New-York tribune., 1896-04-03
Closing prices Of a number OF active stocks
compare with Yesterdays as follows:

Ts Ts Is 1872. IIia Cher IS
Ninety shares OF the Irving Bank were sold
at 1917. twelve shares OF the Broadway Rank
at 24o and twenty shares Of the Mechanics
Bank at 1917
Railway bonds were not largely dealt In, and
the changes were generally small, the majority
of Issues showing net advances In a few Is
sues seldom dealt in. there were substantial
declines from the last previous sales as in
1lSh; New-York, Chicago and ST. Louis As.
TO l03; st. Louis and San Francisco conso As.
to 36. and Cleveland. Lorain and Wheeling
hrsts, 2k to 104& Among the active Issues
the chief advances were made by Chicago and
Northern Pacific first receipts. 2 to As; Kansas
and Texas first As, to 81: Northern Pacific sec
ond coupon, q to 110la the third coupons. u to
a. the consol S. * to 4S7s; the consol IS re-
ceipts, Y to 4sn: Reading first preference In
comes, Is to 3l9s; Reading general IS receipts,
y 10 7siH; Wisconsin Central first receipts, ~
to 43; Norfolk and Western firsts (Meryand
dvsion), 4 to 6SR St Joseph and Grand ISL
and first receipts. to As. and Texas and Pacific
first IS. n to 50. Oregon Improvement Com
pany conso IS receipts advanced 2b to 23b
To-days Washington Treasury statement
covering actual results OF two days ogo. com
pared with tho last previous statement. shows
the following balances:
Nc. gold on ha hsr 4s, 4ps ss Dec snss es4s
Net legai-tendcrs
Not srcr l"a on nd iSSS aS3Sas i2s % bsc i"S sSS
,rrnns,,ry 80 ra,,i,. 80
over outstanding ...,.,o
Deoo.iis in bank 34co%s 'ss @S1SSsi Inc sscss
Available cash s2ss. .5i2oo7 s2s7oioio4 Dec sooo 77s
bilities ....."... Iss7i21o i5.74o7oo Dec iisoSia
Actual cash bal s27i G,74s s272 iGs 4ss s5274o
Customs receipts reported to-day from Wash
ington s7J9 ~, the Internal revenue receipts
$3.50 500 and the miscellaneous receipts. S26329
Total Government receipts for the day. sl,246ii6
expenditures sl53 900; excess OF receipts Nosa4lo
Receipts for the month 10 date. N.9s2,s6O ex-
penditUres 81 56s. .3SS; excess Of receipts. Al4O'2
Receipts for the fiscal year 10 date 2ss ex-
penditures. S210.9?7936; excess OF expenditures
over receipts SIS si0j63s. There were $lGO.l'l
National bank notes received for redemption
The Sub-Treasury had a d. bit balance at the
Clearing House Of s21s5926. Its net loss on bal
ance was $2lJ7 $50 made up by a loss In currency
II 81 SS3 365 and loss In coin OF S324l9l To-days
opera tions included Receipts. s2.52l.972: pay
ments s4679.52s. resuting In general balance
of S293. PSI consisting OF $l3l2'95D coin and
$9l.sli.691 currency.
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.
Money on call was Sg4 per cent. Time money
ruled at 3ika4 per cent for thirty days: per
cent for three aud four months, and 4gf's per
cent for six months. Commercial paper was dun
AT unchanged quotations. 5i1G6 per cent ruling
for tho best grade paper for all periods. Very
little paper is placed below per cent
Sterling and Continental exchange was fair,
but dull. at unchanged quotations: Posted rates
werc - SO and 81 90 for long and short sterling.
respectively. Closing rates for actual business
were as follows.
Sterling s,5s.S. Gas;; .s7s... 5s.s s, .s sss'' ~
isn"S rrsnos ..;....:..: .....:.:: III. 'a:,.
Rcichsmarhs ..... 80 80
Gulliers wa ~
The price OF domestic exchange was ne follows
at the places named. New-Orleans. commercial
25c discount bank AT 81 50 premium: San Frnn-
CISCO sight. &c. telegraph. ~ Charleston puy-
ing par. selling irc. premium; savannah buying
l.iS per cent on. selling par; Chicago 2Jc pre-
MUM: Boston. l0al discount.
Bank clearings in this city were: Exchanges
SI1a 979 5l9: balances sss07 03s. Philadelphia
Exchanges 1875 372: balances s234oGjI. Baltl-
more Exchanges t2.533.97l; balances. s363.ol
Chicago-Exchangcs. 3l5iol.s+5: balances sl.-
3O5 $50 Boston-Exchanges 12O,9 100; balances
s., 1885, ss3
The price Of commercial bar silver In this mar
ket was CSC Mexican dollars were quoted az
54ikc In London. bar silver was unchanged al
3lhsd. ,
The rate Of discount IN the open market was
biils French rentcs were l0i frarcs % continues
Paris exchange on London. % franc, IL CEN
times British conscls were 100 1910 Tor money
and 100 1916 for the account
The weekly statement OF the Bank or England
she we'd a decrease IN bullion OF N.64l.z62 Ihe
proportion OF the banks reserve 10 iiao'II'y.
which last week was 62.l3 per cent. IL now
70 "a per cent against an advance from 65Is per
cent 10 $685. per cent In the corresponding week
last wear No change was made In the bahR
minimum discount rate. which remained al
ner cent The weekly statement or the Bank or
France showed a decrease Of 6g75,o0 francs
rnid and n decrease Of 1850 900 francs silver.
Further details of the foreign markets will be
found in the usual cable report printed else
Ubprp.