The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-08-08 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL ARTICLE.

The Bank returns of the week proving unfavourable,
as will be observed from the next paragraph, and the
Bank rateof interest having oonseqnently been raised
on Thursday at the Bank parlour without warning or
expectation, the effect was heaviness on the Stook Ex.
change without, however, much depressi3n in general
business. The Funds certainly exhibited an immediate
decline of per cent.; Consols, both for money and
account being quoted at 80i to Schi and for September
89&; new Three per sent. and Reduced Annuities 89# to
84 and India Five per cents. 106.
The return from the Bank of England for the week
ending the 2nd of August gives the following results
when compared with the previous week :

Beat
Public deposits
Other deposits

... £3,508,814...1ncrea5e 228.004
... 5,214,377...1ncrea5e 443,475
_14,681,727...Decrea5e 1,258,086

On the other side of the account :
Government seourities£lo,3B4,2o9...Decrease 14,700
Other securities ... 21,669,818.. Decrease 112.373
Notes unemployed ... 5,607,475...Decrea5e 574,005
The amount of notes in circulation is £22,646,330,
being an increase of £574,760; and the stock of bullion
in both departments is £14,457,648, showing a decrease
of £46,031 when compared with the preceding return.

The traffic receipts of railways in the United Kingdom
amounted for the week ending the 29th of July, on
12,079 miles, to £753,782, and for the corresponding
week of last year, on 11,660 miles, to £721,452, showing I
an increase of 419 miles and of £32,350. The gross
receipts on the following 14 railways amounted, in the
aggregate, on 8,462 miles, to £617,053, and for the cor-
responding week of 1864, on 8,176 miles, to £596,771,
showing an increase of 286 miles and an increase of
£20,282. The increase on the Caledonian amounted to
£1402; on the Great Eastern to £2,389; on the Great
Northern to £319; on the Great Southern and Western
to £1,149; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire to £1,087;
on the London and North-Western to £3,841;
on the London and Brighton to £855; on the London
and Sonth-Western to £1,756 ; on the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire to £1,151 ; on the Midland
to £1,685; on the North British to £1,766; on the
North-Eastern to £3,234; and on the South-Eastern to
I £l92—total, £20,826. But from this must be deducted
£544, the decrease on the Great Western, leaving the
increase as above, £20,282. The goods and mineral
traffic on those lines amounted to £283,067, and for the
corresponding week of 1864 to £266,821, showing an in-
crease of £16,246. The receipts for passengers, paroels,
tr.o., amounted to £333,986, against £329,950, showing
an increase of £4,C1:;6. The traffic receipts on 63 other
lines amounted, on 3,617 miles, to £136,729, and for the
corresponding week of Lst year, on 3,484 miles, to
£124,661, showing an increase of 133 miles and of
£12,068 in the receipte. The total receipts of the put
week show an inortsee of £11,125 as compared with
those of the preceding week, ending the 22nd of July.

In the Railway Share Markets the dealings have been
limited, and prices have remained without material
variation :—Great Northern A Stock and Metropolitan
have each receded ; while South Eastern have im.
proved ; and Great Western, North Western, and
North Fasten; Berwick, each The Foreign and
Colonial lines generally maintain previous rates. Bank
and Miscellaneous Shares continue in moderate request,
at steady rates. London Joint Stook are dealt in at
48f 47. Union of London at 524 524. Crystal Palace
Stock at 38; and Telegraph Construction and Main-
tenance at In 124. Subjoined are the current quota-
tations of some of the principal new undertakings :
Hodges's Distillery, 1 1 prem. General &change
Beak, 34 24 prem. International Sugar Refinery
Company, lj prem. Anglo-Greek Steam Navigation
Company, 1 2; prem. Hop and Malt Exchange,
3 n prem. The Marseilles Extension Railway
and Land Company Shares ere 14 to 2.k prem. The
New Lane of 50,000 Preference Shares of £5 each of
the Atlantic Telegraph Company, 2 to 1 dis. The
Northern Aasam Tea Company's Shares are par to
prem. The ambers Tea Company's Shares are par
to (1 prem. The Rapidan Iron Works Company's Shares
are 9to 11 prero. The London Bridge Land Company's
Shores are to 4 prem. Albert Bridge Company Shares
are Ito 11 prem. Mama-Carrara Marble Company Shares
are 2to 3 prem. Downs Docks Company's Shares are
Ito 14 prem. London Quays Company Shares are 4to
4 din. British India Trust and Agency Corporation, 1
to ti prom. Overead, Garner, and Company (Limited)
Shares 2 to 24 prem.
The colonial produce markets this week have con-
tinued inactive, and the tone of babble's has not
*proved at the dom. Sugar has been dull, but quota-
tions of the fine veiny sorts are unaltered. Some of
the low qualities of Mapritins have experienced &decline
of Bd. per cat, while the refiners have taken liberal
*applies of Walt 'Adis., importers accepting a partial
reduction. The stock at this port hag increased to
nearly 100,000 tone. Some of the numerous floating
' cargoes of Brasil, 40., offering have been taken upon
low terms for the inferior qualities. Plantation Ceylon
has not quite maintained last week's rates, excepting
for the ooloury kinds, which keep firm, and the export
deliveries are dill large. Another cargo of Costa Rica
has arrived. The public sales of tea have gone off
flatly lit,irreimlar quotations. By private °Patriot the
•Inatioet is very quiet. Borne inquiry, however, grill
merlins fee tho better grades of green, and also for
Japan teas on Amoebae account. The Mock of Moue-
Moil being muCh reduced, prises advanced 2d, to d.
per paged at the quarterly sales held on Monday. A
few parcels of Bengal saltpetre have been sold upon
barely former terms. In good, toe West India cocoa
there has been a rime of several shillings. Rice is firmer,
owing to the apireal tendency of the corn-market.
In the ooriamarket there war an advance of 2a. This
may be expesteil to lewe to a considerable increase in I
Our importations from the Continent, since even at the
Imp prime mineut in Zane the arrivals were about 18
: pee 'mat. I. assets of those during the oorrespeading
monlitutitlite. ' • •
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