New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-13

Railway bonds were dull and Irregular with
no marked activity IN any issue. Oha hnsn9
either way were small the cher advances pe an,
scored by Chicago and Northern racine nIsi
receipts 81 to 45; Northern Pacific collatera,
trust notes u to 80; Oregon Short Line anu
Utah Northern conso receipts. as 10 oSs Oa.
gon Short Line 6s. II to li3A: Southern Railway
first 5s X to 81; Louisville. New-Albany anu
Chicago general mortgage u to 1872; fittsoul5
and Western Arsts. u to 701a. and Erie genera,
lien to 65 Chesapeake and OHIO 4Hs "eIe
down u to 1914; Northern Pacific consol 5s. re-
ceipts y to ASH: Seattle Lake Shore and East
ern first receipts. to 4014. from the last prev
Gus sale: KeOkuk and Des Moines. " 10 IO' anu
Rio Grande Western firsts. to 76h. the ue-
cline Yesterday and for several days In Soutn-
ern Railway bonds is understood TO be que 10
sales by members of the syndicate formed 10
underwrite the Richmond Terminal reorganlza-
ton plan In anticipation of the Distribution
OF the Southern Railway securities, which was
made yesterday on the closing up Oh the ~"
cate ..
To-day's Washington Treasury statement
covering actual results for two days ago, com
pared with the last previous statement SHOWS
the following balances:
March H. March IL. Changes
Net gold on hand SIG ,5e5 o7 Inc sI57ao4
Net lega-tcnders -. go ozo a.,
Net on . nSel on sa '94s 'sss Inc
Actual cash in the
e Inc Inc ''s 80
Deposits in bank -, i3ooi' "''' NV
Available $3.50 +42 s57 s2s2V33 42' Inc sI'io'-
biiities ..... 1so6o5ss Ie.aii.74s Inc i2''.1o'
Actual cash bal $3.50 $50 2es s2ca Gil ss Inc si2'''s
Customs receipts reported to-day from WASH
ngton were $sOS 32j the internal <evehue re-
ceipts Al and the miscellaneous rece,pt'
s4qS 76O Total Government receipts FOR the DAY
81 e76 49,. expenditures 81 $1,000; excess or re-
ceipts 1884 495 Receipts for the month to aate'
slO756 224; expenditures Sl4o62 600; excess OF eN-
penditures SO. 800. 776. Receipts for tne lscat we!
n date s235 424 9i3; expenditures $685. ois: eN
cess of expenditures over receipts, sZo''3I,oo';
There were s4O5.659 National bank notes rece''e'
for redemption .. ,,o
The Treasury had debit balance at the
Clearing House of $265. s25. Its net gain on baI-
ance was s34s sos made mp by gam a.. III c M
rency of $4O9S33 and loss in com OF ss- de7
DAYS operations included: Receipts sZoo'Vs,'
payments s. 21S. 532. resulting In geheTaI phI-
ance of s2l7 S57 3H consisting Of sl2SlS223' com
and $s9,l74,964 currency
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.
Money on call vas 3@Sia per cent Time
money was per cent for thirty days. ana
three months and 4M41s fer four months ana
six months Commercial paper ruled at o'sao
per cent for all periods for high-grade paper
and above for paper not so well known re"
banks are in the market for paper
The foreign exchange market was without
feature Posted rates for sterling were ~ 81 ana
81 SO for long and ehort bills respectively CLOS
Ing rates for actual business were as follows:
s, cs ss: $50 L issa sl; SEA Si'
Rechsmarks ..... o.. 90 49,.
Guiliers "s
The price of domestic exchange was as ioi-
lows AT the places named: New orleans. com
nercial &c discount. bank at u % premium
San Francisco sight par. telegraph par. Chaii'S-
ton buying par selling nc. premium: savannah
buying lie per cent on. selling par. Chicaso'
SOC discount: Boston. l2iaNloc. discount
Bank clearings in this city Were: EXCHANGES
ss4la4.0s5: balances. A.7g2i23 fhiiadsiphia-
Exchanges. s9.ls4.s4l. balances. N.o-l: ~ los-
ton-Exchanges sl3.O52. S43. balances. $i.3sN.o3s.
The price OF commercial bar silver In the mar
ket was Gsssc. Mexican dollars were quoted NJ
5.G557sc. In London bar silver was unchahsen
AZ 81 7-lsd Six hundred silver bullion certin-
Q69A III,
Money on call in London was u per cent The
rate OF discount In the oper market was l.lo
per cent for short and three months bliis.
French rentes were l02 francs so centimcs
Paris exchange on London. % francs 2oii cen
times British consos were l0s7s for money
and 100 1915 for the account The weekly state
ment Of the Bank Of England shows decrease
in bullion of is5 797. The proportion Of the
Banks reserve To liability. which last week wac
6ls4 per cent. is now G2.f per cent. compared
with an advance from 6T.69 per cent 10 1904 per
cent in the corresponding week last year. No
change was made In the minimum discount rate
which remains at per cent The weekly state
men Of the Bank Of France shows decrease OF
4O25 900 francs gold and a decrease Of $4,000
francs silver Further details Of the foreign
markets are printed In the usual cable report III
another column.
The 81 per cent coupon bond loan, 10 the
amount Of about half "A million dollars. re-
Gently offered in Zurich London and New York
by the Anglo-Swiss Condensed MIX Company.
was oyer-eubscribed more than $4,000. Tho
bonds were offered without security Of any
kind beyond the bare name Of the firm. and
were placed by the company itself by simply in
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