The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-10-23 00:00:00

iiiblie deposits

3,391942 Deereaee...2, 873,21 7

othcr deposits 18,778,1523...1nereaw _1,323,8:4
On the other aide of the account :-
11.wrrnment peenritieeC12.291,496...De0rea5e...1:127,0117
inher securities ... ....21;244 M.. Decree..... 901.564
Notts unemployed ... Decrease .. 453.665

The amount of notes •ih circulation is £24,0P51,515,
i. an iocrcase of £111,370; and tho stook of bullion
ia hotk departutenta is £16,1:13,363, showing •
tilTft of 1.1151,143 when compared with the pre-
c.,llng return.

\V' learn with satisfaction oil proposal for menisci tali as
the busine., of the Agra and Maaterman's Bank, and
have much pleasure in noting the salient points of the
:cheme. The moat careful estimates hays been made of
the &swia of the Bank, and they show • surplus of
grali,ooo after payment:of 30s. in the Lou ell liabilities.
It is proposed to raise an additional or further capital of
gest,nnfl by the baste of new .ClO shares, which shall be
pit up as follows—Cl on application; £2 on allot-
men. ; in in July, lfelf ; Ed in January. ISM. The
mita! of £600,000 realised from the surplus of the old
Lank will be represented in the first instance by scrip
certificates of £25 each, so ax to preserve the liability of
the shares in the old Bank until its liquidation I. eons.
pitted. The creditors are to be requested to receive the
11, in the C still due to them on the old conoern, by the
y,dlowing Inatalseets :-3s. in January, INT ; 3.. in
July, lehl ; 4s. le April, 100 6; ss. in October, 1868.
it will own appear that whilst the creditors will obtain
the additional security from the increased capital
amounting to £400,1100, the shareholders, by preserving
the value of the goxbwill of their business, rewire a
doable property In return for the payments made on
amount of the existing liabilities. The actual mallss.
lien of 0100,0110 from the assets of the old Bank is to be
guaranteed. The Indian business of the old Agra Bank
bus Ken, as is well known, • very profitable one, and
the present scheme, by reviving this branch of the old
establishment, with its organisation ready for immediate
operations, ban every prospect of establishing a success-
ful hosiers.. Al the shareholders meeting in London
on Thunder, we observe that this scheme was warmly
sdopted, and only awaits the sanction of the Indian
shareholders in order to its consummation.

In the share.market both the transaction. and the
movements in the closing prioes were few and on.
impurtant. In Runtish railway. Great Northern (A
stock) recovered Brighton and Routh Devnn advanced
1 each, end Metropolitan I ; Csieslonian declined 1, and
North We.tern a farther In colonial Grand Trunk
of Canada improved and Delhi (clock) declined A. In
foreign Antwerp, and Rotterdam, Dutch- Rhenish, and
Great Luxembourg were all I lower. In American
Cnited Blake' (5 21)) were a further I higher, Atlantic
and Greet Western (Consolidated bond.) higher, and
di.to (debentures) 1 higher, at 61 to 64 ; Illinois Central
shares relapsed I. In British mines Rest Carmine
further improved 1; Wheal Trnlawney receded 1, and
Wheal Buller a further I. In foreign mines Pesterena

Impr•ved 4. and Cobre Copper a farther ; Cape Copper
declined 4. Of the banks Hinduetan arlyanced 4;
Intern Eschange droner:lL Chartered of India, Mid-
i:eel. and North Western 4each, and Albano, 4. in
in;seellaneons Anglo-Ameriessa Telegraph reoovered
E.t.a Indian Land Credit improved 4. Home and rAo. ,
nial Assurance 4, and Northern Assam Tea (II share.) •
!either ; National Steam declined 1, Universal Marine
4. C.oemercial Union 4, and Royal Mail Steam further
14.
The traffic receipts of railways in the United King- 1
doni amounted for the week ending the 13th of Oct.,
on 12.644 miles, to 1.165.734, and for the corresponding
wet It of last year,on 12,450 miles,to £7lR,366,showing an
Inerea...t of 216 miles, and of £48,372. The irrnsq
receipts on the following 14 railways amounted, in the
aggregate, on 9,150 miles, to £643,699, and for the
eorreepooding week of 1865. on 9,002 miles, to £e66.653,
showing an increase of 144 miles, and of £37,616. ,
The increase on 'the Caledonian emounted to £452 ;
on the Great Eastern to £1,004: on the Great
Northern to £3,035; on the Great Souther, and
Western to £837; on the Great Western to £3,864;
on the Lancashire and Yorkshire to £4,124; on
the ',melon and North-Western to £5,687; on the
London and Brighton to £2,350; on the London and
South-Western to Ll,OOl ; on the Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire to £1,049; on the Midland to
11•145 ; on the North British to £1,532; on the North-
Esstern to £3,537; on the South-Eastern to £2,435
total, £37,646. The goods and mineral traffic on those
lines amounted to £352,931, and for the tiorreeponding
week of 1865 to 1"330,352, showing an increase of
£/2,579. The receipts for passengers, parcels, &a,
amounted to £290,785, against £275,701, showing an in-
crease of £15,067. The traffic receipts on 52 other lines
amounted on 3,567 miles, to £111,039, and for the
corresponding week of lust year, on 3,488 mike, to
£112,313, showing an inceenect of 81 miles
and of £10,736. The total receipts of the past
week show • decrease of £14,672 as compared with
those of the preceding week, ending the 6th Oct,
In the colonial produce-markets business has continued
inactive, with quotations of several ankles rather lower.
The Netherlands Trading Company's sale of coffee, held
at Rotterdam on Wednesday,twent off rather under the
valuations, or 14c. to 2e. below the September rates.
There leas been a steady demand here, with better
deliveriot and the various parcels of Ceylon brought
forward generally found buyers; but some of the Bast
Indie.iescriptione have brought low pricea. The exams-
• sire stocks of sugar here, the depression in refined
goad; and the prospects of • fair supply of beetroot
manufactured in Europe, contribute to keep this
market fiat. Prices for the week are fully 6d. per
cwt, lower. Rice doses armor, with no sellers
at ti.o recent destine. In the tea-mseket the basinees
by private contract has been chieffy reetrkted to the
r.,t of the new season's honing congou just
arrived. The quality of these not being generally
satisfactory to the trade, prices have been irresjelaz
raging from Is. 114 d. to 2s. sd. per 111. Lame publics
mles "without reserve" have passed off flatly, and in
frequent eases at lower rates. Common to fair red
and blackish leaf wage's showed • decline. Common
to medium grades of new Kalsow, es well as room of
lint soison's import, receded ld. per lb , and new
relented tem were lower. Small raked Indian growths,
consisting chiefly of parolee "without reserve." are
advertised for the Ztri inst. White pepper has been
sold at a further reduction. Other kinds of spies
remain dull. The ensuing quarterly sales el cinnamon
still be rather large. A few speculative perchance
have been loud* is Bengal saltpetre to arrive at £2l.
pre ton, with customary snowmen for refraction. The
market on the spot is dull, owing to the very heavy
stock. Rut India cotton advanced at one time but
eloted flat.