The Express.
London, England, 1867-02-04 00:00:00

Total

ci52.500

Another colonial government loan is announced.
The Bank of New Zealand have given notice that
they will receive tenders on the 12th inst. for
300,000/. of the Canterbury governmert 6 per
cent. loan. The bonds are to be in sums of Int 6.
each, and redeemable on the 2nd January, 1915,
the interest dating trout the 31st December last.
Both principal and interest are made payable in
London. This loan is a charge on the revenues of
the province, and is authorised by the Canterbury
Loan Ordinance of 1862. The amount now to be
allotted is the second portion of the loan, L. 79,000/.
having already been issued.
The half-yearly meeting of the Metropolitan and
St. John's-wood Railway Company is called for the
20th inst., and that of the North and South
Western Junction Railway Company for the 25th
inst. The latter meeting will be made special
"for the purpose of authorising the conversion into
capital of the present mortgage debt of the com-
pany, amounting to 28,600/."
The half-yearly meeting of the Bristol and Exe-
ter Railway Company is called for the 27th inst.
at Bristol ; and that of the North Eastern Railway
Company for the 19th inst., at York.
The directors of the Manchester and Liverpool
District Banking Company have given notice that
a half-yearly dividend of 15s. a share, and also a
bonus of ss. a share (both clear of income tax), will
be payable on the 13th inst.
The annual meeting of the Lands Improvement
Company is fixed for the 14th inst., when a divi-
dend is to be declared. The meeting will also be
called upon to " detennine what course the com-
pany shall adopt in consequence of the Land Secu-
rities Company having declined to sanction the
financial arrangements proposed and acted upon by
this company."
The adjourned first annual meeting of the share-
holders of Charles Noon and Co. (Limited) is called
for the 13th inst. at Leicester, when a dividend is
to be declared.
From the report of the directors of the Alhambra
Company (Limited), to be presented at the second
general meeting on the 11th inst., we extract the
passage relating to the dividend, which is as
follows :
The balance of 5,5201. Vie. is more than sufficient to pay
a dividend at the rate of 20 per cent. on the paid up capi-
tal, but, looking to the permanent welfare and best inte-
rests of the company, and wishing to establish a substan-
tial reserve in case of unexpected contingencies, your
directors think it advisable t, recommend on the present
occasion a dividend at the rate of 1:i per. cent. per annum
(making, with the last dividend. a distribution of 17t per
cent. during the first year of the company's working),

which will absorb about 4.1001., and that tie balance of
1,421/. Ira. be carried to the credit of the neat half-year's
account.

A general electing of the shareholders of the
Portuguese Credit Mobilier Society is Called for the
llth Mazda, at Purls, "for the purpose of con-
aidering the present position of the company,l and
the course to be adopted for the future.'

At the sale by a:i.:tion of the London Stock and
Share Company (Limited), to-morrow, the number
of lots to be offered is 186, mostly without reserve.
The number.; are published of various bonds of
the Moorish Luau of 1862, which were drawn by
lot on the Ist itust., and are to be paid off at par
on the 25th.

SATURDAY EVENING.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 901, both
for money and next Thursday's settlement, opened
this morning at 90:;, " buyers," and closed at 904
to . For the 7th March the last price was 90,i to
ihe official business report is as follows:
per Cent. Consols, for money, 90, 4,
_ll ;
ditto, for account, ; Three per Cents. Re-
duoed, 8974. 90 New Three per Cents., 90, 891:
India Five per Cent. stock, 107, 4 ; ditto Four par
Cent. " enfaced " rupee paper, 80, 4 ; ditto Five
per Cent., lul j, ; : ditto Five-and-a-Half per
Cent., ur, i; : ditto Debentures, 102 g, 1 ; ditto
Bonds, 30s. prem.
Indian government securities show little change.
Exchequer Billa were unaltered, at 10a. to 14a.

In the foreilen stock market Russian scrip and
Mexican Bonds rose !, per cent., while Portuguese
and Russian of 1846 declined t. Other stocks
showed no movement. but Spanish Passive and
Certificates met with inquiry.
The scrip of the new Chilian Loan declined
jper cent.. closin; at toe prem.
Very few dealin;s were recorded in bank shares,
and the only change was a reduction of los. in
City and Uni. n of Loudon.
Financial shares were inactive, but Credit Fon-
der were inquired for, and slightly better. General
Credit were dull. Prices closed as follows :—lnter-
national Financial, 2; to 2 dia. • General Credit,
21 to 21 die. ; London Financial, 184 to 174 dia ;
and Credit Fourier of England, 51 to 511 dii.
Anglo-American and Atlantic Telegraph 8 per
cent. preference shares were slightly better than
yesterday, at 15E to I, ex div., and 3.1 to respec-
tively. Telegraph Construction were unal ,at
3to 2 die.
Hudson's Bay shares closed at 16 to :
National Discount, at 8,1 to prem., ex div. ; and
General Ottoman, at par to 1 prem., ex div. Pen-
insular and Oriental Steam shares were flat, and
fell G. New Quebrada also declined 126. rid.;
while Berlin Waterworks improved rm.
Colonial government securities were without
change, with the exception of a rise of per cent.
in New Zealand Five per Cents
. . .

The amount of 'Rumness in American i.ecurities
was small, and the 5-20 Bonds and Erie and
Illinois Central Railway shares were unaltered.
There was a denuuid, however, for Atlantic and
Great Western Debentures and Consolidated Mort-
gage Bonds, which advanced to 1 per cent.
Prices closed as follows :—b-20 Bonds, 72; to
73/ ; Erie Railway shares, 381 to 302 ; Illinois
Central, 8,14 to : Atlantic and Great Western
Railway tk.bentires, 321 to 4% ; ditto Consoli-
dated Mortgage Bonds, 302 to 31k, et coupon

MINES.-(THIS DAY.)

011 o'CLooz.

In the mining market to-day there is an in-
quiry for shares in good progressive tin and
copper mines. Some of the present quota-
tions are as follows :—East Lovell, 101 to 11 ;
Cook's Kitchen, 11 to ; North Crotty, ',NI to ;
West Caradon, 12 to 4 ; Great North Downs, 4to
; East Russell, 31 to 4 ; Prince of Wales, 34e.
to 364. ; Drakewalls, 24e. to 26e. ; and East Cara-
don, 61 to 6.
The directors of the St. John Del Rey Mining
Company (Limited) have received per Oneida the
following report, dated Morro Velho, December 29 :
Produce, 2nd division of December, 10 days, 14,662
oitavas ; yield, 8•414 oitavas per ton.
An extraordinary general meeting of the General
Mining Association is convened for the 19th inst.,
to consider the expediency of increasing the com-
pany's capital.