... Hatf-$rID tU~s. MARKETS GENERALLY LIFELESS AND WITHOUT FEATURE. The discount rate remains easy at 434 per cent. for three monthis' bank paper, but there is no telling how soon a sharp twist up may oe experienced. Operators continue to work as if the Bank of England bad two or three more millions in grold than it actually has, and the lower the rate is allowed to fall the sharper will be the ...

... 1Half-Aws' Onl HOME RAILWAYS DULL.-FOREIGN STOCKS DEPRESSED.- AMERICANS IRREGULAR. Rates in the open market have opened much the same as they closed oi Saturday. There is still a fairly good demand for accommodation is the shape of short loans, but the quotation is rather easier at 4j4 to 5 per cent. The number of bills offering for discount is small, and the rate for three months' bank paper ...

... 110NIE RAILWAYS AND FOREIGN STOCKS l)ULL.-AMERICANS WEAK.-MARKETS GENERALLY INACTIVE. The Money Market again presents a very quiet appearance this morning, an(I quotations are pralctically unaltere-. Short mioney is again in good demand at:ti commands 4 to 4 ?? per cent., the supply being anything but abundant. Thle number of bills offering for dliscount is still very small, but the (uotation ...

... IIT the City. TtI!F SPECULATION IN SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD MINES. Considerable alarm was shown by the speculators in South African gold mines yesterday, and home realizations as well as sales from the Continent led in some cases to a heavy drop in prices, while in others shares were unsaleable. Eulirig orders from the Cape and favourable crushing reports gave some strength to the market, and the ...

... _ Hralf-Mt. OiMq HOME RAILWAYS DULL.-FOREIGN STOCKS DEPRESSED. - AMERICANS IRREGULAR. Rates in the open market have opened much the same as they closed ow Saturday. There is still a fairly good demand for accommodation in the shape of short loans, but the quotation is rather easier at 4$V to 5 per cent. The number of bills offering for discount is small, and the ratc for three months' bank ...

... THEY ARE STILL CONFIDENT, AND) DECIDE TO GO ON. A meeting of the share and bond holders of the Panama Canal Company took place yesterday afternoon in Paris. It had been arranged by the com- mittee of the Panama Stockholders' Society, a newly created body, which is at the head of 4RO branches working in every town of France. Every shba eholder or bondholder became a member of it, thus binding ...

... THIS DAY'S MONFEY MARTKET. I G ,Hto-H4rn One. MARKETS ALL QUIET.-VALUES IRREGULAR.-NO FEATURE. There is little fresh feature of interest in the Money Market this morn. ing. Money is in fairly good demand, but does not conmandi more than 334 to 4 per cent, The recent withdrawals of gold from the Bank of Enuland, and the advance in its rate by the Bank of Berlin, have had no appreciable effect ...

... it the cittv. THE PROPOSED CEMENT SYNDICATE. The scheme for forming the cement trade of the country into a syndicate appears to hang fire. Negotiations are still proceeding, but it is doubtful whether a trust can be arranged. An increase in the price of cement is one of the proposals of the promoters. There is a large export trade in cement, our largest market being the United States. Tois ...

... A FAIRL Y PROSPEROUS BUSINESS YEAR, THE ExPECTED AND THE REPALIZED. Tai expectations formed at tile close of 1887 with respect to the trade and commerce of the country have been on the whole realized during the year nolv expiring. Here and there industries continue depressed, and complaints are made that increased business has not been accompanied by larger profits, but a general view shows ...

... THIS DAY'S MONEY MARIKET. One o'clock. MARKETS FIRM.--' OPERATORS BUSY WITH THE SETTLEMENT. HEAVISR1 CARRYING-OVER RATES. - Money is again a good deal g',anted this morning, the requirements in cor. nection withthe StockExchange settrls,,entbhaving to beprovided for. Thegenes a charge for advances for the day is 5 to ;4per cent., while hankers are able to obtain fully 6 per cent, for loans on ...

... Hiszf-pa;. O;e. HOME RAILWAYS AND FOREIGN STOCKS VERY QUIET. AMERICANS FIRM. There is not such a strong demand for money in the open market this morn. ing, but owing to the shortness of the supply lenders are still able to obtain as much as 5 per cent. for advances for the day. The discount rate, thlough nominally unaltered, is weaker in tendency, operators being unable to resist the ...

... KIT the C. iff). DEAR MONEY Btil FDi;m S iOu'K MA'RKF.TS. The ljant; return shows cery little improvemrent in the condition of the Money Market. The Bank ieserve has increased by w1 0,0, which now stands at /,I I,220,coo, but the proportion to th! current liabilities has fallen by t?, to 39.90. At this timne ?? year the reserve mas T ?? millions larger. An incre i of /65,000oo in etlhcr ...