The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-12
RICE.
FINANCIAL.

NOHeg-ATOOQ. QGI1dlQ at per cent.
Foreign Exchange-The market is
very weak. The following are net Savan-
nah quotations: Commercial demand.
A8412; sixty days, AS2la; ninety DAYS.
$4S2: francs, Paris and Havre sixty days,
5.21; Swiss, sixty days, 5.227s; marks, sixty
days, "a 9-16.
Domestic Exchange-Steady Banks are
buying at y per cent. discount and selling
as follows: Up to S25, 10c premium; $25 to
$50 l5c premium; $50 to 800, 2Oc premium
$500 and upwards at par.
Securities-Market is fairly active for
Central incomes and Southwestern rail-
road stock.
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Georgia
3A per cent bonds of 1890 1927 bid -
asked; Georgia S1a per cent. due 1915. 1O2Ib
bid asked; Georgia Az per cent.
bonds, 1915, 1l512 bid, 11615 asked Georgia
4 per cent, due 1926 HOY bid, 112 asked ;
South Carolina 419s, 1OS bid, 1O9 asked.
City Bonds-Atlanta per cent, 1O4 bid.
1O5 asked Augusta 4les, 1925, 1881 bid, 1917
asked; Augusta per cent, 112 bid, 113
asked; Augusta per cent, III bid 112
asked; Columbus per cent, 1914 bid. 1O4
asked; Macon per cent, 1l4Ik bid 1l6
asked; Macon 4l2s. 1926, 1851 bid, l04 asked ;
Savannah per cent, quarterly October
coupons 1898 bid, 10 asked; Savannah
per cent. quarterly November coupons.
lOSA bid, ITO asked; Charleston As, "a bid
IS asked
Railroad Bonds-Savannah Florida and
western railroad general mortgage bonds
per cent. interest coupons, 1l3 bid. ia
asked; Savannah, Florida and Western
first mortgage per cent. gold bonds
due 1894, 1857 bid, l06 asked, and interest
Central Railroad and Banking COMPANY
collateral gold 5s. "a bid IS asked: Central
of Georgia railway first mortgage IS, 80
year gold bonds. ia bid, lis asked: Cen
trail Of Georgia railway first consolidation
mortgage IS, 93ls bid 94lz asked Central OF
Georgia railway first preferred incomes
38h bid 39la asked; Central Of Georgia
railway second preferred incomes Il
bid. 10 asked; central Of Georgia railway
third preferred incomes, bid, 81 asked.
railway, second preferred incomes. 1917
bid, l4l2 asked; Central Of Georgia railway
third preferred incomes7ia bid.Sb asked. .
Georgia railroad os, 1910, ll2 bid. IA asked !.
Charlotte Columbia and Augusta first s.
lO5 bid. asked; Charlotte. Columbia ana
Augusta second mortgage 7s, il3 bid. l15
asked: Georgia Southern and Florida. now
S., 96 bid. 81 asked; South Georgia ana
Florida first mortgage Is 1929 bid. 1927
asked; South Georgia and Florida second
mortgage n, l02 bid, 1O3 asked: Ocean
Steamship per cent bonds. 1925. fO3is
bid, 1912 asked city and Subur-
ban railroad first mortgage 2
per cent. bonds. so bid, 81 ask
ed; Alabama Midland per cent. indorsed
~ bld, W asked Bruins WICK and Western
As. 65 bid. 20 asked; South Bound railroad
IS, go bid, 69i2 asked Southern railway
o.. 81 bid. % asked Georgia and Ala
oama FIRST preferred Gs. 1924 bid, i03 ask
cd, and interest Georgia and Alabama
first consols. Is bid, 70 asked
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and gavan-
nah. % bid, % asked; Georgia
common 1856 bid, i6s asked: south
western. 90 bid % asked. At
lanta and West Point railroad stock io2
bid, 108 asked. Atlanta and West Point
per cent certificates i02 bid. iO3 asked
savannah Construction Company. - bid.
20 asked.
Gas stocks-Nominai: Savannah Gas
Light stock, 2lil bid. 22h asked Electric
Light and Power Company. 90 bid. W
asked.
Bank Stocks. Etc.-Cltlzons Bank i0gib
bid. 1904 asked Chatham Bank i3is bid Az
asked GCrmanla Bank. im bid DOS asked.
Merchants National Bank. 10 did, sGit ask
cd. National Bank OF Savannah i2i bld.
asked. ORiethorpo Savings and Trust
Company 1885, 1id, asked. Southern
Bank of tho 6tatc OF Georgia. 30 hid.
asked. savannah Bank and Trust Con-.
pary 900 hid. asked Chatham Real
Estate and Improvement Company a. U
h.l. asked 81 5ia h|9 asked. poo-
p'cH aaylnsa and Loan Company. ~ hld,
asked.