The Express.
London, England, 1868-01-15 00:00:00

ramptba et premises. and ressense 21,141.43. rebate
of Mande ma bills not
odriskltic,....."'h• dalk;,
el T, brought f noel"
61,6471. This admits at • rate et
fifteen amt. per annum, wield' will ahem& 69,801.,
end lenteAlleleace of 1,91:41. 10s. 6d., to be carried fee-
word to kit half-year's account. The dheetove elite
retire hy relation sre—Mr. G. Burned, Mn IL R.
Toalmin, sad Mr. F. C. Willdra, ell of whom, being
eligible, offer themselves for re-election. The audio's,
MINIM J. X. Bell and J. B. Morrison, retire in mord-
awe with the articles of emaciation, and, being eligiblei
offer themselves for re-election. The dividend, free or
income-tax, will be payable on and after the Ist Febreary
next.
The report of the directors of the New Consoli-
dated Discount Company (Limited), to be sub-
mitted at the general meeting on the 20th inst.,
states as under :
The directon have much pleasure in submitting to the
shareholders the accompanyuig balance sheet, for the half-
' year ending llst December, 1867, showing • gross pat
of 12,852/. iv 4. lid., including the balance of 11.0a65 3d.,
brought forward from last account. The net profit, after
deduction of current expenses and rebate on hills not due,
is 4,17 M. 4s. Id., which the directors propose appropiat-
lag as follows, viz- ,-2,2361. 9s. Id. to the payment of a
dividend at the rate of 7i per cent. per annum (free of
beim tax) ; adding 1,1004. to the reserve fund, which will
thin amount to 3,0001. ; and carrying the balsam, 6161.
14s. 4d.. to profit and lees new account.
The Cnion Bank of Manchester (Limited) has
declared a dividend at the rate of 8 per oent. per
annum, and also a bonus of 3s. per share, free of
income-tax, for the half-year ending the 31st
December last.
A general meeting of the shareholders of the
North Western Bank (Limited) is called for the
28th inst., at Liverpool.
An extraordinary meeting of the New Zealand
Trust and Loan Company (Limited) will be held on
the 22nd inst., for the purpose of declaring an
interim dividend.
The Metropolitan Railway traffic return shows
this week an increase of 1141. over last year, end
the Glasgow and South Western an increase of
1,0341.
The traffic return of the Great Western Railway
of Canada for the week ending the 10th inst.
shows au increase of 46/. over last year.
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Subjoined are the quotations of insurance, gas,
waterworks, and canal shares, as given in the•
Stock Exchange list of last evening :
Inenranew—Commercial Union, 41, 11-16, 13-16 >t ; Im-
perial Fire. 331, ex div. ; Marine, 92. 3 Ocean Marine,
201 ; Thames and Mersey Marine (Limited), 41, 1, 3.16,
t; Universal Marine (Limited), 4A.
Gaslight and Coke—Bombay (Limited). 4 7-16, 4, et
dn.; ditto, New, 2, i, ex div. • City of Moscow Gas, 10;
Imperial Continental, 9:q. 41 ; Phomix,
trinati;NVeetininster Chartered, new, 361 ; Western, B, S.
Waterworks—East London, 117.
Canals.—ltagent's for London), 211 ex div.
Subjoined is a report of yesterday's sale at the
"Open Stock Exchange (Limited)" :
ruitol Servos Company 'Limited), 6d.: R°4" Grande
Gold, fully paid, 16s. tid. ; London Gener.:l Omnibus, it ;
Farnborough and Aldershot Ground Itent Society.
Westminster Paled Hotel, ; Hercules Inenrance,
10s. 6d.; Roams Grande Gold, 12s. paid, ltbi. 6d. ; New
Devon Console Copper, 7d. ; Credit Fonder, 31. 6s. 3d. ;
Library Company Six per Cent. Pref., 45.: Consolidated
Land Company of France, 12a. 6d. • Eat Providence
Mine, 4e. 6d. ; Imperial Land of Marseilles Bonds, 1872,
4i• s. t i 41. 1:w. ; London Necropolis, 2/. 12e. 6(1. ;
Poyaisi.o• I,olloV.Thry per Cent. Stock, 2/. 10s.: Atlantic
and Great Western It.llway Coupons, 6a. 3d. ; CotsieiL
Six per Cent.. lout. tie.

TUESDAY EVENING.

Consols, which closed yesterday at 92i to 4,
both f..v money and the tlth February, opened this
morning at tl2 to if, and closed at 9.4 to 1,. The
Three per Cants. Reduced and New Three per
Cents. were quoted at three o'clock NI to I. The
odiciali business report is as fellows :—Thres per
Cent. Consols, for mousy, 92i, 4,4, ; ditto, for
account, 921 ; Thres per Cents. Reduced, 92k, t ;
New Three per Cents., 92,1, ;I, I, f, ; Annui-
ties, 143,, 12i ; India Stock, 216, 15 ; ditto, Fire
per Cent., 1114, 11 ; ditto Four per Cent., 1001 ;
ditto Five per Cent. "enfaced" rupee paper,
103?. ; ditto Ponds, 40s. to 355. preen.
T4he India Fire per Cent. stuck was inquired for
in the morning, but showed comparative dulness
in the afternoon. India Bonds were dealt in at
36e. to 4te. prem.
' Exchequer Bills were quoted at 235. to 275.

prem.
Foreign stock' met with inquiry. Guatemala
rose 1 pot cent. ; Egyptian, to I ; and Peruvian
of 1865, Russian of 1862, and Turkish of 1856,
Italian of 1661, however, declined 1.
The Egyptian Nine per Cent. Scrip was quoted
dis. .. prom. ; and the Honduras Government
Railway loan, d to 1 pron., ea coupon.
gums Scrip, Scrip, in which to-morrow is the firet
settling ,lay, was firm, at 11 to 11 prem. This
stuck commands a preference over the older Por-
tuguese loans, because it enjoys the option of con-
version into internal stock, which is quoted at
Lisbon at a price relatively 2 to 3 per cont. higher.
The only alteration in colonial government
debentures was a rise of per cent. in some of the
New Zealand.

JUNES--(Tilla DAY.)

On o'Czocar.

The mining market is active to-day, with a good
demand for shares in most of the following mines,
at the price given, viz.:—Cara Brea, 23 to 2.!'; ;
Prince of Wales, He. to Ma. ; West Drakewalla.
Bs. to 10s. ; East Cain Brea, 21 to a ; Wheal Gren-
ville, 11 to 2 ; West Prances, 10 to 18 ; New
Lovell, 7a. Oil. to 10s. ; North Treakerby, 29e. to
his. ;V. Greet Work, 31! to ; Drakewslk, 10e.
to 123. (;a. ; Great Retail:mit, 3i to Moor,
Chiverton, 67i to 88,1 ; and Chiverton 5l
to 6.
St. John del Rey share are still offered, and ex-
hibit a farther fall of 21., the present price being
SO to 33. Don Pedro are at 21 to 3 prem.
Anglo-Brazilian, par to 1 prem. ; Pestarena, tls.
Reiss
to par; Chcadales, 1 to Of dia., being firm ;
Grande, par to prem. ; Ito
prem. ; United Mencen, 11 to ; Frontino and
Bolivia, 1 to a; Port Phillip, 1* to 11 ; Central
American, 1. dia. to par ; and Anglo-Argentine, k
to rem.
Tha directors of the Clienteles Gold and Silver
Mining Company have received advicea from the
mines, dated Dec. 7. The health of the establish-
ment was good, and no further cases of cholera had
appeared. Native labour was returning ; upwards
of one hundred had offered themselves for em-
ployment. The erection of machinery at Pavon
was progressing more satisfactorily. The San
Domingo and San Antonio mines are stated
to be much improved. At Consneto the No.
2 shaft had been holed to the deep adit level, the
lode still bokhng down rich. Water had continued
scarce up to the end of November, but heavy
rains had set in in the beginning of October. Gold
remitted fur November month, 242 onnees.
The directors of the St. John del Rey Gold
Mining Company have issued a circular to the
shareholders containing copies of letters from Mr.
Gordon. the superintendent, with reference to the
recent disastrous fire at the company's mines in
Brazil. The following communication from Mr.
J. Hoskin, the managing director, is also included :
8, Tokenism's-yard. London, LC., Jan. 14.
Sir,—The directors deeply rearm to have to oommuni-
tate to the shareholders the annexed sectoust of • fire
which broke out in the Csshoelrs Mins on the night of the
21st of November last. It was subdued, it will
be men. on the 23rd, sad it wax Inhered was wholly
extioguithed by the mousing of the 26th. On the 2nd of
Deosinair a small *psalm; was made at the Babu lams,
sad men descended on the 3rd to the depth of 90 feet. The
temperature, at the depth of 45 fest. whisk on the 2nd
December "Mod at SI degrees, bad fallen on the
led to 76 degrees. It will be seen from Mr.
Gordon's letter that no opinion could be formed as to the
I extent of damage to the mines until they were reopened
and examined, which it was not thought prudent to do
hurriedly. Br. Gerdes was eloseir hyrestigating the
muse of the fire, Ind, at the date of kis last letter, no
conclusion had been snivel at. On the mini of the
, next mail • further amemeakation will be made.—l me,
your obedient servant. JOHN HOCILIN, Managing