The Express.
London, England, 1868-07-24 00:00:00

•

I The joint traffic return of the Caledonian and
!North British Railways show this week an increase
It 6,2031. over last year.

TWO O'CLOCK.
The English funds are per oent. lower, at %I
to t. Some of the home railway stocks have also
reccdod I, but Great Northern A bas improved e.
viz., to 9S to 99. Foreign Bonds are without
variation.

FOUR O'CLOCK.
The government fluids are without change, at
to 1, both for mosey and the account.
The railway market is flatter, and a decline of /
to per ant. has taken place in most of the
principal stocks. Caledonian, 741 to I ; Metropo-
litan 112/ to 113; Brighton, 53/ to 54 ; Mouth
Eastern, 78 to 1; Midland, 10411 to I; London
and North Western, 1161 to •; Lancashire and
itorkshire, 1294 to 130; and Great Western, 50 to 1.
In the foreign stock market, Spanish of 1887,
find Turkish of 1885, have declined 1 per cent.,
viz., :to 351 to 1, and 39/ to 40k, respectively.
Italian of 1861, 63 to ; Orel, 831 to 841 ; and
Nicholai, 061 to /.
No gold has been sent into or withdrawn from
tic Bank to-day.

The official liquidator of the Financial Corpora-
tion announces a first dividend of 4a. in the pound.
_,' It is notified that the bonds of the Ibengarian
Loam are now ready to be exchanged for the scrip
rtiScates si th. office of the London and County
Lank.
iinikeinel°49o it) the Bankers' return
of
Clearing-houseehcln"
for tbewoek ending Wednesday, July 22 :
'Thursday, July 16
Diday, July 17
Saturday, July 18 10,646,000
11,965,000
Monday, July 20
Tuesday, Jul 21 9,125,000
Wednesday, July 22 - 8,824000

£63,426,000
Ciao. Dinuivsurnz, Chief-inspector.
Bankers' Olearing-house, July 23.
For the corresponding week of last year the total
was only 58,130,0001.
The weekly return of the Bank of France shows
the following changes (the exchange being taken
at 25f. to the pound) :
Coin and bullion
Bills discounted
Notes in circulation lncrease 104,000
Private deposits
Treasur► balance lncrease 176,000
Advances
With the increase now shown, the coin and bullion
are raised to 48,736,000/. The increase in the dis-
counts and circulation is of no importance.
The return of the Bank of England for the week
ending Wednesday, July 22, compared with that
for the previous week, shows the following
changes :

Circulation issue £33,814,740 Decrease £151,280
Circulation active
Public deposits 3.139,924 Decrease 219,862
Other deposits 22,077,372 Decrease 2,628
Government securities in

Ong department .. 14,614,394 No change.
Other securities in bank-

ing 16,400,413 Decrease 604,013
Coin wd bullion in both
-

dWeriaents— 22,077,334 Decrease 109,201
Seven day and other bills 626,446 Decrease 31.218
The Best

Notes in reserve
Totalreserve (noteeg coin)
in banking department 12,686,224 Increase 276,049
The withdrawals of deposits have been more than
made up to the Bank by the repayment of
504,013/. of advances previously made by it on
private securities, and the reserve has conse-
quently increased 276,0491. During the week the
result of the import and export operations was to
cause an addition of 17,0001. to the Bank's stock of
gold, yet the present return shows a decrease of
109,2011. in the coin and bullion, owing, doubt-
less, to harvest requirements.

BANN OP
ACCOVNT, porinent to the.
for the week ending on

tat 7th and Bth Victoria, nay. 88,
ladneaday, July 22, 18118.

ironed mei Dill
Noted la .1.04814.7.1

r~arrseT.

i 31,814,740
DAMMING DI
1144,553,,06,4
1
00r0
eluding
=..Bank4
National Debt, and
DividendAeoostata) 3,1118,924
Other Deposita
Beres Day and other
Dills

Eitf;Tarninent Debt 411,015,100
Other Securities
Oo&d Coin and 1tu1t10n.10,814,710
Salver Balm

PARTNINT.

-ifitn:e";;;Ment Semi-

£36,814.740

1.43,601,081

ile; 214,614,204
Other fisooritlen 16,440,412
Notre 11,322,620
cold and Barer Coin 1,262,604

Dated the 2.-tra day of July,

£0,601,031.
G. Fong*, Mkt Cashier.

MINES-(THI8 DAY.)

ONE O'CLOCK.

The mining market shows a rather better ten-
dency to-day. Prince of Wales shares are in
demand, and bave advanced to 21 to 1, owing to an
improvement in the 63, or bottom level of the
mine. West Chiverton are quoted 601 to 611;
New Lovell, 20s. to 225. 6d. ; West Drakewalls,
ss. to 105. • Great Vor, 15 to 1; Great Iletallack,
31 to I ; dreat Laxey, 161 to 17 ; Wheal Buller,
6 to 7 ; and East Basset, 13 to 13.

Subjoined are the .pricee of foreign and
colonial mining shares :—Yudanamutana, 6/
to 61 ; St. John Del Rey, 181/ to 191;
Don Pedro, 2/ to si prem. • Anglo-
Brazilian, par to * prom. • Peatarena,
to 1 dia. ; Chontalee, 2 to f; Roeea Grande,
/to I prem. ; Anglo-Italian, par to prem.
United Meakan, 1/ to / ; Prontino and Bolivia,
to /. ; and Port Phillip, 1 9-16 to 11-16.

RAILWAY, MINING, AND OTHER
SHARES-{THIS DAY.)

[Closing pewee to 1 p.m.}

COLONIAL GOVERNIIEN'E 82CURITIRS.
Canada, 1877 to 1884, Jan. and July (6 per cent),
Do. (6 per cent.), 90, I, 6.
New Brunswick. Jan. and July (6 per cent.), 103.
New South Wales, Jan. and July, 1888 to 1896 (6 per
cent.), 100,
1.8%. ,
New n,l Jan., April, July, and Oct. (6 per coat.),
97f, B},
Nova Scotia, 1886, Jan. and July (6 per cel, 102.
Queensland, 1891, Jan. and July (6 per cent..),, 106.
Victoria, April and October (6 per cent.), 11}.
ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.
- - - - •

Caledonian, 74f, 4.
, Great Eastern, 3111, 9, SI.
Great Northern A (A receives no dividend until 6 pest
cent. has been psid to B), 9;18, 9.
Onset Western, original, 1, 4.
London, Brighton, and Sou 14, •
London, Chatham, and Dover,
London and North Western, 114 1 .
London and South Wasters, 924.
Ifrachester, SWINK and Lohshire, 424, I.
Ilotan, 113, en 16e. balance of di
Do.-Extension (dir. limited to 6 per tent. till Jan.,
1870), 110.
)(Aland, 1044, 6, 44, xn.
Do., Birmingham and Derby, 72.
North Eastern (Berwick), 103.
Do. (Stockton and Darlington), 1324, 2.
PREFERENCE SHARES.
North Eastern Consolidated, 44 per cent. redeem, 97.

PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS.
Great Western 8 per cent. irredeemable, 1888, 103.
LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
Loudon and Blackwell, 92.

BRITISH POBBIMIONB.
Atlantic and Saint Lawrence, 67.
Dumb., Bar., and Cent. Ind., gus. fper ct., mat.
Eastern Bengal, Rua. 6 per cart., 107.
East Indian, glut. 6 per cent., 1014.
Great Indian Peninsula, guar. 6 per cent., 107 j.
Great Western of Caved., 14k.
Madras, gun. 5 per cent., 1051,
Pciade, Delhi, gua. 5 per cent., 102.
Do., Puniaub, 101 f.

_ .
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Bahia and Sim Francisco (Limited), guar. 7 per cant.,
151.
Recife and San Francisco (Lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 10i.
South Austrian and Losubardo-Yenetran, 16.

FOREIGN RAILWAY OBLIGATIONS.
' Orel Vitebsk, ima. by Bugg= Goventatest, 6 pee seM..
841, 4,i, Si.
Prince of Wales, 2 IBRI TISH =NIS
-16.
ooppinia. AND FORRION MUM
Ao4do-Brazilian Gold (Limited), 9.
Don Pedro, Northoptußt437, 2 16-16 fpm.
St. John del Roy • ), 19f, LI.
Yudanamutana 8. Australia (I.ined), 61, 1111, Eg.
DOCKS.
London sad St. Baths:ins, 49, id.
Southampton, 751, z/.

JOINT IFTOOK BANKS.
London Chart/wed of Australis, 231.
London and County, 621.
Do., New, mimed at 20 pm., 121. paid, 341.
London Joint Stoat, 341.
London and Westminster 70a, 1, 701•
Do., Sorip, honed at IN. prem., none of which has
been rid, 481.
Union of Australia, 461, ad.
Union of London, 361.
MISCELLANEOUS.
! Anglo-American Telegraph (Limited),.
Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per oent., 881, 71.
' Commercial Unioai4Aa Tweed ),
Credit Fonder of (Limited), 216-18.
libeilytian 9r cent. iosvoy,gna. by Egyptian carols. •
Donal Lai! and 'Discount (Limited), 5 9-18.
Kludson's Bay, 161, 151, ad.
International Financial Society .(Limited), 31, ad.
London Financial Amosiatioa (Limited), 71.
Madras irrigation and Canal, guar. 6 per cent, by India*
government, 1011, 3.
• National Discount Company (Limited), 12, 111.
New Cnebrada (Limited), 1, 3-16.
• Otago and Southland Investment (Limited), 11.
141. Telegraph Construction and Maintenance (Limited),d(Limited),'