ability of this latter measure passing the lower House. The amount of trans. actions at the board for the month has been $29,600,000 against $15,800,000 for the same period of 1867 The transactions in bonds registe ed at the Stock Exchange compare as follows: The daily closing prices of the principal Government securities at the New York Stock Exchange Board in the month of November, as represented by the latest sa e officially reported, are shown in the following statement: PRICES OF GOVERNMENT SECURITIES AT NEW YORK. The prices of bonds at London and Frankfort have 'remained remarkably steady through the wide fluctuations in the home market, as will appear from the following daily quotations: COURSE OF CONSOLS AND AMERICAN SECURITIES AT LONDON. ..... 21 Cons Am. securities. for U. S. Ill.C. Erie mon. 5-20s sh's. shs. Holiday. Date. Saturday 9 91% 73% 96% 27 Saturday.. 12 94% 74% 96% 25% Lowest.. .13 94% 71% 96 23% Highest.. 14 94 744 96 26 Range. .16 94% 73% 95% 30% .17 94 73% 95% 32% Low .18 94 74% 96 .19 94% 74% 96 30 Hig 30 Rng) Since Jan. 1 .... The closing prices of Five-Twenties at Frankfort in each week ending with Thursday, were as follows: The following table will how the opening, highest, lowest and closing prices of all the railway and miscellaneous securities quoted at the New York Stock Exchange during the months of October and November, 1868: Railroad Stocks Alton & Terre Haut do do pref..... Boston, Hartford & Erie... Chicago & Alton do do pref Chicago, Burl. & Quincy. do & Gt. Eastern.. 88% 97% 88% 88 98% 88 91% 77X 102% 109% 102 106% 104% 109% 101 108 do Erie do pref.. Illinois Central Ind. & Cincinnati Cleve., Col., Cin. & Ind..... do & Pittsburg. do & Toledo Del., Lack & Western.. Dubuque & Sioux city do pref...... Hannibal & St. Joseph do Hudson River do do scrip.. Joliet & hicago... Long Island... Lake Shore ...... ... ..... do pref.. 2d pref.. do pref.. Morris & Essex. New Jersey Rome & Watertown.. do Central New York Central.. do & N. Haven.. Norwich & Worcester. Ohio & Mississippi. do Panama do pref Pittsb., Ft. W. & Chica... Stonington.... Toledo, Wab. & Western. do do do piet.... Boston Water Power Brunswick City.... Mariposa. do pref......... Quicksilver. Manhattan Gas.. .......... 122 122 119 120 120 121 1:6 116 ... 28% 3/4 80% 31% 2844 79 78 79 79 345 345 330 30 330 108% 117% 108% 1141 112 93% 100% .... 31 114 79 79 $30 830 330 113 105% 11% 93% 99% 97% 99% 92 1:4 114 79 99% 114 ... ... .... ... 41 48 21% 29% 25 27 Gold has fluctuated between 132 and 137. This wide range of quotations has been due rather to speculative operations attributed to the Erie combination than to any legitimate causes affecting the premium. Early in the mont, large amounts of gold w re withdrawn from the market, and the "short" i terest being quite large, borrowers of coin were e mpelled to pay, for one day's use of it, from @1 per cent. The market has a very steady undertone, owing to anticipations among foreign houses that, within a few weeks, a considerable amount of coin wl have to be exported. The ample supply of cotion bills, together with some exports of bouds, have obviated the necessity of shipping gol in connection with remittances against the coupons of foreign holders of our bonds. The following formula will show the movement of coin and bullion during the month of November, 1867 and 1868, respectively: GENERAL MOVEMENT OF COIN AND BULLION AT NEW YORK. The following exhibits the fluctuations of the New York gold market in the month of November, 1868: The following exhibits the quotations at New York for bankers 60 days .21 134 134% 184% 134% S'ce January 1, 1868.. 133 132 150 135% bills on the principal European markets daily in the month of November, 1868 : cents for cents for rix daler. M. banco. 79%@79% 36 @36% 104@109% 515 514% 41 @11% 79%@79% 36 @36% 1094@109% 515 @514% 41 @41% 79%@19% 36 @36% cents for Berlin. cents for thaler. 71%@7% TINOUX 71%@71% 41 @41% 79 @9% 35%@36 714@72 714072 714072 109@109% 516@515 41 @4% 79% @9% 26 @34% 71%@7% 41% 79%@79% 36 @36% 71%@U% 41% 79%@79% 36 @36% 71%@UX .... 109 @103% 518% 2516 71%@71% 7x@7% 71%@71% 71X@71%% 71%@71% 714 @77X 7!X@71% 717@71% 36 @ 71%@71% 71%@71% 36 @ 71X071% JOURNAL OF BANKING, CURRENCY, AND FINANCE. Returns of the New York, Philadelaphia and Boston Banks. Below we give the returns of the Banks of the three cities since Jan. 1: 51,982,609 493,371,451 50,833,660 623,713,923 180,307,489 53,866,757 6.2,784,154 191,206,135 57,863,599 34,205,409 199,276,568 57,541,827 34,193,249 201,318,305 57,613,095 20,479,947 34,183,038 202,507,550 62,233,002 17,861,088 34,145,606 20',746,964 65,633,964 14,328,531 84,188,159 209,089,655 11,193,631 34,166,846 210,670,765 588,717,802 507,028,567 480,186,908 488,735,143 602,118,248 68,822,028 640,663,329 69,202,840 530,328,197 280,345,255 9,124,830 34,119,120 211,484,387 72,567,58% 553,9-3,817 516,726,075 525,646,693 591,756,395 505,462,464 72,235,586 487,169,387 |