The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-02 00:00:00

MONEY M.

OKI O'CLOCK.
This being Easter Monday, and the day for the
Volunteer Review at Brighton, the Stock Exchange
is closed, by order of the committe, as was done
last jeer. No business has consequently taken
place in public securities.

The Lanarkshire has arrived from Melbourne
with 74,3001. in gold.
The steamer Douro, from Brazil, has arrived at

Lisbon with 7,724/. in gold, and would leave for
Southampton at 8 p.m. on the Slat March.
By telegraph from Suez, the following telegram
i has been received by the Jerusalem in anticipation

of the Australian. mail :
ARRIVALS AT MLBOURNE.—Transatlaatie, from London;
Wellesley, from Londog ; Red Jacket, from Liverpool ;
Mary Warren, from Loillon ; Ellora (s.) ; J. L Hall, from
London ; Prince Rupert, from Liverpool ; Moira, from
Leith ; Tosex, from London ; Ethiopian (72 days), from
London.
ARRIVALS AT STDNET.—Lochiel (7) ; Agamemnon, from
Liverpool; Strathnaver, from London ; Owari, from
London.

An instalment of 101., making 36/. per oent. paid,
falls due to-day, on the Egyptian Government
Railways Loan.
With reference to the Venezuela Six per Cent.
Loan of 1864, the General Credit Company
are in receipt of advice& from their agents, Messrs.
H. L. Boulton and Co. , dated La Guaira, 9th of March,
of duties collected, and remitted, on account of this
loan, as follows :—Per statement No. 81, from
Puerto Cabello, 4,346.96 dole. ; 82, ditto, 18,716,06
dole. ; 68, La Guaira, 9,742.76 dole. ; 69, ditto,
8,853.08 dole. Total, 40.658.85 doll'.
Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have received
the undermentioned remittances on account of the
dividends on New Granada Bonds :—From custom-
house of Santa Marta, 4,6001. ; of Cartagena, 4001.;
of Sabanills, 871. 10s. 11d. ; total, 5,0871. 10s. 11d.
About 65,000/. in gold was bought by the Bank
on Saturday, making 225,000/. since the last return.
The Tasmanian, from the West Indies, has
brought 246,500/. in specie. The Result and Win-
ninn have also arrived from Mebourne, with
70,Wi. and 22,0001. respectively. The total by
the three vessels is 336,5001.
The weekly return of the Bank of France, as
made up to last Thursday evening, shows the fol
lowing change' :
Ooin and bullion
Ms discounted
Government depocits
Notes in circulation
Private deposits
Advances

Increase 2526,000
Increase 106,000
Inereame 760,000
Decrease 396,000
Inatome 260,000
Inmates 24,000
The chief feature is the continued rapid increase
in the coin and bullion, notwithstanding the recent
reduction in the rate of discount of the Bank of
France to per cent. The demand for money, aa
denoted by the volume of the discounts, shows as
yet but little revival.
Subjoined is a statement (from Mr. Slaufhter's
Weekly List) of the railway calls falling due in the
month of April. The total is fully equal to the
average :

Amount per Stare.

Due Already Number
Due to April. 1880. Data Paid. Call. cd Shane. Amount
Central Argentine l4 108 20 0 50,000 £lOO,OOO
Great Pastern 5 per cent
£lO shares
Great Latzemboarg Pre-

s..

2 0 0 11,000 22,000

- tames £2O
Great Southern of India
di pw cock .
Or Northern Ordi-
nary Stork "die def." 14 00 20 0 0 £960,000 196.020
lletropolitanlistenaions 2 6 20 0 190,010 180,000
South Yorkshire L2O
Preference

Total in April

i 4.011,770

Total la four mouths of 1906 £4714,834
The receipts of the Great Western Railway of
Canada for the week ending the 16th instant were
17,7441., being 6,3011. more than in the correspond-
ing week of last year.
The half-yearly meeting of the Demerara Rail-
way Company is called for the 20th of April, at the
ILondon Tavern.

SATURDAY Evzsmo.
Consols, which closed on Thursday at 86 3-8 to *
for next Thursday's settlement, opened and closed
to-day at 861 to t, which was also the quotation for
money. For the 9th of May the last price was 86*
to 5-8. The official business report is as follows :
Three per Cent. Consols for money, 861, 3-8 ; ditto
for account, 86t, 3-8 ; Three per Cents. Reduced,
841, ; New Three per Cents., 841, 1, 3-8 ; India
Five per Cent. Stock, 102 k ditto, ditto, Four per Cent.
Debentures, 101} ; ditto, Bonds, 13e. prem.
Indian government securities were steady. The
March Exchequer Bills were quoted 10s. to ss.
dis. being Is. lower; and the June, 6s. to 2s. dia.
ioreign stocks were decidedly heavy, and prices
experienced an almost general fall, in consequence
of the unfavourable character of the political news
from Germany. Owing to the belief that Italy would
take part in a war between Austria and Prussia, by
striking in and seizing Venice, Italian bonds were
prominently depressed, and fell * to It per cent.,
the chief reduction being in those of 1861. Argentine
bonds also gave way to the extent of 1 per cent. ;
Spanish Passive and Mexican of 1864, 1 ; Bra-
zilian of 1865 (including the Scrip), Egyptian,
fiinish Three per Cents., and Deferred, * ;
Mexican, Turkish of 1865, and Spanish Certificates,
3-8 ; and Turkish of 1862 and 1858, as well as
Portuguese, 1. The Viceroy of Egypt's New Loan
was quoted * to 1 prem.
Little business occurred in bank shares, and very
few variations were reported in prices. English
Joint Stock, Hindustan (New), and London and
River Plate (New) advanced, while London Char-
tered of Australia and Standard of British South
Africa declined. Anglo-Austrian were dull. Alliance
closed at If to 2} prem.; Anglo-Austrian, at par to
t prem.; and Imperial Ottoman, at 21 to * prem.
The shares of the financial companies were quiet,
with few transactions, and the only change was a
recovery of 2s. 6d. in Imperial Mercantile. Prices
closed as follows :—lnteniational Financial, 9-16 to
7-16 dia. ; General Credit, 1-16 to 3-16 prem.
London Financial, 5 1-8 to 4 7-8 dia. ; Imperial
Mercantile Credit, 2 9-16 to 7-16 die. ; Credit Fon-
der and Mobilier, 1 7-8 to 2 1-8 prem.
National Discount shares were last quoted 7f to
81 prem., being ss. better ; Overend, Gurney, and
Co. Ito 1 1-8 prem. showing a slight decline ;
General Ottoman, to 4 prem. ; and Hudson's
Bay, 16 3-8 to 1, being steady. Miscellaneous
shares were little dealt in, and the only changes were
a rise in North British and Mercantile Insurance
and a decline in Gellivara. Reuters Telegram sharee
'second issue) were quoted Ito 1 prem.

RAILWAYS.--(THIS DAY.)
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O=s o'Oaocw.
The Stock Sichaair being closed to-day, bud-
MN in railway steaks ID saapescleeL