New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-14


Actual cash bal s2os e4Iesi 1904 i5os3 Inc 1918 TO-
Customs receipts reported to-day from wash
ington were $51S,72S, the internal revenue re-
ceipts S46l .750 and the miscellaneous receipls
s24,579. Total Government receipts for the oay
s1C05.O67 expenditures, sl242,000; excess OF ex-
penditures s236.933 Receipts for the nohih 10
date ST. 761, 292 expenditures, s15,3OiOOo excess
OF expenditures, s3542,70S. Receipts for me rs
cal year to date. s256.429.9SO; eXpendilurss'
$3.50 54S; excess OF expenditures over receipts
$40. 969, 5GS There were s365,5ll Nationai oahA
notes received fer redemption.
The Sub-Treasury was debtor al me N' r.'n .
Ing House 1895. 60 Its net gain on balance was
s96l599. made up by gain In currenoy OK
S1l9390 and a gain In coin Of $S42 2O9 lo-uay
operations included: Receipts. si,2sl 10y; pay
ments, $3,329. $50. resulting in general balance
OF $218,3lS 9i consisting OF $l29,O2foso com anu
$50 1855 currency. The business for the week
ended tonight includes receipts OF slSlz'.5Ss
and payments Of 81. S05.139. Deducting from lhe
receipts N7os.OOo and from the pa, o n,e",
81 go 900 for items which affect only It's account
with the general Treasury. Its gam as aie''"s
the banks was Sl,27S,249
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.
Money on call was 3hG4h per cent Time
money was per cent for thirty days ana
three months and 4441s for four mon'ns, anu
Az per cent for six months Commeriai pa ,t
ruled at 5iaQ6 per cent for all periods TOT hlsn,
grade paper and above for paper not so wei
known. There is very little doing In the COM
mercial paper market. 49,. -
Foreign exchange WIS II tIlu' ta''''f 49,
tinued dull. Posted rates for sterling were
81 So and 81 SO for long and short biils re-
spectively. Closing rates for actual business
were follows:
s,.r,.. ssh sss,. :sx !s sp. s'; Short BINS
Reichsmsrks 80. 90 "o,,
The pr,c, of domestic exchange was az follows
az the pl,cos named. New-Orleans. commercial
25c discount. bank at 81 80 premium; san ran
cisco, sight par. telegraph PAR; Cn nnannah'
buying par selling nc. premium; Sayai'n,a.''
buying l-l6 per cent off. selling par: chicago
4oc discount: Boston. 1OiaG25c. discount
Bank clearings in this city were Ekshnhtges,
sS4.7 60424; balances. S5.3i2.leS. PhiladrIph,a-
Exchanges S9.496.529; balances. Sltyi 30 IDS
ton-Exchanges. Si3ls5.i75: balances, N.i'''oos
The price o: commercial bar silver IN inc mar !.
ket was 6s7sc Mexican dollars were quoted az
I,Gs6c. In London bar silver adyhnced - -
81 9-l6d. Silver To the amount OF b'oop ounces
and CO 900 Mexican dollars VIII be sent ABROAD 10
morrow. 1890,
Money on cali in London was "a u per cent
The rate Of discount IN the open morHet was li,i'
per cent for short and three months hils'
French rentes were l02 francs Sile c'n'!Hl'S =.
Paris exchange on Lon1on. % francs u confines
British colsos were 1898, FIR money and lps 1915
for the account Further details oi the i'f"lgn
markets are printed In the usual cable report IN
another column.
'Dun's Review for this week has ills TO say OF,
the business situation: waiting Is stu IN"
rule Large hope tut little actual business cN-
mains the strength OF some markets and tho
WEE xness OF others The feeling that the spring
OF 1896 ought to bring larger business VIII not
suffice g. meet expenses all the season II the
larger business does not come. Thus FAR. there
Is decided Increase IN The demand for boots and
shoes secured by considerable concessions IN
price but in other branches y business conces-
slors are made In vain or are not made. Mean
while Il IL encouraging 10 know that one ot no
most Important business interests has realized
definite improvement. The insurance companies
OF which returns are given In detail th!s week
show a larger business and larger income than
ever before and also n most remarkable sound
ness OF i.ortgafc loans and other investments.
The comparison OF reports for TWO yearS Is In tho
highest degree interesting 20 investors. and con-
st,tutes strong evidence OF the wonderful re-
cuperatlve power Of the Nation In spite OF the
general depression In business.
The Chicago Milwaukee and 81. Paul Railway
Company has declared n dividend OF 81 30 a share
on the preferred stock and 81 a share on the COM
mon stock payable April 20. out Of the net earn
inCs OF the current fiscal year.