The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-07-03 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL ARTICLE.

The gnsliall lands °petted at a outlier rodootiota of
" .401 h but ultintwely returned te the closing prism
Tie apt bai gains to Consols were at 116 a to a, end The
ta.t at t.. 14 t For the amount the quotation Is 861
Sauk Stock left off at 240 to 246; Ikdueed and
_

.4,.er Three per Conte., 861 to ; India Five per Cents.,
10.11 to 3; Rupee Paper, 100 to 101 and 106 to 107 .
India [bode, Is. do. to Si. pas. ,sod lisabequer.billa
/huh, di. du. to D.r ; June, 6e. di.. to 5, p.m.

The return from the Bank of England for the week
ending the 27th of June gives the fo'lowing result.
rhea compared with the 'newtons week:—

Public deposits
'other deposits

£3,533.274 £29.113
. 7,966.X.11...1neream0 . 676,987
20,839.760...De5rea55„. 3.11,007

On the other side of tho acooont
rinornt socuritient 11.,348,01...10crea50 1100.000
30,883,810.. Decrees... 325,352

tith.r ocourities

Notes unemployed ... 4,346,515...150re55e 279,n6

The amount of note* in Circulation is £34,8&1,990.
twine a decrease of 1.282,800, and this stook of bullion
in li.dh departments is £16,012.399, showing an in-
ere .11. of 1:191,279 when couspwred with the pre-
ceding return.

The Board of Trade returns for the past month again
show a groat increase hi the declared value of our
,mpertations writ the corresponding month of last, year,
the mt.,' haring been 115.870.130, against £15,194,788
—an augmentation of 32 per cent. Of cotton yarns the
ineream of shipments has been shout 30 per sent. in
value and 32 per cent. in quantity, and of cotton wane.
future. it has been 46 per ant. in value, and 20 per
cent. in quantity. liabonlasbery also Gown for an
Matisse of 31 per cent. in vile.; linen manufaetures, 9
Per cent.; woollen ntennfaetum, 30 per sent.; and iron
24 per gent. The only material Memnon of • felling
off are hardwares 9 per cent, and ailk manufactures 98
tier cent. The wheat introit...oone of the month were
2,130,170 meta., against 2,816,701 in May, 1865, the
?ideation being consequent on a diminution of the supply
from Germany and Russia, *bleb bee more than
s mnterbalanced a rather considerable importation from
France. For the first Sr. months of the year, however,
the total entente have been 9,34578 ewta of wheat,
against 6,389,222 in the name months of 1865, lied
2,758.784 rota of flour, %Wont 1,300,125, Of cotton,
the arrivals for the past month have been 1,490,636
cote., against 611.653 in May, 1865. The total value
of our esportattons for the first five months of the
prompt year has been £78,227.710, showing an increase
of 28 per Dent. on the same period 01 1865, and of 22 per
cent. on 1864.

The trsflic receipt' of railways In the United King.
does amounted for the week ending the 23rd of June,
on 12.30 miles, to £7.41,170, sod for the oorresponding
week of last year,on 12,075 miles,t• 1707,563,5b0wing an
IncrvsJe of 266 miles, and of £27,617. The gross
✓eceipts on the following 14 runways amounted, in the
aggregate, on 8,558 miles, to £211,770, and for the
eorresponding week of 1885, ea 8,710 miles, to £692.2011,
showing an increase of 148 miles, and of £16,562.
The increase on the Caledonian amounted to £1,712;
no the Great Westetn to £2,834; on the L ince-
ewe and y.wkshire to £4,(i68; on the London and
NorthiWestern to row; on the London and
Brighton to £722; on ths Manchester, Sheffield
and Lincolnshire to £1,633; on the Midland to £4.738 ;
on Ike North British to £2,343; on the North-
i'..ettrn to £2,223; on the Great Northern to £238;
and on Um Southißastern to EMl—total, 1:23,570,
but from this must he deducted £ll7, the decrees* on
the Great Eastern £247; on the Great Southern
and Western; and £3,544 --oft the London and
Sonth•Western, leaving the increase as above £19,562.
The goods and mineral traffic on those lines amounted
to £318,573, and for the corresponding week of
1666 to £293,931, showing an increase of £24,642.
The receipts for passengers, paroels, do., amounted to
1.193.197, against £298,277, showing a decrease of
£ri,oBo. The traffic receipts on 52 other lines
a-counted on 3,485 miles, to £123,400, and for the
e iiresp 'tiding week of last year, on 3,366 miles, to
£115,346, showing an Wirers of 120 miles and of
£8.066 in the receipts. The total receipts of the past
week show an increase of £24,303 as compared with
Vitriol the prioeding week, ending the 16th lost.

In the share-sarket dulness was the prevailing
feature, and the business faulted in rather • general
tendency to 'ethane. In English railways, Lancashire
and Yorkshire Mapped I, Chatham destined I, Great
W•stern and North Western each, miduad I, Great
E..tern further 11. Great Northern (A stock) • further
L and Metropolitan and South-Eastern • further
call. In colonial, the several Indian description. are
nw
quoted ex. die. In foreign, Lombardo-Venetiao
receded In American, United States (340) improved
I; Erie Ames (paid up) and Illinois Central shares
reeded I each; Atlantic and Great Western (debmi"
tures) remain at 49, to SO. In mince, East Bassett
Anahned ; St. John del Rey are now quoted en div.
.01 talents, Chartered of India improved 2, Australia
and City I each, and South African ; Provincial of
leased declined 3, and Oriental Corporation ê;
Chartered Merman' of India, Ottoman, New South
Wales, and South Australia are now quoted en div.
In miseellanierts Ebbw Yale @deemed I, and Australian
Agricultural and Telegraph Construction (ordinary)
each, Credit Mobilise relapsed and Generalreedit I;
Marmille. Land and South African Mortises declined
each, Atlantic Telegraph and International
Financial further I; Canada, Ceylon, Crystal Palace
(preference and debentures), East India Irrigation, and
Song; Australian Land are all quoted ex. div.
lathe colonial produce-markets last week there was
no recovery from the quiet state that has so long
prevailed pending the hoped for reduction of the Bank
rate. In sugar to arrive there has been • steady
business, but transactions on the spot have been limited
at the late decline. Relined arts keep tolerably Into.
The teaquarket continues flak in anticipation of farther
large sales, which commence to-day Tuesday. These will
comprise 33,000 pokes's, principally "without
reserve." Indian growths by auction have been sold at
• reduction, eicepting for • few picked parcels, which
realised very full quotations. Coffee is much firmer.
A considerable quantity of plantation Oakci coffee
has changed hands at • recovery of 3e. to 4a. per owt.
on the exceptionally low isles made last week. Native
shows an improvement, and part of the Ana cargo of
new Costa Rica has been taken at relatively fair prices.
Heavy landings have again inereseed the stock; but
the export deliveries have not as yet fallen off to the
extent that might have been antisipated from the wsr
between Germany and Austria. Ries is unaltered-
Saltpetre has been nearly nealosted. Meet kinds of
epics sell slowly. A good demand still prevails for
cocoa, although the quotations have been irregular
The Government contrast announced has some Whence.
Cotton claws without material alteration.

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