The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-24
FINANCIAL.

Money-Easy.
Foreign Exchange-Market weak. The
following are net Savannah quotations.
Commercial, demand, $4.S47s; sixty days
$S2; ninety days, .&.SOA: francs, Paris
and Bavre,, sixty days, 81 1915; Swiss,
sixty days, 5.23A; marks, sixty days, 9419
Domestic EXchange-Steady Banks are
buying at Is per cent. discount and selling
$50, 15c premium; $50 to 500, zoe premium;
500 to 500, 25c premium; $500 and over at
securities-The market is quiet, but
Stock aud bonds-State Bonds-Geor-
gia Sl2 per cent. bonds of 1880, 102 bid, lob
asked; Georgia 3ls per cent, due 1915, 1Ol
bid, 1G2 asked; Georgia AZ per cent. bonds,
1915; 1872 bid. 1l51a asked; Georgia per
cent, due 1926, nj bid, 112 asked; South
Carolina 412s 10S bid, 10 asked
City Bonds-Atlanta per cent, 105 bid,
106 asked; Augusta 4ss, 1926 102 bid, 103
asked; Augusta Z per cent, 1l2 bid, lib ask
asked; Augusta 6 per cent, Jog bid, 10 ask
ed; Columbus per cent, 104 bid, 1O5 ask
ed; Macon 6 per cent, III bid, lis asked;
January COUPONS Pee io7lh bd los asked
Savannah per cent, quarterly February
coupons, 1O7 bid, 1O7& asked; Charleston
As, "a bid, 80 asked.
Railroad Bonds-Savannah Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds,
per cent. interest coupons, ll2l2 bid, ia
asked; Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage,
| consolidated Z per cent. coupons, January
and July maturity 1897, 102 bid, 10212 ask
ed; Central Railroad and Banking Com
| Central of Georgia Railway first mortgage
IS, 50-year gold bonds, 10 bid, ll2 asked;
| Central of Georgia Railway first CONSOLE
dated mortgage 5s. So bid, 80 asked; Cen
| trail of Georgia Railway first preferred
| incomes, 1912 bid, 34l9 asked; Central OF
| Georgia Railway second preferred IN
comes 49, bid, 14I5 asked Central of Geor-
| gia Railway third preferred incomes, 6l2
| bid ~ asked; Georgia railroad 6s, 1910, los
| bid 10 asked; Charlotte, Columbia and
! Augusta first SIS, 1903 bid, ITO asked; Char
| lotte Columbia and Augusta second mort
| gage Is, 113 bid, ia asked; Georgia South
| ern and Florida, new 5s, SO bid, % asked;
| South Georgia and Florida first mortgage
| Is 1903 bid i05 asked; South Georgia ana
| Florida second mortgage Is. lO2 bid, lO4
asked; Ocean Steamship , per cent. bonds,
! 1926. 1903 bid 1885, asked; City and Suburban
Railroad first mortgage per cent. bonds,
- bid, 70 asked; Electric Railway IS, due
1885, IA bid, 10 asked; Alabama Midland
: per cent. Endorsed. SO bid, IS asked; Bruins
wick and Western Is, : bid, 70 asked;
| South Bound railroad So. 20 bid, 70 asked;
| Southern Railway IS, g bid, VI asked;
Georgia and Alabama first preferred 5s,
9Sl5 bid. 100 asked; Georgia and Alabama
| FIRST consols, so bid 81 asked.
Railroad stocks5;Aggp5ssta an and sayan-
| 164 bid, 167 asked; Southwestern, 81 bid,
| es asked ex-div; Atlanta and West
Point railroad stock lo6 BID, no asked; AZ
/ Gates, 10S bid. - asked Savannah Con-
struction Compan, 20 bid, "a asked.
92ib hid. % asked; Electric Light and
PoJwe &c Cornpany. IS bid, 50 asked, ex-div.
Banb stocks Etc.--Citizens Bank, los bid,
hid 1909 asked ex-div.; Chatham Bank, AZ
bid. IS asked. ex-div.; Germania Bank, lgl
! bid 10S asked; Merchants Na5lonal Bank
80 bid, - asked; National Bank OF Sayan-
nah l27 bid, 1870 asked; Ogletheorp pc, say say,
ed ex-dv.; Southern Bank OF
the State Of Georgia, 1863 bid.
| III asked; Savannah Bank and Trust Com
pany. 100 bid, 1Ol asked ex-diy.; chatham
! Real Estate and Improvement company,
! A. 81 bid - asked; b, JO1a BIO, dig dsked,
Peoples Saving and Loan company
Factory Bonds--Augusta Factory, IS, ig)
| bid 1O2 asked Sibley Factory 6s' l00 niq'
| i01 asked; Enterprise Factory Is, lOl BIC,
| 1i2 asked: Eagle and Phenix Manutactur-
| ing Company, per cent. bonds 40 bid %
"S Fsciorv stocks-savannah Cotton Fac
| tory. - bid 80 asked; Augusta FACTORY ~
| bid so asked ex-div.; GramteViIle fac-
tory, lis bid, $50 asked; Langley i,ryS,'
| loo bid, lO5 asked; Enterprise Eactory,
| common. 70 bid, 100 asked; }; x hlnS
Manufacturing Company, lVz BIO, IV2 3 piS
ed; Siblay Manufacturing company, 30 -, D'9 az
! n asked; Savannah Brewing Company ~
''Ip london, Dec. q. Bar silver 900. Con-
soils. 10 1916 for money ana III l-lo LOT 0'e
'' PARIS Dec. 2s--Three ser cent. rentes,
102 francs 40 centimes for the account.
| Al ff,m2 per cent; She last loan was at
per cent, and at inc closing WIS oIelSo
NJ ? per cent. Prime mercantile paper
8is6a per cent. Bar silver ba4ac. Next
/ can dollars. 504i Hil7.c. Sterling exchange.
sfoady, witt actual business in bankers
"a S7ll STi, for demand. Posted rates,
! StS4tl 0ASS. Commercial bills, &.S2MW
I le3it Government bonds. quiet state
bonds were dun. and railroad bonds were
easier silver az the board was higher.
Sew ors Dec. 2a-Trcssury balances
wece as follows. coin, si2i. i0i.l6I; currency
ss1 .Nid
New York Doc. 2s.--noon - Erie 49;
Mort hwestern. ini DO preferred 1905 Lake
shore l5i. Norgoik ana Western prefer
rDd Ms, N cstam Union. SPY Southern
/ RAILWAY common gia. Southern Railway
prrf errsd. 2ill; American Sugar. 1909 Bal
dmorf and OHIO lia. canada southern
wifn anI lludfun. naffi Delaware. Lacku-
aunra fal Western. la1. NunnaitIu, IS
NIrtti.nu Central. NN. Nov NufIs Central,
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