;
balances 81 .400,9l4. Chicago-Exchanges S1J-
39S 400: balances. 81 $50 137
The price Of commercial bar silver in this mar
ket was 677Sc. Mexican dollars were quoted at
53Bc. In London bar silver advanced 1-l6
10 81 f-1Gl. Silver 70 the amount Of lOOOOO
ounces will ne shipped abroad tomorrow.
Money call In London wac l per cent, and
the rate OF discount In the open market was
per cent FOR short and long bills. British consols
were III 1j-1G for money and 1l2 for the account.
The discount rate in Paris IA per cent. and In
Berlin. %. per cent. The weekly statement Of
the Bank OF England showed n decrease In bull
ion OF f51103 The proportion Of the Banks
reserve 10 liability. which ls1 week was 1902
per cent. Is now 800 against decline from
81 % per cent to Gl - per cent In the correspond
ing week last year Tho Bank made no change
In iis minimum discount rate. which remains at
. per cent. Further details OF the foreign mar
kets are given in the regular cable report pub
lshed elsewhere.
The Second National Bank. al the close 81 busi
ness May {. had loans ond discounts OF Si.S2S.-
943 96 and lawful money reserve IN the bank
50 19g 936 81. The individual deposits subject
to check amounted 10 S6.142. 1872 23. The sur
plus fund is SG00000. double the amount Of the
capital stock.
The directors Of the American Express Com
pany May 13 declared a dividend of So a
share. payable on July J.