The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-08
FINANCIAL.

Foreign Exchange-The market was
firm. The following are net Savan-
nan da,l quotations; S q 57 1e dn
$4S6%c; francs, Paris and Havre sixty
days, $5.lS; Swiss, sixty days, $5l97s;
marks, sixty days, 95 1-16.
Domestic exchange-The tone of the
market is quiet Banks are buying at
par and selling at 10 per cent. premium
for amounts of 81 900 and over.
Securities-The market continues very
quiet and inclined to dullness. 1t is diff
cult to effect trades; quotations are almost
nominal.
Stocks and Bonds-stute Bonds-Geor-
gia, 31a per cent. bonds of 1880, 102 bid,
1929 asked; Georgia 3l5 per cents, due 1915,
1912 bid, 10212 asked; Georgia Is, Smiths,
AZ per cent. bonds, 1915, 114l2 bid. lis asked;
South Carolina AVS, 10S bid 100 asked.
City Bonds-Atlanta 7 per cent, 107 bid,
108 asked; Augusta AS 1925, 104 bid, Jos
asked; Augusta per cent, ia bid, 1151a
asked; Augusta per cent, III bid, lib
asked; Columbus per cent, 103 bid, 104
asked; Macon 6 per cent, 11412 bid 1155
asked; Savannah per cent, quarterly
July coupons, 10S bid, 1851 asked; Savan-
nah per cent, quarterly August coupons,
10S bid, 1882 asked; Charleston As SO bid,
50 asked.
Railroad Bonds-SavaIn nah, Florida and
Western railroad general mortgage bonds.
per cent. interest coupons, III bid. ia
asked Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage,
consolidated per cent coupons, January
and July maturity, 1897, 1929 bid, 103
asked; Central Railroad. and Banking
Company, collateral gold IS, 9S15 bid,
991a asked; Central of Georgia
railway first mortgage IS, 1945. Ill bid,
consolidated 5s, 50-year gold bonds IS
bid, 80 asked; Central of Georgia railway
first preferred incomes, 291a bid, 3O1s asked;
Central of Georgia railway second pre-
ferred incomes, IA bid, 1872 asked; Cen
trail of Georgia railway third preferred in
comes, 8 bid, 10 asked; Georgia railroad
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
first IS, 105 bid. 1851 asked:
Charlotte. Columbia and Augusta second
mortgage rs, 115 bid, 1l6 asked; Georgia
Southern and Florida new 5s, 90 bid. 81
asked; South Georgia and Florida first
mortgage Is, los bid, asked; South
los bid, - asked; Savannah, Americus
and Montgomery IS, 70 bid, II asked:
ocean Steamship per cent. bonds. 1920
- bid 101 asked; City and Suburban
railroad first mortgage per cent. bonds
~ bid. II asked; Electric railway 5s'
due 1885. 1872 bid, 211a asked; Alabama Mid,
brunswick and Western, As = hid X
asked; South Bound railroad IS, = bid
rs asked; Southern Railway IS, 921k bid
93lz asked; George and Alabama con-
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and savan-
nah 90 bid, SO asked; Georgia common.
40 hid 175 asked; Southwestern 81 hid
a. aslxed: Atlanta and West Point Rail,
road stock lO1 bid. 102 asked; Atlanta and
West Point 6 per cent. certificates 1OlJ@
hid 1O2 asked; Savannah Construction
ION Company, 74l2 bid, 75l2 asked.
cas- Stocks-Savannah Gas Light stock
99II hid u asked Electric Light and Pow
er Company, 62l2 bid, 6Sh asked.
Bank Stocks, Eac.-Citizen's Bank. 113
hid 1l9i% asked; Chatham Bank, 80 bid
taSt a lSed; Germania Bank, 109 bid, 10 ask
ed. Merchants National Bank. 102 bid
i0} asked; National Bank of Savannah
ia hid. 135 asked; Oglethorpe Savings
snd Trust Company, 1861 bid, 10715 asked (:
Southern Bank of state Of Georgia, IN bid,
I72 asked: Savannah Bank and Trust Com
pe,,t- i9Sih bid 109I9 asked; Chatham Real
estate and Improvement Company. A, 81