The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-02-08 00:00:00

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Throughout the manufacturing districts business has
been rather quiet during the present week. The tone
of the various marketa hoe, however, been good, and. in
nearly all eased prime have ruled firm.
In the Bank of England weekly returns issued on
IThursday evening the effect of the active collectieu of
the revenue, together with the payments to the
telegraph companies, is shown very distinctly. Not.
withstanding 'Arse receipt. on account of revenue, the
Payment, to the telegraph COOT taioll have reduced the
goeernment balanoes £1J111.4.59. These opei &Coo'
have; involved a transfer to the private deposit, and • :
eon...Tient auvuentation of them by the sum of
£2,731,313. Tbe advancee made by the Bank, antioipa.
tory of the distribution of the telegraph mosey, have
increased "other securitiees".Ot2,3ll.
The London and Coonty Bank haadeslared a dividend '
of 6 per cent, for the hall year, with a bona. of di per
oeot.

The directors of the Bristol and Rioter Railway
rwtoesmended • dividend for the past half.year at the
rate of 5 against 4 per sent. in the corresponding period
of 1868.

The dividend proposed by the directors of the Great
&stern Railway Coropeey ii it the rate of 1 per mot.
per •110001 for the Willem, carrying forward • balsnoe
of about 1.25,000. _
_ _ _ _

The Ourn ;wall Hematite Oompany (Limited) has
I declared a dividend of 10s. per share, or al the rata of
1 10 per cent. per annum.
1 The amount paid through the London Bankers'
Clearing house for the week ending Wednesday was
1E95,458,1:X10.
The storms of Orain in our markets have not dimi-
nished during January (the arrivals for that month
being the largest for many years past), and as those in
• the Russian and 'American ports are fast inereming,
giving promise of early antl considerable further ship.
merits, whilelour west coast ports begin to be largely
supplied with Freoch dour, the trade throughout the
markets of the kingdom has been very drill daring the
past week, and where salmi were forced wheat irises
gave way Is. per qr.; this decline not hiring sufficient to
bring buyers forward readily. Excepting fine malting
barley, the value of which remained unaltered, spring
oorn of all sorts has been neglected, and prima wore in
buyers' favour. Flour was 61. per bawl and Is. per
max cheaper. Nume r,-14" the .20,14. IN* grew e,,di
seed laden vessels arrived off the coast, of whisk, with
thow left over from last week, there remained for sale
last Thuniday night 107 cargoes. The trade in cargoes
arrived off the coast was slow during the preceding
week. Buyers waiting for the fresh fleet from the Black
Sea, known to be near at hand, the few sales effected
show a decline of nearly Is. per quarter, from previous
rates, for wheat. Prime of maim gave way slightly.
Barley met with • slow, sale and for rye there were only
purchasers at • reduction of le. 61. per quarter. In
cargoes on passage and .for forward shipment, nothing
of interest is to be reported.
Last week's import of Wheat amounted to 855,622
cwt., against 1,013,340 owl. • 144,267 owt. of barley,
ligaiost 434,338 cwt. ; 141,26 ever. of oats, against
1108.733 ewl.; 31,966 cwt of pea. against 21.379 cwt. ;
27,700 owl, of beans, against 61,948 sera ; 320,860 owl,
of Indian earn. against 393,398 owl. ; and 172,828 met.
of Boor, against 105,132 owt, last year. From the lot
of September to the ohne of last week, compared with
the corresponding period in 1668 9 the imports and
exports of cereal profiles into and from the United
Kingdom were as follows

180.70. 186840.
Import& Export" Imports. Expoytek

:wt.
tot. cwt.
Wheat .21.644,068 —114.991 —12,851,463 .. 133,939
8,512 .. 4,902.715 .. 58,937
Bata . 5,113,J51 .. 31,005 .. 3,023,317 ...le 410
Pew. .......... 713,5.11 .. 6,758 .. 04.572 .. 5.499
11eane.......... sri..s,Uitt .. 542 .. 1.355,995 .. 3,023
Indian Corn 9346,738 .. 5,874 .. 5,711,068 .. 350
Flour . 3,213,720 .. 4,1:91 .. 1.890,4i3 .. 18.423
The following Oatenicut shows the stowage prices of Forkli
wheat, barley and oat 4 In England and Wales for the week
ending Jan. l, moattared with the four previous yam:-
1870. 14421. Ib6e. 1887. 1886,

e. d. d.
Wheat.. 428 .. 51 5
Buley 35 7 .. 48 18
Oal• .... 20 4 .. 276

726 .. 42 6 .. 45 10
44 4 . 45 2 .. 34 0
2511 .. .24 8 .. 23 1