New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-30


In State issues $1,000 Virginia funded debt
2-3s Of 1891 sold at 69I4.
Railroad bonds were moderately active and
strong at small net changes. Total sales
amounted In par value to $1.IS4OOO against
xl,990.OOO yesterday The more important deal
ings were in the .itchison and Northern Pacific
issues. Rio Grande Western irsts. Union Pacific
purchase receipts. Brooklyn Elevated first re-
ceipts. Chesapeake and Ohio AIS and Reading
general Is. The chief net gains were made by
Brooklyn Elevated first receipts. 2. to S2s.:
Cairo division frsts). IS to 901s East Tennessee.
Virginia and Georgia consol rs 2. TO 110t.:
Fort Worth and Denver City firsts ] to y:
Rio Grande Western frsts. 2 to ~; Union
Elevated first receipts 4 to S2ii Central Of
Georgia consol rs, . to 9l7s; Kansas Pacific
Shenango and Lake Erie firsts. .: TO 1906; Ore
gon Short Line income y Js, y to IS, and Union
Pacific purchase receipts. = to ll14; Pittsburg
lien 3-4s. 4 to III International and Great
Northern seconds. 4 to S4s4: Northern Pacific
general lien IS. q to G0ia; Texas and Pacific
first rs. u to 91i2: the second incomes 4 to
2Sa.. and Norfolk and Western consol As. . to
In miscellaneous issues Standard Rope and
Irvine Us lost 3 to ~. and the incomes gained
to ~ Mutual Union Telegraph Gs gained !,
to IL. and American Dock and Improvement IS
lost 4 to l16.
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.
Money on call was 3isd4 per cent with ex.
80 per cent for sixty days, BE per cent for
three months 3;s per cent for four months. and
3isa4 per cent for six months. Commercial
paper rates were 3l5M4 per cent for the best
names for three months. per cent for four
months. per cent for six months. and 4G4it
per cent for names not so well known.
The foreign exchange marker was dull and
steady at unchanged quotations. Rates for
actual business closed as follows:
E :::::: g: :: .sS s Z: +;
Posted sterling rates were:
Short bills +s5hs+s
Actual closing rates for commercial bills were:
s s:s. ;.... ::1':$:: Lila .:,
Bssan ''i re- 2a'. es.l-ls Sa5 -is&5 lie
Gunders "a IS leaao 80 l5-l693as
Domestic exchange follows at the
places named Savannah-Buying. l-l6c. Of:
selling par. acknowledgements, ~ -
discount; bank. par. Chareston-Buying. Lice
discount; selling Lice premium san Fran
cIsco-Sight. l5c.: telegraph. l1iac. Chicago
SOC. premium. Bos.on-jc. premium.
s Bank rs Gssrnss in this s$
Exchanges, $40 7O5s0l; balances. So 1880
Boston-Exchanges $l6.35s O95; balances. 81
9s7 39S. Philadelphia Exchanges Sl4, .5i2l9
balances. Sos 453 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
$2656 40: balances. 1901 800.
The commercial price OF bar silver was oo'sc.
against 1850 on Friday. Mexican silver dollars.
46c. In London bar silver declined I'd 10 2oSsd.
Money on call In London was per cent.
British corsOls closed at III g-16 for money and
1l2as for Inc account. Rate OF discount In the
open market. 3 per cent for short and long bills
Paris exchange on London - francs 23lz cen
times Berlin discount rate. 42s per cent. French
rentes 1n3 francs Paris discount rate. per
cent
THE FEDERAL TREASURY
To-day's Washington Treasury statement
covering actual results for two days ago. COM
pared with the last preceding statement. gives
the following balances:
Ne, god ..... $50 ss5e.l sidos.2 Gas Inc. ssS.
Ne, !: : note, a. 9SS go 1913 isl Dec ss25 SIS
Net Treas. notes. a?si3?' 2''S3l' Die --sV'o
Actual cash
,iaca;cs ..e. se2s SIS 1874 s2ia5o4s,o Dec ~sso+s.
tionai bank. . 6s,oosi 40 s652 ci Inc. s7se.iso
Available cash scfa 7l4l75 s2sa 6os7l Dec sota%s
Minor liabilities. IS 3s25l1 3 3si3 Dec o'l'-o'f
Ac,l cash $40 13 65s s2i336Ooos Inc si6 $40
Customs receipts reported from Washington
to-day were $135. 56I. Internal revenue receipts
1924 205. and the miscellaneous receipts SSo9l,-
23S: total Government receipts for the day. ~
321Oll: expenditures. SIS6ND; excess Of re-
ceipts SIS, 1901. Receipts for the month TO
date. ST. 42l S36; expenditures. $685. 600; ex-
cess Of receipts. $3l 1902 $50. Receipts for the
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