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Two o'Croar.
The stook markets are again quiet to-day. The
chief business has consisted of the arrangements
for adjusting the fortnightly aooount in
shares and foreign stocks. Prices gen-
rally are steady. The English funds remain
at yesterday afternoon's quotations. The govern-
ment broker has bought 90,0001. Reduced Three
par Cent. Stock. Spanish Passive Bonds and
Certificates retain a drooping tendency.
The discount market is very quiet to-day, and it
would appear that bills are being kept
back in the expectation of the Bank
of England reducing the rate on Thursday. The
charge for the beet paper is 4f to 41 per cent. On
the Stock Exchange there is a fair demand for
loans from day to day on English government
securities, at 4 to 41 per cent.
At Paris to-day, according to Mr. Reuter's
telegram, the Three per Cent. Rants. opened at
67fr. 45c., being the same as yesterday.
Console are now quoted 891 to f for money, and
89/ to f for the account (April 6). The
official business report is as follows :—Three per
Cent. Consols, for money, 891, 1; Three per
Cents. Reduced, 871, 1 ; New Three per Ciente.,
871, 1 ; India Stook, 214 ; ditto Five per Cent.
Stock, 1051, ; ditto Four per Cent., 98}, f ; and
Exchequer Bills, 35., 61. prem.
In the foreign stock market very few changes
have occurred, the settlement engaging attention.
There is a decline of 1 per cent. in Spanish Certifi-
cates, and in the PM.lve Debt, as well as
in Greek Bonds. hies:loan Bonds are I better.
Smoot the present quotations are annexed, viz. :--
Greek Bonds, 201 to 21 ; Mexican, 261 to 1 ;
Confederate, 33 to 35; Spanish Passive, 34 to
1 ; the Certificates, 17; to ; Turkish, of
1858. 701 to 711, ex die. ; ditto 1862, 731 to
f ; and the Consolidifts, 531 to 1.
Transactions are recorded as follows :—Egyptian,
941, 1, ex div. ; ditto second issue, 1001. Bonds,
95 ; ditto 1864, 961, 96, 1 ; Greek, 21; Italian
(Marem mans Railway), 69 ; ditto 1865 scrip, Sidle.;
Mexican, 261 ; ditto Anglo-French, 521 ; Monte
Videan scrip, 91, 10, 9; prem. ; Portuguese,
1856, &c., 47/, ; Russian, 1822, 891, ex
div. ; ditto 1850, t36} ; ditto 1862, 891 ; Spanish
Passive, 321, f ; ditto Certificates, for aooount, 171,
1; Turkish, 1858, 71; ; ditto, 1862, 731, A ;
ditto 1001. Bonds, 74, 731; Venezuela, 1862,
411, 40} ; ditto 1884, 411, 42.
- International Financial shams are now quoted
- 11 to 1 prem., ex div. ; General Credit,
21 to 1 prem., ex div.; London Financial, 5; to 6/
prem., ex div. ; Imperial Mercantile, 1} to
prem., ex div. ; Hudson's Bay, 151 to 1 ; Otto-

man &dad Wawale, Ili to ii prem.
The quotations for the shares of some of
the sew companies are subjoined :---Metropoli-
tan District Railways, 94 to 10 prem. ; China
Steamship and Labuan Coal, 1 dis. to par ; Rio
Janeiro Gas, 1 to ii, prem. ; West London Docks
and Warehouses, 1 to 4 die. ; Yarns Rail-
way, 41 to 4 prem. ; South African Land and
Finance, ito 1 prem. ; Atlantic Railway eben-
ture scrip, 8 to 10 prem. ; South of England
Waggon, 1 to 11 prem. ; and Financial Insurance,
I to li prem.
The Kosciusko has arrived from Melbourne with

an 561004 in gold.
The Brighton Railway teat& return shows this
week a decrease of 5,5134 compared with last year.
The receipts of the Atlantic and Great Western
Railway for the mouth of February were 387,648
dollars, against 229,041 dollars in February, 1844.
The report of the directors of Smith, Knight, and
Company (Limited), has been issued to the share-
holders. A further payment of 3s. 6d. per share on
id
re account of dividend is recommended, being (with
2s. Q. per share already paid) at the rate of 8 per
14 cent. per annum. It is intimated that "several of
the contracts on hand will be completed shortly,
4 when the profits thereon will be ascertainable."
It is understood that previous to the meeting of
the Anglo-Austrian Bank, convened for the 2nd of
May, at Vienna, a report of the proceedings of the
company will be issued in London. A satisfactory
report is anticipated, this institution having already
taiun firm root in Austria, and having achieved
greatrog progress as regards theaognisitiou both of the
confidence of the public and of a profitable busi-

Dees.
We are requested to mention that Mr. Robert
ilia, Neat India merchant, of St. Helen's-place,
and Mr. Robert John Cl►rke, of Brabant•court,
have joined the direction of the Oriental Financial

don.
C4wAershalf.yearly meeting of the Pernambuco Rail-
-14 way Company is convened for the 277th of April,
when a dividend is to be proposed. The meeting
will be made special to authorise the conversion of
the company's shares into stock.
An extraordinary meeting of the Onion Steam
Ship Company (Limited) is called for the 4th of
April, when a dividend will be declared, the amount
recommended by the directors being 26e. per share,
as usual. The directors state that, "after mature
deliberation they have come to the conclusion that
it will be for the interest of the company to add
two more vessels to the company's fleet, as they
contemplate commencing a bi-monthly service to
411 the Cape and Algoa Bay, to meet the growing re-
quirements of the trade." To provide means for
payment for these vessels, resolutions will be pro-
posed to the general meeting, authorising the di-
rectors to increase the capital of the company by
181 the issue of new shares to the extent of 260,0001.
in the whole, and to borrow any sum of money not
exceeding in the whole 130,0001.
The annual meeting of the Royal Mail Steam-
packet Company is called for the 26th April.
The first ordinary general meeting of the Com-
mercial Banking Corporation of India and the
East is called for the 96th of April.
A call of 51. is to be paid on the shares of the
Imperial Austrian Gas Company (Limited) by the
no 19th of April.
of the directors
The subjoined is from the report
of the Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin) Rail way Com-
pany, to be presented at the half yearly meeting
on 51st
The diseases bare to report the oeTreeet of the gee'
insiesd interest by the imperial Ottcraan eorermeet due
let January, 186 t, mnossting to 19,5071. 15e. Ild. The
amounts for she sehninneat half•year am sow before the
ileS9olll Department in Constantinople, and payineut of
the Interest to that period will so doubt be made very
shortly. The gram receipts of the Use foe the helf•year
=dins 31st Decismber, 1864, meant 5.1.1,7491. Os. bd..
9,6501. 105. 2d. in the previous six months. end
later. 19s. Id. for the eorreepoodise period ending
Slat Deoember, 1863, whilst tae est profit on this
Batt year sescues se 1,7754 Us. 44., what 1721.
4e. 11. for the earemeedieg period of last ) ter.
The directors sling every exertion to complete the hoe.
to extend the traffic, sad tbereby redoes the working ex-
poem. The works, though semewbat impeded by the dif.
ficsay of premise and realising is the country the nesse-
way skilled laborer for the tasselling. sr* sow proceeding
with insessusi Spar, old memenos is • by. the
trusser sad sad engineer, es will be men by Mr. Edwin Males
appended rework that the line nay be ready for the through
toss to Ai& by the aprielitosasext year. The diseases
hive it is coateesplaSse to • a the soloed awns,
sada epseisl postal meeting the shareholders ben been
essiveesd by pablie satire for the 21st Aprll next for the
papaw detesminimi thereen.
Mr. G. A. Cape, of Adeiaide-place, bas beam
appointed by the shareholders to wind up the arsine
of the British and Foreign Gas Generating Appa-
ratus Company.
The subscription foe the Extension shares of the
Brighten Hotel Company (Limited) is to be eieeeti
WWe are requested to state that the stare Is! et'
the Wllolmale and Import Timber Company (U.
=bed) will be eloped on Thursday, the 30th Mot.,
for lecia4o4 and on Friday, the 3lst, for country
111=121Dent, Palmer, and Co. have amouranit