New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-04
CROCK VALUES IMPROVING.
.,,rto0K FOR FURTHER RISE
,.n,r,oN OF THE FEDERAL TREASURY
RAILROAD EARNINGS

c,niay January o-p H.
Tho United states Treasury received ias' W."
- a,,., from customs S2.24l,ot' from '"'e'
..,.orue 8, o4261T. and from mscehsheous
..uoos s,oo IA. making total OF sf'oof'-o-'
tive, 81 455.345 the preceding Week i"s .e
Sc. Gov The month to date amount 10 Sl'-oo-
GO "a the payments TO S2.oo5VW' mahihs
o''' o." ., sxpenditures over receipts Si6' ,l'o.
-. 6scal year to date the receipts nave oeeh
exc 7oa 443. expenditures S19S.Sot.3oo. the eN-
80 n expenditures being S4o.oo-o"u' ne
cess ~ actual cash balance increased IN me
ire &c o0- 476 and stands at SIS ~,
Ths treasury received in the week 80. 9oo
- National bank notes for redemption. 10 Sc
n',ra National bank note circulation IL nc" "o'D'
sSi0 o3ti $50 in bonds. as follows: 49,,
c,,rrrncy 6s i5Si435o
FIVE per cents ..'.''''''''' s7asl $50
-Four per cents OF 1907. 90 5a2 so
United States bonds deposited for sc11 400
au-Inr the week S24S. 900: withdrawn, Toiu.co
National bank note circulation S euc % rrh,
currency S235 576. 3S1: gold notes 500 '''. ne
Treasury holds sl6s16SS lesal'e" circulaton
against SIS. 9.3s3 a week ago: s.o,or,or.
Suhioined is Saturdays Treasury statement
compared with that Of Decehloe' ~
Dec. CO. jan = N"seS
ooid coin and bull
ION less eer'ih sss ocsoo sls7sissis Inc. ST. aa
U. notes. less ss so7.sOs 7oe2ssl7 Inc. 2l2l Ola
SILVER dollars and
nai,a,s: less is5oliI7 lss277ss Inc. i26 62l
., 1894. sces osi 4so s2os SD sos Inc. IS sal I'D
Deposits ,, IN Ma Ie5ao47 1919 1853 4s4se4
,.s. cash $3.50 s2s sis s24s oaI 7a Inc So 4o5 ca5
p, sii,,s. manor IA nsissls I47ls72 Inc 1871
Aetna, cash bal s225 si2eos s22s ssa7e saco747e
THE MONETARY SITUATION.
49,, roorax markets were dull and little
haneed from the preceding week, call money
rIling al 1lad2 per cent, with the majority VI
business done at the higher figure. BANKS ana
trust companies quoted per cent the minimum
Currency from the interior arrived IN soou sup
nly despite more bank failures in the west put
The demand for accommodation from STOCK EX-
cbanra borrowers and for general business needs
nos extremely small. Time money was . per
cen, for sixty to ninety days. 49, per cent Tor
four months and per cent for longer PERIODS.
There was a fair supply OF coninhsrciai paper
With little doing in this branch OF the money
market Rates were 3a4 "A per cent for sixty
70 ninety day Endorsed bills receivabie 4q4f2
ne- cent for first-class names. ana 4f?uoi2 per
cent for good four TO six months single names;
II ondon call money 3l2Q4 per cent. and
omen market discounts 31s per cent for short and
long bills until yesterday, when the call money
rate dropped to 2g212 per cent; ana 1nT open pen
omen market rate remained at > per cent. and In
Berlin and Frankfort. 414G4le per cent until the
- ~ tho week the rate then declining to 334
cent. The Bank of England's minimum dis
N rate remained at per cent The bank
-,d in the week f349. 172 bullion and held at
ose 1874 15s S99
% foreign exchange market was easier. with
r : appreciably lower. First Of January pay
I (, due abroad have been provided for with
Q any noteworthy advance in sterling ex
oh re- and the fall in rates last week indicated
this and removed all doubts concerning possible
so' shipments at this period. The continued
ex, rs Of merchandise exports over imports. and
the act that large amount of long sterling will
mat re this month. point to easy rates through
out January. Posted sterling closed at 4.S4la
and 4S11a for long and short bills respectively.
Rates for actual business closed follows: