The Express.
London, England, 1865-05-11 00:00:00

LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY.-(THIS DAY.)

The annual general meeting of this society wee
held this moraine at Exeter 011 under the presideby,
of the KM ANIMUS K.OIIILIDD, LP, who was me.
=6.l2Er. Edward Baines, N.Y., Mr. Berme,
M.P., the Rev. R. R. Rollick, M.A. (itetior F.
Elt. Otement Damn), Dr. Livisgstes, Mr. Unmet Morley,
Dr. Mottos Brown, the Rev. Dr. Vaughan, the Rey.
James Parsons (of York), and other gestlemse.
D. TlDtunread some portions of a very elaborate
report. The put year bad, it rated, been painfully dates
gashed by an tutannal and unprecedented number el deaths,
a circumstance which seemed to point to the smash, of ems.
birthing a native ministry and strengthening the 6001
deemed satire species. Thesociety had bees able o add
to die misacatry band more than the number that hid
been lost, and 12 others would shortly be appointed,
tusking the number of the society's agents 179. Then
were on the DMA 46 accepted modidates for miesioesty
service. Of thee, tea bad paned their last year at the
society's institution at Highgate, under the Care of the
Rey. J.
of the Slott Wartalsociety for oedinar
, th residenywp t tutomr, . The iced
imam r mid
objeets had been 91,0481. 10s. id., -sad the szyw;L:7,
99.1561. Ba. 94. Towards meeting the deficiency in she
' innate there had bees drawn—from the food for extend*
Dits.km, is big* 1,5001.: from the China minion,
from the Midyear:at. Fund, 5,3401. 3a. ; and from ts;
feed far building memorial churches, 8731. 10s. 10d.•
—hotel, 8,7131. 13.. 10d. The society bad muds
ansapmente for • sew miseloaary ship in the plaosef
that at the John Williams, which was wrecked os
Poise, awl she would sail with es little delay as y=
from the Thames for the Isle of the Pacific.
After a few remarks from the Camases, is whirl be
dwelt upon the encouraging nature of the 110Ziety'S Open,
lions sad the amessity of streagthesuag the native *gas*
oe she marks of the Rev. J. G. Roan's, seconded by tat
Rev. R. Roszwre, the report was adopted.
Amara sae
_otbm apeakers were the Rey. 8. Miatoa,
W. L. Mmcaer, and Dr. Rammed.

NATIONAL PROVINC
IRDLY lAL BANK OP RBOLAND.
(TH.)

The thirty-second annual meeting of this lank
was held is soon. se the nines a the ecienerry, uz
Bialeopsgateetrese ; Mr. J. IL LAOIII in the chair.
The report said :—" The result of the year's tnumeum
are as follow, vit. : 1864. Jan. Rest or undivided nee
at 31a December, 1363, as exhibited at the annual tee
log is May, 1864, inclwling premium on sharn 272,4;21.
2d. Lan—Boom declared and paid in cad
is 1864 oat of this, amount.* to 63600 f ;
reserve fund serefitst apart on government ses;curities,
of 1864, after maid allowance far tad
and doubtful debts, Be., 303.8001. Is. ' • tootle.
513,2321. 6e. Si. ; add undivided prate carried le
ward for 1883, 10,0001. 523,2524
Deduct : Dividend on company's stock, paid July. Bei.
38,4001.; ditto December, 1864, paid January. 1863,408031.;
Bean of 9 per cent ditto, 86.4004 • midieded
=n.carried to the next half-year, 20,000/4
, 185,600/. • leaving, 337,6321. 6s. 24, ;
Oct of these profits the directors propose to deans, in ad.
alien to the foregoing dividends and bonus paid to pro.
pietas above stead, • further boom of 11 per cent.,
mskiag_a division of profits in 1864 ia all 2$ per cent. clot
the paid-np aphid at 31st December, 1864, free of nom,.
sateanting to 112,1001., leaving ressrve, 25,162/. i 4.24.
I The directors, with • view to mark their appreciation of t 4
seal aad eflletesoy of the staff, and to cbaraetene the
highly prosperous and exceptional nature of the yen
operations, voted • gratuity of 5 par cent to their Am,
la 'Mitt= to the usual bonus of 10 per cent of reanyeas,
which was paid at Christmas lea."
The CHAIRMAN. in moving the adoption of the mat,
eougratulated the shareholders upon the prospect of the re.
moral of those lagbdatve redrietione which et preen
fettered the sake of Beanie beakers, the Bank Ron
lane Bill having already nand the Hone of 00113111 ft
The motion was unanimously serried, the two weans
'at the board were filled up by the appointment of It.
Cancan Macdonald and Mr. Geo. Haohury Field, sad cam-
plimeatary votes having been pureed to the directors and
other aims of the beak, the meeting separated.
The boons of 11 per cent. is la addition to the usual WI•
yearly dividend of 4 per cent.

LONDON AND
IS BRAZILIAN DABS.
(TH DAY.)

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To-day an extraordinary meeting of the share.
holders was held at nom at the London Tavern ; Mr. J.W.
Cam ia the chair ; to resider a proposal to amalgamate
the bank with that of Reams. Mani and Co. on the follow.
lag terms lei
"L That the amalgamation shall take effect as from
Jeans's, 1866. 2. That the amalgamation shall be afford
by means of the incorporation of a new joint-stock bask
under the limited liability law of England, by the name of
the London, Kilian,
Mama, and River Plate Bank, sad
with a seminal capital of 5,000,0001. sterling in 250,000
shares of 201. rah, 71. 10s. of which shall be paid ap,
3. That 150000 shares, with 71. 10a. per share paid, dal
be allotted Messrs. Maui sod Company and the Karr
Sig 100,000 to the London and Etrulhan Bask for draw
lion smotipt their shareholders, or for isrue to the
public, as the beak shall determine. 4. The
the shares shall be issued to the parties it-
spectively entitled thereto, in exchange for cad
or approved 'scarifies, it being nederstood that sot '
than one-half of the shares, to which the parties ere .
emotively entitled, shall be taken up on the let Jump,
1866, and that the remainder of the shares shall be teen
up, at latest, on or before Ist July, 1866. 5. Mr
the bank of Messrs. Maui sad Company, sad
London and Brazilian Banks hell each liquidate, ea.
neither of them shall carry on hemieere on the
own amount beyond the let January, 1866, after whit
Mriod., if it shall be found convenient, the liquidatke d
the two banks shall be carried on by the new bask on toes
tweedy., amounts. 6. Weems. Maui undertake to obtaa
for the new beak the power of ivae of bank seta
at Montevideo and Rosario, which is now es"
aimed by the bank of Maui and Company. 7. TIP
the Meier' of the sew bank should be carried o-
at Rio de Janeiro, Pernambuco, Bahia, Buda gad
Paulo, Rio Grando,Pelotim, Porto Allegro, and PA
es. Brazils ; and at If otiterideo, Beate, Parands. and MK*
aides, and at Romeo and 8444401 Ayres is the River Plate;
$ at Lisbon and Oporto in Portugal ; and at snob ohm room
• as &2."e1l be determined by the directors of the new
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I was US LIMA 11 drew attention to the adventsw of
- proposed amalgamation of the bank of Mews Ifs
ia
Co. with the London and Bradliaa, a vary externals I
tag rigors, amounting in and out of the River Plata
to • million sterling a week, a large note circidatimi,
other valuable privileges, being thereby secured ere tam
exoeptimally favourable, sod moved a mulatto° adopPig
4 the report, which included the allirmatioa of the w
4 mink sad the deolaratioe of the dividend at the rate c
per cent. per annum.
; This, after a brief discussion, was unanimon.ly agreed
i and the requisite formal resolutions for giving effect t
screentest wee thee moved and carried.
I - The usual vote of thanks to the chairman and dirceton
emielnded the promedinr.
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