The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-02-15 00:00:00

SEED
_MARKET.

Slightly improved Inquiry for clover seeds, but, omudderlog
the time of mirth. business done has been emnewhat limited.
The improssfon, nevertheless, prevails, that there must be.
great demand this season for agriculturei seeds, end this
opinion gains strength from the irenerd determination at which
farmers have arrived, owing to the unprofitable and low pmmi
now current for grain, to have less land in wheat, and more in
seed and paw tire Mustard and rape min continue to advance
in value. We have quite .demand for winter tare.; these ere
wiling on our market at from tn. to 10e per bushel; Kande-
b..n, spring tare. having become 'cane, and being In latter
reciUmt, MUot Looted fully la. per qr. Je.pur forelmn
Italian is quoted Is. per bale higher. In other thing* we have
no change to repokt.—John Shaw and Sone, 16, Water-lane,
London, E.C.

MONEY MARKET.
The Stock Market have been dull during the week, and the
amount of hateinms transacted ha. only been moderate.
Yankee devices with the Erie railway are not yet frustrate&
Mr. Fish and his ingenioun confederates have reflond to receive
for transfer the first list of Warm sent from England by the
Protection Committee, a resolution having been maw& they
allege. declaring( the books cloned, so that no tranders could
he entered even if received. Motion will now be made by the
Shareholder.' Committee in the Federal courts bi overoome
thin stratagem.
Ttge Mont Ceni. Railway Company report Staten, that the
trxt6c, though steadily improving, ha. not equalled expectation.
The director, could not proud,* any interest to bond or share-
holder, during the ensuing year.
The directors of the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Company
recommend a dividend on the ordinary shares at the rate of 47
per onnt, per annum for the past half-you, carrying forward a
balance ot £3,000.
The Midland Railway Company directors recommend a
dividend of £3 ss. upon each £lOO Consolidated Stock.
Lord Newry has been appointed chairman of the Great Britain
Life Odiee.
The failure Is reported i 4 Marra Goodbehere, Gain& and
Co., Birmingham. Their liabilites are estimated at between
£20.000 and £35.000.
The directors of the South Devon Railway have agreed to
monnunend a dividend of 3* per cent. The dividend test year
ma ti.
The effort of the extraordinary collections of revenue under
the new &mom:meet is again apparent in the figure. of the
Bank return Waned on Thursday evening. The puldie depoeit
arowimt to £3377712. against £6,7&,743 at the stme date last
r'-so, ince air of £0.609,067, not. ithstanding the heavy
payment, by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the telegraph'
companies.
In the Bank of France weekly return the principal changes
are an increase of £64,000 in the bullion, nod a decrease of
£1.190,00 in the bill, dinicounted.
The 11.11 h E"4" Railway company will give a dividend for
the ee.( hall-year at the rate of 4 per cent.
nr-e- -L. olon and North Western Rainey rill give a dividend
n.thalf rem-yearlueytw a c
the unto,n to
ntit ater
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December,
of 7 per cant prr annum. for 'he last half year.
The directors of the London and Soutb-Westent Railway have
Issuedbtirisrsbort.
. „lie The
deducting interest on loan. and all other preferenmtioal thalweg,
to be t 207.286 11*; 71; "Id the EirPluo In June, IMO,
£6" Is. kl: Within available for dividend. C213,26b es 10d.
From the above sum the directors recommend that a dividend
he declared at the ate of 61 per cent per ann.., pim,b4.
on
' the 14 March. 11170. amounting. on £7.816,631 18e. Id. of paid
up ordinary oapital, to E 206,167 Ith 2d-. Waring to be piffled
over to the cumin( hall-year, Ce Al St lid• The (TOM regieng,
for the half-year ending 31st December, 1861), alums au Lik.,..-.;
04 £24,108 over the corresponding hall-year of 1408.