The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-10-09 00:00:00

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On the other Ade of the amount :
Government esenrltiesEl2,2l9.ol3...Decrease... 385
tither securities 22,141 313.. Inctrease...l,lbl.3s9
Notes unemployed. ... 6,570,280... Decrease...l 016,165
The amount of notes in circulation is £24,335,630,
being au increase of 61,295,965 and the stock of bullion
in both departments -is £16,879,137, showing an
in•cresse of 1.149,675 when compared with the pre•
ceding return. As there is usually in this week of the
years decrease of more than hells million in the bullion
owing to withdrawals of win for Government payments
at the end of the quarter, the increase actually shown is
Cveo largir than nilght have been expected, notwith-
standing the fact of £509,000 of foreign arrivals having
beto sent in. The 4iminution in the Reserve is also
wioderate. In the corresponding week of last year it was
nearly twice es great, and at the beginning of October,
1864, it was about £1,300,000.

In the share-market • farther tendency to heaviness
Affected nearly all the descriptions in • greater or less
degree, banks, which showed movemeeta in both direc-
tions, and American recut ities, which were rather
firmer, being the only exceptions, and in English rail-
ways alone was any activity dieplayed. Of these Metro-
politan went down 21, North British 1, LILCO& hire and
Yorkshire j, Great Esatern • further 1, and North.
Western and Midland • further each. In colonial,
Indian Branch declined j. In foreign, Imperial Mexican
se ceded 1, Baia j, and Great Luxembourg a further j•
In American. Fria shares (paid up) recovered 11,
United States (5-20) advanced • further 1 and j respec-
tively, aad Atlantie and Great Western (Debentures)
were steady at 641 to 654 In minee, Wheal Buller d..
dined 3, and Celia. Copper 1, and Panuicillo improved
1. Of the banks, Oriental Corporation improved 2, and
Chartered Mercantile of India and Swedish I each;
Consolidated relapsed and City declined 1, European
a further 1, Alliance and Ottoman • further 1. In
mire. Ibuieous, Millwell Freehold recovered 1, and Lon-
don Financial declined I. Berlin Waterworks, General
Credit, and Hudson's Bay I each, Thames ani Mersey
4larine • further I, and Credit Fonder a further j.
The traffic receipts of railways in the United King-
dom amounted for the week ending the 29th of Seto..
on 12,688 miles, to £773,151, and for the corresponding
week of Iset year,on 12,460 milecete £7s7,ll2,showing an
increase of 216 mile', and of £16.039. The gross
receipts on the following 14 railways amounted, in the
&arsine., on 9,121 miles, to £647.836, and for the
corresponding week of 1883. On 3.964 miles, to £635,424.
showing an increases of 147 miles, and of £12,412,
The increase on the Oreas Eastern, amounted to
£414; on the • Great Northern, to £1,922; on the
Crest Western to £1,872 ; on the Luiewhire and
Yorkshire to £2135; on the London end North.
Western, to £9,304 ; on the London and Brighton
ti £.t9; on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln
shire to £1,274; on the Midland to £2,931 ; on
the North British to £1.749; on the North.
E..tern to £2,746; £17,386. But from this
mu.t be deducted £2BO, the decrease on the Cale-
&mien, £1,075 on the Great Soother, and Western,
feel on the London and South-Western, and £2,738 on
Ce. S. uth-Fasteru, leaving the increase, as above,
£12,112. The goods and mineral traffic on these lines
atuouuted to 1.314,618, and for the corresponding week
to £327,397. showing an increase of £17,221.
Th. receiet• for passengers, pfifooll, kc., amounted to
£M,218, against £i03.027, showing a decrease of
11:4,e99. Tho traffic receipts on 52 other lines
auennett.l on 3,:ei7 miles, to £125,315, and for the
corn,pneling week of last year, on 3,486 miles, to
£121,6te, sliowieg an incesase of 81 miles
and of 1.3,627. The total receipta of the past
week ehow an increase of £16,537 as compared with
'hosed the preceding week, ending the 22nd Sept,.
The colonial produceenarkete have continued
with the same absenee of activity described in
the last report, and prices have, in some few instancee,
experieneed a smell decline, notwithstanding the re-
duced supplies brought forward. Sugar closes flatly,
but, owing to tbe limited quantity 'nought forward by
auction, the quotations are not distinctly lower. The
d. lives show no improvement. The rice-market io-
nising B.t, with sellers at lower rates for soft grain
descriptions. There has been no material change in the
prices of plantation Ceylon coffee at the sales this week,
and • steady demand has prevailed. Common East
ledie descriptions are rather lower. The Netherlands
Trading Ccenpany's neat side will contain 140,800 bap
Java, lee. A rather firmer tone is apparent in the tea
market, and fell prises were maintained upon most de.
euiptions In the public) adze, again consisting chiefly of
p.m's without reserve. Holders of Indian growths
will commence offering teas under the earns system this
-week, several sales being advertised. Further arrivels
of new season's Congou have occurred, and these have
partly recovered from the recent depression. A few
isles of fine are reported, and partial inquiries bane
been niade for some of the lower grades. Saltpetre Is
aimed neglected, and quotations remain nominal,
Black pepper hies been sold at prices rather favourable
eo the buyers.