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HUNTS MERCHANTS* ft MAGAZINE, UktMjrape*, REPRESENTING THE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL INTERESTS OF THE UNITED STATES, VOL. 29. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1879. cle of CONTENTS. THE 344 ernment Financial Review of September... 345 THE United States Treasury Statement 346 The Debt Statement for Septem¬ 346 ber, 1879 Imports and Exports for August.. 347 Latest Monetary and Commercial English News 348 Commercial and Miscellaneous News 34g BANKERS’ GAZETTE. Mbnev Market, U. S. Securities, I Quotations of Stocks and Bonds.. 354 Railway Stocks, Foreign Ex| New York Local Securities 355 change, N. Y. City Banks, etc.. 351 I Investments, and State, City and j Corporation Finances 356 THE COMMERCIAL TIMES. Commercial Cotton Breadstuff s Epitome 365 359 I Dry Goods .: 359 364 . Prices Current 366 £ke Chrmticle. The Commercial and Financial Chronicle is issued on Satur¬ day morning, with the latest news up to midnight of Friday. 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A neat file-cover is furnished at 50 cents; postage on the same is 18 Volumes bound for subscribers at $1 20. For a complete set of the Commercial and Financial Chronicle— . July, 1865. to date—or of Hunt’s Merchants’ Magazine, 1339 to 1S71, inquire at the office. THE WEEK'S MARKETS. The Government did not fully complete its settlements purchases last week, as it anticipated, the iinal arrangements having been delayed until the present week. Consequently, the severest strain on the money for bond market The was not felt until the first of October. higher rates for money have, however, had no effect on prices in Wall street. Every one understands that the Government settlements were the cause produc¬ ing the change, and that from this date the movement will be in the opposite direction, for the large balances drawn in to pay for the unpresented bonds, now believed to be 20 millions and upwards, must gradually be re¬ turned to the hanks. This source of supply, together with the interest payments and foreign gold arrivals, are looked upon as pretty sure guarantees of an undisturbed money market during the fall months. Consequently the stock speculation has continued to progress, nothing being so nearly worthless as to put it outside of the cir¬ purchases.” The general feeling dizzy maelstrom is at present that this tide will never ebb. Such a belief finds its support in the assurance that every railroad is now to become a through route and to contribute to every other road sufficient business to make it pay large dividends. Of course, there are to be no more harvests in Europe, and the United States has a corner on every description of food, &c. The basis for the recent advance in wheat and in breadstuffs is found in the of exports of late. The brought down to the 27th September, and embrace some really notable figures. For instance, the exports of wheat from the principal Atlantic ports statistics course are now of the United States and from Montreal for four weeks ending September 27 were in round numbers (including wheat) twenty-four million bushels, or a million bushels each business day. The exports from the same ports for the thirteen weeks ending September 27 were about 60 million bushels, or at the rate of 240 millions per annum. The exports for the year ending September 1, from the same ports, were 140 million bushels, or at the rate of less than twelve million bushels per month. Still, a comparison with former seasons has little or no significance. The question now is of supply in relation to demand. The large exports in September were mostly of wheat contracted for at lower prices in August. It will require some time to develop how far the higher prices recently made have checked exports. Some appear to think that it is the poor condition of wheat iu West¬ ern Europe, and not the deficient quantity, that has made the demand so urgent. If this shall prove true, the more prudent will have additional reason for caution, fearing lest speculation will check exports. We have a large surplus to dispose of, and stocks should not be recklessly accumulated. The movement in Rio coffee at the ports of the United States for the month of September, just closed, was the largest ever recorded, amounting to 272,G#0 bags. The sales for the past three months are 644,632 bags, and there has been an advance in the past sixty days of two cents per pound, quotations for fair cargoes rising from 13J to 15£ cents. This advance is in some degree based on the prospect of diminished supplies. The crop year ends July 1, and for the season of l S79-’80 the total supply is estimated at 3,500,000 bags, against 4,000,000 bags for the previous year. But the flour reduced to TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION-PAYABLE IN ADVANCE: william b. “ desirable inside this CHRONICLE. The Week’s Markets 341 Effect of Prices on Onr Foreign Trade 312 Russia in Central Asia—A New Commercial Highway 343 .. Railroads and the General Gov¬ NO. 715. most effective stimulus to the increased movement and higher prices has been found in the restored confi¬ States, and the indications on all sides of an increased home consumption, the result of the dence in the United 342 ~ THE CHRONICLE. -; - • ■ ■; 1 [VOL, XXTT. 1 =3 feature of import* . purchasing power of the country. This feel¬ nificant fact, for it brings into view a ing and the enlarged demand have resulted in our cutting ance which is developing out of the present situation, loose from the comparatively stagnant European mar¬ though under the circumstances a very natural change. kets, and even in giving a slight impulse to them. The It is the result of the rise in the prices of all manufac* price of fair cargoes of Rio coffee one year ago was, tured articles, the inevitable action of a revival of however, 17 cents per pound, or cents above the demand here on values unduly depressed. Of course, present price; from this figure a steady decline set in, this process has a tendency to stop exports, for it shuts till the lowest prices in recent years were reached. The out foreign markets, and more especially at this time, reaction that has taken place appears, therefore, to be a when Great Britain is ready to sell her goods at a lower reasonable one. price than ever before. To an extent, this was, as we have Nearly all other markets have continued to share in said, inevitable; but it will shortly correct itself, so far the general exhilaration prevailing, cotton and the cotton as it needs correcting, if the conditions of our trade are godds trade almost standing alone with their declining in every way sound. The important question is, there¬ tendency. But even they have had their time during fore, how far is this to proceed ? Are we to settle down late months, and every one expected large receipts of to simply good-paying prices, or is our currency so cotton would weaken prices. redundant and excessive that we are to experience a great speculation, with constantly rising values and in¬ EFFECT OF PRICES ON OUR FOREIGN TRADE. creasing cost of production, making domestic exports The monthly statement of our foreign trade to Sep¬ other than food more and more impossible ? the greater tember 1, issued this and given in another But there is another feature of the month’s trade week bv the Bureau of Statistics column, is interesting and sugges¬ figures calling for notice. The imports for August this tive. We may, however, be misled by a too hasty review year were $12,819,371, against $36,954,681 last year, or of it; for to read the figures correctl}7, or rather to an increase of about 6 millions for the month. Of draw from them their real teaching, one must look back course, this of itself is of no great moment. Every one to the statements for the subsequent months of last would expect, after our long period of forced economy, year, and modify them for present use by and accord¬ every description of^ stocks of goods would be reduced, ing to the changing conditions daily developing in our and necessity for an increased supply be the gen¬ midst. In this way we may gain a sort of guide for eral rule. Six millions a month would only be regulating our opinions with regard to the future. We seventy-two millions a year, and with a favorable do not, of course, assume any prophetic wisdom, for the balance the last two years on an average of about dullest of our readers would make a better prophet 260 millions, we would still have, with all other things than we ever shall; we would simply like each one to equal, a very large surplus. But we must remember use the admitted facts to draw his own conclusions. that these figures are for August and represent orders But first of all, it is an undoubted truth which every of some months previous. Since those orders were sent one recognizes, that this country is in a most promising out, a very decided change has taken place. Prices in condition. Even more than that can be said, for we the United States of foreign products as well'as domes¬ have passed the day of simple promise, and are now tic products have been rising almost daily. Teas, cof¬ actually realizing the first fruits of a renewed pros¬ fees, sugars, East India goods—in fact are we not within perity. The excess of our exports over imports in bounds when we say nearly every description of foreign August of more than 15 millions is evidence of this. merchandise—have very decidedly advanced, and we To be sure, last year the excess was 22 millions, but the have become the best market in the world for almost all previous year it was only about 3 millions, and in nearly of these articles. Our latest English exchanges are every other year in our history the August trade balance drawing their main comfort out of the large recent has been an adverse one. But we can see it even more orders from this side, and especially for Indian produce, clearly outside of these official figures; overflowing barns which are so decidedly increased as to give rise to specu¬ and granaries, met by an active demand from every quar¬ lation with regard to their effect on the silver market. ter of the world, resulting in an enlarged capacity for con¬ These increased orders within certain limits are"not, as suming manufactured products of every description, are we have already said,unnatural, and the movement would the evidences of what the faces of our farmers and correct itself in a brief period if it were simply the result business men everywhere reflect. In the same connec¬ of a revived demand coming on small stocks. But the tion we should not fail to mention the large daily arrivals question recurs once more, is that all it is ; or are we of gold from Europe to settle the trade balances, show¬ entering upen a wild speculation of which our rampant ing that our floating indebtedness abroad has been Stock Exchange is only the forerunner ?' At all events, it largely paid, and that our demands on Europe for the would seem to be evident, as our trade is now shaping, supplies she is receiving from us this year must be other¬ that before this year closes our monthly import tables must show an increase over last year decidedly larger wise met. While, however, all this is true, there are certain indi¬ than is shown by the report now before us. We draw no inference from the above except the cations, and the monthly trade report just issued con¬ firms them, of a less favorable nature, not in the least manifest one that our trade balance this year must be in alarming or even surprising, but to be recognized by any event very much less favorable to us than last year’s, every prudent man as parts of the general situation. The notwithstanding the astonishing demand which has arisen ix>tal domestic merchandise exports for August, it will be for our food products. This will be brought about by a noticed, were this year $57,918,992, against $58,153,959 decreased export of manufactured articles and an the same month of 1878. A difference so slight would increased import of foreign products. What will be the not of itself be worth calling attention to. But we must extent of this change, will, as we have seen, depend remember that those totals include an increased move¬ entirely upon the speculative spirit which shall prevail ment of breadstuffs and provisions this year over last here, for as it gains headway the conditions we have year, and consequently a decided decrease compared with referred to must become more and more adverse. Our last year in miscellaneous articles. This latter is the sig- readers, therefore, can watch the course of the markets October 4, 1879.] THE OHllONICLE. and reach pretty safe conclusions as to the direction in which the country is tending. a 343 cordial understanding between them. The interests England and the interests of Russia, according to the It is well, perhaps, for us all to bear in mind Professor, are the same, but their spheres are apart; and that another year there may be important changes in it will only be by encouraging each other’s labor in & our trade relations with Europe. It is possible friendly spirit that they will be able to accomplish their that country there will then secure a good harvest instead of the poor crops of the present year, and it is only wise for us to contem¬ plate that contingency. We do not look upon it, how¬ ever, as any great loss to us if we only take such meas¬ ures as will prevent the rise of a disastrous speculation here. every Our receipts of gold from Europe may and be our - of - task—--reclaim those desert lands from barbarism, and promote the advance of civilization. He would hare Russia and England shake hands, - forget the passionate prejudices of the past, and, finding sufficient scope on the plains and hills of Central Asia, furnish “ triumph- ant proof that true civilization consists in co-operation > towards a common and sublime end worthy of the It is probable that these wise and J add to our already excessive currency. What we humane views are not largely shared by the Russianmust provide against is any undue speculation which government or by the Russian people, but it is something * shall increase the cost of production so that our goods to have them advocated from the Professor’s chair and ‘ and merchandise, to a greater or less extent, are crowded under the very shadow of the throne. It is well known out of foreign markets. We could the last spring put that similar views are held and advocated by many down wheat at Liverpool cheaper than Russia could, prominent men in England. In a short time these and make a profit on its production. We could also thoughts will, we think, descend from the high places produce cotton goods and hosts of other manufactures and permeate all ranks and classes of the people, so that at a price that would give us a profit, laid down side by the day is not far distant when Russia and England side in India, China, South America, and Australia, with shall live side by side as friends in Central Asia. the same productions of any European countries. Are Furthermore, there are many indications that Russia we to retain that advantage, or shall we raise the^cost of in her Central Asian movements is influenced by other living here and of producing everything, until we find and nobler considerations than the mere desire to extend ourselves substantially again shut out from foreign her territory. It has long been a recognized fact of her markets ? policy to make a connection with Persia, in one direc¬ tion, and to make a connection with China in another ' RUSSIA IN CENTRAL ASIA—A NEW COM¬ direction; and in pursuing this policy she has been MERCIAL HIGHWAY. influenced mainly by considerations of trade. Shut out Much has been made in some quarters of the check from the wealth of Asia, so far as sea communication* which the Russian troops have experienced at the hands is concerned, it has been necessary for her to seek such* of the Turcomans in Central Asia. There can be no communication by land. Hence the various movements to* doubt that they miscalculated the dangers which they the south and east. Hence, too, her conflicts with thewere likely to experience in their march through the wild tribes of Independent Tartary. In spite of all region inhabited by these wild and daring tribes. It opposition, she has steadily won her way. Khokand ban would be rash, however, to come to the conclusion that yielded; Khiva has been conquered and subjected to because of the check, and because of the difficulties Russian rule; and Bokhara has become submissive. The which still lie in the way, Russia will, for any length of Turcomans also will be compelled to give way; and time, be hindered in carrying out her plans, and complet¬ Russia, mistress of the entire region of Central Asia ing what she believes to be her destiny, in Central Asia. north of the Hindoo Koosb, will border China on the It is unfortunate that the movements of the British east, and Afghanistan and Persia on the south and souths and the movements of the Russians, in that region, west. There is no evidence that she has lost sight of hershould be the cause of so much mutual jealousy. It is original purpose, trade, or that she is likely to rest con¬ all the more unfortunate that this jealousy keeps alive tent with mere conquest. On the contrary, the signs of the sentiment of mutual hostility, and, from the very life are abundant; and it is evident that there is no¬ nature of the case, creates and fosters a world-wide disposition to delay taking advantage, for commercial* feeling of uneasiness and distrust. It is not denied by purposes, of the new regions which directly or indirectly* any one, who is at all competent to judge in the prem¬ have come under her sway. ises, that Russia and Great Britain have both a Never before, perhaps,—certainly not since the years-* great mission to perform in Asia, and that so which immediately followed the Crimean war—have the? far as they have been successful in the accomplish¬ Russians displayed such a spirit for enterprise-enter¬ ment of their respective missions, they have bene- prise with a view to commercial advantages. To begin fitted the tribes which have been brought under their in the west, a railroad has been projected to connect influence, and, by so much, extended the area of civili¬ the upper and lower Caucasus. By permission of zation. It was natural that, the one pressing from the Persia it is intended that this line or a branch of this north and the other pressing from the south, the two line shall skirt the southern shores of the Caspian and should gradually approach each other; but it is not debouch in the neighborhood of Herat. An expedition? necessary that the success of the one should be viewed under the famous engineer Daniloff is now surveying by the other with jealousy, or that their gradual the region of the Caucasus with the view to a canal approach should result finally in a deadly collision. connecting the Caspian and the Euxine. A submarine This latter view of the general question has recently cable is now being laid in the Caspian from Baku to found an able and eloquent advocate in M. Martens, the Krasnovodsk. Preparations are being made to make agreatest curse, if we allow them to come simply nineteenth century.” • well-known Professor of Public and International Law in the University of St. Petersburg. In his pamphlet England in Central Asia,” he entitled “ Russia and considers the relations of the two powers in of the globe, and eloquently pleads for the connection between this cable and a wire which is to be carried to Astrabad—a place within easy distance of Teheran. In the other direction, there is to be a railroad that quarter running from Orenburg to Samarcand. Thence to the necessity of Chinese frontier will be a work of no great diffiL 344 THE CHRONICLE. culty. [VOL. XXIX. By ceding Kuldja, Russia has paved the is evident that as soon as they feel it restricting them way for the establishment of commercial relations they will try to break through it. It must either be with China; and as an earnest of her intentions she in very minute prescribing exactly what they shall and has made arrangements to establish a shall not permanent con¬ do, or else must seek the object in another sular service in the Chinese provinces which border on way. If the former, it must be utterly free from Central Asia. Four agents are contemplated—one at ambiguity, inconsistency, and omission; let there be one Kuldja, one at Jchugutchuk, one at Kashgar, and weak spot in the network, and a legal coach-and-six will another at Kobic. soon be driven through. But when did any similar It is thus seen, not only that Russia will revolutionize regulative statute succeed in making itself tight in every and bring under subjection the whole of Central mesh ? Take in illustration the Reagan bill which passed Asia? but that by means of the canal which is to connect the the House of Representatives last December. It pro¬ Euxine and the Caspian, and the railroad which, when posed no supervision, provided no classification, named completed, will run from the shores of the Caspian to the no rates; it merely enacted that all carriers of goods by frontier of China, an entirely new pathway of commerce rail across State lines must treat all customers alike as to will be opened up. In these great undertakings we charges, etc.; that no rebates or drawbacks shall be cannot but wish Russia success. The west and northwest allowed; that shorter distances shall not pay more than of China are but imperfectly known; and it is not long ones in one continuous carriage ; that schedules of improbable that this tapping of China in this hitherto rates and classifications, subject to change at five days’ untouched spot may not only give a new character to the notice, shall be kept posted in sight. This was not a whole of interior Asia, but hasten the advance of West¬ very minute regulative bill, but it contained features— ern civilization, and greatly add to the material wealth pointed out by us at the time and not worth detailing of the world. Nor need we, who have a growing inter¬ anew—which were not only an unjust discrimination but est in the development of Chinese trade, have any jeal¬ nullified the whole thing. ousy or any fear of Russian rivalry; for China is large Take the alternative course of delegating the regu¬ enough and rich enough to need outlets, east, south, lative work, with no more, detailed direction than that _and west. there shall be no discrimination practiced. This is what RAILR OADS AND THE GENERAL G 0 VERN- the present California constitution attempts. It forbids MENT. pooling of earnings, unjust discrimination in rates, and Last week we spoke briefly of the general some other things, and then provides for a board of principles involved in the proposition that every troublesome three commissioners, chosen for four years by popular problem should be taken up by the General Govern¬ vote and not to be interested in transportation com¬ ment, but did not have room then for discussing, on its panies, who, by a majority vote, shall fix, alter, and merits, the recent suggestion that the trunk lines pre¬ publish, all transportation rates; shall examine books at pare a suitable bill for railroad regulation, to be sub¬ will, with all the power of courts to issue process and mitted to Congress after criticism by the representative punish contempt; shall prescribe a uniform system of commercial bodies in the seaboard cities especially accounts and hear all cases of complaint, the Legislature interested. The subject is really the largest and most being also required to confer on the commissioners any difficult one now awaiting settlement, and we can find further power found necessary. There may be a little nothing more important for examination than the ques¬ revolt against the idea of clothing three men with such tion whether the Government can dispose of it success¬ sweeping and summary powers, but the plan allows no fully. At the outset of the inquiry, it seems a mistake escape. Commissioners who lack power to execute as in the plan that it proposes to leave out the West, for well as direct, might as well stand by the roadside and that section has the political power of the country and make faces at passing trains as try to frame rate will certainly not submit to have a matter like this schedules; the delegation of power must be absolute, or decided by the seaboard cities ; moreover, if the it is Even nonsensical. if there were no prob¬ experience on lem is to remain unsettled until the trunk lines and the the subject, it would seem obviously impossible for Con¬ representative bodies who are to criticise it come to an gress, with or without the help of the trunk lines and agreement, even the Darien canal is likely to be finished the commercial bodies, to frame a bill that shall embrace before that settlement is reached. every detail and meet every case, leaving nothing for However, let these be viewed as minor difficulties, officers to do but to see it executed; there is no way but and assume that agreement in preparing the bill is to be to set up an autocratic board of managing commissioners, easily reached. The objections to having Government who shall make the railroads obey commercial and moral undertake such a work are so serious that, in our judg¬ law. The proposal under discussion admits this, for it ment, only a very great practical good, not to be secured is that there shall be a board of commissioners for regu¬ in any other way, can outweigh them. Yet the- burden lating inter-State traffic. of proof, it must be admitted, rests upon the advocates Suppose we have our board of three. It is a new ' of such supervision. The remedy proposed is unusual, triumvirate of autocratic managers, in lieu of the old intrinsically objectionable, heroic, and very questionable one so long the object of popular fear. But we must as to its workings in several important respects; hence take facts as they are, and does anybody suppose the they are bound to show, by reasonable probability and railroads to be regulated would keep aloof from the inference, that it will be successful and that no milder regulators ? After the constitution was ratified in Cali¬ one can be. They can have no standing in the court of fornia, it was freely charged that the great railroad in¬ intelligent public opinion unless they are prepared to terests of that State had secretly aided it all the time, prove this; for if government intervention will not accom¬ on the theory that some sort of anti-railroad scheme plish the object the fact is an unanswerable and crushing was inevitable, and that they could manage three men objection. Bearing in mind this, let us examine thia more easily than a legislature. There is shrewdness in their reasoning, though the charge be untrue. How is question. A supervision so satisfactory to the railroads that they it possible not to see that any serious attempt to put this do not feel it can be satisfactory to nobody else; but it scheme into effect will inevitably pass through stages «*- f THE CHRONICLE. October 4, 1879.]] • ' ' " ■~1t~ '*"*"*" First, concentrating in Washington all the lobbying which has hitherto been scattered in several States, the process being all the easier by reason of the fact that a large number of Congressmen come from States where no particular interest in the matter is rec¬ ognized ; next, that the railroads will see that all they have to do is to “ manage ” two or three persons ; and that, after the scheme is once put into law—and the probability is that the lobbying in Washington would emasculate it at the beginning—manipulation, outside of the commissioners, will be resorted to for relief, in case it should be found practically troublesome. Aver¬ age men, and certainly the sort of men who usually get position, would be won over. If such a representative man and expert as Mr. Adams, above temptation, were in charge, he would content himself with the focalizing of intelligent opinion which he has found the most suc¬ cessful in Massachusetts. The man who has given the railroad problem the most study, and has had the most experience in regulation of railroads, prefers moral suasion, and says that railroads will not persist in wrong¬ doing after the wrong is demonstrated and public atten¬ tion is fixed upon the act. The argument that government supervision of rail¬ roads would be successful, because supervision of bank¬ ing currency has been, is valueless, because it compares two things which have no real points of resemblance; for banking matters are far less complicated than railroads, do not consist of monopolies, and involve no conflicts of interests. Nor is there anything in the nature of this government or in past experience to warrant any expec¬ like these 345 .T : tation that this scheme would or compared with the movement o^ in the advance of any article means of merchandise, is not to be to-day, when a a every dollar veritable dollar in gold. With careful business men, whose views are not distorted by too constant watching of the “ ticker,” the great buoyancy of the markets is regarded founded in part upon a good basis, depressed prices of 1877 and 1878 is believed to be fully warranted by the improved out¬ look in nearly all branches of business. On the other hand, i is equally true that there is a rampant speculative spirit a work which has been fostered by the immense advance already obtained and by the fortunes thus made in the present year. The movement in low-priced stocks and bonds at the Board was a salient point in the stock sales. The produce markets were very active, and wheat was buoyant (with exceptional breaks) on further reports of a partial failure of the crop in England and on the continent. The iron trade was one of the most notable for a large and rapid advance in prices. Gold imports at New York during the month amounted to about $27,000,000, with a considerable amount afloat from London and and a as considerable reaction from the Paris at the close. The sales at the Stock ever Exchange were among the heaviest known, and the volume of business in railroad stocks and bonds was immense. The total transactions at the Stock previous months, were as Exchange, compared with follows: June. July. August. U.S. Goveram’t bonds State bonds $9,413,300 $13,286,200 $12,588,400 Railroad bonds 31,256,790 Bank stocks.. .sliares Railroad, Ac., “ 2,517,500 1,202 3,215,995 1,325,000 31,060,140 1,190 3,588,586 719,000 23,523,000 September. $6,890,600 413,800 33,696,547 946 911 5,237,005 6,973,164 The following summary shows the condition of the New York Clearing House banks, the premium on gold, rate of foreign exchange, and prices of leading securities and articles of mer¬ chandise, on or about the first of October in each year, from 1877 to 1879, inclusive: could be successful. STATISTICAL SUMMARY ON OR ABOUT OCTOBER 1, 1877 TO 1879. The absence of proof is complete, and the presumption 1879. 1878. 1877 is heavily the other way. Except its routine work of New York City Banks— Loans and discounts $ 260,763,700 246,322,500 241,847,800 courts, post office, and a few other branches of service Specie $ 20,017,400 18,199,600 16,652,300 Circulation $ 21,531,900 19,617,800 15,724,400 government now does nothing but collect and disburse Net deposits $ 229,983,000 216,332,000 200,771,200 its revenues, and there is not one thing which it does Legal tenders $ 40,047,700 45,680,700 41,975,500 Surplus reserve (over 25 p.c.)$ 2,569,350 6,797,300 8,435,000 well. As compared with private enterprise, its inef¬ Money, Gold, Exchange— 5® 7* Call loans 3®4 4®7 5 a/6 6®7 4® 5 *2 ficiency is pitiable, and was always so, although in a Prime paper 100 Gold 100% 103*8 less degree formerly than now. Nobody expects it to Silver in London, per oz 55 519ib 519,6 Prime sterling bills, 60 days.. 4 81 V4 82*2 4 80*4®4 81 4 81*4®4 82 do anything economically, sensibly, and well in the United States Bonds— 105 111 108*4 6s, 1881, coupon business sense; how preposterous, then, a proposition 123 122*2 6s, currency, 1898 119% 103 106*4 108% 5s, 1881, coupon that the least intelligent and really the feeblest force in 105*4 10334 4*ss, 1891, coupon 106% 4s of 1907, coupon 10034 101% the country shall be set to manage the most difficult of Bail road Stocks— 119 New York Central A Hud. Riv. 11334 101% practical problems. The case is one where private 33 Erie (N. Y. L. E. & W.) 11% 13% 95 69 Lake Shore A Mich. Southern. 63% enterprise gives up, because the concern is of public Michigan Central 71*4 89% 59*8 139 118*2 102*2 Chicago Rock Island A Pacific importance. The wagoner is appealing anew to Her¬ Illinois Central 71% 91% 82% 83% 41% 38*2 Chicago A Northwestern, com. cules, only the wagoner makes two mistakes this time: 677e 31% 36% Chicago Milw. A St. Paul, com. 67% 47 Delaware Lack. A Western not only is it his part to help himself, but what he 55% 36 Central of New Jersey 60*2 15*2 Merchandise— appeals to is not Hercules at all. 1034 10% Cotton, Middl’g Uplands.$ lb. 11*8 33®40 33® 38 38® 49 lb. Objecting to, and showing the impolicy of,this plan does Wool, American XX Iron, Amer. pig, No. l..$? ton. 29 0o®30 00 16 50® 18 00 18 50®20 00 not impose on us any obligation to suggest a better plan, 1 32® 1 35 1 02® Wheat, No. 2 spring.. .38 bush. 1 20*2® 1 22 53 57® 59 49®49*2 Corn, Western mixed.. $ bush.! 14 10® 14 25 8 75® 8 85 yet we are willing to say that no positive remedy appears Pork, mess $ bbl. 9 50 ®9 75 to us except intelligent action by State authority. And *8 p. d. The BANK MOVEMENTS AND THE MONEY MARKET. first and best step in such a remedial source we have The city banks showed no great change in their reserve, which already suggested—requiring publicity of corporate kept low throughout, notwithstanding the large imports of transactions and uniformity of accounting systems. specie referred to above. The final payments of banks to the Intervention by the Federal Government, on the con¬ 4 per cent loan were closed up, and the amount of called bond trary, seems to us a step in the wrong direction, as well yet outstanding at the close was $28,971,800. The money market worked closely part of the time, and 5@7 per cent was as involving delay in taking the right one. , ' ... .... * c the FINANCIAL REVIEW OF SEPTEMBER. The month ruling rate, without N. Y. City Bank Statements. any notable stringency. Sept. 6. Sept. 13. Sept. 20. Sept. 27. 1257,386,800 $256,060,400 $259,301,000 $260,768,700 just passed was remarkable for the development Loans and discounts.... 19,753,800 19,876,000 19,942.000 20,017400 Specie extraordinary activity and buoyancy in both stocks and Circulation 21.372.300 21.384,000 21,531.900 21,608,500 226,635,600 225,572,000 228,271,000 229,983,000 deposits merchandise. The volume of transactions and the rise in prices Net 42,029,400 39.481,100 40,047,700 40,088,900 Legal tenders 8*183,800 2,569,350 2.964,775 4.933^050 Surplus reserve were such as to mark the present period as one of the most Range of call loans 5 m 4 <4*0 5<37 5®0 5 566^ 5^6 5@0MS striking in the history of the New York markets. The abnor¬ Rate of prime paper mal excitement and inflation which occurred in 1862-65, when INVESTMENT SECURITIES. the Government was issuing millions of paper money, and the In Government bonds the transactions duiiig Septenrre:* were price of gold was advancing even more rapidly than the prices comparatively moderate, although prices were steady and there of an 346 THE CHRONICLE. nothing like weakness in the market. In railroad bonds was a heavy business at very strong prices, and al* Masses of bonds were held very firmly. A large business was done on speculative account in the popular issues of low-priced [VOL. XXIX •was there honds at the Stock Exchange. 8471 2 CLOSING PRICES OF GOVERNMENT 5s, 6s 4*28, 4s, 1881, 1881, 1891, 1907, Cur., 101% 101*8 101*8 101*8 102% 104% 101% 102% 104*2 101% X.... S. 104^ 102% 104% 101% 104*2 104% 101% 104*2 101% 102*2 104% 101% 104% 102*2 104% 102 104% 101% 5s, 4*28, 4s, 6s 1881, 1881. 1891, 1907, Cur., ft © coup. coup. coup. coup. 1898. 104% 102*4 102*4 102*4 6s, -M coup. coup. coup. coup. 1898. m 19.. 20.. 21.. 22.. 23 24.. 25.. 26.. 105 27.. 28.. 29.. 30.. 102*8 102*4 102*4 102% 105% 102% 102 34 102*4 102% 105*4 102*4 102% 105% 102% 103 105*2 102*2 102 102% 104% 102 104% 102 102 105 103 105% 102 34 104% 102*4 104% 101*8 105 103 105% 102 34 Low. Clos. 'CLOSING PRICES OF CONSOLS AND U. S. SECURITIES AT LONDON IN SEPT. I i.: 2 3 4 5 6 17 8 9 10 11 12 Cons’l money. for Sept. 4%s 58 Of 4s of Of 1881. 1891. 1907. | 97H16 971*16 971316 97i316 97*3ir 971*16 105% 108% 104% 105% 108 104% 105% 108% 104% 105% 108 105 105% 108 105 105% 108*4 104% 8. 9713le 105% 108*8 105% 971316 105% 108*4 105*8 97*1,6 105% 108% x04% 97lii6 105% 108*4 104% 971116 105% 108*4 104% 979,6 105 34 108% 104*2 979i0 979i6 105% 108% 104% 105% 108% 104% 105% 108% 104% 19 Ohio & Mississippi... do pref. Pacific of Missouri Panama *xl55 110*2 5s of 4s of of 1881. 1891. 1907. Stock ' fExcli 8. ange clos’d 971*16 106*4 108% 104% Coal and Mining. American Coal Caribou Consol. Min.. Consolidation Coal... Cumberland C. & I 9713,6 106*4 108% 104% 1 Leadville 9711,6 105% 108% 104% 971*16 105% 1085s 104% 97*16 106*8 108% 104% 97% .v 106 108% 104% g. 29 30 97i5i8T06% 1*09*8 105% 97*5,6 106% 109 105% Opening... 9711,6 105% 108% 101% Highest.. 971516 106% 109*8 x05% . Lowest.... 97*je 105% 108 Closing.... 97*5,6 106% 109 x04% x05% Highest 105% Since Jan.l ... 997,6 109% 110 Lowest.... 95*8 105 106% 101 100 26 10 9*2 16*2 29*8 22*2 58*2 13% 18% 44*2 26% 19*2 52% 9% 11% 24*2 75% 37*4 34% 35% 62 34 88% 65 37% 95% 103% 100 45 47% 47% x41% 97 x97*4 12 17 Mining. “2% -13 *150 38 39% 2% 12% 15 Mariposa Land & M. do Ontario Silver 2% Min’g. Quicksilver Mining.. *13% do pref. *38 r, Standard Cons. Min’g x29% *40 80 x91% 99 46 34 38 24 Wilkesbarre Coal & I. Various. 3% 103% 103% 14 42% 2% 51 45% *99% *34 *4% *26*4 22 *41 4% 40% ' 18 14 51 31 53*4 31% 7 ’ t41 one Cent. N. J. L’d & Imp. Del. & Hudson Canal Pacific Mail Pullman Palace Car.. Sutro Tunnel Co *15 50 15 189 4% 41 15 ' 42% 14% 87 4 42 15 50 *38 *15 18 88 18 44*4 17% 87*4 4 2% 42 43% 4% Prices bid. t Prices asked. + This stock at the N. Y. Stock Exchange September . • . 50 . *48 ...... *15 60*8 29% 97% 4*8 59% 28% 97% 3 •• September, therefore, covers was sold for the first tim* 25; the range here given for five days only. EXCHANGE. showed a decided advance over the closing The following table will show the figures of August. Foreign exchange had little animation, and quotations re¬ lowest, highest, and clos¬ mained throughout at or near the figures which warranted ing prices of railway and miscellaneous stocks at the New York shipments of gold to this country. The total receipts of gold Stock Exchange during the months of for the month at New York were about August and September: $27,000,000. RANGE OF STOCKS IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER. August. September. Railroads. J'ly31. Low. High. Aug.30. Low. High. Sept.30. Albany & Snsqh;mna 92 90 92 95 88% 95 Bos. <fc N. Y. Air-L. pf 42 40 41% 42 49 Burl. Ced. Rap. & No. 48% 68 45*4 63 54 75 56 Canada Southern 58 58 60*4 58 70*4 69% Central of N. Jersey. 54% 47% 54% 49 78 48% 61% 60% Ches. t& Ohio 6% 7% 6% *634 6% 10 10% do 1st pref. 13 13 19 11% 1734 do 2d pref. 7% 12% *11 Chicago & Alton 88*4 x86 95 x88 88 97 *96% do nref. tll5 till 110 110*2 *108 Chic. Burl. & Quincv. 118 xll3% 119% xll3% 113*4 115% 114% Chic. Mil. & St. Paul. 0478 70 61% 71 64% 64% x67% do pref. 96% 92% 96 97% 96% 101% 101% Chic. & Northwest... 74% 72% 80% 84 75% 75% 83% do pref. 96 99% 99% 973, 97% 102 Xl00*4 Chic. & Rock Island. xl39*4 138*4 141% *138% 138% 142*4 142% Chic. St.L. & N.Orl’ns 11*4 U2 15 1134 20*4 19*4 Chic.St.P.A Miunean. 42 38 44 38 38% 47% 45% Clev. Col. Cin. & Ind. 52% 55 48% 50% 59% 57*4 Clev. & Pittsb., guar. 100 x98*s 100% x98 % 98*4 104 104 Col. Chic. <fc Iud.Cent. 7% 7% 9*4 *7% 7% 14*4 11% Dei. Lack. West’m. 53 34 62% 55 62% 54*4 68*4 67*4 Dubuque <fc Sioux C.. 60 57*2 60 *60*2 .Erie & Pittsburg 82 85 j. Frankfort & Kokomo 29 34 31*2 33*2 30 20*2 Hannibal & St. Jo 20*4 18*4 20*2 18% 18% 25*2 2434 do pref. 40 42% 43 34 40% 40*2 55*4 53*4 * Harlem 154 34 156 156 156 156 >153 Houst. & Tex. Cent.. 41*8 40*2 41% 40 60 59*4 Illinois Central 89*4 x86 91 85 34 x86% 93*2 91% Indiauap. Cin. & Laf. 4 3% 4*2 3% 8%, 6% .... v ... . . a .... BANKERS’ STERLING EXCHANGE FOR SEPTEMBER, v ...... Sept. 1.. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 60 4-81 days. @4-82 4-80%'S>4'82 4*80% 2)4*82 4-80%@4-82 4-80%®4'82 .. . .. .. 4-80%®4-82 .. 4-83*4^4-84 4-83*4®4-84 4-83*4®4-84 4-83*4®4-84 4’83 *4'2)4*84 4-83*42)4-84 S.. .. .. Demand. 4-80%@4-82 4-8034@4-82 4-80%®4-82 4-80%@4-82 4-81*4 2)4*82 4-81*4®4-82 4-83*4'2)4*84 4-83 *42)4-84 4-83*42)4-84 4-83*42)4-84 4-83*4'24-84 4-83*4 2)4-84 s.. Sept. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 4-81%®4*82 4-83%@4-84 4-81%®4-8'2% 4-83% 2)4-84% .. .. .. .. 60 4-81*2®4' 82% 4-81*2®4' 82*2 4-81%2>4' 82 *2 .. .. .. .. .. 4-81 4*81 4*81 4*81 4-81 481 .. .. .. 4*81 ..S.. 82 -©4' 82 'a) 4' ®4' 82' /2>4' 82 'a> 4 1879. Demand. 4*81 *2'2>4' 82% .. .. days. 82 @4 82 ..S.. 2)4 82 83*22)4-84*2 83*22)4-84*2 83*22)4-84*2 83*22)4*84*2 83 2>4*84 83 •2)4-84 83 •2)4-84 83 2»4-84 83 2)4-84 83' «4-84 83 4‘81%'2>4 82 *2 '@4-84 83%'S4-84% Range 4*80%2>4-82% 4-83 • 2)4-84*2 » . • " _ ' ; Kansas Pacific 53% Keok. & Des Moines do pref Daf. Bloom. <fc Mun..J Bake Erie & West.} JLoiiisviile & Nashv.. MaPtta & Cin. 1st pf. do 2d pf. Metropolitan Elev... 59*2 54*2 26 31 27 80% x53 *40 80% 93 52 87% 5634 55 37% 48 44% 6 6 . Michigan Central Mo. Kans. & Texas Mobile & Ohio, ass’d. .. C . aprices bid. 55 10 117 83*4 16% 114% 78% 13*4 7% 93% 87% 94 t Prices asked. 86% 17 7% 1116 - 86% 54% 42 6 4 110 79% 13% t7% 79% 13% 88 89% 8 73*2 14% 34*2 70 28% 95% 63*4 47 9 90 21*4 94% 62% 44 8*4 110% 89% 20*4 12 94% 93% X This stock was sold for the first time ft the N. Y. Stock Exchange September 25; the range here given for September, therefore, covers five days only. The following statement, from the office of the Treasurer, for was issued this week. It is based upon the actual returns from Assistant Treasurers, depositaries and superintend¬ ents of mints and assay offices : October 1 . Fimd for redemption of certificates of 1872 Post-office Department account 7% 114% UNITED STATES TREASURY STATEMENT, LIABILITIES, OCTOBER 1. 41 ‘ 22 20*4 150% *152 *3 3% 4% 42 41% 13*4 26 x94% 38% 2% 13 38 26 x36 96*8 26 22 150 3 *13% *37% 43% 34 6 4% 22% *41 x84% 51 46 100 42% '98% 38 47 31 62 *145 37% 150 41% 14% 40% 29% x85*4 80 *2*4 41 14 77% 67 2% pref. 69*4 64 12% 155 58*2 34% *5 19*2 21% 39 64 2% 150 59% 35% .. *x3778 24% 61 22 44% 99 6% 25*4 36% 100 6 45*2 - 106% x!03*4 45 47% 46% x42 12*a 25 44 23*2 49*a 41 31 . 6% 20 12*2 25% 27% 21*4 54% 93 170 113% *110% 103% 100 17 9 14 27*2 20% 54*4 11% 16*2 40% 23% 49% 19% 52% 170 112 120 t20 tlO *15 162 12 150% 78 79% 147*4 *145 40 36*4 146 163 24*4 51% 20% 53% 45 16 47 2 tl60 113% *112 15 90% Express. 5*4 16% 160 110% 77 4%s 16% 49% 46 23% 45*4 tl57*2 16% 44*4 16% 47% • 48 100 25 ...... 121 163*2 17*4 44*4 15% 24 117% 125 53 16 t9*2 tl8*2 26% 19% 53% 9% 11% . 120*8 28% 153 100 24 Atlantic & Pacific Gold & Stock of the most excited and buoyant ever known, and the advance in low-priced stocks was so large as to astonish even the veteran speculators. There was no par¬ ticular development in the railroad situation to warrant any great rise in prices, but the tone was decidedly bullish, and at the close of the month nearly all the stocks on the active list was pf.. Low. 3 157*2 17*4 47% 16% 47% X RAILROAD AND MISCELLANEOUS STOCKS. The stock market do | 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 97H16 105% 108*4 105 9711i6 105% 108*4 105 8. 15 16 17 18 09 Cons’l money. for Bept. 44 St. L. Kans. C. & No. do pref. St. L. & S. Francisco, do pref. do 1st pref. 3t.Paul & Sioux CityJ do pref.J Tol. Peoria & War... Union Pacific United New Jersey.. Wabash Telegraph. Open 104% 102*4 x04% 101*8 High 52% pref. St.L.I.Mt. & So.,assd. 105% 102% 105% 102% 2% New York Elevated tl24% N. Y. Lake Erie & W. 28% . -September.High. 8ept.30 37*4 x46 x45 2*2 4*2 4% 118*4 120 xll9 120% 126 *xl21 23% 34*2 32% 45*4 60 58*4 High. Aug.30. t38 116 117 23 do S. -August.Low. 3*4 119 Pittsb.Ft.W.&C.guar. s. 104% N. Jersey Southern.. N. Y. Cent. & Hud. R. Rens8el’r& Saratoga. Rome Wat.& Ogdens. St. L. Alton &T. H.. S. 102% 105 .. J’ly 31. do pref. N. Y. N. H.&HartfTd Northern Pacific SECURITIES IN SEPTEMBER, 1879. 68, Nashv. Chatt. <fc St. L. deposit, June 8, Disbursing officers’ balances redemption of notes of national banks “ failed,” “in liquidation,” and “reducing circulation” Fund for Undistributed assets of failed national banks. Five per cent fund for redemption of national bank notes Fimd for . redemption of national bank gold notes Currency and minor-coin redemption account Fractional silver-coin redemption account Interest account Interest account, Pacific Railroads aud L. & P. Canal Co Treasurer U. 8., agent for paying interest on D. C. bonds. Treasurer’s transfer checks outstanding $31,215,000 00 2,135,872 74 25,784,259 60 12,939,889 75 642,314 35 15,082,482 99 219,940 00 5,482 ^ 172,327 40 103,797 /a 6,270 00 298,435 54 3,719,032 21 October THE CHRONICLE. 4, 1879.] Treasurer’s general account— Interest due and unpaid Called bonds and interest Coin certificates Silver certificates Refunding certificates Balance, including bullion fund $11,561,093 77 31,033,519 65 14,910,900 00 4,221,850 00 3,688,900 00 144,205,079 74 $209,621,343 16 34T Current Liabilities— Interest due and unpaid Debt on which interest has ceased Interest thereon Gold and silver certificates U. 8. notes held for redemption of certificates Cash balance available October 1,1879 $4,189,5255 29,674,720' 1,358,790 19,132,750 31,215,000 149,207,886 of deposit, $234,778,679 Total $301,946,448 07 1. ASSETS, OCTOBER $169,606,995 03 Gold coin and bullion Standard silver dollars Fractional silver coin Silver bullion Gold certificates.. Silver certificates United States notes National bank notes National bank gold notes Fractional currency 31.559,870 00 16,814,308 94 4,557,504 67,700 3,045,130 48,173,254 4,137,661 183,640 94,470 . 17,341,224 93 Deposits held by national bank depositaries 1,521,173 79 Nickel and minor coin. New York and San Francisco exchange One and two-year notes, &c Redeemed certificates of deposit, June 8,1872... Quarterly interest checks and coin coupons paid. 1,913,834 02 400 40 1,975,000 00 170,619 16 22,355 00 Registered and unclaimed interest paid U. S. bonds and interest. .*. Interest on 507 64 516 97 District of Columbia bonds 690,848 30 24,119 74 45,312 75 Deficits, unavailable funds Refunding certificates and interest Pacific Railroads, sinking fund 31 00 00 41 76 00 92 : $301,946,448 07 THE DEBT STATEMENT FOR SEPT., 1879. The following is the official statement of the public debt as appears from the books and Treasurer’s returns at the close of business on the last day of September, 1879: INTEREST-BEARING +2 Author- Character of Issue. Feb. 6s, Oregon War. Mar. +-> 53 1831 J.&J. 1881 J.&J. Registered. 14,541,000 134,624,000 56,555,650 275.245.400 c c c c 166,139,750 c 472.862.400 Character of Issue. Amount .. 18.444.350 233,194,950 83,860,250 264,294,650 $1,796,967,650 The Pacific Railroad bonds are all issued under the acts of July 1, payable January 1 and July 1, and mature 30 years from their date. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS FOR AUGUST, 1879. [Prepared by the Bureau of Statistics.] The following is a statement showing, by customs districts* merchandise imported into and exported from the United States during the month of August, 1879: the values of Domestic Foreign Export*. Imports. Exports. Charleston, S. C Chicago, Ills Corpus Christ!, Texas Detroit, Mich Galveston, Texas Huron, Mich Key West. Fla Miami, O Milwaukee, Wis Minnesota, Minn Mobile, Ala New Haven, Conn New Orleans, La New York, N. Y Niagara, N. Y Oregon, Oreg Oswegatchie, N. Y Oswego, N. Y Passainaquoddy, Me... DEBT ON WHICH INTEREST HAS CEASED SINCE MATURITY. There is a total of over-due debt yet outstanding, which has never been presented for payment, of $29,674,720 principal and $1,358,799 interest. Of this interest, $1,223,712 is on the principal of called bonds, which principal is as follows: 5-20s of 1862, $400,100; do 1864, Philadelphia, Pa Portland, etc., Me Richmond, Va Saluria, Texas San Francisco, Cal Savannah, Ga Vermont, Vt $16,943,182. 1865,of 1864, new, $17,153,600. $957,250; do 1867, t71,450; 7,631,800;dodo 1865, 1868, $125,500; $2,624,100; do 10-40s DEBT BEARING NO INTEREST. Authorizing Act. Amount. July 17, ’61; Feb. 12, ’62 Feb. 25, ’62; July 11, ’62; Mar. 3,’63 Certificates of deposit June 8 ’72 Fractional currency.. July 17,’62: Mar. 3, ’63; June 30,’64 Gold certificates March 3, ’63 Silver certificates February 28, ’78 Aggregate of debt bearing no interest. $61,410 346,681,016 31,215,000 15,747,503 Total $2,553 40,763 196,671 197,022 9,509 81,907 4,565 160,537 3,210 2,494 7,747 78,406 71,564 71,492 44,766 2,137 7,344 4.325 82,256 270,331 30,434,158 203,668 267 264,731 3,280 64,371 252,111 18,150 41,547 2,125,376 1,579 40,524 196,103 14,538 95,291] 8,573 3,127,444 50,864 3,407,150 36] 82,184 314,059 107,357 25,443 $57,918,992'$42,819,371 $687,355 63 346 5,344 491,570 All other districts 1,466 31,929 and exports of the United States for August 31, 1879, and for the eight and the twelve months ended the same, compared with like data for the corresponding periods of the year immediately preceding. Below are the imports the month ended 14,910,900 [Corrected to September 29,1879.1 4,221,850 MERCHANDISE. For the month of August Amount Outstanding. Interest. 508,440,350 250,000,000 737,157,050 3,688,900 29,674,720 1879.—Exports—Domestic Foreign $57,918,992 $444,698,625 $701,729,504 Total $58,606,347 $451,713,989 $713,001,752 $21,132,705 1,358,799 Total 36,954,681 Imports "Excess of exports over imports Excess of imports over exports 9,577 $22,501,082 $2,261,981,131 234,778,679 5,101,993 7,099,681 $25,368,420 $2,027,202,452 2,029,766,204 $2,563,751 4,803 7,753,647 exports over imports $ 5,921,307 imports over exports 1878—Exports—Domestic Imports Excess of exports over Excess of imports over , 438,666 $1,367,778 Total imports exiK>rts 18,141,838 26,309,681 $1,663,025 TT” 941,261 $929,112 $15,995,521 .... Foreign $14,702,870 $18,268,736 $1,832,340 $19,804,863 Imports Excess of Excess of (COIN AND BULLION). 484,394 Foreign Total 430,713,120 ............ $1,347,946 1879.—Exports—Domestic $412,837,679 287,199,086 $22,287,938 $188,605,224 $289,709,341 GOLD AND SILVER 19,132,7501 Decrease of debt during the past month Decrease of debt since June 30. 1879 11,272,183 9,548,428 14,668,716 .1,088,660 $59,242,619 $475,804,310 $720,622,461 Foreign 15,747,503 Debt, less cash in Treasury, Oct. 1,1879. Debt, less cash in Treasury, Sept. 1,1879. 7,015,364 $58,153,959 $466,255,882 $705,953,746 1878.—Exports—Domestic 346,742,426 31,215,000 Total !$2,239,480,049 Total debt, principal and interest, to date, including interest due not presented for payment Total cash in Treasury 687,355 Excess of Excess of 14,000,000 $1,796,967,650 the 8 For the 12 months end¬ months end¬ ed Aug. 3L. ed Aug. 31. For 42,819,371 311,254,939 455,868,336 Imports exports over imports $15,786,976 $140,459,050 $257,133,416 imports over exports $283,681,350 Total debt bearing no interest... Unclaimed Pacific Railroad interest 3,450,178 217,176 221,321 14,886 5,101,627 RECAPITULATION. Total interest-bearing debt Debt on which int.has ceas’d since maVrily Debt bearing no interest— Old demand and legal-tender notes.... Certificates of deposit Fractional currency Gold and silver certificates $857,241 4,302,919 84,386 25,988 ,5,139 84,133 121,259 654,205 20,645 365,939 66,048 482,595 124,448 1,338,723 163,502 74,392 10,855 4,135 786,793 32,375,680 9,587 337,427 37,227 125,228 35,734 9,577 Interest-bearing debt— Bonds at 6 per cent.... Bonds at 5 per cent.... Bonds at 4^ per cent.. Bonds at 4 per cent Refunding certificates. Navy pension fund $7,177,151 $412,837,679 Unclaimed Pacific Railroad interest 2,246,532 11,022,706 1,092,666 1,185,947 979,695 1862, and July 2, 1864; they are registered bonds in the denomination* of $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000; bear 6 per cent interest in currency (c) Coupon, $50, $100, $500 and $1,000; registered, and also $5,000 and $10,000. On the above issues of bonds there is a total of $4,189,523 of interest ever-due and not yet called for. The total current accrued interest to $100 and $500. same, Old demand notes 2,370,080 7,398,380 73,142 9,367 93,804 $64,623,512 $43,712,450 $12,848,480 $30,863,969 Total Cape Vincent, N. Y Champlain, N. Y 945,000 54.697.350 The sizes, or denominations, of each issue of bonds are as follows: (a) Coupon. $L,000; registered, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000. (b) $50, Legal-tender notes $2,903,704 $14,336,421 4,616,613 18,421,087 1,165,808 1,195,314 1,073,500 6,303,000 27,236,512 1,600,000 1,970,560 1,628,320 .. Balance of paid repaid by interest paid by U. S. transportat’n by U. S. $25,885,120 $17,240,126 Central Pacific Kansas Pacific Union Pacific.... Central Br., U. P. Western Pacific.. Sioux City & Pac. $3,874,000 14,00 0,000 Aggregate of interest-bearing debt. Character of Issue. Interest Interest outstanding. Coupon. $1,119,968,200 $659,310,550 $3,68 8,900 26,’79 4s, refund’g ctfs. 3s, navy pens, fd July 23,’68 date is PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANIES. INTEREST PAYABLE BY THE UNITED STATES. Baltimore, Md Boston, &c., Mass Brazos, etc., Texas Buffalo Creek, N. Y..; 6 N wA July 17,’61 Mar. 3,’63 July 14,’70 1881 Q.-F. 4*28 of 1891.... July 14,’70 1891 Q.-M 4s of 1907 July 14,’70 1907 4-j. Feb. Oustanding. •»“* 8,’61 1880 J.&J. a 2,’61 1881 J.&J. b 6s of 1881 6s of 1881 5s of 1881 BONDS ISSUED TO THE * U © izing Act. $234,778,679 Customs Districts. Amount JH A 6s of 1880 DEBT. Available AssetsCash in the Treasury. 5,306,122 $22,665,699 7,215,268 $21,301,643 $29,880,967 1,067,090 20,699,900 $300,688 $601,743 30,194,423 $ 313.456 348 THE CHRONICLE. TOTAL MERCHANDISE AND SPECIE. For the month of 1879.—Exports—Domestic the 8 For the 12 months encl-i months end¬ ed Aug. 31. j ed Aug. 31. Foreign 1,171,749 12,117,357 Imports 18,371,809 50,573,018 1878.—Exports—Domestic 329,390,777 482,178,017 $9,805,069 $142,122,075 $250,192,155 $59,083,071 $482,251,403 $728,019,445 Foreign 1,527.320 14,854,550 21,883,983 $00,010,397 $497,105,953 $750,503,428 38,021,771 307,898,980 401,107,543 imports $22,588,026 $189,200,907 $289,395,385 Total. Imports Excess of exports over Excess of imports over exports IPtoiicltrojl Commercial |£u0lisft 3Xcwrs RATES OF EXCHANGE AT LONDON AND ON LONDON AT LATEST DATES. EXCHANGE AT LONDON— September 19. Time. Amsterdam. Short. Amsterdam. 3 mos. *4 Antwerp Paris Paris Hamburg ... Berlin Rate. 12-2H @ 12 314 ®I2-412 12*4 Time. Rate. Sept. 18 Short. 25*10 |25*o212@25'5712 Sept. 18 Short. Short. 25*321^@25‘4212 'Sept. 18 Cheq’s. 3 mos. ,25*45 @25*50 20*02 @20*00 Sept. 18 Short. 20*03 @20*07 i 20*02 @20*00 2438@2412 j iSept. 18 3 mos. 44 Frankfort... St.Petersb’rg Vienna Madrid Cadiz Milan Genoa Naples EXCHANGE ON LONDON. Latest Date. a ! Il*0”i2 5)12*0212 4G1e@405^ 4034@407b i i jSept. 18 44 Sept. 18 3 mos. u ...... Bombay Calcutta .... .... Lisbon New York... 28*721o@28*77l2 30 days Is. 7H16d. Dem’d. Is. 7i3i6d.-l 890 days 5178S'5218 44 * Sept. 18 6 mos. 44 jSept. 18 Sept. 19 60 days Constan’ple.. 3 Alexandria.. 25*39 25*3212 20*48 20*48 20*48 2543 117*80 47*30 28*25 28*25 28*25 Is. 81 ifid. Is. 8iicd. 4*811-2 mos. 44 Hong Kong. 6 Shanghai.... mo3. 44 2 discount houses for our own correspondent.] London, Saturday, September 20, 1879. Very little of importance has transpired either in mercantile or financial circles during the week. There has been a remark¬ able absence of activity, and the renewal of the Afghan War appears to have partly contributed to the dull feeling which has prevailed. There are certainly no indications at present of an active and remunerative autumn trade, but, on the contrary, there seems to be an increasing disposition to sell goods at reduced prices, in order to be able to realize on them. Money, though abundant, is in few hands, and there is much reluctance shown to lend. The progress of the return of confidence has been therefore very slow, and it would seem that the period is still remote when Pie condition of trade can be regarded as healthy and satisfactory. The depression existing amongst agricultural¬ ists, from the farmer to the laborer, and the diminished power of purchase which that considerable portion of the community has to be contented with of necessity exerts much influence on the home trade, and as we have a very bad harvest, there is no hope of improvement until we have had a better season; indeed, it is doubtful if the farmers can recover themselves in less than four or five years of abundant crops. Not only is there depression amongst agriculturalists, but the manufactur¬ ing industries suffer from a restricted export, as well as home trade. The improvement in iron is fairly maintained; but most other branches of trade are decidedly quiet. The two most encouraging features are the improvement in our trade with deposits by the joint-stock banks and are as follows : Per cent. Joint-stock banks Discount houses at call do with 7 and 14 days’ notice of withdrawal Business Lj Lj 34 the Stock Exchange has been exceedingly quiet during the week, but, on the whole, a steady tone has prevailed There has been a moderate inquiry for investments of a sound character, but there has been very little speculation in progress. on United States Government securities have been firm. The traffic receipts of railways in the United Kingdom for the week September 14 amounted, on 15,974^ miles, to £1,204,236, against £1,274,011 last year, showing an increase .of 201% miles, and a decrease of £69,775. • The supply of bullion held by the Bank of France is still very large, notwithstanding that it has experienced some reduction, owing to the deficiency of the French harvest, and to increased speculation in new companies. France has of late shipped a considerable supply of gold direct to New York, and the sterl¬ ing exchange being against her, moderate amounts of gold have been received here almost daily from Paris. The supply of bullion, of which about one-third consists of silver, has declined from £90,080.150, on July 3, to £86,445,520. The following are the current rates of discount at the prin¬ cipal foreign centres: ended Bank rate. Pr. ct. Paris Brussels Amsterdam Berlin Hamburg.... .... .... .... Frankfort.... .... Genoa Geneva .... .... Annexed is Bank of a 234<z>3 234*23*' Bank rate. Pr. ct. St. Petersburg .. 5 Vienna & Trieste 4 Madrid, Cadiz & Barcelona 4 Lisbon & Oporto. 5 Calcutta 6 3 Copenhagen 158@178 2i0@23a 24j .... . Open market. Pr. et. 2 .... Leipzig | From 4 months’ bank Dills 0 months’ bank bills 134'5>17q 4 & 0 months’ trade bills. 2 @2ij .. 7e@l 3 months’ bills 7s@l The rates of interest allowed $00,438,087 $471,518,852 $738,370,172 Excess of exports over imports Excess of imports over exports On- Bank rate Open-market rates— 30 and 00 days’ bills $59,260,938 $459,401,495 $719,998,30.3 Total o to liabilities has increased from 58'30 per cent to 59*13 per cent. The following are the present quotations for money: Per cent. Open-market rates— Per cent. reserve For August. ivou xxix. , 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 278@3is @314 4 2D New 3is@4 York 51-2 334@4 4 5 @5 @6 3i^'a/4 0 2is statement Open market. Pr. ct. 'wl showing the present position of the England, the Bank rate of discount, the price of con¬ sols, the average quotation for English wheat, the price of Middling Upland cotton, of No. 40 mule twist, fair second quality, and the Bankers* Clearing House Return, compare# with the three previous years: 1879. Circulation, including & 28,374,894 5,601,485 bank post bills Public deposits Other deposits 31,550,540 Governm’t securities. 16,336,224 Other securities 17,248,167 Res’ve of notes & coin 22,124,165 Coin and bullion in both departments.. 35,220,075 Proportion of reserve to liabilities 59*13 Bank rate Consols Eng. wheat, 2 p. c. av. price. Mid. Upland cotton... No. 40 mule twist Clearing-House return 97^ 47s. lid. O^d. * 9ijd. 94,602,000 1878. & ■ 26,988.199 4,583,836 20,330,055 13,754,031 17,9S1,957 1877. & 27,874,874 4,879,243 22,224,951 14,121,093 1876. & 28,144.078 6,591,284 28,284,981 15,229,155 16,015,085 11,788,005 19,684,015 11,899,404 22,246,069 23,435,825 24,432,679 35,017,529 46*77 5 p. c. 9543 45s. Od. 43*36 63*11 3 p. c. 9558 2 p. c. 96*8 59s. Od. 46s. lid. 6qd. 10qd. lO^d. 6^d. lOd. 6^. 97,952,000 99,583,000, 92,429,000 The deliveries of home-growrn wheat having been upon a very limited scale, and the progress of the harvest being very slow, the week, and prices quarter. Abroad the quotations have also been advancing, and it is expected that a further improvement will take place. Some statistics have been published endeavoring to show that the great producing countries have not a surplus large enough to meet the defic¬ iency elsewhere. The argument is : “ England has about twothe United States and a revival of our Eastern trade. Com¬ thirds of a crop, and will require at least 17,000,000 quarters pared, however, with the resources of this country, and the to supply her wants. France wants eight millions; Italy, 2/£ large quantity of machinery and labor lying idle, the improve¬ millions; Belgium, Switzerland, China, and the West Indies, ment is thus far trifling. At present, it can only be observed two millions each—together six millions; Austro-Hungary, that the tendency is favorable, but that the progress towards Germany, Spain, and Portugal, one million each—together improvement is tediously slow. three millions; Holland three-fourths of a million. These show Mercantile paper is very scarce, and there is a demand for prime parcels, which enables discounters to negotiate them on terms. The quotation for three months* bills is only % to cent. The week’s Bank statement is very favorable, and clearly indicates that money is likely to remain cheap. “Other securities” have fallen off, but only to a slight extent, and the total reserve, arising out of a diminution in the note circula¬ tion and an increase in the supply of bullion, has been augmented by £653,830. The present supply of bullion now amounts to £35,220,075, against £23,485,825; while the reserve is £22,124,165, against £11,788,005 in 1878. The proportion of easy 1 per the trade for wheat has been firm during have experienced a rise of about 2s. per aggregate want of 37M million quarters. The estimated surpluses, after repeated revision, up to the beginning of this month, are now set down as under : United States and Canada, 24 million quarters; Russia, five millions; Turkey, Egypt, India, and Australia, three millions; and Algeria, 200,000 quar¬ ters; together, 32,200,000, which is 5,050,000 quarters less than is required for ordinary consumption.” With regard to the above estimates, it is well known that, as far as we are concerned, we shall require a larger foreign sup¬ ply than in any previous season, but, on the other hand, a large quantity of wheat has been grown elsewhere, and it is still the an October THE CHRONICLE. 4, 1S79.1 349 opinion among tlie best informed that moderate prices will coal and coke. Iron rails are almost entirely replaced by Besbring forward supplies to meet the deficiency. Still, wheat semer-steel rails. During the first half of 1878 the make of would seem to be worth holding, as English wants alone will iron rails was 26,230 tons and of steel 108,469, but during the make a large inroad into the estimated surplus of other coun¬ last six months the make of iron declined to 18,481, while steel tries. The weather duiing the week has been quite autumnal rose to 119,600 tons. and seasonable; but it lias not been strictly harvest weather, English Market Reports—Per Cable. which could scarcely be expected at this period of the year. The daily closing quotations in the markets of London and There is still wheat in stocks in the south of England, and it is Liverpool for the past week, as reported by cable, are shown in evident, therefore, that the outlook for the North and for Scot¬ the following summary: land is very discouraging. London Money and Stock Market.—The bullion in the Bank of During the week ended September 13 the sales of home-grown England has decreased £266,000 during the week. Mon. Sat. Tues. Fri. wheat in the 150 principal markets of England and Wales Wed. Thurs. Oct. Oct. Oct. Sept. Sept. Sept. amounted to only 13,645 quarters, against 52,591 quarters last 27. 29. 30. 2. 3. 1. ,d. 51016 510i6 519J8 519j6 51*16 51»]6 year; and it is estimated that in the whole kingdom they were 97i.qQ 971^16 97ri,rt 9710,6 98i16 971516 nearly 55,000 quarters, against 210,500 quarters in 1878. 97i*i6 971516 97i5ltt 971516 981,6 9715,6 106 106 ^ ...looq 1063s 106*8 1061s *2 During the first three weeks of the season the sales in the 150 109 109 109 ...108*4 1091s 10918 105 ...104*4 10518 10518 1051s 10514 principal markets were 47,974 quarters, against 141,450 quarters; 3oq 33*4 33*8 345s 37*4 3GH and it is computed that in the whole kingdom they were 192,95 95 95 94*2 9413 94*2 44 x4 44 \ 44*2 44q 000 quarters against 565,800 quarters in the corresponding Pennsylvania 22 20*4 2013 20^2 Philadelphia& Reading. g- 20 205q period of the previous season. Without reckoning the supplies Liverpool Cotton Market.—See special report on cotton. furnished ex-granary, it is estimated that the following quanti¬ Liverpool Breadstuffs Market.— ties of wheat and flour were placed upon the British markets Mon. Wed. Sat. Tues. Thurs. Fri. d. .9. d. s.' d. 8. d. 8. 8. d. 8. d. in the first three weeks of the present. and three previous Flour (ex. State) $ bbl..27 0 27 0 27 6 27 6 27 6 28 6 • ... ... 275364—SBtri.g ... .... Wheat,spr’g,No.2,1001b. 9 seasons: 1877. 1876. 3,149,708 318,337 2,727,593 285,536 2,336,340 2,451,800 1,826,500 2,665,500 6,173,177 5,919,845 4,839,629 5,230,434 113,250 165,454 108,371 61,352 6,059,927 5,754,391 4,731,258 5,1C9,0S2 45s. 4d. 60s. 6d. 46s. 6d. 1878. 1879. Imports of wheat.cwt. 4,829,577 Imports of flour 512,000 Sales of home-grown produce 831,600 Total Deduct exports wheat and flour 228,594 of Result Av’ge price of English wheat for the season. 48s. Od. The following figures show the imports and exports of cereal produce into and from the United Kingdom during the first three weeks of the present and three previous seasons : IMPORTS. 1879. Wheat cwt- 4,829,577 Barley 436,704 668,040 Oats Peas Beans Indian Flour ... 29,271 .. r. corn... 103,302 1,447,193 512,000 1878.. 3,149,708 579,290 573,910 140,685 118,783 2,310,326 318,337 1877. 1876. 2,727,593 368,223 1,009,760 2,336,340 38,162 314,399 1,452,152 285,536 375,875 810,571 63,061 337,879 3,105,523 228,594 Spring, No. 3... Winter,West.,11. Southern, new “ “ “ . Av. Cal. white.. California club. 10 10 “ “ 9 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 3 6 10 10 10 11 6 8 2 0 10 10 10 11 6 8 3 0 10 10 10 11 6 8 3 0 6 8 io' 5 5 5 10 10 10 11 5 9 11 10 6 Corn, mix.,West.$ cent! 5 5j2 5 4*2 0 «> 0 4 2 9 10 11 10 5 11 1 5 4*2 Liverpool Provisions MarketMon. d. s. 47 0 30 0 31 0 Tues. 8: d. 47 30 31 0 6 6 33 50 33 50 6 Sat. d. .9. Pork, West. mess.. $ bbl. 47 Bacon, long clear, cwt. .30 Short clear “ 0 0 31 0 Beef, pr. mess, $ tierce Lard, prime West. $cwt.33 Cheese, Am. choice “* 50 3 " Wed. 8. d. 47 0 31 32 .... 0 3 0 34 47 0 Tliurs. 48 31 32 0 0 . d. .9. . . 6 0 . , 0 6 6 . 34 . d. 50 31 32 0 6 6 . 6 0 46 Fri. .9. 34 6 46 0 London Petroleum Market.— Mon. d. Sat. d. Pet’leum, ref. $ gal.67s® Petleum, spirits “ 'w .. Tues. d. 6*4^i'678 678© 'w .... .... 'w Wed. Tliurs. d. d. 7ls<z> .. @ .... . . .. .. ‘CD co .. .. Fri. d. 7 612'S»7 ©ommcvciat aud3#tiscett<niccru:s flcxvs. Imports Exports and for the Week.—The imports of last week, compared with those of the preceding week, show dry goods and an increase in general merchandise. 1879. 1878. 1876. 1877. Wheat 158,594 105,652 56,456 The total imports were $7,896,318, against $7,374,749 the pre¬ 814 1,942 4,746 Barley 1,007 Oats 569 872 6,703 2,315 ceding week and $7,179,688 two weeks previous. The exports Peas 630 258 1,094 8,147 for the week ended Sept. 30 amounted to $8,126,960, against Beans 312 815 391 1,471 Indian corn... 9,263 14,651 145,506 48,120 $8,840,466 last week and $7,627,576 the previous week. The Flour 13,415 6,830 4,896 2,719 The Prime Minister presided at the annual meeting of the following are the imports at New York for the week ending Buckingham farmers at Aylesbury on Thursday. Complaint is I (for dry goods) Sept. 25 and for the week ending (for general made that although he spoke fully upon agricultural topics, and 1 merchandise) Sept. 26: FOREIGN IMPORTS AT NEW YORK FOR THE WEEK. especially upon the distress existing and the more practical 1876. 1877. 1878. 1879. means of remedying it, there was no allusion to the state of Dry Goods $1,406,521 $1,432,008 $1,614,700 $2,155,488 4,092,740 3,766,477 4,035,680 5,740,830 affairs in Afghanistan. Probably, Lord Beaconsfield did not General mdse... $5,499,261 $5,198,485 $5,650,380 $7,896,318 regard the meeting as political, and as he made a long speech Total week Prev. reported.. 215,371,028 244,202,057 209,063,498 232,037,804 much in favor of the present system of agriculture, his hearers can scarcely have been disappointed in not hearing anything of Tot. s’ce Jan. 1..$220,870,289 $249,400,542 $214,713,878 $239,954,122 The following Is a statement of the exports (exclusive of Afghan politics. Besides which, the subject is not an agreea¬ ble one to the Premier just now, and the Grovemment may not specie) from the port of New York to foreign ports for the yet have decided upon the course they shall pursue when the week ending Sept. 30: EXPORTS FROM NEW YORK FOR THE WEEK. Afghans have been chastised for their treachery. EXPORTS. a The failure has been announced of Messrs. L. Stevenson & Sons, Australian merchants, with liabilities estimated at £300,The firm was founded about 1834, and has acted as 000. middlemen between the larger Manchester warehousemen and the Australian up-country stores. Large quantities of goods have, it decrease in 1876. For the week.... Prev. reported.. Tot. s’ce Jan. $5,550,475 192,029,194 1877. $0,775,624 202,785,532 1878. 1879. $7,064,816 $8,126,960 254,379.589 243,746,947 1..$197,579,669 $209,561,156 $261,444,105 $251,873,907 The following will show the exports of specie from the port ending Sept. 27,1879, and a& a comparison of the total since January 1, 1879, with the corre¬ of New York for the week been locked up in the Melbourne warehouses, difficulty of selling these, together with a tight money sponding totals for several previous years: market, has brought about the suspension. Sept. appears, and the The returns of the French Iron Trade for the first half of the show a falling off in the amount of production, that of pig iron being 701,052 tons, against 766,366 tons in the corresponding half of 1878, being a decrease of 65,284 tons. Manufactured iron plates, &c., figure for 391,4681 tons, as against 408,801 in 1878, showing a diminution of 17,333 tons. Steel, however, has increased from 139,622 in 1878jto 154,902 tons in 1879. The general falling off in production must be attributed to the depression of trade which has pervaded almost everything within the last year or two, and not to foreign competition, as the imports of iron have been gradually lessen¬ ing. The use of charcoal is more and more giving way to that of present year Pereire Curacoa Havre Am. silver bars Curacoa (con’g $300 g.) Am. silv. coin (fractional) Fr. silver coin. .. Herder C. of Chester Celtic Rhein Paris Liverpool $6,800 800 5,100 Liverpool Eng. sil. shill’gs Mex. silv. dols. London Mex. silv. dols. 1,000 13,682 39,684 Am. silv. bars. 40,000 Total for the week ($106,766 silver, and $300 gold) $107,066 Previously reported ($10,381,867 silv., and $2,052,038 gold). 12,433,905 Tot. since Jan.l,’79 ($10,488,633 silv., and $2,052,338 gold).$12,540,971 Same time in1878 $10,605,072 1877 23,562.319 1876 40,392,129 1875 63,444,417 Same time in1874 1873 ■ 42,877,859 1872 60.076,209 1871 56,202,229 £43,350,687 Same time in1870 $50,032,246 1869 26,923,036 1868 66,386,537 1867 42,449,212 • 350 222453———SSSttcrrh..r. The been imports of specie at this port for the as 265—Str. THE CHRONICLE. periods have same follows: Sept. 22—Str. Rhein 22—Str. Ailsa Bremen Am. silver 22—Str. Celtic 22—Str. Bermuda Impulse Gold dust Am. silver Amerique Westphalia 10,882 17,532 148,534 Liverpool Am. Hamilton Foreign gold... Foreign gold... 201,627 9,733 618,045 gold 20,318 1,455 Foreign silver. 800 Foreign gold... 3,138,180 Foreign gold... 1,832,340 Am. silver Hamburg Liverpool Aspinwall Acapulco 736 gold Foreign silver. Foreign gold... Havre 24- Str. Abyssinia Gold bars 240,935 Foreign gold... 267,678 4,814 Am. silver Am. gold Foreign silver. Foreign gold... - Alps 25—Str. Saratoga Santiago Kingston Gold dust...... Silver bars Am. silver Havana Foreign gold... Foreign gold... Santiago de Cuba...Am. silver Am. Foreign gold... Am. gold Foreign gold... Hamburg Total for the week ($219,256 silver, and $7,487,950 gold) ... 7,020 243,225 484,216 351,500 .$7,707,206 Tot. since Jan. 1/79 ($6,285,443 silv., and $33,437,275 g’d).$39,722,718 Same time inSame time in— Same time in1878 $15,387,207 1874 $4,867,565 1870 $8,259,754 1877 11,695,686 1873 6,124,429 1869 14,565,429 1876 4,958,667 1872 4,974,009 1868 6,002,744 1875..... 9,544,309 1871 1867 8.256,415 2,614,984 The following table shows the receipts and payments by the Sub-Treasury in this city, as well as the balances in the same, for each day of the past week: Balances. $ Bept. 27... « “ Oct. Payments. 1... 27 73 72 93 “ 2... « 732,052 11 3... 1,903,896 77 Total Currency. $ 2,232,056 1,511,266 644,534 6,351,824 29... 30... Coin. $ $ 3,110,733 94 141,586,842 50 25,732,445 72 4,857,975 2,882,585 4,146,210 4,276,376 3,128,709 32 74 24 32 141,393,357 141,562,948 141,619,628 141,410,440 26 21,579,222 37 14 20,171,580 14 34 22,320,514 63 27 18,985,468 49 53 141,474,379 69 17,696,716 41 U. S. Legal Tenders and National Bank Notes.—From the Comptroller of the Currency, Hon. John Jay Knox, we have the following statement of the currency movements and Treasury balances for three months past: XT. S. Bonds held as security for 14,527,400 of June 20,1874 Total now. on 14,747,000 14,567,000 act 1,787,850 deposit, including liquidating banks Total entered under act of Jan. 14, 1875 Total amoimt of greenbacks out¬ standing National Bank Circulation— Hew circulation issued Circulation retired Total notes Outstanding- 259,700 457,500 13,305,357 13,037,038 13,183,321 35,318,984 35,318,984 35,318,984 346,681,016 346,681,016 346,681,016 « 955,430 688,890 1,628,130 774.720 3,912,120 431,147 Currency. 328,490,737 329,344,147 332,825,120 Gold 1,467,500 1,448,840 1,447,120 Notes rec’vd for redem’u from— New York Boston 3,300,000 3,300,000 287,000 2,300,000 2,062,000 2,286,000 236,000 1,731,000 1,158,000 1,256,000 262,000 1,847,000 $9,187,000 $6,315,000 $4,523,000 Philadelphia Miscellaneous Total The following is a statement of the Comptroller of the Cur¬ rency, showing the issue and retirement of national bank notes and legal tender notes, under the Acts of June 20, 1874, and January 14, 1875, to October 1, 1879: National Bank Notes— Act of June 20,1874, was passed $349,894,182 Issued from June 20, 1874, to Jan. 14, 1875 Redeemed and retired between same dates... $4,734,500 2,767,232 Outstanding when .... . Increase from June 20, 1874, to January 14, 1875 1,967,268 Outstanding January 14,1875 $351,861,450 Redeem’d and retired from Jan. 14/75, to date $77,774,408 Surrended between same dates 11,291,432 Total redeemed and surrendered Issued between same dates $89,065,8 LO 70,029,510 Decrease from January 14,1875, to date Outstetanding at date Outstanding at date 80,541,640 $13,183,321 * $35,318,984 346.681,016 Comptroller of the Currency, showing by States the amount of National Bank circulation issued, and theamount Of Legal-Tender notes deposited in the United States. Treasury to retire National Bank circulation, from June 20,1874, to Oct. 1, 1879, and amount remaining on deposit at latter date*. 1 Legal-Tender Notes Deposited to Additional Circulat’n issued s’ce States and Territories. June 1874. Maine N. Hampshire Vermont 20, Redempt’n of Notes of $ 1,461,180 504,865 1,645,310 Massachusetts 15,552,085 Rhode Island. 1,030,200 Connecticut 2,316,400 ... .. New York New Jersey... 18,408,275 1,675,165 Pennsylvania 8,786,470 Delaware .... Maryland Dist. Columbia Virginia. West Virginia. N’rth Carolina S’th Carolina. Georgia Florida Alabama 173,275 852,310 455.500 719.500 63,370 1,172,660 56,500 439,450 45,000 Liquidat ing Banks Deposits. $ $ $ 1,284,110 Kentucky 3,575,700 534,S00 116,100 144,000 .... Michigan Wisconsin .... Iowa Kansas Nebraska ..... Utah Montana Washington Total 317,000 600,000 917,000 72,997 55,800 128,797 169,097 1,069,340 1,238,437 234,800 6,605,500 6,840,300 32.350 735,385 767,735 65.350 1,555,830 1,621,180 2,135,398 19,198,850 21,334,248 151,660 1,517,280 1,668,940 1,100,311 6,156,986 7,257,297 166,600 407,664 908,369 731,060 128,200 287,725 .. .... 596,260 2,39 L,230 2,796,080 1,972,495 1,589,390 608,730 1,272,400 1,017,800 138,600 67,500 455,400 72,800 62,100 135,000 72,000 645,750 10,000 629,867 280,901 998,510 1,483,319 1,135,597 1,620,934 364,500 626,860 811,669 420,095 781,721 45,000 135,083 Legal Ten¬ ders on deposit retire with U. 8. Treasurer at date. $ 234,131 43,599 145,480 562,211 81,702 308,861 2,199,305 363,091 1,018,695 1,646,380 427,500 880,510 270,000 1,012,585 953,380 437,675 1,001,060 1,140,785 953,380 725,400 94,500 94,500 673 366 2,099,250, 229,340 144,000 1,441,933 533,859 3,607,410 3,005,22*j 5,488,483 6,377,746 2,114,995 878,439 1,554,955 1,316,445 190,550 188,080 2,745,000 249,638 1,812,980 835,164 1,788,879 . Louisiana Texas Arkansas Tennessee Missouri Ohio Indiana Illinois To Circulat’n under Act of J’ne 20, 1874. 207,000 Mississippi.. Nevada Colorado Retire National Bank Circula¬ tion since June 20,1874. 239,340 144,000 2,071,800 814,760 4,605,920 4,488,541 6,624,080 7,998,680 2,479,495 113,925 32,796 295,731 125,325 217,456 38,705 97,690 2,115 8,672 406,165 119,381 779,904 1,505,299 1,097,174 1,709,488 988,523 455,235 344,752 2,366,624 467,834 1,736,546 293,161 270,591 10,609 2,108 29,877 21,232 47,120 972,271 233,080 161,191 149,400 196,800 284,483 357,991 72,300 45,000 117,300 297,000 *Legal tenders (74,764,010 17,131,878 72,779,408 93,724,96l)l3,183,321 Deposited prior to June 20,1874, and remaining at that date. Totals * United States Coupons Destroyed.—The press dispatches Washington Sept. 30 state that a person in Illinois recently applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the redemption of five from of United States bonds, representing several thousand The applicant alleged that for safe keeping he had placed the coupons in a tin box and deposited them in a stove¬ pipe; that a fire was built in the stove and the coupons were destroyed. The ashes, however, were retained in the box and were presented with the application for redemption. The matter was referred to First Comptroller Porter for his decision. A scientific examination satisfactorily proved that the contents of the box were the remains of the coupons as alleged. The decision in the case which has just been rendered is very important from the fact that it holds that “ the statute author¬ izing the redemption of called bonds, where, clear and unequivocal evidence has been furnished that they have been destroyed, does not apply to coupons which at the time of the alleged destruction thereof have been detached from the bonds.” The coupons in question having been detached from the bonds coupons dollars. cannot therefore be redeemed. Wilmington Columbia & Augusta.—This road was sold under decree of foreclosure at Wilmington, N. C., by Duncan J. Devane, commissioner, and was purchased by a committee of first mortgage bondholders for $860,500. The terms were $20,000 cash, and the rest in three, six and nine months. The purchase the road on behalf of the bondholders included Messrs. Wm. T. Walters, B. F. Newcomer and Thomas committee to C. Jenkins of Baltimore. —Attention is called to the notice in another column of the dissolution of the old and favorably-known house of Messrs. H. Tileston & Co., for many years prominent as members of the New York Cotton Exchange. A new firm has been formed under the name of H. Tileston & Co., which will transact a gen¬ eral commission business in stocks, bonds, &c., and cotton. The members comprising the new house will be Mr. H. Tileston and $19,036,330 ‘ $93,724,961 dates, January 14,1875 Statement of the Dakota California National Banks July 31. Aug. 31. Sept. 30. Bonds for circulation deposited.. .$12,690,750 $9,310,050 $6,395,000 Bonds for circulation withdrawn. 13,743,550 7,872,900 3,003,450 Total held for circulation 353,201,800 355,638,950 359,030,500 Bonds held as security for deposits Legal-Tender Notes — Deposited in Treasury under Retired under Act of Minnesota.... 13,375,631 53 22,402,591 09 same deposit at date 14,080 9,465 Previously reported ($6,066,187 silv., and $25,919,325 gold).32,Ola,512 Receipts. On 200 Am. silver..... Am. gold Liverpool 89,911,286 Total deposits Circulation redeemed by Treasurer oetween without re-issue 919 490 554 1,280 4,506 9,950 1,265 50,076 13,437 gold Foreign silver. C. of Rio de Jan’o.St. Thomas 26—Str. C. of Brussels 26—Str. Neckar 429 571 Am. Belize.... $3,813,675 bank notes $414 Foreign silver. Foreign gold... 22—Str. C. of Vera Cruz..Vera Cruz Greenbacks— On deposit in the Treasury June 20, 1874, to retire notes of insolvent and liquidating banks Deposited from June 20,1874, to date, to retire national Cartkageua and Aspinwall [Tot,. XXIX. $332,825,120 J. Davis Tileston as general partners, and Mr. Cornelius Fellowes as special partner. This firm, like its predecessor, will no doubt command a large patronage. , October 4, 1S79. THE CHRONICLE. | from some other holder for investment. The First National Bank and the Bank of Commerce, of New York, on Sept, 80 closed up their accounts with the Treasury for their subscrip*tions to the 4 per cent bonds, by forwarding to the Treasurer of the United States a check for the balance due -$3,600,000. This ghje flankers' (Sa^rttc. NATIONAL BANKS ORGANIZED, The United States Comptroller of the Currency furnishes the following statement of National Banks organized the past week: 2,437—Attica National Bank, Attica, New York. Authorized capital* $50,000; paid-in capital, $30,000. Charles B. Benedict, Presi¬ dent; Lewis Benedict, ■business Sept. 27, 1879. Cashier. Authorized to commence DIVIDENDS. The following dividends have recently been announced: Name of Per Cent. Company. Railroads. Bost. Clint’n Fitch. & N. Bed.pref. JFrankfort & Kokomo Housatonic pref. (quar.) Nashville Chattanooga & St.Louis Nashua & Rochester Pittsb. Ft. Wayne & Chic. (quar.). do do special (quar.). Sioux City <& Pacitic pref Vermont & Massachusetts Banks. Gallatin National Insurance. North River . $2 When Books Closed. Payable. (Days inclusive.) Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. 15. 15. Oct. 15. Oct. 4. 1. 1. 20. 3 Oct. Oct. Oct. 4 Oct. 10. Oct. 1% $2 1% 1% 1% 1% 3*2 4 10. Oct. finally closed the refunding operations of the Government until 1881, excepting the matter of converting the few remaining 4 per cent certificates into bonds. All the proceeds have now been paid into the Treasury except the called bonds and coupons now in transit from the Government Agent in London. The amount of called bonds outstanding not yet presented for payment on Sept. 30 was $28,971,800 ; all of which bonds are provided for by cash in the Treasury except $676,050, for which an equal amount of four per cent bonds is retained in the Department unsold. Closing prices at the N. Y. Board have been 7 6 to to Oct. Oct. 15 15 Interest Periods. 6s, 6s, 6s, 6s, 1. 7. Oct. 2 4 to to Oct. Oct. 8 9 FRIDAY, OCT. 3, 1879-5 P. N. The Money Market and Financial Situation. The pres¬ ent week has been at the Stock Exchange the 4‘maddest, mer¬ riest ” week of all the current year. The excitement at the Stock Board beggars description, and some days of the week liave shown the largest daily volume of business ever known since the sessions were limited to 3 P. M. There is little posi¬ tively new in regard to the situation of stocks, except as to the coal combination, and that bears so directly upon the prices of the 1880 reg 1880 coup 1881 reg. 1881 coup. 5s, 1881 reg. 5s, 1881 coup. 4%s, 1891 reg. 4%s, 1891 coup. 4s, 1907 reg. 4s, 1907 coup. 68, cur’cy, 1895..reg. stocks, that it would at any time have been a sufficient reason for a large advance in those prices, even had it come at a time remote from the present “ boom ” in the market. The agreement was signed by the officers of every company except the Lehigh Valley and Pennsylvania Rail¬ Associated Press dispatch from Philadelphia says: “Up to 1 o’clock this afternoon President Gowen had received no information from President Packer, of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company, concerning his intentions with regard to dhe new coal compact. Those who have seen the agreement •declare that the terms are so favorable that the Lehigh interest <camaot afford to decline to enter it. The Pennsylvania Railroad •officers say that the interest of that company in the matter is so small that it is altogether probable that they will join the majority. They have not, however, signed the contract as yet, •but are supposed to be awaiting Mr. Packer’s decision.” A most significant fact is that the Philadelphia & Reading, Lehigh Valley, and Delaware Lackawanna & Western Railroad Companies this afternoon issued circulars advancing their prices of coal 25 cents per ton, with the warning of other advances to follow. an Another advance has been made on the East bound freights from Chicago, the following announcement being made Thursday by Albert Fink, chairman of the joint executive committee of the trunk lines of railroads : “ The joint execu¬ tive committee have voted in favor of an advance in East-bound rates to the basis of 35 cents grain, 40 cents fourth-class, and 50 oents for power to fortify the position of their stocks, and in this the situation is far different from the former periods when ling and cutting in rates were regard wrang¬ the rule rather than the exception. The stock brokers’ conclusion from this condition of affairs will undoubtedly be that there is practically no short interest in the markets and that the great railroad kings and the heavy operat¬ for the time being, all on the bull side. The money market has been growing in stringency all the week, and culminates at fu!17 percent, with commission paid on stock loans as high as 3-16 of one per cent for one day; even on government bonds 6 per cent is paid on new business. Prime paper moves more slowly in consequence of the activity in call money, and quotations are about 51(tf6| per cent. The Bank of England on Thursday showed a decline in specie for the week of £266,000, and the reserve was 56 9-16 per cent of liabilities, against 59£ per cent last week. The last statement of the New York City Clearing-House banks, issued September 27, showed a decrease of $2,334,300 in the ex¬ cess above their 25 per cent legal reserve, the whole of such excess being $2,569,350, against $4,903,650 the previous week The following table shows the changes from the previous week and a comparison with the two preceding years. ors Loans and die. Specie........ Circulation Net deposits Legal tenders. .. . Differ’nces fr’m 1878. Sept. 27. 1877. previous week. Sept. 28. Sept. 29. $260,763,700 Inc .$1,372,700 20.017,400 Inc. 75,400 21,531.900 Inc. 117,000 229,983,000 Inc. 1,712.000 40,047,700 Dec. 1,981,700 United. States Bonds.—The market has shown $216,322,500 $241,847,800 18,199,600 19,617,800 216,332,000 45,680,700 16,652,300 15,724,400 200,771,200 41,975,500 for Government bonds activity and strength than for many weeks pre¬ viously. There has been a good investment demand for bonds, but nothing that we hear of on speculation. Savings banks and financial institutions have been the principal buyers, and bonds to the extent of $500,000 or more were taken by national banks to. use as deposit for new circulation. There is no new supply to feed the market, and each bond taken off has to come more follows: Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct. Oct. 29. 30. 1. 2. 3. *104 *104 *104 *104 *104 *104 *104 *104 *104 *104 105 % 105% 105% 105 105% *105ie *105% *105 105 105% 103% 103% xOl % 1015g 102 *103 *103 102% 103% *103% Q.-Mar. outstanding Oct. 1, 1879, Range since Jan. 1,1879. Lowest. 6s, 1880-1.. cp. 5s, 1881 cp. 4%s, 1891.. cp. 4s, 1907 cp. 6s, cur’ncy.reg. 104 99 Highest. Registered. Mch. 21 108 May 21 1 103% May 21 4 128 May 33 Apr. 119% Jan. were $205,720,650 275.245.400 166,139,750 472.862.400 64,623,512 Coupon. $77,015,700 233,194,950 83,860,250 264,294,650 Closing prices of securities in London for Jan. 1, 1879, three weeks past follows: were as Sept. Sept. Oct. U. S. 5s of 1881 U. S. 4%s of 1891 U. S. 4s of 1907 19. 26. 105% CO 108% 104% O O 00^ as Amount Oct. 1, 1879. 103% Aug. 29 1075s June 23 101% Aug. 27 107% Jan. 15 the range since and Range since Jan. 1,1879. 3. Lowest. Highest. 106% 105 July 16 109% Jan. 4 109% 106% Meli. 24 110 May 2 Mch. 26 105% May 22 105% 101 State and. Railroad Bonds.—In State bonds there have been few transactions except some sales of the lowest priced North. Carolina and other Southern bonds purely on speculation. The South Carolina bond decision does not clear up the condition of affairs in regard to the bonds of that State, and much confusion must yet exist as to the status of different issues. In railroad bonds the transactions in Erie 2d consolidated have been on an enormous scale and the advance has been large, the bonds following the course of the stock. The other speculative bonds have also been active, and with all classes of bonds, sound or unsound, the tendency is still towards higher figures. following at auction: Messrs. A. H. Muller & Son sold the Shares. Shares. 5 Del. & Hudson Canal 5,000 Harrington Min’g Co., Bodie Miuing District, Mono County, Cal., for Co., $100 each 60 Gondola Raft $3,000 18,500 Niagara Gold & Silver Mining Co., Gold Hill, Storey County, New, tor. $50 each $5,000 114 .. 50 Co., $50 each, for $100 Bonds. 25 People’s Fire Ins. Co., are, 1879. 27. J. & J. *103% J. & J. *103% J. & J. 1051s J. & J. *105 Q.-Feb. 103 Q.-Feb. 103 follows: hogs, from Chicago to New York, to take place Oct. 13.” It thus appears that the railroad officers are doing all in their Sept. as Q.-Mar. *10538 *105% 105% 105% 1055s 105% 10512 1055s 105% 105% *10558 *105% Q.-Jau. 101% 101% 101% *101% 101% 101% Q.-Jan. 10212 1025Q 102% XOl 5g 102% 101% J. & J. '121% '121 % *121 *121 *121 *121 68, cur’cy, 1896..reg. J. & J. *121% *121% *121 •121% *121 *121 6s, cur’cy, 1897..reg. J. & J. *12178 *121% *121 *122 *121 *121 68, cur’cy, 1898..reg. J. & J. *121% *121% *122% *122% *122 *121 6s, cur’cy, 1899..reg. J. & J. *121% *121% *122% *123 *122% *121 * This is the price bid; no sale was made at the Board. The range in prices since January 1, 1879, and the amount of each class of bonds coal-road road, and to-day 351 20 Rutgers Fire Ins. Co., 177 $-'5 each 6 Importers’ & Traders’ Ins. Co., $50 each 101 $1,500 N. Y. City 5s, gold, due 1928 107** 1,000 Jersey City 7s, im¬ provement, due 1392. 96% 1,000 Jersey City 7s. im¬ provement, due 1894. 95% 2,000 Jersey City 7s, im¬ provement, due 1892. 96% Closing prices of leading State bonds for two weeks past, and the range since Jan. 1, 1879, have been as follows: States. Louisiana consols Missouri 6s, ’89 or ’90 North Carolina 6s, old Tennessee 6s, old Virginia 6s, consol do do 2d series. District of Columbia 3-65s... * Sept. Oct. 26. 3. *39 *106 39% *106 *23% *23 *30 *31 *82% *83 *31 **84 *84 Range since Jan. 1,1879. Lowest. 36 July 24 1035s Mch. 18 30 Highest. Feb. Railroad and Jan. 6 Aug. 20 42 Feb. 13 73% June 20 73% June 20 37 44 Sept. 25 79*2 Jan. 3 This is the price bid; no sale was made at the Board. has this week in the general 69 5 107% June 10 8 25 78 June 14 Mch. 28 885s May 23 Miscellaneous Stocks.—The stock market outstripped all previous weeks of the present year activity, .excitement, and buoyancy in prices. Thd great points of the week have been the pending coal combination and the reports of a change in Erie management at the next election. Whatever of truth there may be in the latter report, it has been accepted on the market as an accomplished fact, and Mr. Vanderbilt has been accredited as the heavy purchaser. Under this influence the common stock went up to 38, and thd preferred stock and second consolidated bonds went up in sympathy therewith. The contract for a coal combination was exe~ cuted by all the leading companies except the Lehigh Valley, on Thursday, and the stocks jumped up 4@6 per cent in a short time ; to-day, there was some reaction, but the reports from Phil¬ adelphia indicated a belief that the Lehigh Valley interest would. 352 THE CHRONICLE. in, and the companies also advanced their circular prices in Another advance in East-bound freights has also been made, and it looks as if the trunk line managers had deter¬ mined to put up the rates, if they can, to a point that will enable the poorest of the trunk lines to earn much larger net profits than heretofore on the same tonnage. Pacific Mail has been a leading feature in the market, and the president of the company announces that the company to-day paid to the Panama Railroad $200,000 in cash on indebtedness contracted prior to the present administration, which makes the total reduction on the indebted¬ ness of the company, since the 28th of May last, nearly $500,000. The daily highest and lowest nrices have been as follows: come -—Latest earnings reported.—, /-Jan. 1 to latest date.-s Week or Mo. 1879. 1878. 1879. New York. [fe * 1878. Atch.Top. & S. F.3d wkSept. $150,000 $114,000 $4,162,018 $2,012,330 Atl.&Gt. West...August.... 423,803 309,761 Atlantic Miss.<feO. August 134,955 155,012 988,665 1,044,265 Bur. C. Rap. &N..3dwkSept. 35.614 988.306 1,093,208 38,074 Burl.&Mo.R.in N. July Cairo&St.Louis.. 1st wkSept 104,069 79,688 966,757 814,769 8,069 - 5,047 164,268 154,432 Central Pacific...August.... 1,552,000 1,726,667 10,849,408 11,094,474 Ches. & Ohio.. ..August.... 215,695 189,053 1,201,886 1,229,928 112,473 3,946,417 3,444,271 946,427 7,504,062 7,364,218 21,700 Chic. Mil. & 8t. P.4thwkSep. 332,000 181,779 6,557,000 6,102,316 Chic. & Northwest August.. 1.1,347,000 1,266,460 9,613,529 9,487,936 riii/1 At ATit. Q/l tttI/O A £>11 TO 007 Chic. St. P. & Min.3d wkSept. 24,641 732 427 18,337 623,121 Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednes., Thursd’y, Friday. Clev. Mt. V. & D. .2d wk Sept. 8,334 8,496 265,494 Sept. 27. 257,846 Sept. 29. Sept. 30. Oct. 1. Oct. 2. Oct. 3. Dakota Southern. July 14,529 19,194 118,328 124,301 Denv.S.P’kcfc Pac. August Canada South. 69% 70 69 91,204 6936 7034 6936 6936 6936 7036 70 399,887 Cent, of N.J.. 59% 61 5934 6136 60 Dubuque& S.City.3d wk Sept. 60 23,314 61% 6026 6a 22,324 577,650 676,376 Chic. & Alton. 96J6 97 97 97 97 *96 97 9636 9636 *96 Frank.&Kokomo.July...: 4,580 3,088 22,953 19,003 Chic. Bur. & Q. 114}|ll4% 114% 11426 11426 114 Gal.Har.&S. An.July 115 11336 98,580 83,877 Cbic.M.& St.P. 6834 0834! 68% 6934 +6936 x6726 6836 6836 Gal. Houst. OS-24 & H. 7134 37,317 do .August 101 1101 35,859 101 pref. 101 281,330 101 230,250 10136 x9736 9836 9736 98 Grand Trunk. Wk.end. Sep.20 197,244 Chic. &N. W.. SOU 823-6 182,624 G,141,893 6,249,143 8326 8226 84 83)6 8436 8426 83 Gr’t do Western. Wk.eud. pref. 5*9% 9934 Sep.26 9926 9924 10034 9936 10134 101 98,692 98,454 3,115,289 3,355,017 10134 10024 10134 Chic. R. I.&P. *....142 Hannibal & St. Jo. 3d wkSept. 14136 14136 14234 14234 *139 142 xl39 139 44,647 53,630 1,239,567 1,355,969 13836 13836 Chic. St.P.&M. 46 46 463 45 Houst. <fe Tex. C.. August 4536 4536 4526 45% 46 46 232,122 196,237 1,621,644 1,372,997 Clev.C. C. &I. 5636 5934 58 o7 58 592 59 57 Illinois Cen. (Ill.).. August 5736 5836 5934 474,661 572,827 3,436.682 3,602,145 Col.Chic.&I.C. 1236 1336 1226 m 1226 1124 12 1336 1236 1334 do (Iowa).. August Del. & H.Canal 56 104,677 103,062 883,648 1,009,300 5636 5736 57 64 H 614 6636 6036 5936 61 6036 Tilt. &Gt. North.. 3d wkSept. Del.Lack.& W. 6536 6736 6636 6724 66 45,218 37,253 1,025,185 6834 6926 6826 75 896,673 7126 75 Han. & St. Jo.. 23& 2436 2336 Kan.C.St. J.& C.B, "" 25 July 135,467 2434 2424 98,916 2436 24-24 25 2436 2034 do pref. 52 Kansas 52H 52% 5534 5336 5436 53 wk Pacific....4th 5324 53)6 5434 53-24 5 a J’ly 117,363 93,476 2,365,235 1.739,159 Illinois Cent... 9194 9126 9124 92 Mo. Kans. &Tex. ,3d wkSept. 9136 9136 9126 92 9136 .9136 89,170 81,557 2,062,731 2,008,772 Kansas Pacific 70 70 70 70 6936 70 70 72 Mobile & 7234 Ohio August 104,600 Lake Shore.... 9336 94 114,979 1,060,673 1,146,589 9324 9426 9436 95% 9434 95 95 9436 92)6 9436 Nashv.Ch.&St. L. August Louisv.& Nash 6056 61 142,182 129,859 1,113.658 1,064,535 6036 6136 6136 6334 6226 03-26 63 64 6324 0436 N.Y.L. Erie &W.. June Mich. Central.. 85^6 8634 8634 89 1,230,419 1,258,988 7,664,792 7,131,666 8724 90 8824 90 8926 904 88 8936 Fad.&Elisabetht. Mo. Kans. & T. 1794 1834 17*14 1836 1st wkSept 1824 2134 20 6,238 2134 2036 2136 1936 21 6,510 190,352 215,050 Mor. & Essex.. 94 Pad. & Memphis.. 2d wkSept. 9436 93 9436 93 933/, 9336 9426 94 96 9534 94 2,524 1,808 106,456 135,974 N.Y. C. & H. It. 11936 119*6!119 11924 119 119 “ 11924 H9-24 Pennsylvania .August....2,982,718 2,972,601 21,179,684 19,961,272 N.Y. L.E.&W. 32 3426 3224 3436 ■3234 3436 35 3636 Phila. 3526 &Erie 38 August.... 275,907 262,073 1,871.010 1,737,806 do pref. 5536 57X 5736 60 58 61 5926 5636 5936 60 6124 6334 Pliila. & Reading. August Northern Pac. 22 1,462,280 1,402,792 9,460,469 8,060,937 2234 2236 2236 2236 2336 2224 23 24 2336 23 do 49 pref. St.L.A.&T.Hjbrs) 3d wkSept. 4936 4836 49 49 50 49 15,090 50 51 12,472 50 367,025 336,550 5026 Ohio & Miss.. 1736 1834 1836 1926 1924 2036 1926 1936 2026 1924 2024 St.L. Iron Mt.&S. 3d wkSept. 166,504 124,354 3,129,920 2,832,781 Pacific Mail.... 26% 2736 2734 2724 2724 St. L. K. C. & No .2d wk Aug. 2926 2936 3026 3236 29-24 33 56,739 76,841 1,801,493 1,887,735 Panama 160 160 160 162 170 170 167 St. L. <fc San Fran. 3d wk Sept. 16736 *167 175 166 166 44,000 St.L &I.M.assd 953.799 28,400 827,009 4434 4334 4436 4324 44 44 4336 44 43-24 4224 4434 St.L.&S.E.—St.L..3d wkSept. St.L.K.C.&N. 20,786 17,156 25 499,930 2436 24 453,893 2424 25 I 24 2436! 2434 2536 2436 2424 St.Paul &S. do pref. 5936 60 City.July 47,622 5924 61 47,720 592* 60361 5924 6036! 60 349,775 332,833 6036 5834 6036 Scioto St.L. & S.Fran. 19 1926 1934 1936 1934 1924! 1936 1936! 1936 1936 1931 1936 Valley August 29,005 29,082 202,816 174,573 do pref. 2134 2236 22 Sioux 22 2236 21 ! 2136 2124i 2124 2234 22 City <fe St.P. July 28,325 188.063 2226 27,519 207,232 do 1st prf. 4636 49 48 49 47 Southern Minn.. .August 47 4S36) 4636 4636 47 4536 4624 38,807 29,153 354,527 Sutro Tunnel. 456,337 3 3 2*6 334 3 336 3 33si 3 336 336 336 Tol.Peoria&War .3dwkSept. Union Pacific.. 82 30,792 36,234 862,272 8236 8234 8434 83-24 8534! 8426 S524I 8524 S7 926,829 8536 8626 Union Pacific.... Wabash 42^6 432s 4336 4436 4336 4426! 4326 4434! 4336 4436 4334 44 26dysSep.1,106,661 1,000,980 West. Un. Tel. 9436 9556 9426 95>6 9426 Wabash 3d wkSept, 134,361 94361 9336 9426! 9334 94 123,927 3,314,532 3,535,179 9226 9326 These are the prices bid and asked: no sale was made at Exchange.—The drawers of sterling hills report the rates the Board. t Bales were also made, ex-div., at 67%a’68%. about steady, and to-day tbe leading bankers ask 4.82 and 4.84, Total sales this week, and the range in prices for 1878 and while the actual rates on business are about 4.81(3)4.811 on g“ -S3* .. HP* I [Vol. XXIX. U«S8 8* W* 75821 12* ...m 8* 8* .. ■" ‘ ‘ . * I& 60 . since Jan. 1, 1879, were as follows: Sales of Week. Shares. days, and 4.83@4.83£ Lowest. Canada Southern.... 9,751 45% Jan. Central of N. J 166,480 33% Jan. & Chicago Alton 684 75 Mch. Chic. Burl.& Quincy. 2,149 111% Jan. Chic. Mil. & St. P.... 149,505 34% Jau. do do pref. 5,563 74% Jau. Chicago & Northw... 162,880 49% Jan. do do pref. 13,049 76% Jan. Chic. Rock lsl.& Pac. 585 119 Jan. Chic. St. P.& Minn.*. 21 2,400 May Clev. Col. Cin. & Ind. 16,570 34% Jan. Col. Chic.& Ind. Cent 5 19,590 Jau. Del. & Hudson Canal 56,613 38 Jan. Del. Lack. & Western 278,705 43 Jan. Hannibal & St. Jo 16,575 13% Jan. ... do do prof. 21,200 Illinois Central 2,920 Kansas Pacific 5,900 Lake Shore 113,355 Louisville & Nashv.. 21,595 Michigan Central.... 40,939 34 7,298 67 35 7334 5% 75% 16 5%47 44% Ohio & Mississippi... 52,832 734 Pacific Mail 109,740 10% Panama 648 123 St. L. I. Mt. & South. 13 16,943 St. L. K. C. & North. 7 10,325 do pref. 14,850 25% St. L. & S. Francisco. 3,443 3% do pref. 8,420 4% do 1st pref. 5,622 9% Sutro Tunnel 14,420 2% Union Pacific 35,871 57% Wabash 50,710 17% Western Union Tel.. 70,784 88% Central of N. J. Sept. 27 26,330 29 30 29.320 “ “ Oct. “ “ 17,350 1 2 3 16.700 44,200 32,580 St. North¬ Paul. west. 9,835 15,895 31,825 22,600 24,670 44,680 Jan. 1878. Highest. 3 2 3 7 4 4 3 3 S 5 2 4 2 2 4 10 Low.; High. 70% Sept. 30 66 Oct. 97 Sept. 15 38 13% 66% 3 122% Feb. 19 71 % Oct. 3 101% Sept. 25 85 102 Oct. 45% 45% 85 99% 114% 27% 54% 2 Sept. 17 64 84% 32% 55% 79% 5934 98% 122 142% Sept, 24 47% Sept. 6 59% Sept. 29 14% Sept. 26 66% Oct, 3 23 38% 2% 34% 75 Oct, 2 26% Oct. 3 55% Sept. 29 93% Sept. 11 73 % Sept, 15 79% Mch. 26 9% Jan. 21 Missouri Kan. & Tex. 118,920 Morris & Essex 20,615 N. Y. Cent. & Hud.R. 357 112 N.Y. Lake E. West. 706,212 21% do pref 40,120 37% Northern Pacifict... do pref.t Range for Prices since Jan. 1,1879. 6% 59% 41 10 61% 21% 41% 72% 87 16% 4 12% Jau. 6 95% Sept. 30 55% 71% Feb. 13 70% May 12! 35 39 2 Jan. 90% Oct. 2 53% 75 4 21% Oct. Jan. 2 2 7% 3 Jan. 96 Oct. 3 67 %r 89 Mch. 24 121% June 14 103% 115 4 Jan. 33 Oet. 3 7% 22% 0 Jan. 63% Oct, 3 38 . Aug. Aug. 9 30 4 24% Sept. 19 51% Sept. 19 20% Oct. 3 Jau. Jan. 13 Jau. Jau. Jan. 33 2 170 0 2 2 8 21 23 16 31 Jan. Jan. Jan. Jau. Jan. Jan. Mch. 13 Aug. 25,025 28,850 22,950 28,025 22,880 35,150 4 21%^ Oct, 6 34 12% 3 11% 23% 131 Sept. 30 112 5 45% Sept, 20 15% 25% Sept. 23 3% 7% 61 Sept. 23 19 26% 22 1% Sept. 22 4% 23% Sept. 22 1% 5% 49% Sept. 22 5% 1134 5 4% Meh. 17 3% 87 Oct. 2 61% 73 44% Sept. 30 12% 23% 116 June 11 75% 102 29,267 29,278 45,440 31,840 90,650 52,230 7.100 116,675 8,745 170.000 48,850! 84,875 29,950, 83,070 13,800,108,398 10,475jl42,694 *■ 7,035 21,480 30,525 10,790 14,860 28,665 Total. 166,480 149,505 162,830 278,705 Whole stock. 175,400 154.042 149.886 524.000 118,9201706,212 113,355 214.050(780,000 494,665 .. i n last line for the purpose of comparison. The latest railroad earnings and the totals from Jan. 1 to latest dates are given below. The statement includes the gross earn¬ ings of all railroads from which returns can be obtained. The columns under the heading “Jan. 1 to latest date” furnish the gross earnings from Jan. 1 to. and including, the period men¬ tioned in the second column. following were the rates of exchange the undermentioned cities : Savannah— buying $ off, selling £ off; Charleston, scarce, buying f discount, New Orleans—commercial 1(3:5-10 discount, bank £ selling discount ; St. Louis—1-10 discount ; Chicago—75^COc. discount; Boston, 40c. discount. The quotations for foreign exchange October 3. Good commercial Documentary commercial Paris (francs) Antwerp (francs) Swiss (francs) Amsterdam (guilders) Hamburg (reichmarks) Frankfort (reichmarks) Bremen (reichmarks) Berlin (reichmarks) The following Sovereigns are 3 80 X X Reichmarks. X Guilders 4 72 ft$4 85 ft .3 ft 4 ft 4 ftl5 ft)15 85 78 3 90 00 Span’h Doubloons. 15 55 70 Mex. Doubloons.. 15 45 65 Fine silver bars 1 ll%ft 1 12% Fiuegold bars.... par.ft%prem. Boston Banks.— The ... June July * a Specie. % 129,489,000 129.973.500 130.510.500 130,963,600 130,583,300 134,824,800 129,931,700 128.606.500 127.896.500 128,035,500 129,133,000 130,578,100 131.174.200 129.447.200 127,747,900 127.793.200 126,748,000 126.027,300 ft 4, ,82 English silver * 3.563.400 3.948.500 3.559.400 3,557,700 3.547.400 3.585.200 3.620.400 3.590.900 3.572.600 3.567.500 3.561.200 3,496,300 3.474.900 3.531.200 3.304.200 3.347.600 3.267,100 3.271.400 Other than Government and are 62,036,882 61,810,186 61,740,307 62,221,496 82,171,993 61 974,527 01,415,440 23 30 July Aug. Sept. — — , 3,886.700 4.168.200 4.165.500 4,118,400 4.433.500 4.717.100 5.433.900 5,890,800 5.386.300 5.354.200 5.643.900 5.159.100 4,777,000 4.375.200 4,182,000 4.180.900 4,034,000 4.379.300 *43,895,000 *44,391,200 *43,997,000 *43,606,400 *44,795,300 *45,332,100 *45,858,600 *47,067,900 *46,772,700 *46,838,500 *46,854,900 *45,803,800 *44,409,300 *42,945,600 *43,340,700 *43,853,300 *43.664.300 *44,524,800 26.437.800 26,569,000 26.704.100 26.675.100 26.578.300 26,640,000 26.915.300 26,538,700 26.572.500 26,635,200 26,700,600 26.749.800 26.832.100 26,981,400 27.117.800 27.197.500 27,376,900 27.545.100 *. : Lawful Money. Deposits. 62,972,906 62,784.728 10,539,218 62,880,264 62,749,828 62,550,008 62,639.944 16,569,557 4 61,932,961 62,740,441 62 688,249 ; 44,033,227 51,329,031 49,413,570 45,176,053 47,775,068 51,738,637 47,866,112 49,241,607 43,383,417 43,253,354 43,813,373 48,193.104 51,820,024 44,612,516 47,305,866 44,932,820 48,392.118 45,506.856 banks, less Clearing House checks. 15,883,014 15,311,615 15,790,181 16,205,151 16,533,493 16.307,446 17,405,816 17,396,893 17,590,102 17,011,709 16,308,517 11 18 2> 1 22 9934 ft —par. 99 %@ —par, 92 ft — 95 87 ft — 88% 75 ft 4 83 68 ft - 70 9938 ft — 99% 9934ft par. Philadelphia banks Circulation $ June 16 “ coins: — L. Tenders. Deposits. Circulation. Agg.Clear. S * follows: Loans. 4.8234ft4.83% ft4.82% 4.81%ft4.82 5.23%ft5.22% 5.23%ft5.22% 5.22%@5.21% 39%® 4:0 94% ft 94% 94%ft 94% 94%ft 94% 94%ft 94% 4.82 the totals of the BoBton Philadelphia Banks,—The totals of the are as 4.83%ft4.84 ... Prus. silv. thalers Trade dollars. New silver dollars series of weeks past: Demand. 4.80%ft4, ,81 4.80 ©4. ,80% 4.79%ft4, ,80 5.25%ft5. 24% 5.26*4 ft5. 25 5.25 ft 5. 233j 39%@ 39% 94 ft 94% 94 ft 94% 94 ft 94% 94 ft 94% Dimes & % dimes Silver %s and %s Five francs Mexican dollars. tollowing Loans. 4.81 : days. quotations in gold for various $4 82 Napoleons banks for follows are as 60 Prime bankers’ sterling bills on London. Good bankers’ and prime commercial... Lake Shore. • Ji In domestic bills the New York to-day at demand. on - Del. L. Mo. K. IN. Y. L. & West. & Texas: E. & W. on 16,614,554 17,377.438 17,500,784 50.721,250 49,713,483 50,309,722 51,378,936 51,811,642 51,512,347 51,901,368 52,980,548 52,719,432 52,015,168 51,415,739 51,565,795 51,580,453 40,609,121 52,817,043 53,224,187 11,424,901 11,397,218 11,383,105 11,398,306 11,406,680 11,423,810 11,415,745 11,406,477 11,437,010 11,438,106 11,430,589 11,445.171 11,500,647 11,516,320 11,568.656 11,788,858 Agg. Clear. $ 38,804,535 37,579,238 34,442,141 37,789,094 34,090,465 37,197,358 34,940,097 35,745,324 35,792,049 32,011,855 31,318,858 30,002,487 33.978,324 35.100,893 38*264*123 38,061,706 October THE 4, lb79.j New York. City CHRONICLE. ending at the commencement of New York City for the week business on Sept. 27, 1879 : Average amount of Capital. Banks. Loans and discounts New York Manhattan Co... Merchants Mechanics’ Union America Phoenix City Tradesmen’s Fulton Chemical Merch’nts’ Exch. Gallatin Nation’l Butchers’&Drov. Mechanics’ & Tr Greenwich Leather Man’f’rs Seventh Ward... Pacific Republic 1,500,000 .State of N. York. American Exch.. Commerce.. Broadway Mercantile Chatham 8.313.200 5,555,000 Irving Metropolitan .... 'Citizens’ Nassau Market St. Nicholas Shoe & Leather.. Corn Exchange.. Continental Oriental Marine Importers’ & Tr.. Park < Mech. Bkg. Ass’n Grocers’ North River East River Manuf’rs& Mer.. Fourth National. Central Nat Second Nation’l. Ninth National.. First National.. Third National.. N. Y. Nat. Exch.. Bowery National N. York County.. Germ’n Americ’n 8.998.300 610.500 2,887,000 6,008,800 291.000 339,000 1,035,400 253,000 177.200 1.959.800 235.400 161.500 181,100 38,000 495,000 174.500 846.400 1,541,100 654.200 337.100 1.621.600 10.956.700 3.844.400 3.695.300 1.312.300 1,155,000 859,100 2.733.100 874.800 2,013.600 13,337,000 13,926,401' 5.127.100 3.417.800 16.400 200.700 63.400 113.700 1.346,000 1.183.300 370.600 366.600 4,066,900 71.400 92.600 3,168.000 104,000 2.109.500 412,500 700,000 1,000,000 500,000 3,000,000 600,000 1,000,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 300,000 400,000 1,500,000 2,000,000 500,000 1.427.500 53.100 1.591.400 5.670.700 2.507.500 82,000 625,600 137,900 12,578,000 257,01*0 7,458,500 3.546.200 5.573.500 „ 5.586.200 1.737.200 1.253.700 11,381,200 787,266 3,256 800 027,300 534.700 264.400 114.100 2,033,600 1,081,000 206,000 154.200 387.700 769,000 2,077.600 138.000 781.500 960,000 1.379.400 390.700 920.000 9,363,000 8.945.300 445,000 1,505,800 473.900 409.800 426.000 3.585.300 3.104.700 2,043.500 1.742.700 2,957,000 1,42i.600 1.408.500 349,000 652,000 223.300 187,000 897.300 432.800 2,632,000 285,000 2.322.600 1,804,000 17,000 24.800 317,000 3.213.000 288.000 570,000 3.717.200 4.610.200 102.400 5.400 21.100 444,600 713.500 240,000 250,000 100,000 3,200,000 2,000,000 814.800 784,900 305,000 31.700 127.100 904,900 98,300 15.888.900 1.121.800 450,000 2.383.700 612.700 340.000 162,000 15.154.500 7.651.000 220.000 86.000 2.838,400 1.650,000 365.000 324,000 782,000 1.499.300 989.100 959.500 155.600 310,000 307.700 195.600 3.947.000 10.526.000 787.200 1,491,000 269,000 599,000 288.200 798,400 268,900 225,000 180,000 925,000 60.200 31,' 00 11.700 130,800 104.400 260.763,700'20,017,400 60.800,200 2,466,000 470.800 7.015.300 825.800 1.006,700 1,113,000 1,695,900 2.249.300 40.047,700 229,983,000 21,531,900 The deviations from returns of previous week are as follows : Loans and discounts Inc..fl.372,700 75,400 1,981,700 Specie Legal tenders Inc.. Dec. 1879. 1.. 8.. 15.. 21.. 1.. 8.. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. May May May May May S 238.241.400 18,633.330 242.280.200 244.186.500 244,007,000 246.716.900 247.674.200 246.324.500 243.839.800 240.458.500 235.836.600 230.442.900 231.151.300 231,096,900 239.357.800 242.941.600 253.838.500 257.636.500 257.272.800 258.332.700 256,291,000 15.. 22.. 29.. 5.. 12.. 19.. 26.. 3.. 10.. 17.. 24.. 31.. June 7.. June 14.; June 21.. June 28.. 255.901.600 253.575.500 July 5.. July 12.. $ July 26.. 2.. Aug. 9.Aug. 16.. Aug. 23.. Aug. 30.. Aug. 6.. Sept. 13.. Sept. 20.. Sept. 27.. Inc.. 147,000 Deposits. Circulation. Agg. Clear 54,048,830 51.135.400 48.334.800 45,377,000 42.651.800 40.593.800 39.173.400 36,972,600 34.268.900 31.815.800 36.145.400 40,672,100 45.224.500 49.440.500 53,576,700 49.150.900 43.284.900 41.791.400 42.822.800 219,219,230 19.486.600 611,674,082 219.387.300 19.427.100 403,410,515 217.271.200 19.398.800 452,720,433 216.382.600 19.335.900 434,908,904 213.429.700 19.232.400 516,297,775 213,293,100 19,236,000 501,321,270 210.563.300 19.335.200 400,417,429 206.591.400 19,290,000 413,892,738 198.945.600 19.512.100 399.872.657 54.288.100 57.655.100 50,435,500 43,974,000 41.838.600 41,279,300 40,088,900 39.481.100 42,029,400 40,047.700 Bid. Ask. BOSTON. Maine 6s New Hampshire $ * 193.121.700 19.635.500 195.303.700 19.696.100 200,255,000 19.721.200 204.514.200 19.707.600 214.331.700 19.683.100 224.937.200 19,688,000 230.424.700 19.685.400 227.345.600 19.856.600 225,754,000 19.869.400 226.963.800 19.977.800 227.816.700 20,056,800 226,177,000 20.156.200 226.113.600 20.371.300 236,007,300 20.542.900 241.328.800 20.509.900 240.154.300 20.531.600 243.383,000 20.549.500 254.770.700 20.594.800 253.230.200 20.682.100 248.474.600 20.719.500 235.953.900 20.827.500 225.517.400 20.942.500 226.635.600 21.372.300 225.572.900 21.603.500 228,271,000 21.384.900 229,983,000 21.531.900 461.180.657 423.259.559 487,843,450 503,108,030 546,798,625 591,290,770 598.236.201 529,996,936 439,750,395 472,828,088 450,084,041 456,961,901 432,735,690 432.526,468 391,835,789 481.691.657 494,794,747 491.715.201 560,036,583 605,012,052 482,688,369 476,563,861 452,345,265 507,109,348 530.921,366 591.859.560 6s .... 6s Massachusetts5s, gold....... Boston 6s, currency Vprmont 36 Hartford & Erie 7s. new Kai. City. 8t. Jo.&C. B. Is. . New York & New Eng. 7s ... 104% Ogdens burg & Lake Ch.Ss... Old Colony, 7b .... do 6s .... .... 7s.. Municipal 78 Omaha * S. Western, 8s .... Pueblo & Ark. Valley, 7s..... Rutland 8s, 1st mort Vermont * Canada, new 8s.. Atch. & Tcpcka 1st m.7s ii2% 113 Vermont*Mass. RR.,6s do land grant 7s 112% 8TOCK8. do 2d 7s......... uo% iVo« Atchison & Topeka do land Inc. 8s.. 121%, At.hi o » & Nebraska Boston * Albany 7s 6s do m%, Boston * Albany Boston & Lowel1 Boston & Maine lbs Boston & Lowell 6s Boston & Maine 7s 120% Boston & Providence Boston * Providence 7s Burlington & Mo. in Neb ... Cheshtre preferred lie Burl. & Mo., land grant 7s.... Chic. Clinton Dub. & Min.... do’ Neb. 6s 106% iu7 Cln. Sandusky & Clev do Neb. 8s, 1883 Concord Conn. * Passumpslc, 7s, 1897. Connecticut River Eastern, Mass,, 4^8, new. ... *79% 80 ’ Fltchbnrg RR., 6e do 7s Fort Scott & Gulf 7s Kan. , do • 05 City Top. & W., 7s, 1st do Bid. Ask. .... .. Chicago sewerage do 8KOT7RITIKS. ~36% 97% .... ,, 78, inc. 98 rH r-i • , 112% : 107 109 120% 101 7s, w’t’r ln,rg. &co. 7s, Mr.imp., reg.,’83-36. do N. Jersey 6s, reg. and coup... do ' exempt, rg. & coup. Camden County 6s, coup 106 11 41% Williamsport....... do pref.. Mt. Joy & Lancaster. Huntingdon* Broad Top... Elmira & 41% 4% pref. 7% Lehigh Valley. .. 44% Schuylkill Mlnehlll Nesquehoning Valley 100 Norristown North Pennsylvania 43% 43% Pennsylvania Philadelphia* Erie Pulladelphia & Reading Philadelphia* Trenton 10* 19% 6% 54 102 45% 43% 19% Conn. & Passumpslc Eastern (Mass.) Eastern (New Hampshire)... Fitchburg...... — Kan. City Top, * Western... • • • 103% 105% 90 37% 99% 50 139% 70 90% 51 140 72 117% • • • • 80 142 42 19% IIS . 24% 24% 8% pref... 10 1907 68, boat*car,rg.,1913 7s, boat*car.rg.,L9.5 Susquehanna 6s, coup.. .9.8 .* RAILROAD BONDS. Allegheny Vai.,7 3-10s, 1896... do is, E. ext., 1910 102 30 do Inc. 7s, end., ’94 Belvidere Dela. 1st m.,6s,1902. do 2dm. 6s. ’85.. do 3d m. 6s, ’37.. Camden & Amboy 6s,coup,’83 104 do 6s, coup., *89 105 mort. 6s, ’89 do 113% Cam. * Atl. 1st m. 7s, g., 1903 117 do 2d in., 7s, cur., 1879 Cam. & Burlington Co. 6s’97. Catawissa 1st, 7s, cony., ’82... chat, m., 10s,’88 6s, exempt, 1887 do 6s, 1890, quarterly.. do 5s, quarterly Baltimore 6s, iSSl, quart/.... do 6s, I8S6, J.&J do 6s, 1890, quarterly... do 6s,exempt,’93.M.&S. do do do 6s. 1902, J. * J 5s, 19i6, new 08,1900, Q —J Par. Balt.* Ohio.... j. 100 do 1st prtf do 2d pref do - Wash. Branch. 100 do Parkersb’g Br..50 Northern Central.. 50 Western 111 112 50 Maryland 6s, ’83... Perklomen 1st m.6s,coup.,’9< Phila.* Erie 1st m.6s, cp.,’8t do 2d m. 78,cp.,’38. 110 Phila. * Read. 1st m.6s, ’43-’44 § Cou. to Jan.. ’77. funded. 115 110 116 117 141% 143' 113 110 1C6 150 1 106%* 22% si* BONDS. 105 107 7*30s.. 38 103 115 do South. RR. 7*308.+ 115 115% do do 6s, gold.+ 105 Hamilton Co., O., 6s. long., .t 102 do 7s, 1 to 5 yrs..t 103 do 7 & 7*30s, long.t 110 Cln.* Cov. Bridge st’k, pref. 110 Cln. Ham. & D. 1st m. 7s, ’80 + 101 101% do 2dm. 7s,’85 + 101 Cln. Ham. & Ind., 7s, guar.. 80> 78 Cln. & Indiana 1st m. 7s 102% do 2d m. 7s, ’77. f 90 Colum. * Xenia, 1st m. 7s, ’90 104 ... % Per share. 115 118 118 117' 117' 111 120» Dayton & Mich. 1st m. 7s, 81+ 102% 102% 2dm. 7s,’84.+ 102 do do 3d m. 7s, ’88+ 100% Dayton & West, lstm., ’81...+ do 1st m., 1905.+ 83 5s,perp........ In default. Ill 113% 113*. 105# ' • 108%. Balt. & Ohio 6s, 1880, J.&J.... 101% 102 do 6s, 1885, A.&O. 109 106 N. W. Va. 8d m.,guar.,’85,J*J 104 109 Plttsb.* Connell8V.7B,’98,J*J 110% 111 Northern Central 6s, ’85, J&J 107 119 do 6s. 1900, A.AO. 106 109 do 68, gld, 1900, J.&J. 104% 105 Cen. Ohio 6s, 1st m.,’90,M.& S. 106% 108% W. Md. 6s, 1st m.,gr.’90.J.&J. 113 do 1st m., 1890, J. & J... 1(2 do 2dm.,guar., J.* J 113 do 2d m., pref 71 do 2dm.,gr. by W.Co.J&J 108 I... do 6s, 3d m.. guar., J.* J. 114 Mar. & Cln. 7s, ’92, F. & A ... 99 do 2d, M.&N 52% do 8s, 3d, J.&J 27 27%, Union RR. 1st, guar., J. & J.. 108 Canion endorsed. 108 do 111 do 190(Ll904...... do do ’48-.49, 2d m., 7s, op., Sf do do deben., cp./?fc* do do cps. ofc. do scrip, 1882. ... do In. m.7s, cp,1890 do cons. m. 7s, cp..!9i!.. do cons. m. 7s, rg.,1911.. 109* 115 112 105 108 114 110 100 107 109 110% Norfolk water, 8s 7s, gold, ’90. 112 108 do 2d m. 7s, gold,’95. do 1st m.t’s, 190; do 3d m. cons. 7s,’95*. 48% 40 Ind. Cln. & Laf. 1st m. 7s Ithaca* Athens 1st g d, 7s.,’SO do (I.&C.) lstm.7s,’88+ Junction 1st more. 6-*, ’82 Little Miami 6s, ’83 + do 2d mort. 6s, 19J0 Cln. Ham. * Dayton stock. Lehigh Valley, lst,6s,cp., 1898 115 Columbus * Xeula stock... do do reg., 1893... do 2 1 m. 7s, reg., 1910.. 120% 121% Dayton * Michigan stock.. do 8. p.c. st’k, guar do con. m., 6s,rg.,1923 Little Miami stock 6s,< p.,19.3 106* do do LOUISVILLE. Little Schuylkill, l6t m. 7s.’82 North. Penn. 1st m. 6s, cp.,’85. Louisville 78 118 do 2d m.7s,cp.,’96. do 6s,’82 to *87 + do gen. m. 7s, cp., 1903. 111% do + 6s,’97 to’9S do gen. m. 7s, reg., 190*3 do water 6s,’87 to ’89 + Oil Creek 1st m. 7s, coup.,’82. do water stock 6s,’97.+ 40 do wharf 6s pittsb. Tltusv. & B., 7s, cp.,*96 + do scrip.... do spec’l tax6s of ’89.+ 119 i20 Pa.&N.Y.C.& RR.7s,1896 ... Louisville Water 6s, Co. 1907 + Jeff. M.&l.lstm. (I&M) 7b,’8!+ Pennsylv., 1st m., 6s, cp., *80.. do gen. m. 6s, cp., 1910. do 2dm., 7s 1 do een.m. 6s, rg.,1910. do 1st m., 7s, 1906....+ do cons. m. 6*, rg., 1905. Loulsv. C.& Lex. 1st m.7s,’97+ do cons. m. 6s. cp., 1905. Louis.* Fr’k.,Louisv.ln,6s,’8: do Navy Vard 6s, rg,’81 Loulsv. & Nashville— Pe n. Co ,6s. reg Leb. Br. 6s, ’86 + 19% 73 CINCINNATI. H. & B. T. 1st m. . 0b 6s, park, 1890, Q.—M. 113 6s, 1893, M.&S 115 Cincinnati 6s, long do 7s .. 7s 1900 Chartiers Val., i3t m. 7s,C.,190. Delaware mort., 6s, various.. 108 Del. & Bound Br., 1st, 7s. 1905 East Penn. 1st mort. 7s, *88 E1.& W’msport, 1st m., 7s, ’80. 43 94* f'SP* Susquehanna 53% .19 Division Morns. do pref 121 31% 52% 2d m. 68, reg., iov . Lehigh Navigation Harrisburg 1st mort. do do do RAILROAD CANAL STOCKS. do 108 109 do m. eouv. g., reg.,’94 do mort. gold, ’9< — 102 do cons, m.78,rg.,19ll 92% Morris, boat loan, reg., 1885.. 50 6% Pittsburg & Connellsvllle..50 45 do do pref. United N. J. Companies West Chester consol, pref.... West Jersey Connecting 6s, Lehigh Navlga. m.,6s, reg.,’84 do mort. RR., rg ,’97 Central Ohio Phtla.Wflmtng. * Baltimore. Pittsburg Tltusv. & Buff St. Paul & Duluth R.R. Com new 102; CANAL BONDS. RAILROAD STOCKS. do 89 Chesap. & Dela. 1st 6s, rg.,’8G Delaware Division 6s, cp.,’78. do do 43 do Har. P. Pennsylvania Schuylkill Navigation 105' 100 Union & Tltusv. 1st m. 7s, ’90. United N. J. cons. m. 6s, ’94.. Warren & F. 1st m.7s, ’96 West Chester cons. 7s, ’91 West Jersey 6s, deb., coup.,’S3 do 1st m. 6s, cp., ’96. do 1st m. 7s,’99 Western Penn. RR. 6s,cp. 1899 do 6s P. B.,’96. ao do pref..... do new pref Delaware * Bound Brook.... East Pennsylvania do do Stony Creek 1st m.7s 1907.... Snob. Haz. & W.,lst m.,5s,’23. Sunbury & Erie 1st m. 7s, ’97.. syra.Gen.* CornV,lst,7s,1905 104 Texas & Pac. 1st m ,6s, g.,1905 do cons. m.,6e,g.,1905 do Inc.* 1. gr.,7s 1915 41 Maryland 6s, defense, J.& J.. Calawissa Little Phil.* R. cons.m.6s,g.l.l9ll. 101% do conv. 7s, 1893* do 7s, coup, off,’93 '36 Phil.&ILCoal&Lron deb. 7s,92 deb. 7s. cps.off do do mort., 7s, 1892-3 Phila. Wllm. & Balt. 6s, ’84... Pitts.Cln.&St. L. 7s, cou.,1900 107% IQS, Shamokin V.& Pottsv. 7s, 1901 Steubenv. & Ind. 1st, 6s, 1884. BALTIMORE. STOCKS.f Atlantic— pref do RAILROAD do Bid. Ask SKOTTBITIKS. ; Delaware do Etc.—Continued. Pennsylvania 6s, coup., 1910.. Schuylk. Nav.l8t rn.6s.rg.,’97. Camden City 6s, coupon do 7s, reg. & coup Delaware series of weeks past: L. Tenders. $ QUOTATIONS IN BOSTON. PHILADELPHIA AND OTHER CITIES. SKOURITIKS. 38 Chesapeake & Delaware 17.849.300 18,059,500 17.931.300 16,456,500 16.945.200 17.312.400 18.803.700 18,446,800 18,365,000 18.903.900 18.875.600 18,228,100 18.516.200 18.745.600 18.763.900 18.802.400 18.785.400 18.996.700 18.780.900 44,851,900 19.296.900 43,859,400 19.666.400 46.902.600 19.889.600 49.544.600 19,971,500 51.301.900 20,011,700 50.508.900 257,082,500 262.951.900 262.719.800 260.582.600 19.927.600 267.280.100 19.652.400 272,936,000 19.624.100 274,311,000 19,553,200 263.570.100 19.631.100 258.160.300 19,684,700 257.386.800 19,753,800 256.960.400 19.876,900 259,391,000 19,942,000 260.763.700 20,017.400 July 19.. Sept. Specie. Inc.. $1,712,00 0 Net deposits Circulation The following are the totals for a Loans. do do do 248,466 90 5s, reg. & cp., 1913. 6s, gold. reg... ... do 780.300 60.000 300,000 Allegheny County 53, coup Allegheny City 7s, reg..... Pittsburg 4s, coup., 1913.... 4.485.301' 141.700 750,000 6s, old, reg.... do do 6s,n., rg., prior to ’95 do 6s, n.,rg.,1895* over 120 1,137,800 241,000 357.666 10 Philadelphia, 5s reg 4.700 1,097.300 533.300 309.300 ~96% *98 BTATB AND CITY BONDS. Penna. 5s, g’d, 1nt.,reg. or cp do 5s, cur.,reg do 5s, new, reg., 1892-1902 112 do 68,10-15, reg., H77-’82. do 6s, 15-25, reg., l882-’92. do 6s, In. Plane, reg.,1879 2,244,000 3,900 60 108% PHILADELPHIA. 342,000 6.400 4.063,000 9.889.000 6.898.500 1.190.900 1.350.800 1.110.600 1.999.700 2,229,000 245.700 17 59 Camden & 2.520.500 17.472.4C0 15.497.900 16% 59% 108 18% Rutland, preferred 117 Vermont & Massachusetts.. Worcester* Nashua....*..., 450,000 450,000 1,018,900 2,928,200 82.500 1,000 Portland Saco & Portsmouth Pullira ’ Palace Car Pueblo & Arkansas 3.331.000 694.000 3.148.600 85% 141 104 34 87 120 Ogdensb. & L. Champlain ... do pref.. 384.200 44.600 750,000 500,000 1,000,000 300,000 250,000 200,000 305.666 1.318.700 83 Norwich & Worcester. 6s, coupon Harrisburg City 6s, coupon.. 253.200 484.300 725.700 300,000 403,000 5,400 344.400 10,204,000 Manchester * Lawrence.... Nashua * Lowell New York & New England... Northern of New Hampshire 072,366 5.730.300 1,470,000 1,821,800 1.865.200 1.300.400 8,143,000 2,143,000 898.700 179,900 2.307.300 17.800 19.200 2.700 472.300 37,700 340.900 103.700 1.006,800 198,000 2,094.500 1.583.700 2.431.200 16,170,400 12,730,200 654,500 71,600 44,500 134,000 1,100 249,000 6,791,000 2,636,000 2.006.100 1.429.600 400 3.218.700 Bid. Ask. Old Colony 495,000 5.651.400 225 000 Chase National.. Total 4.115.900 706.500 Circula¬ tion. $ 608.400 582.000 302.500 2,870.000 450,000 People’s North America.. Hanover 588.500 141.200 $ 1,283,000 658.800 804,000 669.500 1.160,300 6.619.600 7,033,000 2,000,000 1,200,000 3,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 600,000 300,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 300,000 300,000 200,000 600,000 300,000 800,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 422,700 Net dep’ts other Tenders. than U. S. Legal Specie. $ $ 2,000,000 2,050,000 2,000,000 PHILlOBLPim, BOSTON, Banks,—The following statement shows the condition of the Associated Banks of 353 1st m. Leb. Br. Lou. In. do Ex.,7s,’80-S5.+ t£9% 77 102 100 48% 77% 101 59 115 85 32% 107 j • • * 112. 104% 102 102 102 102 102 102 H‘5% 100 104% 113% U J% 101 102 103 102% 104 6s, ’93. .+ 101% 102% 110% Jefferson Mad. * Ind stock. 103% 104 ST. LOUIS. t 104 118% St. Louis 6s, long water 6s. gold do + 105% 106%f *35 do do do do do new.+ 106 bridge appr., g. 6s + 105% renewal, gold, 6s. + 106% 72 ao sewer, g. 6s, ’91-2-3.+ 105% 107% 109% 109% St. Louis Co. do new|>ark,g.6a.t cur. 7s + And Interest. 35+ IHE QUOTATIONS U8. Bonds and native Railroad Stocks ’ are ' OF STOCKS AND quoted STATE Bid. SECURITIES. Alabama—5s, 1883 5s, 1886 8s, 1886 8s, 1888 8s. Montg. & Eufaula RR. 8s, Ala. £ Chatt. RR • Ask. • • • , .... . . . • .... . • . .... .... . .... 10 8s of 1892 8s Of 1893 Class A, 2 to 5 Class B, 5s Class C, 2 to 5 Arkansas—6s, funded 7s. L. Rock & Ft. Scott iss. 7s. Memp. & L. Rock RR 7s, L. RP.B. & N. O. RR. 7s, Miss. O. &R. •* RR7s, Arkansas Central RR. Connecticut—6s .... .... .... .... .... • . • • . . • . .... .... 5 1 1 1 1 1 106 . Georgia—6s 7s, new 7s, endorsed. 7s, gold Illinois—6s,coupon, 1879... • • • • • • t 1 * » 3 3 3 3 3 • ... • • .. 110+4 .... • • . Ill • . .... 100 SECURITIES. do do do do do do 9+4 10 10% 107 115 j 44 ! Erie—1st mort., extended.. 17 33+4 Buff. N.Y.& E, 1st 100 do do 103 103 sm Atlantic & Pacific Tel American District Tel Gold & Stock Telegraph... Canton Co., Baltimore 48+4 American Coal Consolidation Coal of Md. Pennsylvania Coal Mariposa L’d & Mining Co.. do do' pref. Ontario Silver Mining Homestake Mining Standard Cons. Gold Mining Pullman Palace Car 50 32 Lake Shore— Mich S. & N. Ind., s. f., 7s. Cleve. & Tol., sink. fund.. 41+4 41+4 30+4 40+4 29 % 36+4 36+4 30 • • 39 • 89+4 • 112 101 j ; “■ .... *10*9% 120% 121 ^ ^ „ 115 114 .... H4% .... lOO" ioT~ • • * 102* 104 104 do assent’d Am. Dock & Impr. bonds, 96 95 assented * * 1 # T t •• 108% 108~ 108% IO8+4 118% *.... 108 106 108 113 114 113 113+4 114 • • • 104+4 *114 *.... 120 Winona & St. P., 1st m 110 do 2dm.... 107 C. C. C. & Ind’s—1st, 7s, 115 s. f. 117 Consol, mortgage 105 C. St. L. & N. O. Ten. lien 7s 105 do do 1st con. 7s 100 105 r 9 Prices nominal. Inal. I no' lf3* 103 m., cp. do 1st m., reg. Huds. R., 7s, 2d m., s.f.,’85 Canada South., 1st, int. g. Harlem, 1st m., 7s, coup.. do 1st m., 7s, reg N. Y. Elevated—1st, 4th mort... St.Chas.B’dge.lst, 7s, 1908 North Missouri, 1st m., 7s 102+4 St. L. Alton & T. H.—1st m. 120+4 124 2d mortgage, pref do income 95 96% Belleville & So. Ill., 1st m. 122 St. P. & Sioux C. 1st os, 1919 105 Tol. Peo. & W.—1st m., E.D. 101 102 1st mortgage, W. D 110 117 83 % Burlington Div mortgage, 1886.. 2d Consol., 7s, 1910.... Pur. Com. rec’pts, 1st,E.D 83+4 do 1st, W. D. do 79+4 104 J® 107% 106+4 Bur. Div. 1st pref. inc. for 2d mort. 1st inc, for consol Tol.&Wab.—lstext.7s,ex cp. 1st St. L. div.7s,ex mat.cp. 2d mortgage ext., ex coup Equipment bonds, 7s, 1883 do 2d 101% 102 110 m.,7s,’93,ex cp Q. & ToL, 1st, 7s, ’90,ex cp. Iii.& So. la., 1st m.7s,ex cp West. Un. Tel.—1900, coup. 1900, registered Spring. V’yW. Works, 1st 6s do 118+4 120 105 *109 *104+4 *104+4 124+4 lOO” 79 Hartford—6s, various Indianapolis—7‘30s 83% Long Island City Newark City—7s, long Water, 7s, long Oswego—7s , 87* *125+4 7s, 1906 110% n‘i* Ohio & Miss.—Consol, s. f’d 110% 111 Consolidated *110%! ... 107 . Rochester—Water, 1903.... 125 1108 Toledo—8s, water, 1894.... 730s Yonkers—Water, 1903..... RAILROADS. Atchison & P. Peak—6s, gld Bost. & N. Y. Air-L—1st m. Cent, of la.—1st m., 7s, gold Chic.& Can. So.—1st m.,g.,7s Chic. & East. Ill.—1st m., 0s 2d mortgage, inc., 7s _ Tennessee—6s, old D. of • w , . Chic. St. P.& M.—6s, g., new Land grant, 0s, gold 27^ 28 * 28 as 59 . . . „ 5+s • m 84 Registered N. J. Midland20 mort 128 84+4 -1st, 7s, gold. 12 75 19 . Rec. certif’s assented, do not assent «... 79+4 .... 50 65 . . . 79% 34% 63% 63% 113+4 114% 95+4 97 • • • stock. • • • • 85 45 22% 58+4 . 59 57 75 i * 62 100 0 . L 2d mortgage, class B. do class C. 68 82 42 21 87 . 33 56 14 80 20 62 52% • . v 114+4 107 1 109+4 103% 103% 2d mortgage, guar 96+4 97+4 Scioto VaL 1st 7 p.c. s.f. bd 3 +101 102% 102+4 South Side (L. 1.)—1st mor ; €0 103 103+4 South Minn.—1st m., 7s, ’8fc 100 1st mortgage, 7s (pink)... 100 11T" 90+4 103 95 . .... 111% 112 90 70 95 68 96+4 96% * * * • • • * 110 110 62 95 70 98 (Brokers' Quotations.) STATES. N. Carolina.—New 4s 58 62 90 95 6s (good 80 Rejected (best sort) Texas—6s, 1892 M.&S +103 7s, gold, 1892-1910 J.& J +111 7s, gold, 1904 J.& J +113 10s, pension, 1894... J.& J +99 Virginia—New 10-40s 6O+4 CITIES. Atlanta, Ga.—7s 100 97 99 96 94% 90 92 107 98 103 # * Columbus, Ga.—7s, bonds.. Macon—Bonds, 7s Memphis—Bonds, C * 114 113+4 60 64 60 70 9 9 9 25 10 10 20 40 20 80 7s, F. L — * Bonds, A and B .... Endorsed M. & C. RR Compromise.. Mobile—5s, coupons 80 50 50 56% 58 74 60 .... 8s, coupons 0s, funded on on. Montgomery—New 5s New 3s... Nashville—6s, old 6s, new New Orleans—Prem., 5s 80 27 81 27 118 — Consolidated, 6s Railroad, 6s Norfolk—6s 11*5 Petersburg—6s 108% „ . 100 115 106 70 8s +112% 112% Richmond—6s. .,v +113% 114+4 Savannnah—Cons,, new, 5s. +112% 112% RAILROADS. +112 115 Ala.&Chat.—Rec’rs ctfsvVar 115 +113 Atlantic & Gulf—Con«ol.. 40 45 Consol., end. by Savatt’h.. 38 41 Cent. Georgia—Cons, m.f7s 102 109 , Stock Charl’te Col.& . 100 A.—Cons., 7s | 107+4 +111 114 90 55 115 115 Stock Georgia RR.—7s Stock. Greenville & Col.—7s, 1st 7s, guar 118 2d, 7s Mississippi Cent—1stm.,7s •V* 105 no 88 75 75 65 20 91 45 110 104 102 .... ®• . 100» 77 101+4 105 8s, A . • 90 6& 10O 102 2d mort., 8s.......... , 45 112 *02 60 95 95 75 Aug.—2d, endors. Memphis& Cha’ston—1st,7s Miss. & Tenn.—1st m.f 1st mortgage, 8k, B. 100+4 m. Macon & m 90 62 92 60 74 90> 37 107 98 80 6s .... 50 40 90 90 29 34 30 119 103 120 109 95 73 92 +114+4 117+4 E.Tenn.& Va.—6s,end.Tenn +101 102+4 E. Tenn. Va. & Ga;—1st, 7s. 35 15 15 25 40 110 70 100 77 96 100 108 68 ; ! 17+4 17% 18 6(7 1B5 20 102 80 2d mortgage, 7s East Tenn. & Georgia—6s.. 111 +112 +113 +111 +105 103 110 102 106 02 66 75 80 . 8s... Water works 87% Augusta, Ga.—7s, bonds Charleston, S. C.—Stock, 6s 94+4 106 85 55 105“ 112 115 101 51 .. • 107** 109** 106 113 +108 104 Extension Tol. Can. S.& Det.—1st, 7s, j r Union & Logansport—7s... *50*' 55*' So.Carolina—Con., 107 + 6+4 84 . m 59% 31 . * T 27% 28 . . Columbia—3’65s, 192 *' 26% 26% . , r, .... 31 . 8s, new 6s, new series Virgin a—6s, old 6s, new, 1866 6s, new, 1867. 6s, consol, bonds 6s, ex matured coupon.. 6s, consol., 2d series 6s, deferred ^ r * * 0?* • 102+4 &** Mobile & Ohio—Sterling, 8s Chic.& Southwest.—7s, guar 108 no Sterling, ex ce»tJ.v6s. 99% Cin. Lafayette & Ch.—1st m 76 99 8s, interest 100+4 Cin.& Spr.—1st, C.C.C.&I.,7s 101 State Aid bonds 2d mortgage, 8s...-.. ..-. 106 1st m., g’d L. S. & M. S., 7s. Land grant bonds 95 New 1st mortgage......... .101+4 Col.& Hock. Y.—lst,7s,30 yrs +100 110 Western Pacific bonds.. 103 New 106 debentures,ist....... 1st, 7s, 10 years South. Pac. of Cal.—1st m. +100 J N. O. & Jacks.—1st *.... 99 m.v8s\ 2d, 78, 20 years Union Pacific—1st mort. +100 103 Certificate, 2d molt.,-8s.-., 109% Denver 80 Land grants, 7s 90 Nashville Chat.& St. lL.—7s-. 111% 111% Erie & Pac.—1st,7s,Id. gr.,g Pittsburg—1st m., 7s 100 104 Sinking fund 112 1st, 6s, Tenn. & Pac-Bi*... 112+4 Con. mortgage, 7s 100 104 Registered, 8s 1st, 0s, McM.M.W.&JN’Br. 7s, equipment 85 90 Pacific RR. of Mo.—1st m. 103% Norfolk & Petersb.—ljt>,-3a. 103+4 Evansv. & Crawfordsv.—7s. 2d mortgage. 105 102 let mortgage, 7s 107 Evansv. T.H. & 55 05 Chic.—7sf g. Income, 7s... 2tf mortgage, 8s Flint & Pere M.—8s, I’d 1st ra., Carondelet Br... 95 102 gr’t Northeast., S. C.—1st Galv. Hous.& H.—7s, gld,*71 South Pac. of Mo.—1st m. 86 90 2d 98+4 99% Gr’nd jffWDTtgage, 8s Kansas Pac.- -1st m.,6s,’95 R.&Ind.—lst,7s,l.g.gu 105 Oranger k Alex’a—lsts, ifr.. 1st, 7s, Id. gr., not guar... 1st m.,6s,’95,with 93 2dsf.Sk cp.ctfs 117' lio* 1st, ex land grant, 7s 1st in., 6s, ’96 70 78 3dsr3b Hous.& Gt.N.—1st,7s,g.,ctfs do 91 93 with coup, ctfs 4thsv8h 114' Indiana Bl, &'W.—1st m.. 1st m., 7s, Leav. br., 96.. 81 63 Rich.A Dan.—1st consol.. 8s 2d mortgage do 40 45 with coup, ctfs 87 Southw.-Ga.—Conv., 7s, ’861 Incomes 1st m., 7s,R.&L.G.D’d,99 Stock..~ 24+4 20+4 Stock M do 20 with coup, ctfs S. Carolina RR.—1st m., 7s. ; Indianapolis & St.L.—1st, 7s 1st m., 7s, land gr’t, ’80.. 73% 80 7s, 19#2J-non-en joined. i.. IndianapA; Vine.—1st, 7s, gr 101 103+4 West Aftu—1st mort., do with coup, ctfs 122 8s..-International (Tex.)—1st, 7s 2d mort., ’86 91 92 2d mort., 8b, guar Int. H. & Gt. No.—Conv., 8s [ do 22 30 with coup, ctfs 100 PAST-DUE COUPONS. lio* Kansas & Inc. coup. No. 11 on 1916 *74 74 77 Nebraska, 1st m. Tennesssee State coupons. do do 2d m. Inc. coup. No. 18 on 1910 34 37 South Carolina consol. 73 78' Long Island—1st Don. Div. Bg ns«. cn.ctf 105 mortgage. 106+4 Virginia coupons 105% 105% Montclair & G.L.—1st, 7s, 30 n. 45 do consol, coupons... t And accrued interest. * No price to-day•, these are latest quotations made th&<W80k. no . Non-fundable .... .... +106 +05 +109 Poughkeepsie—Water 126 *44% _ Miscellaneous List. 109 *80% 15 15 5 118 78% . Small 73 2d int.,6s, accum’e (Brokers' Quotations.) 116+4 CITIES. 116 Albany, N. Y.—6s, long HO+4' 111 Buffalo—Water, long *102+4 Chicago—6s, long dates *99+4 ioi 7s, sewerage 104+4 106+4 7s, water 98 7s, river improvement... Cleveland—7s, long 103 103+4 Detroit—Water works, 7s. 120 121 Elizabeth City—Short 100% Long 117 .... T . 7s of 1888 .... INCOME BONDS. Central of N. J., 1908 Chic. St.L.& N. 0.,2d m.,1907 Leh. & Wilkes B. Coal, 1888 St.L.I.M.&S.,lst 7s,pref .int. 113 April & Oct., Funding act, 1866 Land Com., 1889, J. & J. do 1889, A.& O. •• • «... _ Consol, conv. ex coupon. Gt. Western, 1st m., ex cp _80% *107 97'' r • • 125 91 90 90 75 107 ® • • m ® ® * 169 167 . RM 112 97 90 ' ••# • 94 48 112 V — *. 955, ♦ e * 94% 93 116 106+4 too 96+4 67 30% 31+4 . - ... . 6s, 1887 6s, real estate 6s, subscription N. Y. C. & Hud., 1st 2d consolidated • 118 Equipment bonds M0.K.& T.—Cons.ass..1904-6 104% 1st m., Springfield 104+4 Pacific Railroads— div 87 Central Pacific—Gold bds. San Joaquin Branch.... Cal. & Oregon, 1st Cnic.Mil.& St.P.—1st,8s,P.D *124 2d mort., 7 3-10, P. D *110 1st m., 7s, t gold, R. D. 112 112+4 1st m., La C. Div 110% 1st m., I. & M 1st m., I. & D 1st m., H. & D 1st m., C. & M 113+4 110 108 mort., 7s, gold C’ecilian Branch, 7s Nashv. & Decatur, 1st, 7s 2d mortgage, inc., 1911— II. & Cent. Mo.. 1st., 1890. N. Y. Central—6s, 1883 106 107+4 101 114 2d 48% Metropolit’nsterling Elev—1st,1908 23% Mich. Cent.—Cons., 7s, 1902 1st mort., 8s, 1882, s. f 117 10*7+4 108“ 100" Louisv.A Nash.—Cons.m.,7s Marietta & Cin.—1st mort.. 1st mort., t 48% 23% 110+4 • Coupon gold bonds Registered gold bonds... Iowa Midland, 1st m., 8s.. -Galena & Chicago, exten. Peninsula, 1st m., conv... »Chic. & Milwaukee, 1st m. 105+4 100 t . . m.. Cleve.& Pitts., consol., s.f. Rome Wat. & Og.—Con. 1st. St. L.& Iron Mount’n—1st m 2d mortgage Arkansas Br., 1st mort... Cairo & Fulton, 1st mort. Cairo Ark. & T., 1st mort. St.L. K.C & N—R. E.& R.,7s Omaha Div., 1st mort.. 7s 104 104 , t 114 56 15 15 25 50 50 . m.. do do 1st Tr’t Co.ctfs.ass. do 2d do ass. 104 104 new cons, reg., 1st. cons. coup.. 2d cons. reg.. 2d . m. con.. 2d con... bonds. Buffalo & Erie, new bds... Buffalo & State Line, 7s. Kal’zoo & W. Pigeon, 1st Det.Mon.& T., 1st, 7s,’1906 Lake Shore Div. bonds... do cons, coup., 1st do do do 6s, gold, series B, int. def. 6s, currency, int. deferred Chicago & Alton—1st mort. Con. sinking fund 2d mortgage 1st m., 7sT1. & D. Ext Chic. & Northw.—Sink, f’d.. Interest bonds Consol, bonds Extension bonds 1st mortgage new 2d 3d , T 9 Ui!5«|Lv/Uc7«J Ask. BONOS. Col. Chic. & I. C., 1st 2d,con.,f.cp.,5s,6s do Chesap.& O.—Pur. m’y fund do 1st, con., f, cp.,7s do Exchange Prices. assented 1916 do do do Cleve. P’ville & Ash., old. *101% 102 Bost. H. & Erie—1st m... 1st mort., guar Bur. Ced.R.A North.—lst,5s Minn.& St. L., 1st, 7s, guar Adjustment, 1903 Lehigh & W. B., con., g’d.. m., Han. & St. Jos.—8s, conv.. Hous.& Tex. C.—1st, m. l.,7s 1st mort., West. Div., 7s.. 1st mort., Waco & N., 7s.. 2d C., Main line, 8s 2d Waco & N., 8s Inc. and ind’y, 7s Railroad Bonds. do iii+4 124+4 116 47+4 100 100+4 14 15+4 49+4 50+4 Ill.Cent.—Dub.&SiouxC.1st Dub. & Sioux C., 2d div... Cedar F. & Minn., 1st m.. pref do do 112% 112% N.Y.L.E.&W.,n.2d,con.,6s Quicksilver 111 107 112 .. ~ Wells, Fargo & Co Convertible 2d mort.. 3d mort.. 1st con., guar .... Miscellaneous St’ks. assented. . AND 103+4 Pennsylvania RR— Pitts.Ft.W.& Chic., 1st extended Coup., 7s,’94 Reg. 7s,’94. div., coup., 7s, 1917 reg., 7s, 1917 Albany & Susqueh., 1st m .. do 103 STOCKS r • 2 4 4 4 104 115 6s, 1886 *106 6/. may Bid. South Carolina—6s Jan. & July t 24 24 13+4 13+4 Ohio—6s, 1881 104% m 3d mortgage, 7s, 1883 4th mortgage, 7s, 1880 5th mortgage, 7s. 1888 1st cons, gold 7s, 1920.... Long Dock bonds iio+4 Adams Express American Express United States Express 108 RIIKCELLAINEOUS do 1st, reg. 121+4 Denv.&R. Grande—1st,1900 pref. Terre Haute & Indianapolis United N. J. RR. & Canal Miss.Riv.Bridge,lst,s.f,6s 1887.. Rens.& Saratoga, lst.coup do Chic. Bur. & Q.—8 p.c., 1st m Consol, mort., 7s 5s, sinking fund Chic. Rk. I.& P.—6s, cp.,1917 6s, 1917, registered Keok.A Des M., 1st, g., 5s. Central of N. J.—1st m., ’90. 1st consolidated 104+4 104% constructs 7s of 1871. 1st con., g’d.. do do do 120 102 1868 New bonds, J. & J do A.&O Chatham RR Special tax, class 1 do class 2 do class 3 102+4 bonds, 1900 do do do 1st Pa. do 43+4 Funding act, 1866 T 100+4 106+4 86+4 86+4 7&( 7% A.&0. coup, off, Securities. IVllUvlv ISlallU .... 100 117 117 117 23 23 do Del.&Hud.Canal—1st m.,’84 1st mortgage, 1891 . Income Sinking fund Joliet A Chicago, 1st m... Louis’a & Mo., 1st m., guar do 2d 7s, 1900. St. L. Jack. & Chic., 1st m. 103* 109 106 107 107 104 valuet whatever the par Ask. 107% 107% A.& O coup, off, J. &J. do do 114 Morris A Essex, 1st m do 2d mort... 40 55 Harlem Ind. Cin. & Laf Keokuk & Des Moines. do do pref. Manhattan Marietta & Cin., 1st pref... do do 2d pref... Mobile & Ohio, assented... Nashville Chat. & St. Louis. New Jersey Southern N. Y. Elevated N. Y. New Haven & Hartf. Ohio & Mississippi pref Pitts. Ft. W. & Chic., guar, do do spec’l. Rensselaer & Saratoga 8t. Louis Alton & T. H Stock do ’83 YORK. per cent Bid. York—6s, gold, reg.,’87 38% Mortgage 7s, 1907 Syr. Bu gh. & N. Y., 1st, 7s (Active previously quoted.) Albany & Susquehanna Boston & N. Y. Air L., pref. Burl. Cedar Rapids & No... Chesapeake & Ohio do 1st pref. do do do 2d pref. Chicago & Alton, pref Clev. & Pittsburg, guar— Dubuque & Sioux City / SECURITIES. .. or AND NEW 6s, gold, coup., 1887 6s, loan, 1883 6s, do 1891 6s, do 1892 6s, do 1893 North Carolina—6s, old.J&J 6s, old, A.& O No. Car. RR., J. & J....... 6s, due 1886 6s, due 1887 6s, due 1888 6s, due 1889 or ’90 Asylum or Univ., due ’92. Funding, 1894-95 Hannibal & St. Jo., 1886.. Del. Lack. & West.—2d 7s, convertible Railroad Stocks. Ask. Kentucky—6s .... IN Prices represent the New Louisiana—6s 6s, new 6s, new floating debt 78, penitentiary 6s, levee 8s, do 8s, do of 1875 8s, of 1910 7s, consolidated 7s, small Michigan—6s, 1883 7s, 1890 RAILROAD do Bid. fVOL. XXlX BONDS. Illinois—War loan Missouri—6s, due 1882 • .... • • BONDS previous page. on a tea do CHRONICLE. , 96 103 82* 97 f r 98 102 107 60 (09 10T 109 Iff 40 20 81 25 Si- r<* .... ... 83 355 THE CHRONICLE. 1879.] October 4, LOCAL NEW YORK SECURITIES. Insurance Stock List. Stock List. Bank [Quotations by U. S. Bailsy. Broker,7 Pine street.] Capital. Companies. are 88 npt Nat*:. PITAL. dates. § Amount Amount 100 3,000,000 1,287,400 J.&J. Exchange 100 5,000,000 1,214 400 M.&N. 100 250,000 103,100 I. & J. Bowery 25 1,000,000 1,252,100 I.& J. Broadway 02 300 J. & J. Butchers’& Dr. 25 300,000 346.90) J. & J. 100 2,000,000 Central.. 27,900 100 300,000 25 160,600 -J.&J. Chatham 450,000 100 300,000 3,221 600 Bi-m’ly Chemical 8 8 6 12 10 8 8 11 10 000,000 107.600 J.&J. 1,000,000 1,4 1.000 M.&N. 5.000,000 2,633.900 f. & J. 1,000,000 166,700 J.&J. 791,600 F.&A. 1,000,000 60 800 J. A J. 250,000 11,800 J.&J. 100,000 43,700 J. & J. 150,000 100,000 190.7; 0 25 100 City 100 Commerce Continental.. ;.J 100 Corn Exch’ge*. 100 25 East River.... 11th Ward4.... 25 100 Fifth Fifth Avenue*. 100 100 500,000 First 100 3,200,000 Fourth 30 600,000 Fulton 50 1,000,000 Gallatin.... 75 750,000 German Am.4 200,000 German Exch.* 100 100 Germania* 200,000 200,000 Greenwich*.... 25 30 225,000 Grocers4 100 1,000,000 Hanover Imp.& Traders’ 100 1,500.000 Citizens’ .... 50 Irving Island City*... 50 Leather Manuf. 100 Manhattan*..., 50 Manuf. & Mer.* 20 Marine 100 Market 100 Mechanics’ 25 Mech. Assoc’n. 50 Mech’ics & Tr. 25 Mercantile 100 Merchants’. 50 Merchants’ Ex. 50 Metropolis4. 100 Metropolitan.. 100 Murray Hill*.. 100 Nassau* 100 New York 100 N. Y. Couutv.. 100 N. Y. N. Exch. 100 Ninth 100 No. America*.. 70 North River*. 80 25 Oriental4 Pac fie* 50 Park 100 People’s* 25 ... Phentx Produce* • 300,000 3,000,000 100,000 1,000,000 2,000,000 200,000 300,000 750,000 700,000 240,000 300,000 422,700 2,000,000 412,500 40 1,000,000 50 1,200,000 100 200,000 • • May. 7 6 0 5 7 6 J.&J. 7 14 8 7 14 8 3 0,4 12 8 • • 11 8 • .... 74 7 8 2 9 0 04 • •. 10 ... t(fttr. 700.500 J.&J, 72,* 00 J.&J. 75,600 F.&A. 71 OUO J.& J. 74 8 8 3 0 . . • . , • .... * ^ 64 .... 225 . . , t T 1 t ... 104 . > . f#1, - .... • • • • - • * • - ,,,, • • • • • • • * #f f f #< T » , 1074 • • • - - J * .... . 132 . • « - • • 89 1014 115 m . 184 ~03 m % .... .... .... • • • • .... ,,M .... 1314 135 0 . . . • • • • . . .. • • • .... • • « • • • • • • • . • , . • • • • • » . • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • TV. 34 100 100 Aug. ’79. 8 Au r. July, ’78. 8 July, ’79. 4 July, ’79. 4 July, 7 May, 3 Jan., 74 July, 10 May, 79. ’79. ’78. ’79. 3 34 3 34 ’79. 4 July, ’79. 0 8 UL UtklC V UUv Itj 1017) lvi .... • • • • • • . . 120 .... a • • ... • • • • .... ..., .... • • • • • • • • ... ... buv it ttvLvUAl L/AJU. 13 for the State banka. 6 Gab Companies. 25 20 beans do Harlem 1,C00 50 20 50 100 Jersey City a Hoboken Manhattan «, Metropolitan.. do certtftcates Mutual,N. Y.... bo&ds. do Nassau, Brooklyn do scrip People’s (Brwktyn) ' <U bonds certificates. do Central of New York WUliaraabwrg do MetropolttRE, Brooklyn Municipal do 4,000,000 J.&J. 5 ... bonis Date. * Bid. Ask. May, ’79 170 55 1808 98 7 8 Feb., ”78 87 74 July, ’70 135 5 Ju'.e, ’79 145 34 24 3 6 Aug. ’79 112 Aug. ’7w 93 July, ’79 55 1882 103 July, ‘79 55 May, ’79 90 May, 79 924 Jan.. ’70 20 90 July, ’79 70 Aug., ’79 50 July, ’79 75 July, ”79 85 May, ’79 55 Jut e, *<9 120 100 1888 1897 125 00 103 45 145 155 129 101 00 104 00 1st mtfHgage Breaduraf <k Seventh Ace-nitk.. 1st raoitgage lifOO let mortgage — 100 WK) 10 ft ,000 100 Broadway (Brooklyn)—stock.. \ 100 jrvd&ir* dt Hunter’* J^-*atdck. 1st Mortgage bonds 1,000 100 Bvtitttotsk Av. i ffkiynV—stock.; 100 \jentretl Pk., y*it S. BBer'er^sfek) CouMlidated mortgagdbbnnei 1,000 Brtf &pcki EL B. <k Battery istiHcortgaee, coneM Bttfttl& Avenue— stock 100 900,eaew & J. 694;00« J. & J. 2,100,00# Q—J. l,500j0fls# J.&D. 2,000,000 Q-F. 300,000 MAN. 200,000 Q-J. . 400.000 A.&O. SOOfcOO 600$00 ii J . & o . 1,000 7 3 3 7 Oct , 79 Jn y, ’84 Aug. 79 Nov., ’80 O t., *79 Arr., 79 1888 12 85 00 101 130 102 135 95 100 85 41 97 7 Dec.1902 Q-F. Aug. ”70 90 JU-ift, TW 105 . 100 7* July, *79 J’ly,1900 2 ....... * •00,000 J * T 250.000 M.&N. 7 0 200.000 200,000 150,000 500,000 200,000 3,000,000 150,000 500,000 200i000 200,000 200,010 150,000 280,000 150,000 200,000 150,000 200,000 300,000 200,000 250,000 200,000 150,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 210,000 200,000 200,000 300,000 500,000 350,000 200,000 200 000 Cooper... 20 50 People’s Phenix (Bklyn) 50 Produce Exch. 100 50 Relief 100 Republic 100 Ridgewood 25 Rutgers’ 100 Safeguard St. Nicholas.... 25 50 Standard 150,000 150,000 1.000,000 200,000 200,000 300,000 200,000 2o9;ooo 200.000 200,000 200,000 300,000 200,000 200,000 800,000 250,000 300,000 250,000 100 100 Sterling 25 Stnyvesant Tradesmen’s.... 25 United States.. 25 Westchester... 10 WilUamsb’g C. 50 7 6 7 f T ft ft. 40 July, ’78. 5 July. ’78. i&a 115 14 July. ’79. 3 H 10 Ju y, ’79. 5 *va 50 N’n3 Jan., ’77. 4 5 10 ’79. July. 180 20 June 7«. L0 180 20 Ai g. *79. 8 170 20 Ju y. ’79.10 185 20 Ju y. ’79.10 17* 10*72 AUg. ’79. 5 110 110 12 18 July. ’79. 5 4o N’ne July, ’77. 5 5 5 10 15 15 10 4 10 20 20 20 20 ¥ » * . , • * • ft Bid. Ask. Last Paid. 18 25 •Tan., ’79. L0 12-50 13 40 Ju y, ’79.6*83 20 531.070 30 20 A pi’., ’79.10 10 14 80,008 14 Juiy, ’7«. 5 10 15 105,240 20 Aug. ’79. 5 135.882 15 15 15 July, 79. 7X 10 12 08,258 15 July, ’79 3j*j N’ne luly. ’77. 5 10 10 11 12 73,673 12 July, ‘79. 5 147,083 J uly, ’79. 7 io* 10 82vJ,547 io Ju’y, ’79. 5 22 30 703,104 30 July, ’79. 7 20 10 124,930 20 Ju y. ’79. 5 30 839,629 40 40 Ju y. ’79. 7* 7 28,078 10 10 iuy. ’79. 3* 127,094 20 20 17« July ’79. 5 10 639,569 10 10 July. ’79.15 10 50,883 10 10 Juiy. ’79. 5 1,179.594 10 10 10 July, •79. 5 o69 10 10 10 Jan., ’79. 64,200 12 12 10 Jan., ’79 5 80,070 12 Ju y, ’79. 5 12 10 7,453 10 13 10 July, ’79. 3^ +288,638 10 10 10 Sept. *79 5 188,040 20 20 20 Juiy, ’79.10 8,420 10 '79. 5 Ja0 10 5 143,113 20 July. ’79 0 20 10 93,141 10 Ju y. ’79. 5 10 10 85,537 10 10 10 Jaly, ’79. 5 200,704 20 * 20 16 July, *79 5 31,194 10 10 Jan., *79. 5 10 203,802 11 12 12 July. ’79. 0 119,904 14 20 10 July. ’79. 5 240,935 30 30 20 July, ’79.10 179,803 20 20 Ju y, ’79.10 20 38,280 10 10 10 July, ’79. 5 153,209 20 20 10 July, ’79. 5 98,541 20 18 12 July, ’79. 5 165,652 25 Ju y. 79.10 20 20 104,695 10 14 10 July, ’79. 5 304,360 20 20 20 July, ’79. 5 133,855 20 17 14 Aug ’79. 5 21,120 N’ne 22,054 io* id* N’ne Jan., ’79. 5 * 454,283 10 12 11 July, ’79. 0 114,976 12 ’79. 4 Oct 11 10 400,203 30 20 30 July, ’79.10 102,040 20 12 20 July, ’79. 6 198,087 20 20 20 Juiy, ’79.10 104,055 20 18 12 Juy, ’79. 0 497,251 20 20 15 July, ’79. 5 Shi SH N’ne Jan.. ’77. 3* 46,949 10 10 10 July, ’79. 5 24,038 10 10 5 July, ’79. SH 13 12 10 Juy, ’79. 5 103,078 25 20 20 July, ’79.10 10 .July, ’79 8 15^ 10 9 10 Aug. *79 5 23,325 10 0*23 July. ’79. s« 160.272 11*55 12*35 17H 12H July, ’79. 0 148,074 15 Au *. *79. 10 10 34,310- 10 14 10 Jn.y, ’79. 5 143,401 20 10 Ju V, ’79. 5 20 106,523 25 12 10 July, ’79. 5 210,902 10 10 10 Auk ’79. 5 101,505 10 20 20 July, ’79.10 403,302 20 • Over all liabilities, > 105 105 200 95 100 115 95 45 100 110 185 170 107 250 00 115 150 80 122 50 80 100 00 125 100 45 120 95 80 120 00 130 0J 155 105 70 120 108 i02 160 110 50 115 100 210 100 180 109 110 05 70 ... • 60 95 150 X1JL 70 . • ft ft 200 *195* 120 120 50 120 170 210 103 107 125 100 ••• • > • • • 120 140 175 ••• • 70 125 100 87 125 ••• • 95 105 70 139 • • • • t'O 180 105 00 130 73 140 102 170 •M • 85 180 11211 i0fi*i 109 170 125 05 . 60 ••• • 110 232 • • • • • • • • 115 115 • 90 70 105 100 70 110 ft 65 200 . - • 100 # • • . • 125 11580 •• 03 120 IOO . • • • no185 • a • • 80 60 85 95 00 130 ttlO 20 90 05 City. Securities. [Quotations by Daniel Rate. 5 Crown w.ter.tock.,1^-51. Croton Aqued’ct stock.1895. pipes and mains... reservoir bonds..... do lo Central Paik do bonds.-1853-57. ..1858-65. no 1870. July’ ’94 Apr., ’<8 Apr.,’85 Sept..’83 May, ’77 July, ’90 Aug., ’79 July, *90 Aug. *79 • 99 10 80 89 95 Nov.1904 May, ’88 • TP* 75 85 05 25 99 93 May. ’93 103 var. 110 Westchester County....... Street.] PBIOB. 5 0 0 7 0 Months Payable. Feb. do Feb.,May, Aog.& Nov. do do do do May & November. May & November, do do do do do do do do do do l87 $*• do do May & November. 5 0 7 0 7 6 7 May Aug.&Nov. do do do January & July, do do Bonds due. Bid. Ask 101 105 107 1883-1890 118 1884-1911 124 1884-1900 112 1907-1911 109 1898 109 1805 128 1901 109 1898 119 1894-1897 1C8 1889 110 1879-1890 115 1901 1888 102* 105 105 102 1879-1882 115 113 1890 119 118 1894 1880 1890 100 104 104 100 110 109 108 108 123 107 118 107 102 113 150 100 102 s* 100 [Quotations by N. T. Beers, Jr., 108 101 20 80 824 103 .8 80 05 115 .•••• do Park bonds Water loan bonds.... ■••• ... .. Bridge bonds.... Ja mary do do do do •All Brooklyn & July, do do Water loan City bonds... Kings Co. bonds do do Park bonds Bridge io Jo do do do do May & November do do January * July, do do 1879-1880 101 1881-1895 102 1915-1934 125 1900-1924 120 1904 1912 121 1899-1905 no 188J-1805 t02H 1880-1883 lt)3 1880-1885 101 1924 103 111 128 125 127 114 \& 112 1907-1810 110 114 bonds flat. [Quotations by C. Zabhiseie, 47 Jersey Cuy— ISO Watei^lo&n .long.. .-• 1014 Sewerage bonds .1866-69. 101 Assessment bonds...1870-71. 104 Improvement bonds ....... Bergen bonds 1868-69. of Pond* Broker, 1 New st.] a Brooklyn—Local iu» *r*em’t City 6onds .. 150 115 40 • Improvement stock.... i860 ....1869. do ao var. Consolidated bonds Street imp. stock var. do do New Consolidated 105 • A. Moban. Broker, 27 Pine INTEBEST. 102 140 iio May, ”78 140 perip. t Inclusive of (—) indicate extent of impai ment. including re-insurance, capital and scrip!6 Figures with a minus sign 904 July, ”70 ,100 Jan., *84 100 This column Muwra last dividend onsuecks, but the date of maturity 500,000 200,000 do ..............1-75; Market stock 1865-68. J.&D. . 1st mortgage 1,000,000 Dock bonds j.’& j!, 2ii July. ’79 500&C 000,000 J.&D 100 1,009,000 J.& .1. 1,000 kibmortgage. — «, 200,000 J. & J. 100 MTBt. 4b Grand St fivrry—«txs?k ?MK,000 M.&N. lstunorteage 1,000 206,000 A.&O. 100 Qempal Cross Uown-vti&eik..... 000,000 Mtuaortgige 1,000 •*90,000 m!&n. 100 ffos&fcm. West *90,000 600 llVmortgage 990,000 j.&j: 100 Lisa,500 Q.-F. QoewKd Avenue—stock. Sduaortgaere «... :i,000 £90,090 A.&O. Ca&s. Convertible n.ooo L«60,000 M.&N. Bstensiom soo&c. *60,000 A.& O. Avenue- sleek 100 T50,000 M.&N. IS t mortgage. 1,000 42.5,000 I. & J. 100 aga-o.ooo Q-F. IMftd Avenue ■■sleek 1st mortgage 1,000 V1,‘•00,000 r. & j. twenty-thirdStreet—stock... 200,000 204,000 150,000 150,000 200,000 25 * 990 Brvvklfn City—Btock.^^w.,... i 200,010 95 97 [Quotations by H. L.‘Grant, Broker, 145 Broadway.] 8to«bfc0r13t.<fc Fulton* err?—Btk. 1870. 1877. 1878. Price. . 24 July, ’79 2,500,000 Vf.&S 5 V r. 1,000,000 tt.&S. 84 100 5,000,000 Quar. 14 1,000 1,000,000 F.& A. 3 25 1,000,000 Var Via 700,000 M.&N. 34 100 4,000,000 M.&N. 4 10 1,009,000 J. * J. 34 1,000 300,000 M.&N. 7 Var. 890,000 J.&J. 34 50 •66,000 F.& A. 3 2 50 1,000,000 Quar, Var. 1,000,000 J.&J. 100 1,000,000 M. &N. 100 1,500 000 750 000 M. &N. ecrlp ... Var. Var. 315,000 A. & U. F.&A. 1,850 000 750,000 J.&J. 2,000,000 1,200,000 s . New York do Amount. Period. Par. Brooklyn Gas Light Co. citizens’Gas Co (Bklyn) 300,000 200,000 Star Gat and City Railroad Stocks and Bonds. [Gas Quotations by George H. Prentiss, Broker, 24 Broad Street.] ft ft • 100 Park Peter 1879.* ft 25 Pacific July 1, 200,000 4,877 10 200,000 -10,944 25 400,000 +400,49 i 15 200,000 08,820 10 8 200,000 10 200,000 300,000 398,757 20 200,000 298,201 20 153,000 197,092 20 300,000 483/81 20 210,000 103,191 20 250,000 145,144 20 300,000 -1,422 10 200,000 100,780 25 1,000,000 1,040,755 11*45 . Ilt< ... 10 6 9 8 8 * .... 3 9 7 3 ^ * , .... 3 10 10 7 4 1 25 yfitna. 100 American 50 American Exct 100 100 Amity Atlantic 50 25 Bowery 25 Broadway 17 Brooklyn Citizens’. 20 70 City 100 Clinton 30 Columbia 50 Commercial Continental.... 100 40 Eagle Empire City.... 100 30 Exchange 50 Farragut 17 Firemen’s Firemen’s Fund 10 Firemen’s Tr.. 10 Franklin&Kmp 100 German-Amer. 100 50 Germania 50 Globe 25 Greenwich 100 Guardian 15 Hamilton 50 Hanover 50 Hoffman 100 Home 25 Hope...... 50 Howard Importers’* T.. 50 100 Irving 30 Jefferson Kings Co.(Bkn) 20 Knickerbocker 40 Lafayette(Bkn) 50 100 Lamar.. 25 Lenox LongIsl.(Bkn.) 50 25 Lorillard Manuf.* Build. 100 100 Manhattan Mech.&Trad’r«* 25 Mech’lcs’(Bkn) 50 50 Mercantile.. Merchants’..... 50 Montauk (Bkn) 50 Nassau (Bklyn) 50 National 371* N. Y. Equitable 35 100 New York Fire N. Y. & Boston 100 New York City 100 50 Niagara North River.... 25 ... • 0 64 34 t t July, ’77. 8 July, ’79. 34 July, ’79. 4 144 AUg. 79. 24 136 July,*79. 3 1074 115 July, ’79. 34 00 Jan *79. 3 July, ’74. 34 . 10 10 6 8 6 9 • 91 3 34 125 65 24 Juiy, ’79. 24 .... 11 12 0 10 0 24 July, ’79. 4 vtg ’<9. 84 ...» . 2 100 May, ’79. 24 30 July, ’76. 4 1324 5 7 8 8 6 58 800 M.&N. July, '79. 4 May, ’79. Juiy, ’79. 0 May, ’79. 64 Juiy,’79 July, ’79. July. 10 July, ’79. 12 July, ’<9. 24 74 • 101,700 J.&J. July, *79. 5 July, ’79 3 May, ’79. 34 Oct., ’79. 4 An*. ’79. 24 May, ’79. 5 May, ’77. 0 May, 79. 3 Jan., ’77. 3 July, *79. 34 July, ’70. 7 July, ’79. 4 Jan., ’78. 3 Ju y, ‘79. 4 Aug. ’79. 34 Juiy, 70. 24 July, ’76. 3 Juiy, *79. 34 12 0 10 3 50.400 I. A J. 842,000 J.&J. v 84 July, ’79. 34 July, ’70. 3 0 July, ’79. 3 • J. & J. 105 500 J.&J. 77 9- 0 J.&J. 167,700 J.&J. 214 300 Q-F. 309,500 J.&J. 120,000 J.&J. 1*3.100 J.&J. 5J 100 337,200 F.&A. 125 800 F.&A. 53,100 J.&J. 81,900 J.&J. 238,300 J. & J. 41 200 J.&J. 196,100 M.&.N. 104,000 J.&J. 269 400 J.&J. 060,000 M.&N. Aug. ’79. 5 • • May. 75.0CO io 6^ 105 1600 Sept. 79.15 July, ’79. 3 May, '79. 5 Ju y, 79. 4 i34 July, 79. 84 103 • • • M.&N. J.&J. • tuv ug UlvO ILL luiD vUlU111 11 ul . • ’79. 3 '79. 34 July, ’79. 3 10 10 7 50 j 125,000 Republic 100 1.500.000 St. Nicholas... 100 500,000 Seventh Ward. 100 800,000 Second 100 300,000 Shoe & Leather 100 500.000 Sixth 100 200.000 SUte of N. Y.. 100 800,000 Third 100 1,000,000 West Side* • 898.400 M.&N. 671,200 A.& O. 51 100 F.&A. 20 1.000.000 Tradesmen’s... Union • , **6 ,,,, ' 1 • 100 8 10 '79. 8 Adriatic 117 0 10 10 6 12 500,000 133. LOO J.&J. 7,200 J. & J. 100,000 600,000 427.800 J. & J. 2,050,000 1,015.900 F.&A 100,000 0,400 J.&J. 400,000 101,900 J.&J. 500,000 288,800 J.&J. 2,000,000 970.000 J.&J. 500,000 68.70U M.&N. 78.000 M.&N. 800,000 1,000,000 179,50) M &N. 2,000,000 708,000 J & O 1,000,000 144.400 J.&J. . Vi 1,5.9.000 Q-J. 967,900 J. & J. 58,5uo 54,100 17.800 23,700 2l7,3‘;o 1.889,900 7 9 100 *79. 34' 182 ’79. 3 ll«4 ’79. 5 July, May, July, July, -July, July, Dividends. Surplus, Companies. “H Am. « Bid. Ask. Last Paid. Period 1877. 1878. America4 Of date feep Net llitCSt Ht »- Mark’d thus (*) Prtce. DlVIDRNrS Surplus Montgomery St., jersey January & July. January & Juiy. do do Jan.,May, Jnly & *ov. J. & J. and J & D. .lanri^rv and Jn1 City.] 90 1895 1899 1902 101 1878-1879 97 1878-1879 07 97 189-94 1900 97 99 104 00 99 99 99 356 THE CHRONICLE. [Vol. XXIX. this year, leaving 100 miles more from Las Vegas to San Domingo to be completed by the 1st of January, 1880. The following branches from the main line, as stated, go into AND operation to-day: First—From Emporia to Eureka, bearing south to Green¬ STATE, CITY AND CORPORATION FINANCES. wood county, a length of fifty miles. Second—From Florence west to McPherson county', fortyThe Investors’ Supplement is published on the last Saturday of each month, and furnished to all regular subscribers of the seven miles. Third—From Wichita (which has been the terminus of a Chronicle. No single copies of the Supplement are sold at the office, as only a sufficient number is printed to supply regular branch from Newton, on the main line) to Winfield, in Cowley subscribers. One number of the Supplement, however, is bound county, thirty-eight miles. • Fourth—From El Paso, on the Winfield branch, up with The Financial Review (Annual), and can be purchased going south¬ in that shape. west, to Wellington, Sumner county', 22 miles. On the New Mexico extension of the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe road they are laying track from Las ANNUAL REPORTS. Vegas to San Domingo—100 miles— when the Rio Grande is reached. The road passes within fifteen miles of Santa Fe, which lies to the north, and will be Atlantic Mississippi & Ohio. reached by a short branch, and from San Domingo it is sixty(For the year ending June 30, 1879.) five miles south to Albuquerque.” Messrs. C. L. Perkins and Henry Fink, Receivers, have made Allegheny Valley Railroad.—The Allegheny' Valley Railroad their annual report for the year ending June 30, 1879/ Company gives notice that the fund applicable to the payment The bonded debt, as fixed and recognized by decree of Court, of the October interest on its income bonds being insufficient to is as follows: pay the whole interest, the amount of the fund will be dis¬ Norfolk & Petersburg sectional bonds $967,000 tributed pro rata, according to the terms of the bonds, allowing South Side sectional bonds 1,738,500 the sum of $11 50 for each $35 coupon, and proportionately for Virginia <fc Tennessee sectional bonds 2,395,590 smaller Funded interest notes, issued by consolidated company amounts, to be paid in cash, and for the balance of the 134,584 coupon bonds of the same issue scrip convertible into such Total prior sectional liens $5,235,674 bonds, for the sums that may be due less than $100, will be Atlantic Mississippi & Ohio first consolidated bonds 5,470,000 issued, according to the conditions of the bonds. second mort. to State of Virginia 4,000,000 Investments - “ “ “ Total $14,705,674 The Court has ordered the cancellation of and $474,000 consolidated bonds held by $166,600 divisional the receivers. By authority of orders of the Court, the Receivers have extended for ten years from January 1, 1878, Norfolk & Petersburg bonds to the amount of $445,000, leaving $26,000 not extended, and have also extended for ten years from January 1, 1879, the funded interest notes to the amount of $117,554, leaving $17,030 not extended. The earnings were as follows : From passenger trains From tonnage trains Miscellaneous Total Working expenses Renewals, etc Total lg7g_79< 1877-78. $413,816 1,250,928 7,386 1,321,472 13,034 $447,202 $1,673,131 $1,781,710 $882,973 $1,074,745 177,115 $1,060,088 220,075 $1,294,820 Net earnings $612,043 $486,889 Percentage of all expenses 63-40 72-67 From the net earnings the sum of $49,045 was expended for ** further construction,” leaving a net balance of $562,997 for the year, against $430,133 for the previous year. Gross earn¬ ings were decreased by lower rates, and by the loss of through by the yellow fever. There are now in the track traffic caused 195 miles of steel rails and 189 miles of iron fish-bar rails. The traffic for the year was as follows: 1878-79. 1877-78. 129,240 149,577 9,470,228 Bank of California Stock.—San Francisco, Sept. 30.—A cer¬ tificate of diminution of the capital stock of the Bank of Cali¬ fornia from $5,000,000, divided into 50,000 shares, to $1,000,000, divided into 30,000 shares, has been filed with the county court. The certificate states that the diminution is by' consent of a two-thirds majority of the stockholders. Boston Bank Dividends,—Mr.* Joseph G. Martin, stock broker, No, 10 State street, Boston, in his October list of interest and dividend payments, says : 44 Of the sixty-one banks within the limits of Boston, one pays o per cent (2/£ percent quarterly), seven 4 per cent, two 3)& per cent, eleven 3 per cent, six 2% per cent, nineteen 2 per cent, 5 pass, nine unde¬ cided, and the Pacific divides January and July'. Some of the banks are very backward in making up their dividend accounts, notwithstanding the late date in the month, and we are com¬ pelled to make as “not yet decided” the Blue Hill, First Ward, Freeman’s, National Bank of Brighton, Rockland, Shawmut, State, Third National and Hide and Leather. The Atlas in¬ creases from 2 to 2^ per cent, Hamilton 2 to 3, New England 3 to 3/£, People’s 3 to 3/£, Revere 1)£ to 2 and Tremont 2 to 2^ per cent. The National Market of Brighton reduces from 4^i to 4 per cent, and National Bank of the Republic 3% to 3 per cent. The National Security pays 2^ quarterly, the same as in July last. The following pass: Boston National, Central, Manufacturers’, Merchandise and Mount Vernon. Several re¬ sume which passed previously—viz., Commerce, Common¬ wealth, Globe, Shoe and Leather, and Traders’.” x Central Branch Union Pacific.—This road is tion from now in opera¬ Atchison, Kan., to Gaylord, 227 miles; Greenleaf, Passenger mileage 8,079,780 Kan.„ to Washington branch, 7 miles ; Concordia to Scandia Tons freight, carried 349,632 340.866 branch, 13 miles; Downs to Osborn, 10 miles; total, 257 miles. 'Tonnage mileage 73,662,480 70,797,576 Downs is the end of the second Av. receipts per passenger per mile division, 208 miles from 3*77 cents. 3*55 cents. Per ton per mile 1-69 cents. Atchison and junction of the North and South Solomon 1-86 cents. The Receivers’ total receipts and disbursements were as divisions. The grade is all ready for iron from Osborn to follows: Bull’s City, 14 miles ; from Gaylord to Kirwin, 15 miles, and will soon be completed from Jamestown through Jewell Centre Cash balance, July 1,1878 $58,836 Receipts from all sources to Burr Oak, 34 miles. 1,895,997 Total Chicago Burlington & Quincy.—The Boston Daily Advertiser $1,954,833 Expended 1,724,249 reports: “This company is building four branenes in Iowa which will have a total length of *112 miles. The Leon (Chari¬ Balance on band June 30, 1879 $230,583 ton) branch is extended to Mt. Ayr, in Ringgold County, a disThe Receivers’ resources and liabilities June 30, The track has been laid to Davis rance of 35 miles. 1879, were: City, and Cash on hand if possible the road will be finished to Mt. Ayr to October 1, to $230,583 Accounts and balances receivable 271,299 secure the necessary aid of $40,000. The Clarinda extension from Clarinda south, 21 miles, is to be finished this year. The Total $501,882 Receivers’ certificates extension from Red Oak northward up the Nishnabotna Valley $57,689 Accounts and balances due 84,072 will be completed 20 miles this year.” Back labor pay-roll unpaid 6,633 Receivers’ pay-rolls, including June Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul.—The issue of $4,000,000 of 42,492 Interest on fuuded debt 190,741—381,628 30-year 6 per cent coupon bonds of the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company are offered for sale by Messrs. Wins¬ Excess of resources $120,253 low, Lanier & Co., 26 Nassau street, and Messrs. J. S. Kennedy & The old floating indebtedness of the company was decreased during the year by the payment of $72,001 on account of unas- Co., 63 William street, at 101 and accrued interest—the right to advance the price being reserved. These bonds are secured by .•signed back labor claims; $8,104 for interest on divisional bonds a first on the Southwestern Division, formerly known accruing before July 1, 1876, and $143,800 on Receivers’ as the mortgage Western Union Railroad, which extends from Racine, collateral notes, making $223,906 in all. The Receivers’ col¬ Wis., to Rock Island Junction, Ill., the length, including lateral notes were paid out of proceeds of sale of $144,000 divisional bonds. There was paid out for interest on divisional branches, being 212 miles, and which is leased by the Chicago bonds, due July 1,1878, and Jan. 1, 1879, the sum of $349,150, Milwaukee & St. Paul Company for 999 years. They are of the denomination of $1,000 each, due July 1, 1909, with interest and provision made for payment of the coupons due July 1, payable on January 1 and July 1, and provision is made for 1879. registration. Copies of the lease, mortgage and certificate of legality, which are security for the loan, may be examined at the office of eitherof the firms named. GENERAL INVESTMENT NEWS. Chicago & Northwestern.—A Milwaukee despatch of Sept. Atchison Topeka & Santa FeThe St. Louis Republican of 26, to the Chicago Tribune, said: The consummation of the sale iSept. 25 said of the extensions of this road: “ The Atchison to the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company of the entire Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, which has been extending its track line of the Sheboygan & Fond du Lac Railway, extending from in all directions, will open to-day three or four different Sheboygan to Princeton, seventy-eight miles, puts an effectual branches, having built in Kansas alone 157 miles, besides the quietus on all further speculation as to the route that will be New Mexico extension, of which 114 miles have been constructed selected for the Northwestern Company’s proposed air-line conPassengers carried October THE 4, 1879.] CHRONICLE. 357 nection with Milwaukee from the Northwest. The purchase Company et al., the resignations of John Evans and A. G. Duljust effected settles the route definitely in favor of Elroy, and man as trustees for the bondholders of the road, and the against Lodi, Madison and Baraboo. appointment of Jay Gould and Russell Sage as their successors —The Chic. & North, has also completed the Chic. & Dakota in trust, was filed yesterday. A stipulation was also filed that Bail way, which is virtually a branch of the Winona & St. Peter the names of Gould and Sage should be substituted in lieu of division. The new line branches off at Tracey, 241 miles west Evans and Dulman in all further proceedings in the court. ’ It of Winona, and runs to Lake Benton, in Lincoln County, within was also stipulated that the appeal to the Supreme Court of a few miles of the Minnesota State line. The distance is thirty- the United States should be no further prosecuted.” five miles, and the road was opened for traffic on Monday, Sep¬ Elizabeth City Bonds.—In the United States Circuit Court at tember 29. Trenton, N. J., Sept. 29, before Judges McKennan and Nixon, Coal Combination.—A combination agreement has been an application was made for an injunction against the financial signed on behalf of all the New York companies and the officers of the city of Elizabeth, and for the appointment of a Philadelphia & Reading. The New York Times reports of the receiver, based on a suit brought by Peter Goelet and others negotiations: against the city. The bill sets forth that complainants are citizens President Gowen, of the Heading Coal Company, arrived in this of New York; that the charter of the city limited its indebted¬ city yesterday with another modified draft of an agreement for submis¬ ness for street sion to the coal magnates of this city. It gave each company the right improvements to $20,000 per annum, but that the to dispose of its production in any way it might please, and provided for Legislature, from time to time, permitted the amount to increase the formation of an exchange, to be composed of sales agents who should until now the bonded debt is $5,405,500, and the temporary debt meet daily, or as often as might be necessary, and agree upon advancing $1,006,106. The suit is brought to recover $9,000 interest on tariffs of prices; the agreement to have no binding force unless signed by every interest before Oct. 10. Mr. Gowen first showed it to President $129,000 worth of bonds held by the plaintiff. It is alleged that Lathrop, of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, and Receiver Tilling the money collected by the city was not applied for the pur¬ hast, of the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Company, who have been his active coadjutors in endeavoring to bring about a combination. Of poses authorized by the Legislature; that the assessments now due the city amount to $1,902,000, with interest from various course, both signed it immediately. Then, in company with Receiver Tillinghast, he took a carriage and drove to the office of the Pennsyl¬ dates. The unpaid taxes on July 1,1879, amounted to $424,440, vania Coal Company, where President Hoyt’s signature was obtained with interest of ten and fifteen per cent. The real estate and without difficulty. President Sloaue, of the Delaware Lackawanna & Western Company, was next visited. He refused to sign until President personal property of the city aggregate $11,853,2)3, subject to Dickson, of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company, should first do so. deduction on account of sworn liabilities of $441,095. The levy That gentleman was thereupon seen, and he demanded the insertion of a last year was $525,021. The collection of this levy was impos¬ clause enforcing restriction of production whenever the market should become glutted. A clause was drafted authorizing whoever sible, the amount taken in being only $284,965, a good deal of shall be chosen as Secretary, upon being notified that the which is paid in rebate certificates of no value to the treasury. supply in the market exceeded the demand, to call a meeting of Ex-Chancellor Williamson, on behalf of the city of Elizabeth, the several Presidents for the purpose of considering whether such opposed the appointment of a receiver, because, he averred, it restriction is necessary. It mnkes a two-third vote of the entire interest The city should be allowed requisite to order a restriction, and the consequent allotments are to be would plunge the city into chaos. “ based upon the respective outputs of the several companies from Oct. 1, 1879, to the date at which the restriction is determined upon. This was satisfactory to Mr. Dickson, and he signed the agreement as amended. It also proved satisfactory to President Hoyt, Receiver Tillinghast and President Lathrop, to whom it was shown, and President Sloane made no further difficulty and attached liis signature likewise. President Lathrop then took Receiver Tilliugiiast’s place in the carriage, an^ he to make terms with its creditors. The United States Court might go too far if it granted this application. The matter should be left to the State courts. The Court took the papers and reserved its decision. European & North American.—The United States Circuit given judgment against this company in the Greenand President Gowen drove to the New York Lake Erie & Western Com¬ pany’s office, and succeeded in securing the.... signature of President ougli suit, and ordered a decree of foreclosure against the 13 Jewett. It was now 2 P. M.. and only President Packer, of the Lehigh miles of road from Bangor to Milford, under the old Penobscot Valley Company, and President Scott, of the Pennsylvania Railroad Railroad first mortgage. It is thought that an appeal will be Company, remained to be heard from. The partly-signed agreement taken to the United States Supreme Court. was at once dispatched to Philadelphia for submission to those gentle¬ men. Whether they will sign it or not is an open question, but its origin¬ Great Western of Canada.—A London despatch of October ators profess to believe that they will. President Sloane said that if the 2 says : “At the meeting of the shareholders of the Great agreement should be ratified he will discontinue his monthly sales of Western Railroad Company of Canada, to-day, the report of coal. Two of the Presidents intimated that the advance will be at the rate of 25 cents per ton every fifteen days, beginning October 10. The September 22 was adopted, and resolutions approving the news of what was going on was quickly bruited in Wall street, and an immense speculation in the stocks of the companies affected was the policy of the board respecting a fusion of the Great Western with the Grand Trunk Company were adopted by a large ma¬ result. Of Erie 109,000 shares were dealt in, at an advance of l1^ per cent ; of Delaware Lackawanna & Western, 91,250 shares, at an ad¬ jority of the shareholders present. The discussion upon the vance of 638 per cent; of New Jersey Central, 44,000 shares, at an report was thorough and exhaustive. Arguments for and advance of 4% per cent, and of Delaware & Hudson 10,000 shares, at against of the proposed union the two companies were dis¬ an advance of 4^ per cent. It was reported last evening that the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre and Reading Company would make an advance cussed at length, and the advantages to be expected from the of 2o cents per ton to-day. All the companies refused orders for coal fusion were clearly set forth,” yesterday afternoon at the old circular rates.’* Hudson County, N. J.—The New York Tribune reports t County Debts in Missouri.—The Jefferson City (Mo.) State Collector Kingsland of Hudson County, N. J., has County Journal has compiled a statement showing the aggregate that there is no money in his hands. The following given notice indebtedness of the counties, townships and cities of that sums are due the county for taxes in the years named: -State. It does not claim that the statement is absolutely cor¬ 1876. 1877. 1878. 1874. 1875. v rect, but thinks it will be found approximately so, as in most Jersey City $42,409 $76,755 $105,293 $150,037 $151,825 Court has “ instances the information has been obtained from official The aggregate is $40,820,802. Next to St. Louis, Jackson County owes the largest debt, $1,371,000; next comes sources. Lafayette, with $1,215,871; then Howard, with $849,600; Pettis, with $837,000; Henry, with $598,000; Calloway, with $584,300; Cooper, with $510,000; Buchanan, with $458,000; Boone, with $437,000; Franklin, with $346,000; Daviess, with $344,500; Greene, with $327,000; Dade, with $290,000; Clay, with $288,000, and other counties with smaller amounts. There ties with no bonded debt at all—Barry, Bollinger, are 21 coun- Carroll, Car¬ ter, Cedar, DeKalb, Dunklin, Gasconade, Harrison, Hickory, Holt, Iron, Miller, Mississippi, Moniteau, Newton, Osage, ot. Francois, St. Louis, Scott ana Stone. The St. Louis Republican, however, says: “We have reason for believing that this statement is unreliable municipal obligations as a as whole. It takes the statements of returned to the State Auditor’s office several years ago, and does not recognize the modifications made by the refunding processes that have been going on in the last three years, by which the debts of many counties, notably Lafayette and Calloway, have been materially reduced.” Delaware & Hudson Canal.—The report of earnings and expenses of the railroads owned and leased by this company ■have just been received for the month of July, as follows: Gross earnings Expenses Net earnings July, 1878. $346,351 196,192 $150,159 Increase in gross earnings Increase in net earnings July, 1879. $428,044 221,083 $206,961 $81,693 56,802 For the same period the earnings and expenses of the Albany & Susquehanna Railroad (included in the above) were as follows: July, 1878. July, 1879. Gross earnings.. $72,895 $89,356 Expenses 43,622 50,829 Net earnings Increase in gross earnings Increase in net earnings “ $29,273 $38,527 $16,461 9,254 Denver Pad lie.—The Denver Republican, September 25, said: In the case of Carlos S. Greeley vs. the Denver Pacific Railway Hoboken." 13,691 , Bayonne City West Hoboken North Bergen Union Township Harrison 12,793 3,287 Kearney Total There is The a 16,955 2,822 428 22,019 1,649 4,409 5,233 5,990 386 12,774 12,543 6,491 9,108 $42,409 $80,042 $117,012 $218,978 $198,456 total of $673,001 due the county for unpaid taxes. floating debt of the county is a little over $200,000 ” International & Great Northern.—This road, which was sold under foreclosure July 31, is advertised to be sold again in Austin, Texas, Oct. 13, under the decree of foreclosure of the United States Circuit Court. According to the notice, the property is to be sold under the following conditions : “ Sub¬ ject to the prior lien of all mortgages executed by the said railroad companies previously to the execution of the mort¬ gages or deeds of trust for tne foreclosure of which the said suit was brought, and subject to any disposition which may have been made of said property by any proceedings had under such prior mortgages. The purchaser will be required to pay 10 per cent of the whole purchase money in lawful money of the United States at the time of sale, and bn the delivery of the deed so much more of the total purchase money, in like lawful money, as shall be necessary to pay and discharge any obliga¬ tions, liabilities or indebtedness of the receiver appointed in said cause, and all unpaid taxes upon the said premises, and all costs, fees, allowances, compensation and commissions provided for by the decree in said cause, and all the expenses of sale. A statement of the amount of money required for the said pur¬ poses will be prepared by the undersigned (the Master) as accurately as practicable, and announced and submitted for inspection at said sale. The remainder of the purchase money may be paid in the bonds and past-due coupons secured bjr the mortgages or deeds of trust executed by the International Railroad Company to said complainants on Jan. 15,1874, and by the Houston & Great Northern Railroad Company to said complainants on the same day; that is to say, the bonds and past-due coupons secured by the first mentioned mortgage will be received in payment for the first above-described parcel of property, and the bonds and past-due coupons secured by the other mortgage will be received in payment for the parcel THE 358 secondly above described; such bonds and CHRONICLE. in either Ohio & |Vol. XSIX. Mississippi.—The World article of September Mississippi Railway second consols will not, we are informed, be paid to-morrow, though 80 per cent of the bonds had been assented to the scheme for funding 5 coupons and resuming payment from reorganization and to give a complete title to the property. Louisiana State Bonds.—Mr. Matthew Bird has issued a October 1. The Springfield division bondholders now with¬ circular requesting the Louisiana bondholders to deposit at the hold^ their assent from the scheme of reconstruction, and their Bank of New York one-half of 1 per cent of the face of their recent advantage in court may lead to better treatment of their bonds, for the defraying of expenses, within thirty days, if bonds than was proposed in the scheme.” —The receiver of the Ohio & Mississippi road has paid off they desire to participate in the benefits arising from the pro¬ another $100,000 of floating debt, for which $250,000 “Springceedings about to be taken. field Division” bonds were held as collateral. Of the second Louisville & Nashville.—The annual meeting of the stock¬ holders of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company was mortgage bonds over $3,000,000 have assented to the proposed held in Louisville October 1, and, a vote being taken, three New plan of reorganization. —A despatch in the Chicago Tribune of Oct. 1 says that the York men were put into the Directory. They are Edward H. Reconstruction Committee of the Ohio & Mississippi Railway met Green, George C. Clark, and J. P. G. Foster. The other Direc¬ in New York last Thursday and failed to agree upon any plan of tors are E. D. Standiford, H. V. Newcomb, B. F. Guthrie, W. B. Caldwell, H. C. Murrell, William M. Farrington, G. A. Wash¬ adjusting the financial difficulties of that road. The second mortgage bondholders and floating debt creditors signed the ington, and James H. Hays. agreement for the reorganization of the road; but the SpringMissouri Kansas & Texas.—The Union Trust Company of field bondholders, since the decision of Judge Drummond New York, Trustee, pursuant to agreement of March 1, 1876, declaring the bonds valid, declined to scale their bonds, thus will, on and after Monday, Oct. 6, pay $20 and fund$15 upon defeating the reorganization. coupons matured Feb. 1, 1878, of the consolidated first mort¬ Paterson City.—The bids for $15,000 new sewer bonds —5 gage land grant bonds of the Missouri Kansas & Texas llailper cents due 1902—included one for the whole loan at 101*13, way Company, which have been stamped, subject to said agree¬ ment. Coupons cut from registered bonds must be accom¬ by Mr. C. Zabriskie, of Jersey City, who took the loan. South Carolina Bonds.—A press despatch from Charleston panied by an order from the registered holder, and all coupons must be left over night for examination. reports the decision of the Supreme Court of South Carolina Mobile & Alabama Grand Trunk.—The plan proposed for in the State bond cases, involving the validity of the consoli¬ dated bonded debt of the State, as follows : reorganizing and completing this road is as follows : 1. That all the outstanding bonds be placed in the hands of First—That all the bonds issued under an act entitled “ An act to volume of tue public debt and provide for the payment of trustees, with power to cancel the same and receive in exchange reduce.the the same” are valid obligations of the State of South Carolina, excep’t as therefor a like amount of new 6 per cent secured mortgage follows: 1. Such as were issued in exchange for bonds issued under the act bonds, of which 75 per cent to be distributed pu> rata among the holders of the canceled bonds; and the remaining 25 per cent entitled “ An act to authorize a loan for the relief of the treasury,” or for the coupons of such bonds. to be conceded to the contractors completing the road to Union2. Such as were issued in exchange for the second issue of bonds under being received only for such coupons sum as the holder thereof will be entitled to receive under the said decree.” We understand that this sale is made pursuant to the plan of case 30 said “ The money October coupon on Ohio & ' town. 2. Present mortgage to be canceled of record, in order to relieve all existing liens. 3. New first mortgage bonds, bearing 6 per cent interest, pay¬ able semi-annually, to be issued on a basis of $3,000,000, for the entire line between Mobile and Birmingham; but the issue to be limited to $10,000 per mile between Mobile and the railway con¬ nection at Uniontown, or $1,400,000. 4. New second mortgage bonds, bearing 6 per cent interest, payable semi-anually, to be issued, in amount not exceeding $1,200,000, to be applied exclusively to retiring the present out¬ standing first mortgage bonds, and compromising the floating debt. Interest on said bonds to commence to run eighteen months after beginning work of construction, and to bear 3 per cent annual interest for the first three years, and 6 per cent thereafter, until 5. maturity. Floating debt and judgment liens to be assigned to trus¬ tees, to be settled at 50 cents on the dollar, in second mortgage bonds at par. New York Lake Erie & Western.—The Evening Post money article of Thursday says : “ The secretary of the New York Lake Erie & Western Railroad Company has published the by¬ law adopted by the directors which appoints the last Tuesday in November as the day for the annual meeting of the bond and stock holders of the company for the election of directors. “We quote from the by-law as advertised by him : “ f The said directors shall be voted for by ballot by the bond and share¬ holders in person or by proxy. All holders of registered bonds and the registered owners of bonds for thirty days previous to an election of directors or to a meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to vole at such election and at such ineeiing of stockholders, and to cast one vote for each $100 of the principal of the bonds held by them, under such regu¬ lations as the directors may from time to time adopt.’ “ The bonds above named a3 well as others ($2,500,000 Prior entitled to vote under article 15 of the mortgage under which all the bonds are issued, and which is as Lien) not issued follows are : ** * Holders of bonds secured by this indenture shall be entitled to one vote for each one hundred dollars of such bonds held by them, exclusive of interest, at all meetings of shareholders, and on all affairs of the cor¬ poration, under such regulations as to registry, and so forth, as the com of the lirst part, may prescribe.’ “ The last Tuesday in November this year comes on Hie 25th. pany, party “ The following shows the stock and bonds which ticipate in the election: Common stock Preferred stock can par¬ $78,000,000 8,536,900 Total stock $86,536,900 $25,000,000 Second consols, 6s Second funded, 5s 8,597,400 Total $33,597,400 “It is, of course, known that one-half of the stock is, under the plan of reconstruction, in the hands of ‘ Voting Trustees,’ to be voted by them until dividends for three consecutive years Lave been paid on the preferred stock. In other words, the an act entitled “ An act to authorize a State loan to pay the interest ou the public debt,” or the coupons of such bonds. 3. Such as were issued in exchange for those conversion bonds which were issued in exchange for either of the two classes of bonds last men¬ tioned, namely, bonds for the relief of the treasury, and the second issue of bonds to pay the interest on the public debt, or in exchange for the coupons of such conversion bonds. Second—If any consolidation bond rests wholly upon any of these objectionable classes of bonds or coupons just mentioned, then it is wholly void; but if rests only in part upon such objectionable bonds or coupons, then it is only void to the extent which it does rest upon such, objectionable bonds or coupons, and for the balance it is a valid obliga¬ tion of the State. Third—That the burden of the proof is upon the State to show that any particular bond which may be brought into question does rest, either in whole or in part, upon such objectionable bonds or coupons, and if in part only, then the State must show what part is so affected. The judgment of the Court of Claims is set aside, and the cases are remanded to that court for such further proceedings as may be necessary under the principals herein announced. The opinion of the Court was delivered by Associate Justice Mclver. Chief Justice Willard concurs. Associate Justice Has¬ kell concurs in the general results reached by a majority of the Court, but dissents from the exceptions made with regard to the particular classes of bonds included within the terms of the consolidation act. Taxation on Municipal Bonds.—Albany, October 1, 1879.— The Attorney-General has written the following opinion : “ Mr. John Hadcock:—In answer to your letter inquiring how town bonds must be assessed which have been deposited by their owners in certain banks for safe keeping, I have the honor to say that in the assessed in the town ment is made for all cases or you mention the bonds should be ward where he resides, when the assess¬ personal estate owned by him, including all personal estate in his possession or under his control, as agent, trustee, guardian, executor or administrator (chapter 176, sec¬ tion 2, Laws of 1851). Bonds deposited in a bank for safe keeping are not in the possession, or under the control of an agent, within the purview of this statute. The bank has no power over them, and is not responsible for them in case of loss. A bank has no authority to become a bailee of property (60 N. Y., 278). Assessors must ascertain in the best way they can who are the persons liable to assessment within their terri¬ torial jurisdiction. The statute p: ovides that “ between the 1st days of May and July in each year they (the assessors) shall proceed to ascertain by diligent inquiry the names of all of the taxable inhabitants in their respective towns or wards, and also all of the taxable property, real and personal, within the same.” The duty imposed is to ascertain by diligent inquiry the taxable inhabitants and property. The mode of executing that duty is left to the intelligence and good judgment of the assessors themselves. The law requires of them fidelity and vigilance in the discharge of their duties. It does not exact from them more than they are able to perform, nor clothe them with power of compulsory process or any other method than “diligent inquiry” to ascertain what persons and property are liable to taxation. In the cases you mention you are to assess the of the bonds, and to ascertain in the best mode you can which to vote $43,268,- by whom they are owned.” 450, which leaves outside of their possession, which can be voted Texas & Pacific.—This railroad company’s earnings for first upon, $43,268,450 stock and $33,597,400 bonds, or a possible total of $76,865,850. If the voting trustees held one-half of the quarter of fiscal year—June, July, and August, 1879, are bonds which vote (the second consols', or in figures about reported as follows: $467,563 50 $17 ,000,000, they would have absolute control in any contest; Earnings Expenses 285,988 07 but, unless we have erred in our examination of the matter, Net they will not have the majority unless they own or control more earnings $181,575 43 than one-half of the total of $120,134,300 bonds and stock Net earnings for same time last year 105,009 18 together which carry the voting privilege.” Increase over last year $76,566 25 ‘Voting Trustees* have in possession owners on . October 4, ~ THE 1879.] CHRONICLE O O T T O N. 5pxe Gyonxnxcrcuxl Jinxes. Friday, P. M., October 3, 1879. c^imercTalEFiroii Friday Night, October 3, 1879. There has been less markets for the past speculative excitement in the general week than for the two or three weeks immediately preceding. The leading operators seem to have oalled a “ halt” along the whole line, and to be engaged in con¬ sidering their position. The weather has been almost unsea¬ sonably warm, and generally dry, just what was needed for cotton at the South and for com in middle latitudes ; but it may give early-sown winter wheat too rapid a growth. As the week closes there is some abatement in the stringency of the money market, and foreign exchanges have improved. The following is a statement of the stocks of leading off domestic and foreign merchandise at dates given: 1879. Pork bbls. tcs. and bbls. Beef Bard '. lilids. 48.859 bags. 78,294 73,300 bags. mats. Coffee, Java, &c Sugar hhds. boxes. Sugar Melado 63,646 783 123,826 15,789 50,694 46,214 26,827 42,389 65,365 bags. 1,264 15,000 bales. 3,016 bales. 22,170 18,900 bales. 19,967 14,033 bales. Rosin bbls. Spirits turpentine bbls. bbls. : bags. 6,250 bbls. and tcs. bags. 1,125 Saltpetre Jute Jute butte Manila hemp 20,603 Port 2,122 35,486 17,540 Savannah Galveston 6,150 3,532 26,016 36,171 6T0@6T2^c.; January, 6T7/£@6*20c.; refined for the Continent quoted at 6*75@6*90c., as to quantity. Bacon was firm at 5%c. for long and short clear (together), year, week of last Butter and cheese have latterly been quiet, shippers being unwilling to pay the advanced rates for ocean freight room. There has been rather more doing in Kentucky tobacco, the sales of the week aggregating 700 hhds., of which 550 were for export and 150 for home consumption. Prices are therefore lugs ana 6@12c. for leaf. Seed leaf has continued in request at full prices, and sales for the week Are 2,019 cases, as follows: 967 cases 1878 crop, Pennsylvania, 12@21c.; 384 cases 1877 crop, Pennsylvania, 10@30c.; 252 cases 1878 crop, State, 15c. and private terms ; 366 cases 1878 crop, New England, ll@22^c.; and 50 cases 1877 crop, New England, 12@20c. Spanish tobacco in fair request, and the sales are 600 bales Havana at 82e.@$l 05, and 81 bales of Yara on private steadier at 3^@5/^c. for 38,853 19,750 17,507 12,811 21,867 9,362 16,133 616 23,783 11,448 423 293 386 1,547 1,339 391 389 101 364 299 4,108 18,819 5,606 5,461 10,741 4,506 2,439 5,457 5,314 20,689 2,720 14,375 816 971 381 162,303 130,990 70,040 122,199 102,402 410,939 377,448 153,111 344,131 285,808 Great Britain. Oct. 3. N. OrPns France. Total this Conti¬ 1,418 2,928 2,628 6,997 1,100 10,008 8,510 3,879 13,455 1 • Charl't’n • • .... • 3,814 5,858 4,036 21,248 Savan’h. Galv’t’nN. York. Norfolk- .... .... .... 7,107 3,814 [5,858 5,516 25,740 1,480 .... 2,510 .... Other*.. .... .... 1,982 .... .... .... .... STOCK. Same Week 1878. , Week. nent. 300 .... Mobile.. .... .... 3,952 7,107 1879. 1879* 60,129 17,713 9,962 9,884 32,628 54,000 44,832 71,394 15,964 10,000 44,868 61,714 36,988 39,168 4,290 17,000 Tot. this week.. 42,063 2,810 6,090 50,963 45,901 298,831 231,703 86,947 4,784 6,297 98,028 76,904 Tot.sinoe Sept. 1. ♦The exports this week under the head of “other ports” include, from Baltimore, 2,075 bales to Liverpool; from Boston, 4,532 bales to Liverpool* from Philadelphia, 500 bales to Liverpool. From the foregoing statement it will be seen that, compared with the corresponding week of last season, there is an increaas in the exports this week of 5,062 bales, while the stocks to-night 67,128 bales more than they were at this time a year ago. In addition to above exports, our telegrams to-night also give us the following amounts of cotton on shipboard, not cleared, at the ports named. We add also similar figures for New York, which are prepared for our special use by Messrs. Carey, Yale & are ^ambert, 60 Beaver street: active movement has continued in prog- and further improvements in prices have taken place ; fair cargoes quoted at 15%c. Mild grades have had a good demand from the trade and full prices have been current. Rice is rather quiet at the moment, but all values are more or Jess steady. Molasses is in short supply and very firm; Cuba 50 test refining quoted at 28c. Refined sugars have latterly been less active and inclined to easiness at 9^c. for standard crushed. Raw grades, on the contrary, have been very firm, s© much so that trade has been materially checked; fair refining Cuba quoted at 6%c.; good do. 7 l-16@7/£c. Ocean freight room has been freely taken, both berth and charter tonnage; rates have improved, and much firmness pre¬ vails. The demands are principally from the grain trade. To¬ day, all rates were firm, with grain to Liverpool, by steam, taken at 9d., 60 lbs.; do. to Bristol, by steam, 9d.; do. to Liver¬ pool, 5s. 3d. per ar.; refined petroleum to Hamburg, 4s.; in cases to Java, 45c. Naval stores were rather quiet to-day, but nevertheless very firm ; spirits turpentine quoted at 30/£c., and common to good strained rosins at $1 25@1 30. Petroleum was also quiet, but refiners refuse offerings at less than 7%c. for refinea, in bbls., this month’s delivery. Lead closes very firm at 4%c. for com¬ mon domestic, after sales of 3,000 tons at 4@4%c. American pig iron has further advanced, with sales of 1,500 tons No. 1 Allentown, for January, February and March delivery, at $31. There were also sales of 10,000 tons English Bessemer Pig at $26, and 40,000 tons to arrive at $25 50. Rails are very firm ; the .late sales embrace 125,000 tons steel, quoted at $50, and 20,000 tons English steel to arrive at $54 50. Scrap iron has advanced to $38@40 for wrought, after 1,500 tons English were sold to arrive at $30@33.. Scotch pig iron has sold to the extent of 2,000 tons at $27 50 for Eglinton and $28 50 for Grleng&rnoch. Ingot copper has advanced, with 500,000 lbs. sold at ■ 19}£c. for Lake. 426 EXPORTED TO— ending On ress, „ 401 29,501 10,117 18,992 1,192 17,562 15,772 season: Week deliverable here in December. an 9,619 6,826 12,198 3,290 City Point, &c Total since Sept. 1. 5,394 29,368 1875. 400 Florida ... 12,414 1876. 11,956 * Total this week 1877. The exports for the week ending this evening reach a total of 50,963 bales, of which 42,063 were to Great Britain, 2,810 to France, and 6,090 to rest of the Continent, while the stocks as 268 4,350 made up this evening are now 298,831 bales. Below are the 1,520 stocks and exports for the week, and also for the corresponding 33,630 6‘52^@6*55c.; November, 6T7^c.; December, 6T7/£@ terms. In Brazil coffees Royal, &c Norfolk irregularity occurred in sympathy with the Chicago advices. To-day, little was done and the feeling was rather indifferent; mess on the spot sold at $9 5$ ; prime do. *9 50 ; for future delivery there were no sales; October quoted $9 35@9 50. Lard sold on the spot at 6^c. for prime Western ; October delivery 6T2^c.; seller the Charleston 1,583 57,278 In provisions business has been of less liberal proportions, but values on the whole have remained firm, though at times some sold at. 1878. 30,580 14,692 North Carolina 4,044 8,004 5,000 89,400 35,320 ’26,595 1,624 2,303 No. 1879.* Mobile 12,663 75,900 1,765 3,165 1,000 152,325 34,100 33,126 5,368 Hides Cotton.. Receipts this w’k at Indianola, &c Tennessee, &c 519,000 2,474 1,359 4,000 43,900 75,208 30,642 2,515 4,807 6,400 None. None. 12,250 2,107 by our telegrams the week ending this evening (Oct. 3), the total receipts have reached 162,303 bales, against 127,729 bales last week, 76,933 bales the previous week, and 30,G54 bales three weeks since; making the total receipts since the 1st of Septembef, 1879, 410,939 bales, against 377,448 bales for the same period of 1878, showing an increase since September 1, 1879, of 33,491 bales. The details of the receipts for this week (as per telegraph) and for the corresponding weeks of four previous years are as follows: 34,396 17,979 44,642 11,094 bags, &c. 642,000 hhds. bbls. Linseed 65,809 83,732 28,097 1878. Oct. 1. 9,110 ...hlids. Rice, E. I Rice, domestic Oct. 1. 69,104 The Movement of the Crop, as indicated from the South to-night, is given below. For New Orleans articles 24,823 Molasses, foreign Molasses, domestic Tar. 1879. 285 119,760 bales. 16,271 Tobacco, domestic Coffee, Kio Coffee, other Sugar Sept. 1. 89,488 tea. Tobacco, foreign * 359 Oct. 3, at— New York Foreign 4,526 138 None. None. 6,970 7,500 13,690 12,100 500 300 None. 200 3,500 1,000 4,000 58,433 * Stock. None. 40,453 9,884 7,870 24,758 38,000 23,556 50,199 18,964 19,676 4,000 205,814 ' 3,581 505 None. None. None. None. 3,000 9,826 8,119 8,5441 93,017 bales at presses for foreign ports, tha our usual table showing the movement of ports from Sept. 1 to Sept. 26, the latest mail dates: following is cotton at all the RECEIPTS SINCE SEPT. 1. Ports. 1879. N.Orlns Other.. 36,610 14,981 37,055 66,800 53,102 2,138 1,340 8,017 24,506 4,087 This yr. 248,636 Mobile. Char’n* 8av’h.. Galv.*. N. York V N. Car. Norf’k* Last Total. 16,000 21,276 *21,195 7,000 Included in this amount there are 8,095 destination of which we cannot learn. Florida ) 839 None. 200 4,200 * The Coast¬ wise. Other France. 14,173 Other ports Total - Leaving Liver¬ pool. New Orleans Mobile Charleston Savannah Galveston Shipboard, not cleared—for Tear * 1878. EXPORTED SINCE SEPT. Great Britain. France. 18,925 9,328 49,436 90,041 51,923 8,597 467 30,375 683 7,589 14,352 3,714 246,458 • • • • • • ' Other Foreign 210 36 1 TO— Stock. Total. 8,843 .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... • • m mm m . m m • .... .... - • • m • • . . . .... .... .... .... • 5,912 20 1,764 . • . 44,884 1,974 26,501 2,840 .... .... 142 142 .... .... 9 .... - 32,159 5,921 24,370 8,606 22,034 38,160 34,737 50,305 1,216 9,999 7,800 207 47,065 197,227 1,662 31.003 171,063 Under the head of Charleston is included Port Royal, Ac.: under the head of Galveston is included Indianola, Ac.; under the head of Norfolk U included City Point, Ac. 00 03 7 . 3 7.4 2 360 THE CHRONICLE The market has been variable for cotton on the spot. There recovery of -|c. on Saturday, to 10£c. for middling uplands, followed by a decline of £c. on was a Monday, £c. on Tuesday, and £c. Wednesday, to lOfc. for middling uplands. At the reduction there was a larger business, both for export and coo sumption. Yesterday, there was no quotable change. The deliveries on contracts, which had been very large on the closing days of Sep¬ tember, became much smaller on the 1st of October. To-day, there was a good business for export and consumption, and prices were nominally unchanged, closing at lOfc. for middling uplands. The speculation in futures has been less active, and a on feverish, unsettled tone pervaded the market. There was a slight decline on Saturday, a recovery on Monday, a smart decline on Tuesday, a lower opening and a dearer closing on Wednesday, much irregularity and finally a lower closing on Thursday. The firmer closing on Wednesday was due mainly to the smaller receipts at the ports, causing a demand to cover con¬ tracts, and encouraging the belief of some that the stimulus of the higher prices for September having ceased, a less liberal movement may be looked for. To-day, there was general depres¬ sion ; accounts from Liverpool and Manchester were depressing, receipts at the ports were large, and the weather reports very favorable to the growing crop. The total sales for forward delivery for the week bales, including — free on board. For immediate 152,100 delivery the total sales foot up this week 8,297 bales, including 3,970 for export, 3,977 for consumption, 350 for speculation, and — in transit. Of the above, 1,250 bales were to arrive. The following tables show the official quotations and sales for each day of the past week: UPLANDS. Sept. 27 to are NEW ORLEANS. Sat. Mon Toes Ordin’y.$tt> 97ic 9116 9916 9716 93i6 99,6 9716 93i6 9716 91.510 91316 9916 915i0 91*16 99ig lOLe 91316 10°16 103i6 915ie 105i6 103i6 915,6 10°16 iOiie 1O910 10716 103i6 10916 10716 103ie 10716 10316 lO^ie 109i6 10516 101 he 10»16 10&16 Strict Ord.. 91316 Good Ord.. 10%6 Str. G’d Ord 10?16 Low Midd’g 109i6 Str. L’wMid 10% Middling... 1078 Good Mm Ills Str. G’d Mid 113s .. Midd’g Fair 1178 Fair 125Q Wed Ordin’y.$k> 81516 Strict Ord. 95i6 Good Ord.. 9H16 Str. G’d Ord 91&16 Low Midd’g Idle Btr.L’w Mid 1014 Middling... 103s Good Mid.. 105q Str. G’d Mid 1078 Midd’g Fair 113s Fair 1218 Mon Tues Sat. 95i6 103s 1012 11 1034 1114 1134 12^ 11 lllo 107s 11 11 x4 1112 12 12 34 1214 Th. 10% 107e Ilia 1138 1178 125e Wed | Fri. 10*2 1078 10% 105s Urtg 11 1078 1118 llie 1114 11 kj 115s 12 Th. 113s 1178 12% ' 125Q 1238 Fri. Wed Th. 1012 105s 1078 1118 1158 123s Fri. 81516 8i5i6 91l0 9ii6 9*16 9ii6 9iie gh« 95,0 9516 97J6 9716 9716 9716 91*16 9Hl6 91*16 91*16 91*16 913,6 91&1R 91516 10116 lOiie 10116 101,6 10116 lOiie 10116 103i6 103i6 103,6 10%6 103ie 103,6 $#. IX 10% 1014 103s 1038 105s 107e 105g Hrts 1138 1218 113s 1218 STAINED. 1038 1012 1034 103s 10 ^3 11 11 Ills 1214 Ills 1214 1034 Sat. Good Ordinary Strict Good Ordinary Low Middling $ B>. 103s 1012 1034 1038 lO^l 10% 1038 10Lj 103s 1012 10% 11 lllo 11 1034 11 11 1112 12% llLj 1214 lllfl 1214 1214 Mon Tnes Wed 910 95g 10 9% 95g 978 Til 9is 9^ 918 9kj 10516 Fri. 9% 912 10316 9i5ie 913,0 9!3,6 913i6 109,« 107ifi T031b 101,6 10ii« 101,6 Middling 1,400 2,100 3.300 5,900 .... Cts. 9-97 9 98 9 99 Bales. 10-00 1001 10 02 ...10 03 10 04 3.600 1,800 Cts. 10-10 900 11 n 1,600 10-12 10 13 10-15 10-16 10-17 10-18 300 1,700 300 2,200 500 1005 1,400 1006 200 500 1,700 400 600 100...... 10 08 10 09 10*10 10-11 10-16 10-17 1,000 10-18 300 1,000 10-19 10 20 1,500 10-21 600 10 22 10-23 400. 700 400 For February. 10 09 The •07 MARKET AND SALES. 500. ,10-52 10 53 1054 10-55 1,000 10-34 400 100 400 200 600 10-35 10,400 SALES OF 8POT AND TRANSIT. Ex- j Conport.; sump. 431 182 Quiet at^adv.. 543 Quiet, quo. red. *8 Tues. Quiet at 14 dec’ne 406 Wed Steady at ^ dec.. 2,474 84S Thurs Steady. 503) 1,027 Fri. 950. 971 Easy. Sat.. Mon . Spec- Tran¬ ul’t’n sit. 278 .... • • • • • • • . 3,970! Total 3,977 .... .... m .... .... 350 .... m m 40,700 71,500 71,000 3,322 119,800 1,530 77,800 1,921 71,300 .... . .... Sales. 297 821 406 . m Deliv¬ eries. 2,800 7,900 8,000 8,100 1,400 1,200 8,297 452,100 29,400 For forward delivery the sales have reached during the week 452,109 bales (all middling or on the basis of middling), and the following is a statement of the sales and prices : For September. Bales. 800. Bales. Cts. 100 700 200 600 10-35 10r 6 10-37 10-38 10-39 10-40 10-41 1042 ... 200 700.... 600 600. £00 300 s.n. 29tlil044 800 10-44 200 s.n <9olil0-45 30-45 2,400... 10-46 1,000 400 10 47 100 10-49 300 s.n. .9tbl0 50 700 10-50 .... .. .... .... . Cts. 100 s.n.7th. 10-13 1013 . 5,900 4,600 10-14 500 s.D.3d..10-15 2,700 10-15 2.400 10-16 3,900 10-17 200 10-18 100 1019 100 s.n. 3d .10-20 100 s.n.-lihlO 20 1,100 10-20 10-21 ... 2,900. 10 23 30-24 300 8.n.3d..l0 25 8,400 10 25 4,800 10-26 1,600. 1,500 i ,200 3,000 . . id. .10 23 10,300 10-27 200 s.n.2d For October. 9-97 1,800 9-93 1,100 3.900 9-99. . . .. ... .... 19,500 17,100.... 11,000. 7,400 io-oo 10-01 1002 ... 10-04 10,000 .... 3,900 1005 10-06 ! 2,800 1,900 3,700... 5,200. 6,800. 5,700...: ... . . . .. .10-09 10-10 1011 1012 4,100 10,300 8,000 6,000. . 10-28 10-28 10-i9 10-30 10-31 3,300 200 400 ....10-03 12,100 1,1+00 4,209 1,500. 6,200 4,400 6,000 5,100 2,600. 2,700 . s.n. 10-32 500.... ... ... 209,900 9-88 9 89 . 5,600. 9-94 9-95 9-96 .. . 9-89 9-90 9 94 9-97 9-98 9 99 10*00 10-01 1002 10 04 1005 1009 1,100. 1,300..:. ->(M) Ifl'fiil 10-30 1 100 10-63 10-31 100 10-68 1011 1012 1004 700.... 3,300.... 1,100.... 2,400.... 1,500.... 10-16 8,400.... — 1018 For December. 100 10-44 10-45 10*46 500 fOO 10-47 900 10-48 10-49 10-50 10-51 200 200 For June. 10-63 lu-69 10-74 10-75 10 76 100 ..10-77 10-78 400 2,800 | : '10 pd. to exch. 100 Dec. for Jan.. The following will show the range of prices paid and the closing bid and asked, at 3 o’clock P. M., on the past week. for futures each day in Futures Saturday. Monday. Tuesday. Market. Irregular. Irregular. Lower. For Day. High. Closing. • 64,500 9 For January. 900.... 800.... 2,200.... For Day. Closing. For Day. Closing. Bid. Ask High. Low. Bid. Ask High. Low. Bid. Ask 10-34 36 10-4910-35 10-43 45 October 10-36-10-21 10-21 22 10-33-10-24 10-29 30 10-25-10-07 1010 — “ Low. Sept’b’r 10-50-10-34 10-45-10-40 10-18-10-13 10-16 1019-1013 1017 10-26-10 20 10-24 10-40-10*34 10-38 10-55-10-49 10-53 10-69-10-68 10-68 10-85-10-83 10-82 10 3 0 s.n. Nov’ber 10-20-1009 1010 Dec’ber 1016-10-11 1011 Jan’ry 10-24-1016 1017 Feb’ry.. 10-36- — 10-32 March 10-51-10-50 10-46 10-59 April... 10-72 May.... Tr. ord. 10^ to Closed. Eas 7* . . — — 18 35 48 63 76 17 18 25 40 55 70 85 10-34-10-28 1011- 9-98 10-13- 9-99 10-20-1006 10-32-10-18 10-50-10-33 10-63-10-49 10-80-10-65 9-98 1000 10*07 1019 10-33 10-46 Quiet, st eady. Thursday. Friday. Market. Variable. Variable. Easier. Day. Closing. For Day. — 08 20 35 49 10*62 65 Wednesday. For 99 101 0 Stea<iy* Futures Closing. For Day. Closing. High. Loxc. Bid. Ask High. Low. Bid. Ask High. Low. Bid. Ask October 10 14- 9-97 1014 - 1018-10-02 10-10 - 1005-1000 10 00 01 “ s.n. 10-25-1015 Nov’ber 9-96- 9-86 9-98 Dec’ber 10 00- 9-88 1001 Jan’ry. 1011- 9-98 10-11 Feb’ry. 10-19-1009 10-24 March.. 10-3310-24 10-37 April... 10-4610-40 10*51 May.... 10-56-10-52 10-64 June... 10-78-10-74 Tr. ord. 10 15 Strorig. Closed. 10-33- — 9 96- 9-90 9-98- 9-93 99 02 9-90 91 9-94 95 12 1007-1002 10*04 — 10 20-10 15 10-17 19 10-32-10-30 10-30 32 26 39 55 68 10-51-10-46 10-43 46 10-65-10-60 10-61 64 10-77-10-75 10*1 0 10-20-10-13 9-87- 9-82 9-89- 9-83 10 00- 9-94 9-83 — 9-84 85 9-94 — 10-13-10-09 1009 — 10-27-10-23 10-22 24 10-41-10-39 10-36 39 10-59-10-58 10-51 55 10-69-10-68 10-0 5 Easj7. Barely Sept, sold at 10-44c.^l<J-50c. s teady. op Cotton, as made up by cable and follows. telegraph, is as The Continental stocks are the figures of last Saturday, but the totals for Great Britain ar.d the afloat for the Continent are this week’s returns, and consequently brought down to Thursday evening; hence, to make the totals the complete figures for to-night (Oct. 3), we add the item of exports from the United States, including in it the exports of Friday only: Stock at Liverpool Stock at London 1879. 1878. 1877. 1876. 233,000 351,000 25,750 535,000 26,250 691,000 376,750 139,500 1,750 15,000 4,250 28,750 561,250 178,500 8,500 54,500 11,750 725,250 57.750 60,581 Total Great Britain stock 293,581 102,650 1,964 11,949 2,300 . Stock at Havre Stock at Marseilles 26,703 Total European stocks.. India cotton afloat for Europe. Amer’n cotton afloat for Eur’pe1 62,000 11,000 11,000 4,500 6,750 17,000 3,750 13,000 9,750 14,750 177,424 253,500 369,000 43a,250 471,005 930,250 : 1,160,500 130,000 240,000 28,000 55,000 42,250 8.928 630,250 140,000 56,000 10,000 298,831 231,703 17,039 12,000 24,640 56,209 Stock in United States ports 8tock in U. 6. interior ports... United Stales exports to-day.. 197,250 4,000 4,500 123,641 . 34,250 50,000 62,750 16,500 26,170 1,938 Total continental ports.... Total visible Of the above, follows: 12,000 ’ 30,500 17,000 157,526 16,408 1,000 18,000 295,074 31,920 6,000 supply 987,653 1,104,593 1,280,184 1,806,494 the totals of American and other descriptions are as <■ American— ... 2,000.... .......10 ... 78,700 10-85 in ... 700 ... 10-65 10-70 10-80 10-83 following exchanges have been made during the week pd. to exch. 500 Nov. for Jan. .. .. 500.... 300.... .10-64 . 4,100 10*28 Egypt,Brazil,&c.,aflt for E’r’pe1 100.... 100 500 10-41 1027 .. .. 600 800 ... . 900 300 100 200 100 ..10*42 .. TOO n*«8 .. 500. ... 1,800... 1,900 10-58 10-59 10-6O 10-40 100 1 10-55 10-56 1,200. 10 25 Stock at Hamburg Stock at Bremen Stock at Amsterdam Stock at Rotterdam Stock at Antwerp Stock at other conti’ntal ports. 2,700.... 2,800.... 3,800.... 2,000.... 700.... 100.... 100 100.... 400.... 500 300 200. 200. 200 300 200 200 2,000 1,200 10 26 • For May. 200.......... 10*52 10*39 '800 For March. 300 10-23 200 10-24 Stock at Barcelona 7,200.... ... 5,800 200 100 400 100 400 400 100 100 Cts .. ... 1,100 2,800.... 1,200. 4,800.... — 4,300.... 4,000. 1,700... 2,300.... 9-91 600 lOOs.n.lbthlO-33 2,600 10-33 100 s.n.2d.. 10-34 700 10-34 300 10 35 100 10-36 100 s.n. 1st. 10-40 100 s.n id.. 10-42 l(K)e.n.22d. 10-45 .... ... 2,500.... s.n. 1,400.... 5,000 1,100.. 9-85 1st.10-31 2d 10-33 s.n. Bales. 1,500.... 2,100.... .... 10-22 100 3,800 3,700 7,000 12,200 For November. Bales. Cts. 1,000 4,600 3,900 2,500 1,800 10-69 April. 1,200 1,300 100 Cts. 300 The Visible Supply FUTURES. Total. 72 .... For 100 10-39 10-40 1,000 Bales. ► 10-36 10 38 Short notices for the 29th SPOT MARKET CLOSED. 10-51 600 100 500 15,600 10-25 10 26 200 10-19 . 48,200 1,300 Cts. 10-32 1,000 10-33 400 ......V.. 10-34 100 10-46 300 10-48 400 10-49 900 10-50 300 10 20 10*22 10-29 10-32 ....10-24 700 Bales. 500 100 100 200. 1007 Mon. Tnes QJLe IOSq 1034 v,ooo... 1JKM* L000 TEXAS. Oct. 3. Sat. Bales. [VOL. XXIX. 14 Liverpool stock 86,000 84,000 Continental stocks American afloat for Europe.... United States stock United States interior stocks.. United States exports to-day.. Total American East Indian, Brazil, <tc.— Liverpool stock London stock Continental stocks ■“ - 56,209 194,000 190,000 56,000 298,831 231,703 17,039 12,000 24,640 12,000 270,000274,000 28,000 157,526 16,408 1,000 554,079 708,343 746,934= 983,994 147,000 157,000 265,000 383,000 60,581 25,750 26,250 34.25a 93,424 63,500 95,000 147,250 308,000 288,000 55,000 295,074 31,920 6,000' October THE CHRONICLE 4, 1879.] 361 ' 1879. 1878. 1877. Egypt, Brazil, &c., afloat 123,641 8,928 140,000 10,000 130,000 17,000 Total East India, &c Total American, 433,574 554,079 396,250 533,250 822.500 708,343 746,934 983,994 India afloat for Europe 1876. 240,000 18,000 Total visible supply Price Mid. Upl., Liverpool 987,653 1,104,593 1.280,184 1,806,494 6*cd. 6716d. 6^. 578(1. J3P One of our cable messages failed to reach us until too late for use last week, consequently the Bremen stock in our table was unchanged. The stock at Bremen was last week 26,634, and is this week 26,703, as above. J3F* Our Liverpool correspondent cabled us last week, but too late for insertion, that the deficit in American cotton found on the count of stock at Liverpool was “ discredited there.” We do not know his grounds for the statement, but know he would not cable it unless he believed he had sufficient grounds. The above figures indicate a decrease in the cotton in sight to¬ night of 116,940 bales as compared with the same date of 1878, a decrease of 292,531 bales as compared with the corresponding dae of 1877, and a decrease of 818,841 bales as compared with 1876. At the Interior Ports the movement—that is the and shipments for the week, and stocks receipts to-night, and for the corresponding week of 1878—is set out in detail in the following statement: Week ending Oct. 3, ’79. Receipts Sliipm’ts Augusta, Ga Columbus, Ga.... Macon, Ga Montgomery, Ala Selma, Ala Memphis, Tenn.. Nashville, Tenn.. 6,844 2,471 7,183 2,808 7,336 2,379 6,809 7,268 9,164 776 1,908 14 701 Total, old porta. 29,411 Dallas, Texas Jefferson, Tex.... Shreveport, La Week Stock. Receipts Shipm’ts Stock. 2,737 2,152 2,109 2,993 3,738 1,162 2.304 ending Oct. 4, ’78. 9,148 3,603 3,590 7,370 7,157 3,664 3,349 7,520 4,403 5,809 . . . . - .. . 4,525 2,346 3,560 6,476 5,596 729 2,148 1,305 675 1,403 28,554 17,039 30,830 26,763 24,640 ljj)7 o 1,083 1,418 400 663 1,605 137 1,345 416 1,819 333 .. 2,763 Vicksburg, Miss.. 3,349 1,692 1.586 748 4,375 1,400 3,427 311 1,695 640 710 433 2,503 1,060 300 300 4,081 2,205 4,296 2,419 2,861 2,031 4,840 Columbus, Miss.. Eufaula, Ala Griffin, Ga.fcsL). Atlanta, Ga Rome, Ga Charlotte, N. C... 994 2,091 500 5,748 3,087 1,853 21,377 1,473 1,704 362 16,323 1,326 17,934 1,441 2,712 8,381 2,401 Total, new p’rts 46,236 35,660 35,168 30,116 St. Louis, Mo Cincinnati, 0 117 297 .... 2,217 1,967 4,415 2,450 1,751 33 891 2,775 1,525 1,059 3,989 1,250 1,364 6,994 1,638 24,842 22,568 2,300 6,427 Total, all 64.214 75,647 52,207 60,946 51,610 47,208 The above totals show that the old interior stocks have increased during the week 857 bales, and are to-night 7,601 bales less than at the same period last year. The receipts at the ■ame towns have been 1,419 bales less than the same week last year. ' Receipts prom the Plantations.—The following table is prepared for the purpose of indicating the actual movement each week from the plantations. Receipts at the out ports are some¬ times misleading, as they are made up more largely one year than another, at the expense of the interior stocks. We reach, therefore/a safer conclusion through a comparative statement like the following: RECEIPTS PROM PLANTATIONS. Week ending— May 2 Receipts at the Ports. Stock 1877. 1878. 1879. 16,560 31,196 22,283 9...... 17,309 24,252 19,031 16 16,288 20,097 19,897 23 12,147 19,732 16,673 30 9,669 18,220 17,113 June 6 9,390 12,380 11,089 13 8,526 11,231 6,612 44 20 8,526 10,721 7,188 44 27 6,879 6,519 6,293 July 4 6,102 5,949 3,637 11 4,404 5,287 3,032 44 18 3,676 3,782 2,809 44 25 3,299 4,086 3,272 Aug. 1 2,691 3,671 2,503 8 2,102 3,069 3,945 44 15.....* 1,733 4,657 3,462 44 22 2,644 5,699 4,843 29 4,335 15,784 4,875 Sept. 5 5,885 26,750 13,920 44 12.'..... 12,109 47,431 30,054 4 19 22.345 74,355 76,933 26 43,128 98,863 127,729 Oct. 3 70,040 130,990 162,303 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 • at Inter’r Ports 1877. 1878. 1879. 107,534 97,696 86,376 79,009 67,786 57,509 52,154 45,769 35,811 32,077 28,997 27,979 25,361 22,472 21,574 19,118 17,600 16,278 16,449 16,272 15,104 20,510 29,720 75,550 65,770 56,433 46,305 39,025 34,154 29,315 23,287 21,240 19,675 18,033 15,494 12,527 11,005 8,346 6,238 5,999 6,593 9,979 18,971 78,962 71,546 59,249 51,429 42,198 37,570 32,429 29,306 25,223 22,388 20,691 15,528 14,410 13,966 13,049 11,477 7,463 7,301 9,598 14,563 23,896 40,774 52,207 26,377 37,872 47,208 Rec’ptsfrom Plant’ns 1877. 7,020 7,471 4,968 4,780 • • • . .... 3,171 2,141 ,,,, 2,368 1,324 2,658 681 • • • . 1,204 • • • • 1,126 3,013 6,056 11,932 21,177 48,534 79,250 The above statement shows— 1878. 1879. 17,604 14,472 13/51 11,615 7,600 10,760 9.604 10,940 7,509 6,392 4,693 4,832 4,384 3,645 1,243 1,119 2,149 410 8,853 7,882 6,461 1,471 4,065 2,210 802 1,335 2,154 2,059 3,028 1,890 2,549 5,460 829 16,378 4,713 30,136 16,217 56,423 35,019 81,761 86.266 110,358 144,607 140,326 173,736 1. That the total receipts from the plantations since Sept. 1 in 1879 were 455,845 bales; in 1878 were 419,004 bales; in 1877 were 166,949 bales. 2. That the receipts at the out ports the past week were 162,303 bales and the actual movement from plantations week, the rainfall reaching twenty-three hundredths of an inch. A good rain is generally Deeded. The country is much discour¬ aged by the decline in prices. The thermometer has averaged 79, the extreme range being 72 to 85. The rainfall for the month of September is one inch and forty-seven hundredths. Indianola, Texas.—There have been sprinkles here on three days of the week, the rainfall aggregating twenty-five hun¬ dredths of an inch. We hear rumors of the appearance of cater¬ pillars, but think them of little importance, it being too late for harm. Average thermometer 79, highest 86 and lowest 73. We have had a rainfall during the month of seven inches and twen¬ ty-one hundredths. Cor sic ma, Texas.—It has rained on two days of the week, wel¬ come but insufficient, the rainfall reaching one inch and fiftynine hundredths. Wheat planting will now begin. Average tliermom-ter 79, Highest 92 and lowest 63. The rainfall for September is ninety-one hundredths of an inch. Dallas, Texas.—Rain has fallen during the week on two days, but not enough to do much good, and the ground is deplorably dry. The thermometer has ranged from 63 to 92, averaging 79. The rainfall for the past week is forty-three hundredths of an inch, and for the month of September forty-five hundredths of an inch. Brenham, Texas.—The weather during the week has been warm and dry. No rain has fallen, and the drought is terrible. The extreme range of the thermometer for the week is 63 to 90, and the average 77. There has been a rainfall during the past month of fifty hundredths of an inch. New Orleans, Louisiana.—We have had showers during the week on two days, the rainfall reaching ninety-nine hundredths of an inch. The thermometer has averaged 77. The rainfall for the month of September is three inches and fifteen hundredths. Shreveport, Louisiana.—The weather during the week has been fair and pleasant, the thermometer averaging 75 and ranging from 63 to 88. The rainfall has reached eighteen hundredths of an inch. Vicksburg, Mississippi.—It has rained during the week on only day. The weather has been very propitious and picking is proceeding actively. Columbus, Mississippi.— The father during the week has been warm and dry, rain having fallen on only one day, and that very slight. The thermometer has averaged 78, the highest being 83 one , and the lowest 73. The rainfall for the week is ten hundredths of an inch, and for the month of thirty-seven hundredths. September three inches and Little Bock, Arkansas.—Telegram not received. Nashville, 'Tennessee.—We have had warm, dry weather during the week, the thermometer averaging 70, and ranging from 42 to 87. Picking is progressing finely. Memphis, Tennessee.—There has been no rainfall at this point since the 1st of September. The theimometer has averaged 73 during the week, the highest point touched having been 92, and the lowest 56. Last week the thermometer averaged 67, with a range of 52 to 84. We are still quarantined, and planters are holding on to their crop mostly. Mobile, Alabama.—It has rained during the week on three days, but the rainfaT was too small to measure. Picking is making rapid progress, about one-half the crop having now been gathered. The thermometer has averaged 76, ranging from 63 to 90. The rainfall during September has reached one inch and thirty-eight hundredths. Montgomery, Alabama.—The weather the past week has been warm and dry, no rain having fallen. Crop accounts are more favorable, and picking is making rapid, progress. Planters are sending their crop to market freely. Our correspondent states that the continued fine weather causes a general tendency to increase crop estimates materially. Average thermometer 74, highest 88, and lowest 54. There has been a rainfall during the past month of one inch and twelve hundredths. Stlma, Alabama.'—There has been no rainfall during the week, the weather having been warm and dry. Picking is progressing finely, and cotton is being forwarded freely. Madison, Florida.—Thi weather during the week has been warm and dry. The thermometer has ranged from 50 to 92, averaging 71. Caterpillars are reported everywhere and doing great damage. Macon, Georgia.—Telegram not received. Columbus, Georgia.—We have had rain this week, but not enough to do much good. Picking is progressing finely. The thermometer has averaged 80. There has been a rainfall during the month of one inch and sixty-one hundredths. Savannah, Georgia.—It has rained on one day the past week, the rainfall reaching one hundredth of an inch, the balance of the week having been pleasant. The thermometer has ranged from 55 to 83, averaging 71. Augusta, Georgia.—The weather has been warm and dry during the week, and accounts are favorable. Picking is pro¬ gressing finely, and planters are sending cotton to market freely. Average thermometer 71, highest 84, and lowest 51. The rain¬ fall for the month of September is four and forty-six hundredths inches. ; Charleston, South Carolina.—There has been no rainfall the past week. The thermometer has averaged 71, the highest being 82 and the lowest 54. 173,736 bales; the balance being added to stocks at the in¬ The following statement we have also received by telegraph, terior ports. Last year the receipts from the plantations for the showing the height of the rivers at the points named at 3 o’clock same week were 140,326 bales, and for 1877 they were 79,250 bales. Oct. 2, 1879, and Oct. 3, 1878. •' Weather Reports by Telegraph.—The weather Oct. 2, ’79. Oct. 3/78. during the Feet. Inch. Feet. Inch. past week has been in general very favorable for developing and New Orleans Below high-water mark 13 2 1 2 gathering cotton. The crop is, therefore, being secured in good Memphis Above low-water mark... 2 3 7 5 Nashville Above low-water condition. • .. mark... Galveston, Texas,—"We have had .drizzles ■ J0> on four days the past Shreveport Vicksburg Above low-water mark... Above low-water mark... 0 2 6 8 5 7 0 1 6 11 Missing. CHRONICLE, THE 362 Comparative Port Receipts and Daily Crop Movement.— A comparison of the port movement by weeks is not accurate, as the weeks in different years do not end on the same day of the month. We have consequently added to our other standing tables a daily and monthly statement, that the reader may con¬ stantly have before him the data for seeing the exact relative named. First we give the receipts at each port each day of the week ending to-night. movement for the years 'PORT RECEIPTS PROM New of Or¬ we*k leans. D’ye Bat. Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri.. 4,453 4,878 9,546 2,367 3,668 5,668 Mobile. | SATURDAY, SEPT. 27, ’79, TO FRIDAY, OCT. 3, '79. Char- Savan¬ nah. jleston. 5,297 6,090 6,266 5,658 5,425 6,750 l,354j 3,502 4,325' 5,106 2,005j 3,648 3,329 1,633 2,046j Galvest’n. 2,782 2,871 2,694 2,509 5,931 1,888 3,232 1,867 2,113’ Nor¬ folk. Wil¬ movement each month Year Monthly Receipts. 1879. Bept’mb’r 333,643 Total ton. 2,742 995 2,593 4,570 470 899 2,124 1,838 1,978 2,257 3,302 3,355 214 946 508 2,221 30,800 20,785 21,495 508 11,882 35,016 Tot.. 30,580 14,692 20,603 35,486 17,540 18,819 The All ming¬ others. 22,976 31,231 3,594 20,989 162,303 since Sept. 1 has been as follows: Beginning September 1. 1878. 1877. 288,848 1876. 95,272 236,868 1875. 1874. 169,077 134,376 Pero'tage of tot. port receipts Sept. 30.. 06-49 02*19 05-87 This statement shows that up to 0403 03-81 Sept. 30 the receipts at the ports this year were 44,795 bales more than in 1878 and 233,371 Vales more at the than time in 1877. By adding to the to Sept. 30 the daily receipts since that time, 'we to reach an exact comparison of the movement for same nbove totals shall be able the different years. the tendency was upwards, until middling uplands touched 6%cl„ on the spot and 6 23-32d. for near deliveries, or %d. to 7-16d. advance in the twelve days. Spinners bought freely to cover orders taken iu Manchester, where more had been doing than had appeared on the surface. The upward movement was stimulated also by the advance at New York and by the grow¬ ing strength of the statistical position. The most sanguine views were entertained as to the future, and 7d. was considered to be close at hand. On the 26th there was a pause, owing to an unexpected reaction at New York, and futures lost 3?d. ; spot cotton was also the turn in favor of buyers. But on the 27th and 28th the fall was more than recovered, middling touching 6 13-16d. on the spot and 6 25-32d. for distant futures. The rise, however, was beginning to check business in Man¬ chester. The trade demand, therefore, fell off. Simultaneously a complete breakdown took place at New York, prices there giving way %e. for spot and ll-16c. for near deliveries between the 28th August and 1st September. Holders here, therefore, lost confidence, speculators became less sanguine, and prices gave way l-16d. to Ysd. on the spot and 3-16d. to 7-32a. for futures between the 28th August and 2d September. The decline led to more inquiry from buyers, especially as New York became firmer. Between the 2d and 5th September, therefore, a good business was done, spot prices regained the whole of the fall just quoted, and futures recovered l-16d. to x/s&. Since the 5th inst. the market has been very firm, with a good business doing, and prices have gained l-16d. on the spot and l-32d. to l-16d. for futures. The following are the principal fluctuations in middling on the spot and for future delivery since the date of our last report: Aug. “ “ “ 44 44 1878. 1877. 1876. • Sept. 1.... * 2.... 3,490 1,848 * 3.... 1,331 44 4.... 44 5.... 2,264 4,927 2,104 44 6.... 44 7.... - S. S. 5,708 4,051 1,246 4,799 616 4,224 1,008 7,116 4,108 * 8.... 5,454 S. 44 9.... 44 10.... 13,115 7,341 * 11.... 5,124 4,878 4,858 44 12.... 44 13.... 7,636 7,069 14.... 15.... S. 6,258 7,982 8,537 10,714 15,628 S. 44 44 44 12,215 12,995 14,071 14,955 17,082 16.... 44 17.... 44 18.... 44 19.... 44 20.... 15,127 10,425 10,032 11,125 44 21 S. 16,933 11,302 44 22.... 26,420 8. 44 23.... 44 24.... 23,729 21,382 19,141 19,975 22,976 17,905 18,579 13,584 13,814 23,679 18,016 ... 44 25.... 44 26.... 44 27.... 44 28.... 44 29 S. 30.... 31,231 30,800 TotSp. 30 333,643 Oct. 1.... 20,785 21,495 35,016 44 ... 44 2.... 44 3.... 410,939 Percentage of total p’rfc reo'pts Oct. 3. Tota’ 408 1,918 1,691 S. S. 4,630 2,996 3,414 3,111 3,982 754 1,701 1,655 S. 4,708 S. 3,085 1,398 3,108 1,664 8,923 4,788 7,752 6,085 7,899 7,538 2,524 2,459 S. 5,063 4,109 3,555 2,735 6,340 4,049 S. 13,925 10,417 S. 1874. 1875. 1,064 1,380 1,734 8. 2,145 3,764 S. 3,228 3,390 1,957 1,841 2,746 3,423 3,214 3,116 3,621 3,928 3,137 S. 6,209 5,327 S. 9,876 6,821 12,112 13,538 8,173 8,149 9,470 S. 10,015 5,543 20,015 10,109 13,011 14,978 14,421 17,315 S. 7,922 6,254 10,156 8,450 24,374 S. 15,094 95,272 13,941 9,741 12,179 236,868 353,267 131,133 263,203 07-94 0301 S. 30,714 15,621 0701 8. 7,119 6,512 5,417 5,404 8,845 288,848 23,599 23,263 17,537 1,682 1,407 10,364 19,662 1,265 1,075 1,615 S. 12,485 11,978 12,820 169,077 14,531 12,096 S. 195,704 5,642 5,176 3,921 3,842 6,225 6,641 04-67 04-80 received Oct. 3 in each of the years named. for August.—We are in re¬ ceipt of Messrs. Ellison & Co.’s cotton report, dated September 9, and make the following extracts from it: COURSE OF 2 9.... .... ... 6°i6 6°i6 6^32 67i6 61 6*2 6*4 ... ... 638 6% 6y32 62332 6% 6-u32 6932 62532 61ie 6'l6 6°18 6?16 6yl6 6 130 6^32 6**32" 613le ... .... .... 63± 678 — — Oct. 6^32 658 Nov.- Dec.Jan. Dee. 53l32 6332 51&16 6932 618 614 6*32 6032 ' 53132 6*16 6-y32 6732 6332 6316 6 Jan.Feb. — tk* 6 *32 63s» 6316 6 6330 The changes in spot cotton for the month comprise an advance of 9-16d. to$4d. in American, Y&. to %&. in Brazil, and %&. to to %d. in East Indian, but a decline of %d. in brown, and %d. in white, Egyptian. “ Futures” have advanced 13-3id. for Sept.-Oct.* %d. for Oct.-Nov., and 5-32d. to 3-16d. for the more distant positions. The present prices of middling American on the spot and for December delivery, and good fair Pernam, brown Egyptian, Broach, Dhollera and Bengal compare as follows with those of last year: ^-American.—s 1879 1878 Advance... Decline..... Spot. 67a 6*2 38 — Pernam. Egypt. Broach. Dec. 618 6316 — *16 COURSE OF THE MANCHESTER 718 7*8 8 5*8 8*2 5yi(} 5*316 5*2 —’ — Dhollera. Beng. 1i6 *2 — 4% 5*8 126 % MARKET, AUGUST 9 TO SEPTEMBER 9. The low prices current during the second week in August led to a decidedly improved demand for all kinds of yarns and piece goods, and a much larger business was done than appeared S. 10,421 on the surface at the time. Stocks were considerably reduced, and spinners and manufacturers were placed somewhat largely 6,542 under contract for forward delivery. The result was an increased 7,521 business in Liverpool and an important advance in prices both 6,682 there and in Manchester. The upward movement made further 8,946 8,495 progress (with slight interruptions) during the subsequent fort¬ night, until an advance was established upon the previous cur¬ S. rent prices of %d. to %d. in cotton, %d. to %d. in yam, an<J 3d. 13,046 to 4^d. per piece in 8% lb. shirtings. The rise led to more cir¬ 7,102 9,821 cumspection on the part of buyers, especially as, although cot¬ ton on the spot and for near delivery rose to 6%d., November 134,376 to January deliveries were offered at %d. to %d. below that 10,714 figure. During the past week the business has been on a 10,511 restricted scale, but as producers are still working upon unex¬ 12,251 pired contracts, prices have remained pretty steady. Here and there a concession has been made from the previous highest 167,852 rates; but there is no general quotable change. The stocks of This statement shows that the receipts since Sept. 1 up to to-night are now 57,672 bales more than they were to the same day of the month in 1878, and 279,806 bales more than they were'to the same day of the month in 1877. We add to the last table the percentages of total port receipts which had been Ellison & Co.’s Cotton Report “ 9 11.... 13 25.... 26.... 28.... Oct.Nov. Sept.- Aug.Sept. 6516 Spot. Sept. 1879. fVoL. XXIX. THE' LIVERPOOL MARKET, AUGUST 9 TO SEPTEMBER 9. yams and goods throughout the world are smaller than they have been for a number of years past, and the present curtailed out-turn of the mills will lead to a still further depletion. The foundations of a prosperous trade for the new season are there¬ fore being laid, and our millowners are naturally looking for a distinct improvement when the present exceptional “squeeze” for the raw material shall have passed away. To-day the tone is firm at the highest prices of the month, but buyers are oper¬ ating very sparingly, owing to the extreme rates demanded by producers. MOVEMENTS DURING THE SEASON, OCTOBER 1 TO AUGUST 31. The deliveries to English and continental consumers during the first eleven montns of the season have been as follows, report was dated 11th August. The market had compared with the figures for the corresponding months of last depressed during the previous week, but there were season: Great Britain.——n ■Continent. signs of improvement on the 9th nit. These became more 1878-9. 1877-8. 1878-9. 1877-8. decided on the 11th, and prices gained %d. per lb., owing to the 2,585,060 2,330,210 2,294,820 increased demand from spinners to cover orders taken m Man¬ Number of bales... 2,356,410 440 437 428 430 Av’ge weight (lbs.)., Our last Veen very ,— chester. On the 12th and 13th the demand subsided; the was pre¬ -v Total weight (lbs.)l,036,820,400 1,129,671,220 997,329,880 986,772,600 mature, and, with lower quotations from New York, prices lost The rate of consumption in Great Britain during the last four l-16d. to Ysd. on the spot and 3-32d. to 3-16d. for futures. On weeks was probably about 49,000 to 50,000 bales of 400 lbs. (or the 14th the demand again increased, and thence to the 25th a 45,000 of 440 lbs.) per week, or a total of 79,200,000 lbs., which, large business was done at almost continuously hardening added to the 953,700,700 lbs. consumed during the previous ten prices. At times there were slight fluctuations in futures; but months, would give a total of 1,032,900,700 lbs. as the weight of impression became general that the improvement October 4, ■ cotton spun season week, THE CHRONICLE 1979.] during the first eleven months of the season. Last increase in the shipments of 1,003 bales, and the shipments since bales of 400 lbs. per January 1 show a decrease of 110,000 bales. The movement at the consumption was about 58,000 or a total of 1,113,600,000 lbs. The rate of consumption on the Continent has averaged about 49,000 bales of 400 lbs. per week this season, against 48,000 bales last, or a total of 940,800,000 lbs., against 921,600,000 lbs. On the basis of the foregoing calculations, the movements have been as follows this season compared with last. The stock on hand on 1st October is the surplus shown in our Autumn annual: / Great Britain. 1878-9. 1877-8. Lbs. Lbs. Surpl. st’k, Oct 1. 13,800,000 13,800,000 Dels, to Aug. 31.1,036,820,400 1,129,671,220 Supply >, Continent. 1878-9. 1877-8. Lbs. v Lbs. 30,550,000 5,308,000 997,329,880 986,772,600 1,050,620,400 1,143,471,220 1,027,879,880 992,140,600 940,800,000 921,600,000 Cons, in 48 w’ks.1,032,900,700 1,113,600,000 Surplus, Aug.31. In bTs of 400 lbs 17,719,700 44,000 29,871,220 ' 74,000 87,079,880 217,000 70,540,600 176,000 English spinners, therefore, hold 30,000 bales less, and Conti¬ nental spinners 41,000 bales more, than at this time last year, being a net excess of 11,000 bales, which, deducted from the decrease of 107,000 bales in the visible supply, makes a net deficit of 96,000 bales. There was some reduction in the rate of consumption on the Continent in the last two or three months of the and it is just possible that the interior stocks season Calcutta, Madras, Tuticorin, Car war, &c., for the has been as follows. were tinent. same week and years CALCUTTA, MADRAS, TUTICORIN, CARWAR, RANGOON AND KURRACHR*. Shipments this week. Year. Conti¬ Great Britain. 1879 1878. 1877 1876..:..... 1,000 8,000 , 4,000 Shipments since January 1. Great Britain. Total. nent. 2,000 1,000 3,000 9,000 i',000 5,000 Conti¬ nent. 237,000 122,000 79,000 125,000 Total. 127,000 59,000 51,000 88,000 364,000 181,000 130,000 213,000 The above totals for this week show that the movement from the ports other than Bombay is 6,000 bales less than same week of last year. For the whole of India, therefore, the total shipments this week and since January 1, 1879, and for the corresponding weeks and periods of the two previous years, are follows. as EXPORTS TO EUROPE FROM ALL INDIA. 1879. Shipments to all Europe from— This week. Bombay 6,000 3,000 All other ports. Total 1878. Since Jan. 1. last larger than 176,000 bales. The difference would not be very important, perhaps ; but for all practical purposes it may be assumed that the “ invisible ” stock in all Europe differs very little from that of last year, and that the deficit in the “ visible ” supply, 107,000 bales, is the real deficit for Great Britain and the Con¬ year, 363 9,000 This week. 1877. Since Jan. 1. This week. 596,000 364,000 5,000 9,000 706,000 181,000 960,000 14,000 887,000 Since Jan. 1. 3,000 787,000 130,000 3,000 917,000 This last statement affords a very interesting comparison of the total movement for the week ending Oct. 2, and for the three years up to , that date, at all India ports. Alexandria Receipts and Shipments.—Through arrange¬ ments we have made with Messrs. Davies, Benachi & Co., of Liverpool and Alexandria, we shall hereafter receive a weekly report of 9th July, we explained that the estimated cable of the movements of cotton at Alexandria, Egypt. The consumption for last season was increased, owing to the average following are the receipts and shipments the past week, and for weight of the bales delivered Laving been heavier than we had the corresponding weeks of the previous two years. calculated upon. As the present season’s estimated consump¬ tion had been arrived at from month to month, partly by com¬ Alexandria, Egypt, 1879. 1878. 1877. Oct. 2. parison with the movements each preceding month back to last season, the alteration in last year’s figures necessitated some alteration in this year’s. Accordingly, about 1,000 bales per Receipts (cantars*)— This week 55,000 20,000 28,000 week, were added to the estimated consumption between the Since Sept. It— 85,000 39,000 100,000 ^nd of September and the end of MayJ The whole of this This Since This Since This addition appears in the figures published :on 9tli July. Hence Since week Sept. 1. week Sept. 1. week Sept. 1. (in part) the large reduction in the surplus stocks held by spinners between the end of May and the close of June, as Exports (bales)— To Liverpool given in our reports of 10th June and 9th July. We give this \ 2,710 5,606 1,000 10,000 2,000 7,500 explanation in reply to inquiries.] To Continent 166 438 3,000 1,000 1,800 [In our ■> prospects. , So far as the immediate future is concerned, the the market is one of great strength. The stock in position of Liverpool Friday last was only 378,000 bales, or 140,000 less than twelve months previously, the deficit in American alone be 154,000 on bales. There is a little more American afloat than at this time last year, but there is considerably less East Indian. In all like¬ lihood the import between now and the middle of November will be less than in the corresponding period of last year, when it amounted to 340,000 bales, including 200,000 American. It is Total 2,876 Europe 6,044 1,000 13,000 3,000 9,300 * A cantar is 98 lbs. t There was an error in our figures of last week. The receipts should have been 23,500, and the exports 1,246 to Liverpool and 272 to the Continent. We have corrected our totals accordingly. This statement shows that the receipts the past week have been 55,000 cantars, and the shipments to all Europe 2,876 bales. We have this week received by mail the Alexandria crop statement of Messrs Davies, Benachi & Co. for the year ending absolutely certain, therefore, that the present rate of consump¬ September 1. It is as follows. It will be noticed that the totals tion (reduced as it is to 45,000 bales per week) must be further agree precisely with the figures received by us by cable and curtailed during the coming eight or ten weeks. At the given just a month ago. moment there are no signs of any measures being taken to For year ending Sept. 1— bring about this necessary equilibrium between supply and con¬ 1879. 1878. sumption, and the only question is—What price will compel a Receipts (cantars) resort to extended “ short time?” 1,667,500 Touching the more remote future, present indications point good supply of the raw material and an extended demand for yarns and goods. The American crop promises to to both a reach about the same India and as the last one, and it is expected that Exports (bales)—To Liverpool 2,593,670 173.817 To France and Spain 240,101 106,739 253,942 408,132 Other, Continent Total exports (bales) . 37,436 42,689 61,292 Egypt will jointly export about 400,000 bales more Manchester Market.—Our market report received from than last season. This increased prospective supply, however, Manchester to-day (Oct. 3) states that the market is one-sixteenth is fully counterbalanced by the reduction which has taken place in the stocks of cotton and cotton goods throughout the higher, but the advance is reluctantly paid, and little business is doing. We leave previous weeks’ prices for comparison. world, which are at present smaller than for many years past. This fact, and the restricted business which will be enforced by small supplies during the coming two months, will lead to a greatly increased demand for yarns and goods simultaneously with the free import of the new crop, and prevent tie repetition of anything approaching the low prices touched last winter. So soon as the present “ squeeze” is over, we look for a sounder business, steadier prices, and less violent fluctuations than have been witnessed during the past season. India Cotton Movement from all Ports.—The figures which are now collected for us, and forwarded by cable each Friday, of the shipments from Calcutta, Madras, Tuticorin, Carwar, &c., enable us, in connection with our previously-received report from Bombay, to furnish our readers with a full and complete India movement for each week. We first give the Bombay statement for the week and year, bringing the figures down to October 2. BOMBAY RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS FOR FOUR YEARS. Shipments this week Shipments since Jan. 1. Year Great Conti¬ Great Brit’n. nent. Total. Britain. 1879 1878 1877 1876 6,000 6,000 4,000 5,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 11,000 14,000 1,000 Conti¬ nent. Total. 249,000 347,000 310.000 396,000 596,000 706,000 376,000 411,000 787,000 924,000 551,000 373,000 Receipts. This Week. 7,000 5,000 2,000 Since Jan. 1. 799,000 863,000 998,000 7,000 1.010,000 1879. 32s d. a tt a a Sept. U €i <« Oct. 8% 8% 15 834 22 8% 1 8 29 5 12 19 26 3 d. Cott’n Mid. 8*4 lbs. Cop. Twist. Aug. 1878. Shirtings. s. d. 8. <a>9% 6 1 *2@7 @9*4 6 1*2 3>7 @9*4 6 1*2@7 @938 6 1*23)7 @9*2 6 3 @7 @9*2 6 3 @7 @9*2 6 3 @7 @9*2 6 3 @7 @9*2 6 3 @7 87s 8?fl 878 87fl 87S 815ib@7ib 6 3 @7 Uphls d. d. 4*2 4*2 4*2 4*2 6^16 6 6 6 6 6 6 65, B 63s 69ib 61316 6*31fi 6*316 6^8 65s 65s 32s Cop. 8*4 lbs. Twist. Shirtings. d. d. s. 9 v@95s 6 878@9*2 6 878/S)9*2 6 878^9*2 6 834:3)938 6 8%@93s 6 8 *2® 9 *4 5 S*2'®9*8 5 5 «3s@9 5 83s'3)9 d. s. 4*2'S>8 4*2@8 3 @8 1*2®8 1*2@8 1*2@8 9 9 9 9 Cott*n. Mid. Uplda d. d. 4*2 .4*2 60s 3 1*2 0 0 9 9 '3)7 @7 @7 7*2 @7 7*2 69j« 6il,a 6Hia 6*9 67ia 6?, * Gunny Bags, Bagging, since our last and but little &c.—Bagging has been rather quiet change is to be noted. Prices con¬ tinue steady, with - holders now quoting 8|@9c. for 1£ lbs., 9fc. for 2 lbs., and 10^c. for standard qualities. Butts have ruled very firm, with an increased activity. There have been sales of 4,000 bales to arrive at Boston, at a private price, and 1,500 bales on spot at 2 9-16@2 ll-16c. There have been no arrivals since our last, and the loss of the ship Philosopher, from Cal¬ Boston, with 4,000 bales, is reported. The close is very strong, holders asking 2 9-16@2fc., the higher figure for prim© spinning grades. cutta to According to the foregoing, Bombay appears to show an increase The Exports of Cotton from New York this week show an compared with last year in the week’s receipts of 2,000 bales and an increase, as compared with last week, the total reaching 25 740 364 THE CHRONICLE. bales, against 12,093 bales last week. Below we give our usual shewing the exports of cotton from New York, and their direction, for each of the last four weeks; also the total exports and direction since Sept. 1, 1879, and in the last column the total for the same period of the previous year. Liverpool.—By cable from Liverpool, table Exports Week Exported to— Liverpool. Total Sept. Sept. Oct. 10. 17. 24. 1. 4,814 Havre Other French ports 130 Total French 130 350, 1,000 9,413 11,666 21,248 51,623 21,611 4,274 387 916 407 916 Bremen and Hanover North. Europe 2,510 24,611 2,510 4,274 20 600 620 i‘,382 1,382 Spot. 2,002 Market 12:30 r Firm. Mid. Upl’ds Mid. Orl’ns. 0ni6 613i6 20 1,982 38 305 305 All other Spain, &c. Grand The Following N. Orl’ans Texas.... Savannah Mobile Florida... S.Carolina N.Car’lina Receipts are the of 57,899 25,303 Cotton at New York, 47,000 4,000 27,000 6,000 1,000 341,000 48,000 2,000 37,000 4,000 2,000 246,000 321,000 287,000 233,000 205,000 187,000 17,000 9,000 86,000 32,000 20,000 3,000 600 118,000 4,000 115,000 26,000 96,000 159,000 17,000 11,000 8,000 119,000 32.000 42.000 11,000 4.000 6,000 Advanc¬ ing Flat and Easier. tendency. New York. Boston. This Since This week. Sept. 1. week. 12,401 23,866 26,891 1,398 4,969 8,567 7,673 Philadelphia. | Since This Since Sept. 1. week. Sept.l. 2,367 846 1,834 116 657 6,752 3,272 15,778 Virginia.. 16,238 168 Nortli.p’ts Tenm, &c. 7,140 27,562 1,502 9,278 5,272 692 ”993 2,687 1,580 5,380 4,144 1,000 31,000 3,000 3,000 118,000 6l3ie 61°ie 613i6 61516 10,000 2,000 8,000 1,000 irregular. 65q Easier. Friday. Very flat, 65g 6k» 0l3i6 01316 6Hi6 This week. | Since 8,000 1,000 8,000 1,000 1,394 2,809 463 399 485 2,106 2,585 6,357j 12,S84j 1,515 2,960 3,963 6,278 Last year. 33.528 105,762 5,769 14.143! 1.277 5,564 649 8.332 Shipping News.—The exports of cotton from the United States the past week, as per latest mail returns, have reached 32,669 bales. So far as the Southern ports are concerned, these are the same exports reported by telegraph, and published in The Chronicle, last Friday. YVith regard to New York, we include the manifests of all vessels cleared up Wednesday to Total bales. New York—To Liverpool, per steamers Abyssinia, 2,765 Arizona, 3,320 Celtic, 858 England, 1,972 Macgregor, 350 Adirondack, 3,628 City of Brussels, 1,668 Mary Tatham, 2,240 Olbers, 2,851 per ship 6,000 1,000 Quiet i and P. M. Weak. Steady. steady. Firmer. Flat. weaker. The actual sales of futures at Liverpool, for the same week, are given below. These sales are on the basis of Uplands, Low Middling clause, unless otherwise stated. Saturday. Sept. 1. This year. 54,895 123,432 night of this week. 1,000 5 1,126 225 7.000 Spec. & exp. Futures. Baltimore. 669 .. Sales Market, Sept ... Foreign 39,000 Oct. 3. 5 P. M. 10,329 12,093 25,740 Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore for the past week, and since September 1, 1879: from— 48,000 4,000 34,000 6,000 Sept. 26. Market, 14,944 TOTAL Receipts Sept. 19. Saturday Monday. Tuesday. Wedn’sdy Thursd’y ■4 S] Spain, Op’rto, Gibralt’r, &c Total have the following 51.000 The tone of the Liverpool market for spots and futures each dav of the week ending Oct 3, and the daily closing prices of spot cotton, have been as follows: 407. Other ports to .... year. 50,273 1,350 Hamburg Total Total to period date. previ’us 9,413 11,316 20,248 | Great Britain to Sept. 12. Sales of the week bales. Forwarded Sales American Of which exporters took Of which speculators took.. Total stock actual Estimated Of which American actual Estimated Total import of the week.. Of which American: Actual export Amount afloat Of which American Same Sept. 4,814 Other British ports ending— we statement of the week’s sales, stocks, &c., at that port : Cotton (bales) from New York since Sept. 1. 1879. of [VOL. XXIX. Delivery. d. 62132® Hi 6 ®2332®% Sept.-Oct.638®133o®7l6 Delivery. d. 6I32® ii6 Nov.-Dee -'.5io16 Oct.-Nov Sept Delivery. d. .62332 5io16 Feb.-Mar Monday. T)pIivpvu Delivery. Delivery. Sept.. 634®2530'a)13lr) Nov.-Dee 53I32 Sept.... 62632/® ^t'g)2332 ® .32® i316 Feb.-Mar 53i32 Sept.-Oct 67ie Sept.-Oct. 6?16®i 032 ® *2 Sept.-Oct 6i532 Oct.-Nov 61i6 Oct.-Nov. 61i6®332 Mar.-Apr 6®53i32 Nov.-Dee 6i5ie Tuesday. Sept Deliver)/. 6%®2332 ® Hl6®2l32 Delivery.. Nov.-Dee 51516 Oct.-Nov Nov.-Dee Dec.-Jan Sept.-Oct... 61532®716 /@1332 Oct.-Nov 6116 ® 132 Sept.-Oct 6 578 57s 638'®ii32 Delivery. Sept.-Oct 6^16 53i32 52732 Oct.-Nov Nov.-Dec Jan.-Feb 578 Mar.-Apr 52932 Delivery. Mar.-April 57s Oct.-Nov 6232 5io16 Wednesday. Delivery. Oct Oct.-Nov 6^32 ®J4 515it®2y32 Nov.-Dee.. .52732®is16 Delivery. Dec.-Jan Jan.-Feb Feb.-Mar 52532 5i316 5i316 Oct Thursday. Delivery. Glenesk, 596 20,248 Hull, per steamer Lepanto, 500 500 Glasgow, per steamer Mikado, 500 500 Havre, per steamers Freja, 700 Amerique, 318 Ganges, 1,492 2,510 To Bremen, per steamer Rhein, 600 600 To Antwerp, per steamer Henry Edye, 1,382 1,382 New Orleans—To Liverpool, per steamers Iihuriel, 2,350 Warrior, 1,806 4,156 Wilmington—To Continent, per 142 142 Baltimore—To Liverpool, per steamers Caspian, 97 and 47 bags Espanol, 1,255 1,399 Boston—To Liverpool, per steamers Batavia, 140 Brazilian, 132 Illyrian, 860 Minnesota, 100 1,232 To To To Oct .....6113o'®6],(3 Oct.-Nov 53132 ® 1°I6 Dec.-Jau 5is16 • Mar.-Apr Delivery. Nov.-Dec Jan.-Feb Feb.-Mar 57s 5i316 5i3lc 52732 Delivery. Oct.-Nov Feb.-Mar Mar.-Apr .52932 5i316 --52732 .. Friday. Delivery. Oct Oct.-Nov Nov.-Dee Delivery. ’5 34 ® 2532 6^32 Dec.-Jan 578 May-June 52032 Apr.-May 6332" Shipment. Nov-Dec., n. crop, sail 57e 52532 , BREADSTUPP8. - .- Total 32,669 The particulars of these shipments, arranged in our usual form, are as follows: New York New Orleans Liver¬ Glas- pool. 20,248 4,156 Hull. gow. Havre, 500 500 2,510 Bre- Ant- 25,740 Wilmington 4,156 142 Baltimore Boston... 142 1,399 1,232 Total 27,035 Below Total nent. 600 1,382 1,399 1,232 500 500 2,510 600 1,382 142 give all news received to date of disasters carrying cnt.ton from United States ports, etc. we Caspian, steamer (Br.), Trocks, which to 32,669 vessels to have sailed from Balti¬ more, Sept. 24, for Liverpool, having sustained an accident to her machinery, did not sail until the 26tli. Natchez, steamer (new), from Cincinnati, caught fire on Sept. 29, just before reaching her landing at the foot of Canal street, New Orleans. Five hundred bales cotton and 400 sacks cotton seed were Cotton a loss of $27,000. past week have been as follows: Satur. Liverpool, steam d. oie®^ do sail sail c. sail sail s«i] ...c. .. Baltic, steam do sail Compressed. Thurs. Fri. 510®38 316 ©% 716 716 716 J4 34* 34 34* *4 34* c. ®8* ....®58+ ® ....® ....© .... .. .©hi .... © Ss* ...® .. 5bw h2 12® ®8 rt -. .... ® *2 ® 58* ...® *2 . 12® JQ® 34* 111(>®34* 1116® 716 716 34* 34* ....®12 -.® 716 34* ...©^ ...'©Hie ...®Dl <j ...®rtiG ...©lllb --.®Hl 6 c. d. ,..'@1332 d. V © c. Amst d’m, steam do Wednes. Nomin’l Nomin’l Nomin’l .c. Hamburg, steam. c. do Tiies. ....® c. Bremen, steam, do Mon. d. Nomin’l Noinin’l Nomin’l Havre, steam do was destroyed, causing freights the ...© . ..®1332 ...@ .. . ■©1332 ...® ...'© . ..@1332 'a) . .. .'a) '@1332 ...@ ...® — tinued to show upward tendency in the past week. Buyers stoutly resisted the advanced pretensions of holders, and yet in, the end have been obliged to meet them. Still, the advance in prices has not been large, and is restricted mostly to nhe grades between $5 and $5 75. Rye flour has also been firmer, and corn meal in good demand. To-day the market was very strong for flour, with sales of large lines of common extras an Yave Conti¬ men. werp. Friday, P. M., Oct. 3,1879. Without any urgency of demand, or sales of large lines, the course of prices for the most active grades of flour have con¬ '®133 2 in our range. The wheat market has shown less activity in the dealings of shippers and millers, while speculative circles have been quite everish, with frequent fluctuations. Yesterday, the close was strong at $1 21 /£@1 22 for No. 2 spring on the spot and for October; No. 2 red winter, $1 28@1 28%, spot and October; $1 29%@1 30 for November, and $1 31 for December, and No. 1 white, $1 29 for October and $1 30 for November. The busi¬ ness yesterday showed some revival of regular demand, and a arge portion of the deliveries on contracts are going forward, causing an important demand and higher rates for freight room. To-day, the market was stronger and No. 2 mixed advanced to $1 30. After ’Change, there was renewed buoy¬ ancy, with sales of 264,000 bush. No. 2 red winter at $1 30%@ 1 31 Yz for October, and $1 31(8)1 32% for November, and 1 114,000 bush. No. white at $1 30%@l 31% spot, October and November deliveries. Indian corn has been variable and unsettled all the week. The regular trade is quite moderate, and speculators for a rise October 4, THE CHRONICLE 1879.] Lave been inclined to realize profits. There was a decline of by some recovery, and yesterday current prices for this grade were 53/£@53%c. on the spot, 54/£c. for November, and 55c. for December. Receipts are fair for the season at all ports, and the prospects are that the new crop will be in condition for market at an unusually early stage of the season. To-day No. 2 mixed advanced to 54^c. on the spot, and 55%>c. for J^pvember. Rye has been without transactions of importance, and prices are about as last quoted. To-day a boat-load of No. 2 Western No. 2 mixed to 52c,, followed sold at 77/£c. Barley is quiet; trade opens quite sluggishly for the season. buyers and sellers are wide apart. On Wednes¬ day a boat load of prime ungraded Canada sold at $1. The views of Oats have materially declined; choice qualities, being scarce, supported than common and medium grades. To¬ day the market was firmer with No. 2 graded quoted at 37c. are better Iu Store at— Milwaukee Duiuih Toledo....; Detroit following are closing quotations State $3 85® 4 60 and Western Extra State, &c Western spring wheat extras do XX and XXX... Western winter ship- 4 90® 5 40® 5 30 5 50 bush. 687,649 337,250 892,000 493,218 150,000 Philadelphia 104,300 260,598 1,374,806 541,975 1,724,539 Baltimore Rail shipments... Lake shipments.. On Canal (est.) Total 71,000 3,156 2,000 160,910 112,201 Barley, bush. 291,166 * g Rive, bush. 36,215 86 35,000 21,748 1,414 44,943 10,676 75,000 52,260 3,286 37,020 840 342- 35,000 189,446 1,500 101,040 47,800 106,889 124,850 42,923 3,740 5,411 310,888 164,878 15,000 222,566 11,047 12,000 109.481 31,521. 283,137 346,065 1.610,487 2,344,000, 2,541,000 17,180,443 17,366,050 17,927,979 17,045,773 15,748,775 12,478,859 20, ’79 13, ’79 6,’79 30, ’79 28, ’78 - 700 6,932 Indianapolis Kansas City. Sept. Sept. Sept. Aug. Sept. 16/699 811,612 Peoria 10,524 159,000 4,905 300.000 303,507 123,143 265,491 103,660 70,238 .. Oats, bush. 29,998 1,072,492 THE 9,400- 21,767 222,000 11,3 12,110 2,277,139 1,011,936 318.211 11,942,589 2,213,370 730,375 905,656 825.156 12,040,692 2,461,982 950,771 13,003,518 2,704,134 501,209 937,191 13,164,508 2,492,897 355,222 761,262 11,134,092 4,248,525 3,083,073 1,552,940 £>RY GOODS TRADE. Friday, P. M., Oct. 3, 1879. GRAIN. 39 bbl. Superfine Coni, bush. : FLOUR. No. 2 Wheat, Oswego St. Louis Boston Toronto Montreal (15th) for mixed and 38}2C. for white. The 365 There Wheat— " No. 3 spring, 39 bu.$l No. 2 spring 1 Amber winter... 1 Red winter, No. 2 1 White 1 No. 1 white Corn —West, mixed Western No. 2... Western Yellow.. 17 22 22 29 23 was during the past week a continued lull in the goods and calicoes at first hands, but in ® 1 18 ® 1 23 ® 1 29 demand for cotton ®1 30 ®1 31 ®1 3u for the time of year. nearly all other seasonable fabrics there was a fair movement Clothing manufacturers continued to5 35® 5 60 5 75® 6 50 place liberal orders for spring-weight cassimeres, cheviots and 53 ® 54*2 worsted coatings, flannels were in good request, and there was 5 40® 5 80 54 ® 5412 ping extras do XX andXXX... 5 85® 6 50 54 ® 55 a steady demand for worsted dress goods, underwear, hosiery,, Minnesota patents... 6 00® 7 75 Western White... 55 ® 60 notions,'&c. Prices of cotton goods and prints had a softening 76 ® City shipping extras. 5 40® 6 25 Rye—West’n, No.2. 78 State and Canada ® Southern, bakers’ and 79 80 tendency, but woolen goods are firmly held, as are leading 6 00® 6 75 Oats—Mixed 35 ® family brands 3712 Soutk’n ship’g extras. 5 50® 5 90 White 37 ® The jobbing trade has shown 4012 makes of worsted dress fabrics. Rye flour, superfine.. 4 20® 4 50 Barley—Canada W. 90 ®1 00 a fair degree of activity, but there was some Corn meal— 80 ® 90 State, 4-rowed... irregularity in the2 28® 2 60 Western, &3 70 ® 80 State, 2-rowed... demand, and goods were department taken with more freedom 2 90® 3 00 Peas—Cau’da,b.& f. Branlywine, <fce 70 ® 85 than staple cotton goods and prints. Receipts of flour and grain at Western lake and river ports Cotton Goods.—The exports of cotton goods from this port for the week ending Sept. 27: during the week ending September 30 were 1,538 packages, Flour, Wheat, Corn, Oats, Barley. Rye, bbls. bush. bush. bush. busli. bush. including 8S8 to Great Britain, 153 to Hayti, 157 to British West At(196 lbs.) '60 lbs.) (56 lbs.) (32 lbs.) (48 lbs. 1[56 lbs.) Indies, 77 to Argentine Republic, 39 to Venezuela, 36 to Brazil,. Chicago 54,314 1,273,917 1,306.908 370,777 281,597 75,913 Milwaukee.... 45.657 632,904 31,100 249,672 22,476 24 to Denmark, &c. 21,570 The general demand for domestics at first Toledo 791,956 124,188 45,902 6,042 hands was Detroit 515,536 10,826 12,354 725 unusually light, and though agents were prepared 1,412 Cleveland 2,570 54,550 61,100 27,306 2,256 to make price concessions on not a few fabrics, in order to St. Louis 45,008 442,269 55,315 126,600 79,667 9,711 Peoria 641 7,250 136,580 82,400 30,500 29,000 stimulate sales, operations were of a strictly hand-to-mouth Duluth* . .. . .. .. character. Total 157,849 3,718,382 1,707,073 Previous week. 133,157 3,488,814 1,813,728 Same time ’78.. 125,878 2,347.604 1,665,323 .. * .... 694,911 653,790 146,123 614,741 486,966 169,164 696,579 477,966 130,303 Not reported. Comparative shipments of flour and grain from the ports from Jan. 1 to Sept. 27, inclusive, for four years: Flour Wheat same 1879. 1878. 1877. bbls. 5,147,918 4,190,077 3,306,735 3,146,319 hush. 57,821,315 50,120,393 65,284,029 16,743,972 2,569,464 2,851,487 24,480,273 55,803,787 13,311,898 2,937,061 1,904,723 34,928,428 58,430,494 16,157,767 1,710,791 1,381,162 Corn Oats 66,854,158 1876 Brown cottons were in liberal demand for export, but transactions with home buyers were very light. Bleached quiet, and many of the most popular medium grades, including Lonsdale, Fruit of the Loom, Masonville, &c., were reduced from /£c. to %c. per yard without materially in¬ creasing their sale. Cotton flannels were fairly active, and prices remain firm because of the light supply. For colored cottons there was only a moderate inquiry, and cottonades were quiet. cottons ruled Print cloths were in fair demand at 3/£c. cash for extra 64x64’s, (with few sellers at that price), and 3%c. cash for 56x60s, spots Prints were noticeably quiet in first hands, and prices had a downward tendency, as was the case with cotton Total grain 147,025,929 132,569,345 98,437,242 112,608,042 dress goods. Ginghams were in fair request, and large sales Receipts of flour and grain at seaboard ports for the week were made of Amoskeag dress styles at the, reduced price of 9c. ended Sept. 27: Domestic Woolen Goods.—Business in this department was Flour, Wheat, Corn, Oats, Barley, Rye, At— bbls. fairly satisfactory in amount, and prices were steadily main¬ bush. bush. bush. bush. bush. New York 113,151 2,192,103 910,532 243,480 2,200 184,302 tained. Agents continued to receive a good many duplicate Boston 71,179 204,862 121,772 101,266 5,000 orders for heavy woolens from clothiers and jobbers, and Portland 3,500 5,600 1,500 Montreal 20,221 554,460 65,633 27,971 1,298 liberal orders for light-weight cassimeres, cheviots and worsted Philadelphia 17,240 477,050 160,800 60,950 2,500 1,500 Baltimore.. 19,281 1,558,300 90,900 30,000 1,000 coatings were placed by clothiers—for future delivery. The New Orleans 10,056 151,129 11,440 14,043 demand fo.r overcoatings was mainly restricted to small parcels Total week 254,628 5,137,904 1,366,677 479,210 10,998 186,802 of fancy-backed fabrics, and cloakings were somewhat less Previous week... 255,994 4,493,993 1,898,980 344,010 29,877 190,094 Cor. week ’78.... 247,454 3,141,807 1,336,728 754,778 160,153 216,498 active than of late. For repellents there was a good inquiry Cor. week ’77.... 223.511 2,051,780 1,883.222 723,169 142,206 92,102 and the supply of fancies as well as staple makes continues Exports from United States seaboard ports and from Montreal, for week ending Sept. 27: very light. Kentucky jeans ruled quiet, aside from a few of the leading makes, in which there was a fair movement on Flour, Wheat, Corn, Rye, Oats, Peas, From— bbls. bush. bush. bush. bush. bush. account of previous orders. Satinets were sought for in fair New York 83,447 2,307,946 689,375 15,440 212,639 11,058 Boston 23,656 156,727 72,211 10,004 quantities by the clothing trade, and prices remained firm. Portland Flannels and blankets continued in good demand for the Montreal 15,825 308,065 117,850 680 1,405 435 752,968 Philadelphia.. 103,312 1,403 renewal of jobbers’ assortments, and stocks have rarely been so Baltimore 6,026 1,392,068 204,947 well in hand at this stage of the season ; hence, prices are not Total for w’k 129,389 4,967,774 1,187,695 16,124 214,092 12,463 only steady but strong. Worsted dress goods were in steady Previous week. 155,368 5,382,810 1.323,586 8,196 170,516 3,696 Two weeks ago 163,403 5,678,682 2,041,393 95,913 110,036 1,710 request, and shawls and skirts met with moderate sales. Same time’78. 88,170 3,253,309 903,244 168,804 193,679 64,257 Foreign Dry Goods.—There was only a moderate demand for The visible comprising the supply of grain, stocks in granary imported fabrics at first hands, but a good business was reported at the principal points of accumulation at lake and seaboard jobbers. Blacfc and colored cashmeres were fairly active ports, and in transit by lake, rail and canal, Sept. 27, was as by and firm, and fancy dress goods continued in steady request. follows: Medium and fine black silks met with considerable sales, but Wheat, Corn, Oats, Barley, Rje, low grades were sluggish. Fancy, brocaded and striped silks, In Store at— bush. bush. bush. bush. bush. New York 2,235,558 1,755,062 531,701 31,202 21,306 and choice shades of plain colored silks, were sought for in fair Do. afloat (est.) 475,000 165,000 quantities, but velvets were less active. For linen goods, em¬ Albany 8,000 39,000 83,000 57,000 10,000 broideries and laces there was a light demand at first hands, Buffalo 515,118 861,259 78,662 43,597 1,970 Chicago.... 2-509 007 2,596,036 491,422 311,092 men’s-wear woolens were- slow of sale. and 91,507 17,020,0:Jl 2,741,367 3,189,058 Barley Rye .... . • and futures. THE CHRONICLE. 366 IRU1N-- ti£N£AAL Pig,American,No. 1 Pig, American,No.2 Pig, American, Forge Plg.Scotcn.. PRICES CURRENT V ton. 29 00 28 IK) 27 00 ...Vft. 4 © 3 30 © © < UO 22 00 Philadelphia Cement—Rosendaie V bbl. Lime— Rockland common....V bbl. Rockland, finishing Lumber-Plne.g’dto ex.dryV M It. 40 00 Pine, shlopiag, box 6 00 9 50 © 26 00 9J 70 90 © © .... .... 18 90 © 22 00 SO © © 43 00 © 45 00 ©15u 00 25 16 © © VM. ft. 20 00 © 45 00 Maple Bails—10©60d.ccm.fen.& ah.** keg Clinch, 1% to 3in. & longer 3 25 © 4 75 © 3d fine Cut6pikesfallsizes faints—Ld.,In oU. com pilce. V tt. Lead, dry, combination, pries.... £lnc, oxide, dry— Elnc,French, green seal Paris white. Knfc.Cllffi one V luO. ft. BUTTER— (Wholesale Prices)— State, palls & tubs, fair to chce.V ft. West’n creamery eood to prime “ Welsh, State, fair to choice.. . “ Western dairy,fair to choice.. CheeseState factory, fair to prime Ohio flat,fair to fine. Coal— Liverpool gar cannel 5 75 5 50 3 50 © © © 7 , .... © .... 3 © 8% 9 © 9* 1 2J © 15 © 21, 14 © © © 21 19 18 20 “ 10 140 delivery: Vtt “ 2«*d 3 © 1PK It)* . 66 46 Barbadoes Demerara Porto Rico do 50 test N. O., com. to choice 44 44 4* 44 (AVAL STORK8- Tar, Washington Tar, Wilmington • Pitch, city “ Bpirlts turpentine St’mb... $2 Grate..., 2 Ktfg 2 Stove.... 2 C/b’nut... 2 .... 0 29 25 SO 35 D.&U. AuctLn. Aug. 13. Weehawkea. Hoboken. • • $ • fl 97)4-62 2 U7H@ ’ 2 aj)«©2 2 V.H&i 5 L. * w. Schedule. Port Johnst’n. $<1 10 - 2 CO 2 12), 2 32)i 00 UX 87)4 2 10 2 5J 2 79 2 59 20 delivery at New York. § L. & W. quotations are for Wilkesbarre coal. COFFEEVft Rio, ord. car 12*© do fair, do “ ....© do good, do “ ...a do prime, do “ ..© Java, mats “ 24 © Native Ceylon “ 14 © 50 cents additional lor V gal 6# 44 44 44 OIL C4KE44 PETROLKUMCmde, In shipping order. V gal. 44 V bbl. “ “ “ “ " Pork,prime mess, West Beei, p ain mess Beef, extra mess Beef hams,Western Bacon, long clear Ham:, smoked Lard. City steam " refining....? lb. Fair Good refining Porto i.ico. refln , fair to prime Boxes clayed; Nos. 10@12 “ 14 © Centrifugal, Nos. 7@L3...... " “ 12 14 © © Melado ** Manila, sup. and ex. sup “ Ef-fined—Hard, crushed Hard, powdered do granulated “ “ “ “ “ “ “ Laguayra St. Domingo Batavia. Nos 19@12 Brazil, Nos. 9@ll 13 © 10)$ a “ * Savanllla Costa Rica 12 14 © © COPPER— Bolts............. ..... ....... V Sheathing, new (over 12 oz; . Braziers'(over 16 oz.) American ingot. Lake COTTON—See special report. FISH— Gr’d BkiA George’s (new) cod.V atl. Mackerel,No.l.vL shore pr.bbl Mackerel, No. 1, Bay... Mackerel,No.2 Mass, shore Mackerel, No. 2, Bay FRUIT— Raisins ,Seeaiess, per Wlb.frall, Layers, new. Loose, Lew do a...© © © 18% j 6 75 do Figs, new Canton Ginger Sardine?, V naif l ox Sardinea, V quarter box Macaroni, Italian Domestic Dried- ^ case. do do BlackberrieA(new) Raspberries (new; Cherries, pitted, ary mixed (new).. Plums, Sr,nte do Damsons (new) Who-tleherrieB (new; HEMP AND JUl'KAmerlcan dresBed 9 © 29 19 None here, ll © 12 11M© ** " do.... do.... do.... do.... *• " ** do “ .. 21 21 21 20 21 21 18 10 23 n © © © 22)4© 2')4© Texas, crop 82 © © © © © HOME Insurance S .... - . OF OFFICE, 119 .... s 87 22 ^ 28 © 24 © © © 15 ....? tee. « bM, d. 83 35 0 SHOWING THE CASH CAPITAL Reserve for Re-insurance..' Reserve for Unpaid Losses Net Surplus •- d. 7-14 *. d. 10 18 22)4 13)4 10)4 9 10 11 13 10 9 S. ASS UTS Cash in Banks f92,422 67 Bonds and mortgages, being first lien on real estate (worth $4,167,609) 1,926,236 64 United States stocks (market value).... 8,219,500 00 Bank stocks (market value) '.... 189,575 00 State and municipal b’ds (market value) 235,778 00 Loans on stocks, payable on demand y* (market value of securities $216,367).. ... Interest due on 1st July, 1879 Balance in hands of agents Real estate Premiums due and uncollected cies issued at this office |UTNITEO STATES CIRCUIT COURT, NEW YORK.—In Equity.—Between JOHN G. STEVENS and others, complainants, and the NEW YORK & OSWEGO MIDLAND RAILROAD COMPANY and others, defendants. poli¬ 00 25 68 26 8,734 24 $6,128,021 74 Total CHAS. J. J on 141,170 55,178 163,505 95,921 • MARTIN, President* H. WASHBURN, Secretary* A Dividend of FIVE PER CENT has been de¬ clared, payable on demand. The sale under the decree made in the above-enti¬ tled suit,which has been advertised in this paper once a week for the fifteen weeks last past, is hereby ad¬ TT X-l x: journed to September 26, 1879; the sale to take place at the Wickham Avenue Depot of the New UTUAL LIFE York & Oswego Midland Railroad Company, in Mid¬ dletown, in the County of Orange and State of New York. For terms and conditions of sale, reference is made to the advertisement referred to, or can be obtained by calling upon the Master, at his office, No. 140 Nassau street (Morse Building), in the City Of New York. KENNETH G. WHITE, Dated June 28,1879. Master. Alexander & Green. Complainants’ Solicitors, No. 120 Broadway New York City. INSURANCE COMJ i OF NEW YORK, APPBOvId°DESCRIPTIONOF UFE AND ENDOWMENT P01IC1K ISSUES EVERV 84 83 Alexander & Green, place, r..,, KENNETH G. WHITE, H Sept. 26, ISTB. Mastefrc. - r 1 Complainants’ Solicitors, 129 1 ,] The sale advertised above Is further* adjourned to the 31st day of October, 1879. at 12 M., to- be held at same Dated . <• 25 24 24 29 81 OF Held in the United States, available for the PAY¬ MENT of LOSSES by FIRE and for the protec¬ tion of Policy-Holders of FIRE INSURANCE: @ SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OO 1,728,217 00 220,210 26 1,179,594 48 $6,128,021 74 SUMMARY @40 @47 6 ....© $3,000,000 Total Assets 25 © 26 © 25 © 28 © 13 © s. BROADWAY. CONDITION OF THE COMPANY ON THE FIRST DAY OF JULY, 1879. r-BTBAM.8. Company. YORK, Fifty-Second Semi-annual Statement © © @ NEW .. • si >4 ....© Oak,rough • © © 9)4© 26 32 27 • 2i y4 8)4© 9)4© 9 • © 22 X© m. 5% £6 Si © Insurance. * 23 © 23 @ © 4 @ 7 © © © © FREIGHTSTo Livbbpool: Cotton ......? Ib. Flour ? bbl. Beel Pork 4% ... Burry Am.Merino, unwashed Cape Good Hope, unwashed Texas, fine, Eastern Texas, medium, Eastern Smyrna.unwashed Heavy goods. .?ton. Corn.bTk* bgs. ? bu. Wheat, bulk & bags.. S.Y© Hemlock.Buen, A’res,h.,m.*l.Vib. i 634 9% © 7^ Wei Salted—Bucn. Ay, selected “ Para, do.... “ California, do.... “ Tcxrb do ** A. I. stock—Cal.,slaught.cow! '* Calcutta, dead green “ Calcutta, buffalo “ LEATHER— Slaughter crop © 4Vi % 9 23 7)4© 5*© HIDES— f— Buenos Ayres,selected. DryMo tontevideo, do.... rough 5 5 13 y n>. „ hide,h., 4% © 3>*a 160 00 Olds, all growths Yearlings(l876 crop)...., " © 83 17 South 7 145 CO© 125 (0© 170 09© 259 00© HOPSNew YTorks. new crop Eastern, new ci op Western common 0 ... Fair Interior ip ton. Italian Manila Sisal Jute ** © 5 4 4 e ClipSuperior, unwashed. ..a. © 11 order. JOHN W. MASON & CO., 43 Broadway, New York. California, Spring 20 • Peaches, pared, Ga.,good to ch’ce.. do uap i halves and qts. new Matamoras. & © © £3 IRON ROPES for Minin* purposes manufactured to 84 American,Combing and Delai Extra,Palled City No. 1, Palled 15)*© quarters,. Corrientes, Rio Grande, .Orinoco, California, 10 5 n 5 50 ?lb Rigging, Suspension Bridges, Derrick Guys,Ferry A large stock Ropes, &c. constantly on hand from which any desired length are cut. FLAT STEEL AND 1% 62Ki 5 50 vanned Charcoal and BBfo [ships* ' 8 6)4 5 Planes, Transmlsaioa Power, &c. Also Ga 8)4 S “ cllned lof .... W t A superior quality HOISTING PURPOSES, la .... “ '• of suitable for MINING AND ** 7H 7% English,refined Plates, I. C., coke Plates.cbar.terne, 14x20... Wail), BROKERS. STEEL AND CHARCOAL IRON 7s 7s©' 7)4 } hMi Co., Rope. 7M 8X© 8X4 9%J 8X© 19 STOCK — •• ?bx. AND Wire .... 6% •* WOOL— American XX American, Nos. 1 & 2 • • 5 ^4 *3. © • © Straits .... 11 4)*» TIN— Banca St. (near YORK Stocks bought and sold on the NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE on a margin of 3 percent, if desired Equal attention given to small and large Investments. Any Information given f orsonally or by mall. Firstclass references. 6« 6% 7 7% 5% 6% © STREET, .... 6 3U © TO NEW BANKERS 6’?5.. 6 7 " “ “ .. NEW No. 16 Broad H 34 ? a. ... Apple>, Southern, siloed (new).?* lb. do do «ioarters(new)... do State, slietd, off A 1 Stocks, &c., REMOVED H. F. Gilbert 6c a TALLOW— Prime city © © © Prunes, Turkish, new French “ WhiteextraC i*0 4*© Citron " Extra C “C” 1 80 19) Valencia, new Currants, prime cut loaf Coflee, A, standard. Yellow 3 75 .. SOU, Beers, Jr., May 1,1879. , 7 1-16© ** “ “ “ & STREET, NEW YORK, 6)* 6% 6%d 6 13-16 “ Mexican HAS No. SATURDAYS. SECURITIES, CITY BONDS, Gas © a 9)4 SUGAK- Inferior to common BROOKLYN 9 75 -3 ....© ...© .... 10 25 © 11 CO 11 50 © 12 10 14 25 © 14 50 “ AUCTION BONDS, MULLER PINE 5 00 9 50 V lb II. AND N. T. 30)4 4X© PROVISIONS— Pork,extra prime No. t 1 30 3 00 7&fc 44 Naphtha,City, bbls 4DRIM 2 00 90 5^4 _— AND WEDNESDAYS 2 00 .© 28 :o © REGULAR £ll classes of ON 34 1 19 13 ©£0 29*4 45 © 75 45 © 46 4> © 42 73 75 © 90 © 93 42 © 47 4 Jamaica Maracaibo do Datos 33 1 (5 69 14 V ton. © STOCKS ...© 44 Whale,bleached winter... Whale, crude Northern..., 43 © @ 8 12H6 4 50 © r. 4 © £0 20 27 83 23 40 28 36 © © © -V gal. Olive, in casks V gall.... Linseed, casks and bbls. 13 26 23 20 23 27 182)4 a OILS— hold SALES of © Rosin, strained to good strd.V bbl “ low No. 1 to good No. 1 “ *• low No. 2 to good No 2 “ “ low pale to extra pale.. “ “ window glass “ .. . do do do 1 undersigned The © 55 CO 1 '.5 © 1 75 © ....© ..., Sei t. 24. Newbu g.* 687)4© V gal. 8 00 © .. D.L.&W. Auct.on. Penn. tide water. 52 00 Cuba, clayed Cases Refined Schedule * Steel rails. America:', a MOLASSES— 44 Liverpool house cannel 11 00© Anthbaoitk—The following will show prices at last auction or present schelule rates; the naine3 im. Bar,Swedes, ordinary sizes... V lb © refined, Eng. and Amer .per ton © Sheet, Russia, 8 to 14 %<lb ....© 13 Rails, American, at tide-water 47 50 © 50 00 Cuba, Mas., 50 test © © 60 00 ta.ly boards, com.to g'd,each. 22 Oak V M. it. 35 00 Ash, good 35 00 Blaca walnut 75 00 Sprnce boards & planks, each IS Hemlock boards, each 14 do STOCKS and BONDS At Auction. © Prices, Bar BKKA.DBTD FK6—See special report. BJILDING MATERIALS— Bricks—Common hard,afloat..V M Croton Financial. © SO 03 © 29 00 © SO 00 Store ASBE8- Pot, anor'.ei.. [Vol. XXIX. Broadway, New York City. ' t ONTEpMS AS FAVORABLE AS THOSE OE ,; '’TANir OTHER COM PAN v. • " ■ORGANIZED APRI L 12 V IB*2:
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