The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-02-23 00:00:00

Crabe anti Commerce.

SPIRITS.—Rum moves off slowly; proof leeward at
2". to 2s. Id. and proof East India at is. 10d. to
is. 114. per gallon. The value of brandy continues to
give way.
SUGA.II.-Binoe our last report, the demand for raw
sugar has fallen off, and prices have ruled in favour of
El. buyers. Refined goods have given way quite Is. per
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xs•.—Owing to • decline in the quotations in China,
our market has become heavy, and prices have • down-
ward tendency. Common sound Cougou is selling at
Is. Id. per lb.; Ning Yong and Oolong, Is. 3d. to 25.;
Soucliong, is. 3d. to 2s. 64.; Flowery Pekoe, Is. 6d.
to 4s. 6d.; Scented Caper, Is. 3d. to Is. 104.; Orange
Pekoe, I.s. 24. to Is. 44.; Scented Orange Pekoe,
is. 84. to 3e. id.; Twankay, to. to Is. 3d.; Hyson
Skin, 84. to Is. Id.; Hyson, is. 24. to 3e. 10d., Young
Hyson, 104. to 2s. 24.; Imperial, Is. to 2s. 44.; Gun-
powder, is. to Is. 6d.; Assam, 3s. 104. to 4s. 64. per
pound.
BANICIDPTOT.—The amount on account of bankrupt's
estates paid in by official assignees and others in the
year 1856 to the credit of the Accountant-General of
Bankruptcy was £1,111,594; and the amount paid in
from proceeds of sale of stock from the Bankruptcy
Fund account £47,312. The amount paid out was, by
the Lord Chancellor £80,960, and by the commissioners
000,695. On tilt dividend account there was £811,964
transferred, and £753,164 paid. On the chief registrar's
account, £77,043 was paid in by official assignees, and
£16,927 by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue. The
net balances on the first of January, 1857, were £127,469
on the General Account and Bankruptcy Eatates,
£1,384,578 stock on the Bankruptcy Fund account, £577
cash and £6,110 stock on the Unclaimed Dividend ac-
count, and £13,894 cash and £65,882 stook to the Chief
Register's account.
Tau SARDINIAN L0AN.—E35,758 has been paid off by
the Government of Sardinia out of the loan of £2,000,000
advanced to it by England in 1855-56 leaving a balance
of £1,964,241 yet to be paid.
Petition to the House of Commons has received the
signatures of nearly all the leading firms in the Stock
Exchange, praying that the provision in the bill intro-
duced by Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, and
Mr. Massey, which abolishes the existing tax upon
brokers in the City of London, may aeceive the sanction
of the House. As everybody knows, the antiquated
regulations of which the brokers complain afford no
security whatever to the public, whilst the impost is
simply unjustifiable.
The Council of the Bank of France, in its sitting on
Thursday, lowered the rate of discount on commercial
bills from 4g to 4 per cent. This measure, says the
Poset correspondent, which was looked forward to with
great impatience has produced the most favourable im-
pression on the business community.

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