The Express.
London, England, 1865-01-19 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TialitSDAX, ,EVENING, JANUARY 19, 11415:

BANK OF LONDON.-(72113 DAY.)
The half-yearly meeting ol the shareholders was
held at sees, at the Load= 'Anew 1 Sir J. V. BIieLLIT.
is the their.
The followiag report and balance sheet were magenta :
"By the swag staisemet of monate, made up at the
ocieelosios of the past which the directors hays
sow the *seam of submitting, it will be seen that the ha-
lathe ol prat amounts to 101,2721. 2s. 2d. After
parses* of Interest upon the new shares, limn.
dati
al ng the camel "therms _ isaledin! • era'
tally to the clerks the estabiniiment of 0 per mint.
upon the amount of their respeative salaries, making full
provision for all bad or doubtful debts, and allowing for re-
bate of interest cm hills disoonated sot yet due. there re-
mains far disposal the sum of 62.7194 13a. fid. The direc-
tors declare a dividend at the usual ram al 101. per oset. per
them. and a bonus of 21. 10s. per than, amounting toge-
ther to 201. par mot. pet annum, both free of income tar,
and they imager 30,0004 to the reserve fund, which, with
the addition of 136.570/. remind is respect of the new
shares now amounts to 296,5701. The balance, via.
2,5054 4.. did.,is oarrisd to the alit of prat sad loss,
among at the inmost half-year. The sroWiders will be
called apace cm ibis omega to elect se auditor, In the place
of Mr. Alfrd Lamb, whose noising= has been received.
Mr. Francis Nader, • duly qualified shareholder, has gives
Betio' that he is a candidate ter the vacant *Cam Bt.
" mid smith Deo. 31,• 1864.-Dr.: To le
capital paid up, 300,0004 ; to amount remind on account N.
of new theme, 97,5604 ; to reserve feed, 130,0004 ; to ditto
premiums on new shares, 136,5704 ; 286,5701. ;
to amount dee!hr the bank ou warrant, deposit, and other
eacethis, 4,314,9W4 164; to profit tad loss scoonat after le
psyntset of 4141084 is. 24. to customers for interest on cc
their balsams, 101,2724 lis. 2d. ; total, 6,090.3594 18s. 2d. to
Cr. :-By havastasee_ vie, :In goviremest securities,
Toils Beads, to.. 1746321. ILL 2d. ; ditto in freehold M.
paeans Le Threadosellmstrest, ist at • mend yielding 4/ N
pa .
ce5t.,40,0201.; by freehold premier in the occupation of N.
bank, 36,0001-together 76,0001. ;by bills discounted. M.
loins, U., 4,02818811. th. ; b cash is head and at call, M.
747,6414 Ts. lid. • by lease and at Marisa-arm 11.1,
brands, familia*, kn., 2141. Bs. 94.-total, 5,080,3694 "••
18s. W.
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" Yea& 'adieu eacouist.-Dr. : To half a year's current eg.
exposes' at bead gam and Minn-tor breath, bed and ea
doubtful debts, dingo's' resume-Mies, ha., 26,8954
it 81.
13e. ld. ; to interest upon instahasets of the shares,
49021. ;to rebate of interest on bills disothated set yet due, rat
oarriod to profit and Ices new amount, 8,7541. 15e. Lid.; be
Charing-cross breath lame account, 2144 8.. 9d. ;to divi-
deed for the Wilms at the rate of 10 per cent. MK.
per annum, 15,0004 ; to boom at the rate of 10 ea
per mat. per mama, of W. 10s. par share, IL
15,0001. ; to half.year's interest on the reserve fund flit
at 41. per rest. par seem, 2,6001. ; amount now added vl
thereto, 27,4004 ; together, 3000/. ; balance carried to
profit and Ices sew amount. 4s. Bd. ; total, 101,2721. ti
:By bake*, of peat kabala from last half- Y.
year 11,3511.6 e. 3d.; by ditto for current half-year, 89,9501. isa
15s. ltd.; total, 101,2721. 2r. 2d.
Reserve Fend otecount.-Dr.: To balease, 296,5704-
Cr. : By amount from la.t 130,0031. ; by pre-
min= received ea mew shares, 136,5704 ; by adWtscies le
brought does, 30,0004 ; total, 21045704"
The Okumura in moving the adoption of the report and It
amounts, said it would be ehssrvad that 97,5601. bad Less
received on 1,961 mew shares ; sad the spits' of the bank
would sow stead at 400.0004. and the reserve food at ea
300,0001. Without being propetic, he meat say be hoped N.
their probe would cesium* to increase, and that they N
might ell e.* to increased dividends in future. It emir •
any doubt had arisen among the tharsholdms as to the de-
singes= of having a large reserve fund, the late commer to
-
chi crisis mud, be thought, bare dispelled it. Duties se
that severe crisis the shares of the beak had re. M.
mined remarkably steady, and never was there a IS
time whoa that institution and joist stock banks 114
generally stood so high in public estimation. In managing
a 00D08113 like that the board must look to the interests not to
merely of the shareholders hot also of the public, and with IL
their present reserve food the public were. he believed, per- it.
featly secure. Although they had not passed entirely en- a
scathed by the meet failures the win set apart for tad
debts was not the of an importance.
Mr. TTRULL expressed his madam that the reserve w
fond was now ample, and hoped that in future the interest. lof the shareholders would alone be emaildered in the division
of media
A SlieasaoLosa said it having bees ramming that the
bank bad sestaieed a serious loss through Mr. Alfred
lamb, he wished to knew whether that report was correct.
The Climaxes read that the accounts of the late
auditor, Mr. Alfred having bees carefully 'remised
he believed there would be no lose on the part of the bank.
(Choose.) As regarded the question of the reserve, he
added time be armed with Mr. Tyrrell that 300.0001.
was quits switheat for the prompt, and was in favour of
de faring a larger dividend at the next halt-yearly memo&
if the plats would justify such a mune.
Mr. GROWS BONS, one of the auditors, confirmed the
statement of the chairman with regard to Mr. Lamb.
Mr. Francis Nattier was denied an auditor in the roam
of Mr. Alfred Lamb.
The report hams been adopted, thanks were afterwards
voted to the director., the manager, the monetary, and the
other oaken of the beak.

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LONDON JOIN? STOCK BANN.—(Tiffs DAY.) 11l

The half-yearly meeting of the sharehoklers was 111
held at noon, at the Bank, Princes-street ; Mr. F. Ron!. a
WALD In the °bah*. tie
The report and balance-sheet were as follow@ : let
" The directors have much pleasure in placing before the 10
shareholders the annexed statement of the liabilities and 5!
wets of the hank, and of she profit and lose account for the
half-year ending the aid ultimo, by which it will be seen st
that the bank has made a net profit of 171,125/. 9s. 7d., i
including 269761. 7s. 10d., brought forward from the
previono half year. Of this =ant the directors have
appropriated the sum of 150,0001. for the payment of 1
the usual dividend at the rate of 14 per centum per mums,
with a bonus of 11. 17s. 6d. per share, and have carried
21,1251. 9e. 7d. to the credit of the guarantee fund. In
pursuance of the resolution of the general meeting of the 81
18th August, confirmed on the 15th September lan, the *
true of 12,000 new shares as been made ; and the Si
director, have the satisfaction to aoquaiet the shareholders
that tbe subscribed capital of the bask is now 3,600,0001.
divided into 72,000 shores of 50/. each, paid up to the ex- I
teat of 151. per share, thus makiog the paid-up capital
1,080,0001. entitled to participate in profits from the Ist S
January. The guarantee food has been credited with the d,
ram of 1,3721. 19.. 6d. realised on the sale of 227 new shares
sot taken up by the diode's. This feed is also credited with
accruing interest and debited with 4,8751. to cover the
depreciation in value of the government securities wince
' the 30th of June, and now amounts to 298,0691. 7s. let.
With • view to avoid the ineonvesielies of varying the
guarantee fund at the dais of every half-year by an *airy
to regulate the market value of the government securities
held by the bask, and which la of no practical utility, inas-
much as these securities are held as • permanent loved-
meat, a resolution, of which notice by circular has bees
given to the shareholders, will be proposed to the
meeting tz authorise the 'director' to value for the
future, at par, the Exchequer Bills ; seed at the fixed
price of 90, all Connie sad New Three per Cents. hell by
the bank. The folio directors retire by rotation under
the provides' of the ded of settlement, via-Henry
Christy, Fan., Francis B. Golder', Esq., Charles J. Heath,
Esq., Henry Lee, Esq., and George Pollard, Esq., who,
being eligible, oiler themselves for re-election. The did-
deed and bonus, for from income tax, will be payable on
end after Friday, the 27th inst., and the interest payable on
'below abate capital sad premium is payable on and after
the same day.
"Liabilities! and ameba Dee. 31, 1864. Dr :To capital
paid sp. viz., 60,000 shares at 101. each. 600,0001.; to capital
galled up in respect of the 12,000 new shares autho-
rised be be issued by the resolution of the special meeting
ei time 18th August, oos6rmdaa the 15th September last,
at the rate of 101. per abate, 120,0001.; to
asesend payable em premium on the 12.030 sew shares,
as above, at the rate of 301. per share, 360,0001.-
together, 480,0001. ; to lees remaining unpaid at this data,
11,6901., leaving 468,3101. ; to amount realised by the
bank on lite sole of 227 new shares (sot taken up by the
allotting), is excess of the premium of 301. per share,
1,3721. lie. 6d. ' • amount due by the bask on carved
acconoto, deposit receipts, circular notes, and
ao-
contemn, 20,252,9961. 4a. 7d. ; to amount of
the guarantee fund, 30th June, 1864, 276,3011. 7s. Bd.;
to six mouths' interest on ditto at 31. per Gent, per annum,
4,1441. 10..43.-together, 280,4451. 18e. ; to less decrease
since the valuation on the 30th June, 1864, in the market
valued government securities held by the back, 4,8761.,
leaving 275,6701. 18s. ; to undivided profit from the lag
half-year, 26,9761. 7.. 10d. ; to amount carried to profit
and lose aooount, 2242,9421.0.. ; total, 21,868,1681.10 e.
Or.: By Exchequer Belle sod envernmeat stock as per
nheatios of the broken of the bank, at this date. viz. :-
300,0001. Exchequer Bills, 300,8661. le. ltd. ; 800,0001.
Canada and New Three per Coate., 719,5121. 10s. ;
1,020,3787. Us. 11d. ; by cash, 981,0191. la. ; by bilettr
e.
wanted, limas, sod other securities, 19,825.7951. 17e. 2d. ;
by building, furniture, his., in Pricionotrea 34,8501. • by
building, furniture, de., in Pall-mall, 6,1k1. -tcelleibare
40,9751. ; total. 21,868,1681. 10s. 13.
Profit and Lose Account. -Dr.: To current expanse,
et building exposer, directors' remuneration,
Creliertam , Weans tax. he., 35,2731. 16e. 3d. ; to amount
carried to VI and 101/, new 101101108. DODSg rebate d
intereaton discarded sot yet due, 60,5191. 2s. 2d.; to
amount payable as interest on the 27th January, 1865, on
the new share wits' and premium, together 480,0001, in
accordance with the resolution referred to in the forgoing
statement, 8,0001. ; to dividend account for the payment
of half • year's dividend at the ion of 121 per cone= per
ananni, urn 600,0001. amount of paid-up capital upon
01,000 shame, 37,6001. ; to ditto, for &spirant of a boons
of 11. 17s. 6d. per share, 112,5001. ; to amount carried to
the guanatee fund, 21.1251. 9s. 7d.-total, 269,9181. Be.;
Cr.: Hy undivided prat brought forward from the last
half- sae, 85.9761. 7s. 10d. • ley baleen brought down,
242,0421. Os. 2d.-total, 360,181.
The CaatiiMas, after declared the dividend, emigrate-
Ltd the proprietors on the nooses of the last half-yeses
swathes add el the issued new capital, sa authorised in
Alden last, aid mewed the adoption of the report.
Mr. Pourer, deputy chairman, essooded the motion,
he web& wee awn&
redrieg Eireann were reelected, and the usual
imagiliment is 41.• sishurs, directors, managers, and
sass, ..slid the prsissags.

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Gnat Northers. 5 per esat., 113.
Grist Wasters eclipsed paler. 41 per ant.. 961.
Ditto sclera 5 per mat redeem. mt., DA.
Mirillsad, Oar. Bristol sad Bina., 6 per seat, 136.

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Bahia mod Sao Fascism (Limited), guar. 7 per et., 15t I.
Great Lnzemboung, 12t.
Faris and Grimm, 14.

The PreSS of Visalia quotes a curious passage
'MI the will of Count Hostig, ez•mieiater of State, who
recently died in that city. The deceased bequeaths to the
Central State Treasury at Vienna a sum of 1,000 Borba by
way of indemnification for the custome ditties on differeat
small articles which he had not declared co sowing Austria,
In order to avoid the vexations formalities attendant on the
same.

DEATH or Ms. CHARLES GREVILLE. Mr.
Charles Greetlle was found dead in his bed at the Earl
Graaville's home in Breton-street, Berkeley-square, eater.
day morning. He had for • long time peat resided with
hard Granville. It appears that on his servant going to
his chamber at half-put 8 o'clock to call him as custoniery,
be did sot reply, sad on cheer investigation it was fouled
be was dead. The mediaal man called in thought he
bad hose dead at least two hours. He had been subjeoeto
attacks of gout, and during the last fortnight (shortly after
the deems, of hie brother Alpena, private weerelary to
the late Duke of Welliegton) had exhibited signs of de-
dialog health. Deceased was the eldest of the three moo
of the late Charles, son of die Hoe. Algernon °ravine,
seeped son of the fifth Lord Brooke, amid Lady Charlotte
Cavendish Beatiook, eldest daughter of William Hairy
Caveadieb, third Duke of Portland. He was bora 2ed of
April, 1794, and married 27th January, 1849, Emily,
widow of Mr. Edward Baring. The demised pothemin
had for many years filled the poet of chief and joint clerk
c 4 the Privy Council, and was also for a time Secretary to
the Board of Trade arid Pleatatione. Hi office, with that
of the Hoe. William Bathurst, at the Privy Council, was
abolished in 1881, when both gentlemen were pined oa a
pongee. The late Mr. Growing was • polished gentleman,
end was held ia high respect on the turf. He was • large
breeder of man stook, and took • zealous interest in the
good conduct of all the arrangements affecting the great
Inational sport.
Moan DISASTROUS EFFECTS or THE LATE GALL
LIVERPOOL. WIDNISDAY.—The ship Powerful, Captain
Nixon, from Calcutta for London, foundered off doernesy
during the late gale. The ill-fated ship sailed from Calcutta
on the Tied September, and although she was Tether over-
due is En land, nothing transpired to excite fears for her
safety until the receipt of intelligence that a quantity of
wreck, evidently of • large ship, having been picked up near
Guernsey. Subsequently • ship's figurehead—that of a
Highlander—and part of a cutwater were fond. The
figurehead is believed to be that of the Powerful, and yes-
terday • telegram was received by the owners, an-
nouncing that the ship was totally lost, and that
nothing whatever had been heard of the crew,
who ere supposed to have perished. The Powerful
was a Quebec-built ship of about 1,200 tons register,
launched in 1858, and owned in this port by Messrs. R.
Cuthbert and Co. bhe was clamed Al at Lloyd's for mem
Teen. Her cargo remedied 50 tone of sugar 1,320 ewe et
inger . 1,230 bales of jute (valued at 151. •
bale), ,140 bep
shellac, 6,000 hides, 26 toes of oilseed, and 900 omen of
castor oil. The Powerful was largely insured, and her
officer and crew would number, when all told, sheet 30
men.
MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK AND LOSS OP LTPE.--.
GALLANT RESCUE OF THE SURVIVOWL—Daring the fearful
ple of last Saturday the schooner Ocean of Plymouth, Old-
stone master, laden with Chien clay, was driven on to that
dangerous shoal, the Woolehers, at the admix* of
Langston* Harbour, and became a total wreck. In
an instant one of the crew was washed overboard sod en-
gulfed le the raging waves. A boy was killed by the
weight of the surf which broke over the devoted ship. The
captain, mate, and one man, the remainder of the crew, es-
caped to the Figgie*. For six hours were the poor wretches
ex tweed to all the fury of the fearful sea—each wave. 20 feet
high, making a clean breath over the vessel and burying
the men en the ratlines in the surf. Till the tide ebbed it
wooplain that all efforts to reach the stranded ship must be
fruit lem vd it was not until 3 o'clock p.m. that a gallaet
crew of 13 men left Ela)litig in the launch of the R.K.
Artillery, at Fort Cumberland, kindly lent for the
by Colonel Commandant Tate. It is impomible to S=
the anxiety of the crowd which lined the beach, or disport]s
attending that noble enterprise. Darkness had fallen when
the launch returned to the shore with the shipwrecked mad-
Dors, sod was received with the hearty cheers of the epode-
tom The poor fellows were dread( ally exhausted—the certain
in a state of insensibility. They were carried to the ion at the ,
ferry, mid everything which their miserable conditionre- '
quired was supine.] by the kind landlady, Mrs. Smart. The
men are still suffering from the effects of their ling exposure,
but are doing well. The bodies of the drowned mac and bey
Itavebeen washed up on the beech, and an inquest willbe held.
We shall next week publish the names of the noble hearted
crew of the launch. It is hoped that this Woe act will
meet it. dote acknowledgmaint. An effort will be made ta
raise the funds momeary for the adablidemeet of a lifeboat
station, on Hieing Waal, the urgency of which is then
osais no pint* imaifoolod.—Wut flours Awn&

Oa Ma sad animate.*
Oa sundry creditors

Relate of Intermit on bills adds@
ro pinta sod low :
Balance, baba net vont as per statement ,

/U. 119,006 17 6

CR. ASSETS.
By cash at bankers', In bud tad at osil 1142,330 18 0
By We receivable
By loans, securities. and current amounts 2,476,3%6 1 0
By investments and intereeSsaerasd thereon—
By office furniture, fittings, to TS4 2 6

A 4,119,008 17
PSOFIT AND LOOS ACOOUNT, •w+x Tag lit JOSS TO SIDS
DS. DICSII3II2, 1864.
To current espouse listiuthsic
woe to Manager., directors remunerattor
rent, advertising, law emote, &C
To Wanes, being net profit ...anted down •

E 11,143 510
so,n7 0 0

/116,410 14 i•

To dividend of Ha per sham co
100,0v0 shams 140,000 0 0
To inowne tax on above 1,260 0 0
131,910 0 0
To balance carded to profit andloonew account 41,207 • 0

199,217 9 0

Ct.
By groom profits, as par ledrer 4120,054 8 6
Deduct—Rebate of Internet on
bills not due, at 6 par cent
per annum
/1116,460 14 10

By balance, being net groin brought dorm tire,tl7 f 0
The first ordinary meeting of the Oriental Finan-
cial Corporation will be held on Friday, the 27th
inst. ; immediately after which an extraordinary
meeting will be held for the purposes specified in a
notice sent to each of the shareholders.

DA I'.) I A special meeting of the proprietors of the Union
Bank of Australia is called for the 3rd February,
Two dilhocz. I "for the of conaidseing a proposal for M-
The stock markets remain very dull, and in i creasing the remuneration of the board of directors,
some cases prices have again suffered a little, owingl to accordance with a requisition which has been
to the directors, duly signed by the re-
to the absence of bushiest. The funds present 111
eltnetedn
q The first ordinary ineettn' of the shareholders of
umber of propristove."
a fresh decline of per cent. Greek
Bonds are also rather lower. Home railways are the Eastern Exchange Bank (Limited) is to take
nominally unchanged in price. A decline has taken place on the 2nd February, at Liverpool, and will ,
place in the new Italian Loan and in City of Milan be made extraordinary, to alter the provisions of
the articles of association " as to the mode of in-
Improvements shares. vesting the funds of the company, and the time
The demand for money to-clay is moderate, and for making up the statement of accounts."
good three months' bills have been taken at 54 per The annual meeting of proprietors of the London •
cent., though the more general rate is 54. In the and County Bank is convened for the 2nd February.
Stock Exchange loans from day to day on English The ordinary general meeting of the Ocean
Marine Insurance Company will take place on the
government securities are obtainable at 34 to 4 per
30th inst., and will be made extraordinary, be '
cent., the inquiry being limited. consider a recommendation of the board of threaten
At Paris to-day, according to Mr. Renter's tele- for increasing their number from 18 to 24.
gram, the Three per Cent. Renter opened at The first half-yearly meeting of the London and
67fr. 10c., being be. higher than yesterday. St. Katharine Docks Company is convened for the
Consols are now quoted 894 to 4, for money, 31st inst., and will be made special, to authorise '
and 891 to I, for the account (February 9). The the ruff of additional capital bY the ill" of fro&
official business report is as follows :—Three The 9th and 10th calls of 21. per share each,
per Cent. Consols, for money, 5514, ; ditto, for making 201. per share paid, are to be paid on the
account, 891 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 881, 4 ; shares of the Italian Irrigation Canal Company by
New Three per Cents., 884,4 ; Bank Stook, 240 ; the 4th February and 4th of April respectively,
India Stock, 213 ; ditto, Flee per Cent. stook, 1031, the council of administration
bang desirous of
ecursing the completion of the works in the early
; Five per Cent. " enlaced" rupee paper, 1014. part of this year.
The foreign stock market is dull. Greek The report of the directors of the Scottish Andra- •
Bnad° have declined 4 per cent, and lien Investment Company (Limited), to be sub-
Mexican 4. Otherwise prices are unaltered. mitted at the meeting on the 27th inst., states the
Some of the present quotations are annexed, gross profits of the half-year at 15,6621., and re-
ek. Bonds, 234 to 24 ; Mexican, 271. commends a dividend on the ordinary stock at the
rate of 10 per cent. per annum, lees income tax,
to 4, ex div. ; Confederate, 554 to 564 ; Spanish which will require 10,0001., and leave at the credit
Passive, 334 to 4 ; the Certificates, 144 to 15 ; of the reserved fund 7,2811. lie. Sd
Turkish, of 1858, 72 to 4 • ditto 1862, 704 Formal notice is given that a petition for the
to 71, ex ; and the deeeolitlis, 50 to 4. winding up of the Strand Musio-ball Company
Transactions are recorded as follows :—Brazilian (I•elnieed) is to be heard before Via-Chanceller
Kindersley on the 27th inst.
Old Five per Cents., 83 ; ditto 1863, 831 ;
Creditors of the British Copper Company
Dutch Certificates, 984 ; Ed7Pciano 55, 554 (Limited) are required to send the particulars of
ditto second issue, 100/. Bonds, 994 ; ditto their claims to the liquidator by the Ibth February.
1864, 96, 4 ; Greek for account, 234, 24 ;
Italian, for account, .644, ex div. ; Monte
Vidalia scrip, 34, 3 prem. ; Portuguese,
1858, am., for amount, 474, 4, 47, ex
div. ; Russian, 1850, 874, ex div. ; ditto, 1862,
891, 4, 4 ; ditto, 1864, 90, 4, 891 ; Spanish,
for account, 484 ; ditto Passive, for account, 334 ;
ditto Certificated", for account, 141, 15 ; Turkish,
1858, for account, 724, 4 ; ditto, 1862, for ac-
count, 704, 4, ex div. ; ditto, 1001. Bonds, 71,
704, 714, ex div. ; ditto Guaranteed, 1004.
Egyptian Loan scrip is now quoted 14 to 1 prem.;
Danubian, 4 die. to par ; Monte Vidalia, 34 to f
prem. ; Italian, 4to 1 prem. ; and Atlantic and
Great! Western Railway Certificates oti Debenture,
1 to 11 prem.
International Financial shares are now quoted
2 1-16 to 3-16 prem. ; General Credit, 34 to
prem. ; London Financial, 84 to 4 prem. ;
Imperial Mercantile, Sto 4 prem. ; Hudson's
Bay, 16 to 4 ; Anglo-Egyptian Bank, 4 to
prem. ; Ottoman Socidtd Gemini,* 14 to 2
prem., ax div. ; and City of Milan Improvements,
14 to 24 preen.
It is notified that the subscription to the New
Italian Loan will be closed on Saturday next, the
21st inst., for London, the country, and the con-
tinent.
About 32,000/. in gold was purchased by the Bank
yesterday, but 17,000 sovereigns were withdrawn
for Alexaudria. During the week 81,0001. has
been sent in, and 90,0001, taken out for exporta-
tion.
The Mexican dollars by the Tasmanian were sold
yesterday for China at ss. 04d. per ounce, showing
no change, compared with the priceobtained for the
previous supply. In the interval little or no busi-
ness has taken place, and the quotation has been
nominal.
The biddings for 30.00.000 rupees (300,00014 in
bills on India took plats yesterday at the Beek of
England. The proportions allotted were :—To Cal-
cutta, 16.50.000 rupees ; to Bombay, 1200.000
rupees ; and to Madras, I.OLOOO rupees. The mi-
nimum price was as before, viz.. 1/. 114 d. on Cal-
cutta and Madras, and Is. 111 d. on Bombay.
Tenders on Calcutta and Madras at In. 114 d. will
receive in full, and on Bombay at Is. 114 d. about
13 per cent. Above these prices in full.
The London and North Western Railway traffic
return shows this week an increase of 8,6341 over
last year ; the Great Western an increase of 3,5681. ;
the Great Northern au increase of 1,836!. ; and the
Great Eastern an increase of 2.2671.
At the meeting of the New Zealand Trust and
Loan Company held yesterday, an interim dividend
of Is. per share was declared. A resolution was
also passed authorising the company to exercise the
powers given by "the Companies Seals Act, 1864."
It is understood that at the coming meeting of
the London and Provincial Marine Insurance
Company the directors will propose a dividend at
the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, and also a bonus
of 5 per cent
The following is the first report of the directors
of the Imperial Mercantile Credit Association
(Limited), to be submitted at the general meeting
on the 23rd inst.
From the statement of amounts which the directors have
now the pleasure of submitting to the shareholders, compri-
Wog the operations of the united companies, from the lit
June to the Slat December leek ft will be sees that after
yment of the entreat oxpenws, allowing far rebate of
interest ma bills and bowls not duo, and making ample pro-
vision for all oontingoacies, there remains a balance of set
profit amountiog to 99,2171. 9s. The directors recommeod
this sum to be appropriated as follows :—Dividend (fr.ei of
income tar) of 10a. par share, 60,0001. ; income tax. 1260 L;
balance carried forward to next half-year, 47,9611. Ace
total, 99,2171, 9s. The accounts will in future be mad,
cap half.reorly vie., to 30th June sad 31st December. Is
aocordauce with the articles of association, the directors
appointed O. J. H. Aliso, Esq., sad Jobs Young, fag., is
auditors, until the first ordinary mooting of propriston, an
when the election of andirons will then devolve. Mr.
Allen and Mr. Young ars eligible foe re-election. The divi-
dend will be payable oa and dim the 30th instant.
The accounts of this company comprise some
large figures, and are annexed. They are more
explicit than those recently issned by some of the
other financial companies :
Ds. CAPITAL AND LIABILITIES.
To capital
tal
100,000 ares of Lie osekts per gum paid up teems) 0
To Usbillitee :
On Ms payable E012.483 11
Os credit. granted by beakers
and others
On deposits sod cement ac-
°punts
1,800,,888 to 6
6,204 8
3,878,19 14 10
11,6 th is T
99,11 T 9

WIDXMODAT EVINDRI.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 90 for the
9th February, opened this morning at 90,
" buyers," and closed at 894 to 90. For mosey
the last price was 894 to 1. The official businsas
report is as follows .—Three per Cent. Consols,
for money, 89, I, 4, • ditto, for account,
90 ; Three per Cents. Reamed, 881, 89, 881 ;
New Three per Cents., 881, 811, esj ; Bank Stz,
242, 2401 ; India Stock, 216 ; ditto Eire per Cast. ,
Stock, 1034, 104, 1034 ; ditto Four per Cent.,
981, ; Five-and-a-Half per Cent. enfaose
rupee paper, 1091.
The India Five per Cent. Moak was steady.
Exchequer Bills remain at par to ss. prem.
In the foreign stock market only a moderate
amount of business was done. Spanish Passive
Bonds and Certificates were in demand and roes
1 per cent. Turkish Bonds of 1858 also improved
k per cent., but, with these exceptions, this depart-
ment was dull Confederate Bonds declined 1 per
cent. ; Venezuela of 1862, ; and Mexican Three
per Cents. and Turkish Consolides, 1.
Hudson's Bay shares wore last quoted 16 to 1 ;
Egyptian Trading, 1 to 11 prem. ; National Dis-
oount, 101 to 3 prem., being Tether fiat ; and Joint.
Stock Discount, Ito die. Berlin Waterworks,,
British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph, and London.
and Provincial Marine Insurance shares, have im-
proved, but Ebbw Vale, National Steam, West
India and Pacific Steam, and City of Loudon Real
Property, were heavy. Ottoman Soci6t4 Gfinfrale
shares were last quoted 11 to 2 prem., ex div. ; and
City of Milan Improvements Company (the list for
which will be dosed for London at 4 o'clock on
Thursday and 12 o'clock on Friday), n to 21 prem.
The shares of the financial companies were
heavy. London Financial and Imperial Mercantile
declined per share, mid International and General.
Credit 1-16. The closing quotations are annexed,
viz. :—lnternational Financial, 21 to 21 prem. ;
General Credit, 3 3-16 to 5-16 prem. ; London
Financial, 81 to prem. ; imperial
Mercantile
Credit, 3 1-16 to 3-16 prem. ; and Credit Fonder
and Mobilier, 31 tog prem.
The new Cape of Good Hope Government Five
per Cent. Loan, recently allotted at an average rate
of 911. 12s. 3d. per cent., was lest quoted to-day.
93 to 94.