The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-07-17 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL ARTICLE.

The Bank on Thursday made no alteiation in their
rate of discount, which has non remained at 10 per sent
for the unpretuelented period of too months. The
cense still emulate in the diecridit that attaches to
London paper on the Continent, end the persistent
transmission of almost ersry bill that falls due for
eollestiou in quake.
The Mora from the Bank of Rolland for Om week
',adios the 11th of July sive* the foilowinn ?wilts
when compared with the previous week :
Rest •.. f 3,1159.491 £0.552

Public deposits 2,721G,738...D05e550s 5,073,1512
Other deposits 21,472,485 „Inersaso 1.533,878

On the other side of the amount :
°remotest eeetiritise £10.478.123... Decrease...4soo.ooo
Other securities 29,030,534.. Daweue 1,710,020
Note• unemployed ... 3,094,685... Decresee . 241,115
The amount of notes in circulation is £25,192,830.
being • decrease of E 619,035; sad the stook of bullion
in both departments is £13,993,470, showing • de-
cree., of £BB3,47sPwhen compared with the pre-
ceding return.

In the stook marketa the attention el the dealers
be. been altumt exclusively occupied by the arrange-
ments in connexion with the Itallimonthly foreign end
'hare settlement, which burn been of missal import•oes,
owing to the extordinary ductuatlons in Italian
securities during the fortnight. The English funds
here been steady, with an ocoasional tendency to weak •
nen on Mat quotation. from Paris. The first transac-
tions en Consols for delivery were 137 i to g, and they
returned to that paint after having touched BTh. For
the ilth of Aura the llnal harping sere at 871 to
The favourable prospects of the harvest from the
present weather bare an infloence in promoting
cteadinesa Bank stack lift off at 245 to 247; Reduced
anti New Three per Cents.. es; to ; India Stock, 207
to 209 f ndnt'Flate per Cents., 103 to g ; Rupee Paper,
100 to. 101 tad 108 to 107 ; ledia Bonds, putt.
pm. ; and Exishequer-bills—Mareh, Is. di.. to per;
Jane. par to ss. pm. In the discount market there
.santinees to bean thatement of the late revere pressure.
The 'hue-market on Friday was inactive, and pikes
• were generally steady, but no material change occurred
in any of the descriptions. In English railway., Greet
Eastern recovered 1, Great Western and SouthiWeetent
improved 1 and respectively, and Groat Northern (A
stock) relapsed 1. In colonial, Bast Indian recovered g.
In foreign. Southern of France and Western and North-
Western of France recovered g each, Northern of Francs
advanced 1, Eastern of France receded 1, and Dutch-
Rhenish are quoted an die. In Americas, Erie share"
(paidup) improved g, and Atlantic and Great Western
Debentures me "toady at 49 to 50. la mines, the only
change eas • decline of gin Mental's. Of the banks,
tiouth.Western and London and Weitminster advanced
1 each, and Chartered of Australia g ; Otago destined
1, London Joint-Stock g, and Coneolidated • further 1;
and Colonial, Union of London. and National are ell
rooted ex dividend. I. miscellaneous, China Steam
and Emit India Irrigation improved I each, London Fi-
nancial g, and Union and Marine Liverpool 1, and
Credit Mobilier, Ebbw Vale, and Hudson's Bay are now
quoted Sc dividend.

The traffic receipts of railwaye in the United King.
dons amounted for tho week ending the 7th of July,
on 12.343'stilas, to £739,874, and for the wirrespooding
week of last year,on 12,075 miles,te E 713,587, showing an
inereass of 288 miles, and of £14287. rho green
roceicrte on the following 14 railways arnouoted, in the
aggregate, on 8,858 miles, to £615,895, and for the
owresponding week of 1885, on 8,710 miles, to £504,887,
showing an inmates of 148 miles, and of £30,828
The Morelos on the Caledonian uncounted to £1,844 ;
on the Great Western to £5,108 ; os the Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire to 14,1,75; on the London and
North•Westera to £3,588; on the London and
Brighton to 111,040; on the Maneberter, Sheffield
and Lineolnahlni to £2,244; on the Midland to £2,168;
on the North British to £1,992; and on the North-
E.stern to £2,995; on the Great Northorn to 018;
total, £25,387, but f row this must be dedocted £2,1913,
the &serous on the Great Festers; EB2B on the Great
Southern and Western ; £953 on the London and South-
Western ; and £582 on the Sonth•lasteint, leaving
the increase as alone £20,828. The goods and
mineral tralllo on those tines amounted to £300,8110,
and for the oorrespooding week of 1866 to

C1N7,127, showing an increase of £13,733. The
receipts for peeempra, pareels, ko. , amounted te
£;l&s3s. against £307,740, showing an increase of
£7,095. The traffic receipt. on 59 other lines
amounted en 3,485 miles, to £124,179, and for the
corresponding week of last year, on 3,365 111111111, to
£114,7118, showing an inc•ease of 190 miles and of
£5.481 in the receipts. The total neelpte of the past
week show a decrease of £17,351 se compered with
these of the preceding week, ending the 10th June.
The colonial produee.markets have been inactive, the
partial tendency to insprovemeat referred to last week
haring b-en checked by the altered state of Europese
and the still adverse position of asoriet•ry,
atf.irs here. Coffee continued is good demand at the
commencement, • further adenine of la. Id. to 9a. per
°wt. being paiJ for Ceylon, but an Wednesday the hitter
Continental advises again weakened sooficlenes, the int-
provemeet beteg lost as sales ware premed by the Im-
porters. At the close lather • bettrr tome prevails.
The sugar market has at length shown more steedinees,
prices being oceestotudly fid. per 'wt. higher for the
wooly and a large business ham occurred in Wert
the refiners taking liberal supplies. Various letting
cargoes ol foreiga bare bean sold for Dear porta. The
Netherland Trading Co's sale on the 24th Met., will eon.
Min 58,000 Moira' Java. Soft grain rice is quiet: Banal
Ann, owing to the small stock. Saltpetre has hese dull,
end prices are lower. The public isle, of Obia• tee were
brought to • termination on Tuesday, when there wee a
bettor feeling prevalent. Business by private contract
ban, however. been very much restricted. Some
quantity of new Seeare's lEsiairw imagoes is reported to
hare attired at BareetUes by the French steamer.