The Express.
London, England, 1864-04-13 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVINING, APRIL 13, 1864.

FOUR-AND-A-HALE PER CENT. SWEDISH
This GOVEZNIIIINTby LOAN for 4; 000 Sterling.
Loan la mined virtu of en act pared by tbe Four
Bastes composing the Swedish Reicitiarath, under the date of ,
thrd October 1883, ratified by R.M. the King of Sweden, and bas
been 0010.111144111 fee by the Heichichuiden Compteir (Public Debt
Moe) with ileum J. Henry SchrOder and Co., of London, end
other associated capitalists.
It Is enacted that the proceeds at this loan shall be applied
exclusively to the extension cad contraction or railroads in this
kingdom or Sweden.
Bonds will be Issued in .area or £1,400, AMC MOS, E. 160. with
coupons, payable In sterling Ulf-yearly In London on the 15th
April and 15th October, at the counting-bows of Mews J.
Henry Schrader and Co.
The ant Coupon will he pueblo 15th October. 1864.
The subscription price Is lite per cent., payable u Idiom;
1.5 Os. per cent. on txup.ll:etion,
415 Os. " on nt,
4:0 Os. " that May,
C2O Os. " 11th June,
120 Os. 11th July,
tit 10s. " 11th August.

£9 10a per 0100.
Dbootutt at the rate of ei per cont. per annum will be allowed
for prepayment of the Instalments upon any of the days !Mod
above.

reoelpte for semi of LIMO, 000, MOO. ElOO, will be issued
by Messrs. J. Henry Schrader end Co., sad after completion of
the payment' be exchanged for bonds of the like designation.
slier receipt of the fame from Stockholm.
A sinking fund Is provided for, whereby the loan will be
redeemed at par in the course of 64 years, by half-yearly draw-
ing., the first of which will take effect on 16th October next.
The Swedish Government, however, rearm the right to repay
the whole loan at per after the erpirelion of Sheen yews tram
this time.

Applieations for allotments to be made to Morn. J. Henry
&herder Co., let, Leasienhalbstrest, London, from wham
fame of application may be obtained.
In tbe erent of no allotment being made the deposit win be
tame tat* Wane/
be
The wabscrtattou Ilet will dosed ea Saturday, the 10b bra,
at I detest. J. Want! SCILIOOOIIII and 0.
10. lawlealsaletnet. Lesko: 40111. 00.

de this Is the Ord Loan salsa in I,ll7tOnfor the BwedishOovent-
meat, the following statistics of the financial position of the
country are submitted:
The total funded debt of Sweden amocatte to £3,700,000
The Std, ordinary revenue from tales en land, cus-
tom, and excise duties on Matilleries, pendedilm,
and stampe for the year 1803, essoanted to £1,915,000
The net eurpluerevenae, after providing tar eJlehairges,
Including interest end labOrthagille of funded nap
than' loans In 1863, mounted to £200,000
During the lest T 5 yeast these has been haveidably an annual ,
sundae retract.,

fireniticn7allosne have been expended entirety on the Eleredbh
railroads, and by them err, together with the surplus revenue
of the country during the het 21 yen; about 264 miles of public
roads have either been laid or repaired.
Duda,/ the same period the mum expended by the state for
Swedish g.vernment railroads or other lines, for public roads,
drainage.
of deepening of
d4,water, eommunications. and reclaiming
the soil. amounts to 670000.
The population of Sweden in 1540 was about 4,000,000
in 1861
The value of the expoas of Sweden in 1840 MIL E 1,760,000
1811 was.

VNNIZIJILA GOVERNMENT SIX PER
awry. proaar-1.1,500,000.

In lio7tili.of CNC EMO, and ,ClOO.
GENERAL CREDIT and FINANCE oomParr of
21e GENERAL
(Melted) beg to announce that they are antboriesd hy
the government of Venezuela to OFFER to the public a LOAN
for that Attie, to the extent of £1,500,000 nominal capital, upon
the following terms :
The Bonds will be
Interest as from the let October
for sunis of E5OO. 000. andB63. MOS
6
each. They wiU bear 1 at
the rate of six percent. per annum, with coupons attac =
able half-yearly, en the let April and let October, at the
of the General Credit and Finance Company In Londoa, In
sterling, or at the oMces of Nears. Salomon Oppenhelm, jun.,'
sea Co.. Celoll6e, In Makes, at the exchange of the day.
The price of Issue is COI per £lOO stock, and payment will be
teenired as Wawa :
FA on application.
1 0 on alonamt, In £3 half.year's Interest accrued.
i Oil let June.
a on Ist Anima.
II cm Ut September, ism £3 hall-year's interest maned,
—v— due Lt Oct.
Affi
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liiecount at the rate of I per cent. per annum will be allowed
cm pre-
npermea
der4.s.te In full, making, with allowances, the prim of
Mese us.

In case of non-allotment the &moult will be returned. Should
a Ides amount be allotted then that applied for, the deposit will
be made available towards payment on the allotment, and the
betance, if say returned to the applicant.
The object of the loan is to effect a settlement of the general
condition of the
country, to as-ist in making roads and
roved communications, inland and coastwise, to pay off some
claims, and generally to develop the aviculturel m-
nrend luduetry of the country.
eftloan, interest, and sinking fund are seemed by a special
ilon of the whole export duties leviable M the ports of
rithpuTlic, La Guava. Puerto Cabello, Maracaibo, and Culdad
rivird Tbess are warranted by the Government as wholly on-
* that, if any claims can be substantiated, they shall
be met out of the proceeds of the Lowy, and as producing more
than saliclent to meet the charge of the peewit loam. The pro.
dates of the export duties last year is stated to have been
z sal an increase is expected. In the event oa:zniai
, the amount la to be made good by a further
of the uncharged import duties at all the poets of
anur"aumatim ela.

The ;meet of Bart Rumen Imo been obtained forthe collodion
of the duties so hypothecated by her Majesty's consuls at the
seversl porta, modated with the Company's mina and the re-
=mount will be transmittal twice a month to the Genera
and Plieetwe Company of London. Mt of the man
1110,000 arse will be spnlled to the payment ot the interest and
reptian of the debt. as follows
tfie,ooll to be applied la the JIM Instance to payment of the
Mooed

11h...W00 to a of ninny fund this amount being augmented
fiodieen, by the interest on bonds that shall have boon
.."-Xleaterg tuner:lll be applied to the purchase of bonds to
the open market, if the price to at or below par, or to their
redemption by lot la the anal way, If above par, year by year
until the whole shall have been paid off.
_ . . _ . .

—fie ant porebare7irederopttonio take place let October,
18e4

tire documents relating to the authorisation of the Loan, and
the ratification of the same by the Constituent Assembly of
Venezuela under date 14th January, 1864, with notarial transla-
tions, are open for inspection at the offices of the General Credit
aid name, Company, 7. Lothbury, whirs applicationa for the
Bonds, is the annexed form, will be received.
Applications will also be received by the London and West.
Waster Bank, by the Union Bank of Landon: sad at Cologne,
by Messrs. Salomon Oppenhelm, Jan., and Co.; Amsterdam, by
Messrs. Lipp:nano, Rementinti, and Co.
" . .

PsreepeeGoes
the an k d team of applications may be had at 7. Loth.
bar, sad of broers.
Lowden, 7, Lothbary, 1861.