New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-08
111H and $1,000 currency Ga Of 1905 at 1031A
Final quotations follow:

In State issues $4,000 Virginia funded debt
2-:'s of 1891 sold at 61k.
Railway bonds were strong an increased
volume OF business. with final changes showing
net advances in most issues. The principal
gains were in Chesapeake and Ohio consol os
Y to 1881; the general 4ks, Y to 73%: Chicago
and Northern Pacific first receipts tx to AK
Erie general lien 3-4s. 4 to 63: Kansas and
Texas seconds, u to GIN; Mobile and Ohio Is
Y to 6Ila Northern Pacific prior lien As. " to
S6h; Oregon Short Line and Utah Northern
consol receipts. 4 to "a; Texas and Pacific sec.
onds. y to 21 Central Georgia Railway consol
2s. u to 0OA; Hooking Valley 5s " 10 $50
dI!%; Ontario and Western refunding is. y to
S91s; Northern Pacific first 5s 4 TO 1884,. and
Texas and Pacific first Is. Y to S6h OF the
rev net losses made the chief ones were in
Long Island consol 5s "a to 10; San Antonio
and Arkansas Pass is. n to 81; Beech Creek firss,
! to 14; Wabash seconds, 1 to IN and Ohio
issues Brooklyn Wharf and Warehouse rs ad-
vanced " to 100: Detroit Gas 5s q to 49, and
Laclede Gas lost q to a.
Money on call was u per cent, with excep-
lions at = per cent. Time money was ~ per
cent for sixty days. per cent for three months.
3do1s per cent for four months. and 3is@4 per
cent for six months. Commercial paper was
per cent for all periods for the best names and
above for names not quite we'll known.
The foreign exchange market was firm on a
limited amount Of business. Posted rates for
sterling closed at 81 S412. and 81 SIlaMS4 rs for
long and short bills. respectively Rates for ac-
tual business closed at follows
Sterling G.s!s: .s.o ISaS 4s @sa,a'
Francs ..................5lTa $50 5IsIs
H Ie.hsn ..... eS,s "a oS%
ruders ................ 4Oz 4Oh 3ost
tsnsa ailete b. foc. cmfwy shrd cmfw cmfmw
Domestic exchange was follows at the places
named: ew-Orleans-Commercial, 81 30 dis
premium: selling. 1-18 discount. Savannah
Buying. 1-16 per cent of: selling. par. Boston
Par to &c per 81 900 discount st. Louis,sl pre-
MUM. San Francisco-Sght. 12l2c; telegraph.
70 Sc
SOC premium.
Bank clearings in this city were: Exchanges.
SloS 453 b sda ss54eocs B slt
delpha-Exchanges S9.961.141: Boston-Ex-
changes. $1S.07S.1i5: balances. $2.341. 7o1. Chi
cago-Exchanges, $13.156,666; balances SSH
The price of commercial bar silver In this
ket was 645sc. Mexican dollars were quoted at
5Ola@51l2c. In London bar silver declined to
20 11-16d.
Money call in London was 2@2i. per cent.
Open market discounts. 3ls per cent for long and
short bills British consos closed at III ZIG
for money and 1l11S for the account. Paris ex
change on London. % francs % centimes. French
rentes. 1O2 francs 40 confines Discount rate in
Paris. per cent Discount rate in Berlin, 3A
per cent. The open market price for gold in
London l4d. higher at us lid. Bank of Eng
lands price for American eagles. 16s. I'D.
The weekly statement OF the Bank Of England
published to-day. showed increase of t4j2.-
600 in the total reserve. and a total increase Of
$3.50. 1913 in bullion. The proportion Of the banks
reserve to liability. which last week was 44.2S
per cent, is now 44.9S per cent The banks mini
mum discount rate remained unchanged at I
per cent. The weekly statement Of the Bank OF
France showed a decrease Of 6.21J.OW francs
gold and a decrease of 600 francs silver
THE FEDERAL TREASURY.
To-day's Washington Treasury stateme 1t V
ering the actual results Of two days ago, COM
pared with the last preceding statement. gives
the following balances:
Ian. 6.
Net gold hand S13s 800 $50 $1ss $40
Net legal-tenders
on hand ..... 65423,7Os $4,000 Dec 1.5O3.09a
Net silver hid 17.157.49s I7,3s653 Dec. 37O.9s5
Yet cas- in he