Co,IoIERCIAL AND MONEY MATTERS
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CO1INIERCIAL AND MONEY MATTERs'


Far salls o. Socks, Sc SEE Fo,rti Pase.


MONDAY P "


The sales Of Stocks to-day We're quite limited
bu, the u,srse, was iirn, and 10 disposition evinced
TO press the Fancies the market New Government
Skies were offered a; 90 and es; bid. We hardly
look for much activity stocks unt sitter The holidays
In Bills there IS no change and rsry little DONG.
Sterling s 5e5t and Francs 545a5ii The supply is
large sud the sales the hi CHER rates very ing


Ship owners hays again obtained an advance,
and 0d Sterling has been paid for Grain. Two ships
were taken MP l9d and ship Tor Glasgow at 81 id
for Flour Eou- to Liverpool is 5s.G5s. Sd. Cotton
eish,s Iiit!c drIner To Liverpool &C. Ilavre lc
Flou. 70 Havre is l25 Grain 30 cts. ships continue TO
be very scarce as the above rates indicate.


We understand that our deposit Banks are now
out OF the reach of mischief from the operations OF the
sub Treasury as tar as the public deposits concern
cd The amount of Goyornmen, funds is the aggregate
abau, S6OO,OoO which the Banks holi-s'0o0o0 OF
Treasury Notes The paymen, OF the interest on the
public debt due on the st proX. will absorb nearly all
the public money in our Banks. The Subrreasury here
is believed be nearly dry and the suppositon is
strengthened by the that the delay IN the sailing
OF the l. ship Ohio Boston is occasonsd BY want OF
funds 10 complete her at;ing out


The Seventh Ward Bank has declared diyi.
dcnd OF 81 per payable the iih day OF January
Tht entire import of specie ri this port during
December, Gas been s7u,5o0


The receipts for duties at tie Custom House last
week were $lg57io. For the four weeks OF December
they compare with last December as annexed


lSi6 ISIS. 1916 lsi5.
Is, week zoos 1850 sd week .ai7OI1 29l5ls
I'd do....2I3.797 3Go6i2 ith d. l95Hg l,l'o5


rotal....-................. 81 0i5-5c9 S93c,r55


Exccss only y........-..-........-.-. slOo"3i
1t was anticipated that the receipts in December would
reach nearly two millions The collections this port
for the year will fall short about million OF dollars


The statement of the condition of the Long Island
Railroad published in the Commercial Advertiser OF
Saturday is grossly incorrect All the expenses put
in. whs large portion of the earnings arc omitted


The freight business of the Housstonic Road is
Immense this season. Four boats now employed
continually in carrying passengers and freight This
morning two large steamers left Bridgeport full oil
freight, leaving s0 ready for shipment and 5o tons
on the way from Albany This road OF the
best in and bids fair repay literally the
enterprise which has made 1t what II is.


The subscription to the Central Pa Railroad is
now only 5000 shares short of the amount needed to
secure the subscription OF the city OF Philadelphia


On the 30th Nov 1888. the State debt o! Penn
sylvana was sal 627,7s6 32; it is now after lapse OF
Is years, $40 7595IT.


The Philadelphia Ledger says:


The interest on the deb, due on the st of February
we hope and believe, will be- paid but all the vigilance
and exsrtion of ndeatigsbe Treasurer will be ne
cesssry TO effect 1t.


The following is n comparative statement OF the
business on the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
during week in le44 Isis, 1916.


Week end End. Dec. II. End Dec 10 End Dec. 10
Travel .--...s sl362 IS Si9is " 81 9i2 30
f. On Goods s.l,2ii 1t a9l9 20 1909, Is


1850 so 1902 % .2O0l 80


Total si2@37 Of $l9,53a :. S26sli IS
Anoun, OF coal transported during the week ending
Dec q. lsii esOO 1920 tons tho week ending Dec
20 ISIS 1915 1920 tons week ending Dec. 10. LILO
! Is g25 1920 tons.


The Ohio Statesman having commenced its an
nua crusade against tho Wooster Ranh, the Cincinnati
Atlas thus takes II up


This is the beginning of the annual howl which tho
Loco Foco press raise against the Wooster BANK we
take upon ourselves say that the atcsmans para
graph is not worthy Of the smallest credit Wooster
bia Just current here any other paper OF Oho
Banks There is a m0tire in this yearly attack upon the
credit OF this institution, and think the people fully
understand IT,


The balance in the Treasury Of Georgia on the
18th Dec s474,l25 The receipts of the hscal year
ending Goth Oct S756447 expenditures, S3699lo
Leaving balance of s3a55 $50 There has been paid of
the public debt during The year sl5l,53l. The public
debt amounts to the Of sl,62933l 81, namely in
federal bonds Sli3525O and in sterling bonds, a4C
i34 Is. Sd. lat 81 20 10 the g sl9i0si y. Il Is
proposed TO pay of the baancs OF the debt due Reid
Irwin & Co. about $4,000 during the coming year
For hi. pGpose $4,000 ready in the Treasury
In relation TO the Central Bank the Savannah Repubi
sag.


After absorbing thousands and hundreds OF thousands
OF the peoples money, in addition TO the slO5li>s 09
received the states proportion OF the surplus rcven
uc appears Liabilities still S6c3JJ5 49, and
It's assets only si7a5l 3leavng balance Tor which
the people will nave ultimately TO provide, Of s2o2J53
.6being the iast nsueut of the heavy debt entaied
upon them by the old Democratic rsglHc- The Whi2s
have reason TO be proud OF Governor crawo.d's sd
rninstrat:on and the people of Georgia and of the
ton him debt OF gratitude which we aope 70
fully paid a. distant day.


SALES OF REAL ESTATE.
By A. J. BLee cfsr