New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-04

Less 1-io.
The price of domestic exchange was follows
ct the places named: New-Orleans. commercial,
tocmSl discount; bank. 81 ~ premium. San
Francisco. sight. nominal: telegraph. nominal.
Charleston. buying. "a discount; selling par
Savannah, buying, LIS per cent off: selling.
par Chicago. 81 80 discount. Boston. i0c to 15c
discount
Bank clearings in this city were Exchanges,
$sos9li49; balances. $5J67959. Philadelphia
Exchanges S1O,324,535; balances $I,2Sj,921.
; anittimnore.Exchanges. S22o4 ,439; balances,
Si3I,1 Chcago-Exchanges S13 100 g36: bal
ances. $l.202. 229. Observation-Disclosures, ST., 49,
434: balances. S1.302S29
The price Of commercial bar silver in this mar
ket was 66A Mexican dollars were quoted at
o1%Nh'A. In London bar silver declined Lied
to 3Otsd.
Money on call in London was y per cent. and
the rate of discount in the open market was 1isd
Ia per cent for short and long bills British
consols closed at 112s for money and 1921. for
the account. French rertes closed at los francs
~ confines. Paris exchange on London, -
francs II centimes. Discount rate in Paris las
per cent. The discount rate in Berlin was 2s4
per cent
The weekly statement of the Bank OF England
published to-day, showed q decrease of f2.5IO.OUO
in the total reserve. and total decrease OF
t232i 2GJ in bullion The proportion of the
banks reserve to liability. which last week was
J60J per cent is now IS GA per cent The bank
made no change in its minimum discount rate
which remains at per cent. The weekly state
ment of the Bank of France showed a decrease
VI -I,'Nt,vDD francs gOld ana decrease or l,UIU,
600 francs silver. The Imperial Bank of Ger
many's weekly report showed decrease in cash
Of 22.s0oOOo marks. Further details Of the for
eign market are given in the usual cable report
printed elsewhere.
THE FEDERAL TREASURY.
To-day's Washington Treasury statement COW
ering actual results of two days ago, compared
with the last preceding statement gives the fol-
lowing balances:
September .. September Changes
Net gold on hand so337l15i slo3 1888 Dec s7363l
Net egal-tenders
Net . A9sa on 6 :s5S st st Zee Zee 5s
Actual cash in the
Treasury
outstanding
s sssn1 ' 1873 as sa2s is Dee So 500
Available cash .s254 1876 5se s25a5ieoe4 Inc sso.55s
bilities Io.s2oai2 ll1i2.io2 Inc a2i $50
Actual cash bais243.55,Ia4 i3.373ec2 Dec. s41es2
Customs receipts reported from Washington
to-day were S3iIJlJ: internal revenue receipts.
S4i?,ISG, and miscellaneous receipts. Sis, 1l3;
total Government receipts for the day. S.6i.Jl4.
expenditures. 81, l3S,O0O excess Of expenditures.
Sl63,iSG. Receipts for the month to date. s.
Sol.996; expenditures $3.3S7.o00; excess of ex-
penditures. SoSJOO4 Receipts for the fiscal
year to date. S51 ,39330O: expenditures. SS1.1I1.-
III; excess of expenditures. S23773,Si3 Re-
cepts Of National bank notes for redemption to-
day were $500 OF?
Sub-Treasury receipts for the day were s.
1859. and payments S2212619, resulting in a
general balance Of S19l .O3O. 100. consisting OF
S13,295.G90 coin and $71.135. 100 currency. The
Sab Treasury has debit balance at the Clear
ing House of S21T .401. and its net loss on bal
S69.O4O. made up by loss in coin OF
Sl0.4I4. and gain in currency OF S4O,l34.
LAKE SHORES REPORT.
The annual report Of the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern Railway Comrany for its
fiscal year ended December 81. 1879. was pub
lished in The Tribune in the spring. and the
subjoined report shows results to July |, 1896,
ara1 h.. taft Raj liccip n
December 81 1897, the road showed after the
payment OF first charges and dividends a
plus Of SG032j. while for the year ended June
30 1h96 there was surplus of 2o26l The
following table shows results for two years
ended June 80, 1895 and 1896