The Express.
London, England, 1868-07-23 00:00:00

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lireilik= be made 'pedal : - • ' '
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fant=ieiseaesyas may tibia he delsamiaeterea by. •
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of erase* the borrowing visa mortgage • farther sea
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spud to ea/Ml*44 the anew raised by the sessibe
and isawa ;ma sew shame also ter the _ went et - • .
setbasu6.i.vm:es Or provisiese of "The leftia• 4
Beltway 4" mi. v the areliCie and tweet 41161Seessr
steak I=theacereies of the powers of borrowing /
two
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liternivaited
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* set profit for the 'mar .
450601., which contrasts . Y with a*
average imam= of the threp fievoschng years. A
dividead was declared at the nitro of 6 per amt.
per annum, free of income tax, inii4cing, with this
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interim dividend already paid, a Mai of 6 per
cent. for the twelve months.
At the meeting of the Credit Fonder of Rag-
land (Limited), held yesterday, Mr. F. Mowatt pre- -.•
siding, a loni and 000esionally angry disoussioa
took place with regard to the affairs of therunder-
taking, but the report of the directors' waesven- I(
tually adopted. An amendment, calling upon the
present directors, with the exception of Maury.
Mowatt and Cuninghiun, to retire from dine.
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was lost by a largo majority.
At the meeting yesterday.of the New Zealand
Trust and Loan Company (T .m 't hid) a dividend of
53. per share was declared, making, with a pre-
vious payment, 10 per cent. for the year.
A general meeting of the shareholders of the
London and South Western Bank (Limited) is to
be held on the sth August, when a dividend is to
be declared.
The half-yearly meeting of proprietors of the
Bank of Australasia is convened for the 17th
August.
A general meeting of the Bahia Steam Naviga-
tion Company is fixed for the 30th inst.
A general meeting of the Grosvenor and West
End Railway Terminus Hotel Company (Limited)
is called for the sth August, to receive the
directors' report, and to determine upon the de-
claration of a dividend.

The half-yearly meeting of the Waterloo and
Whitehall Railway Company is fixed for the 6th
August.
The first annual meeting of the United Land
Company (Limited) is called for the 31st inst., the
articles of association providing that such meet-
ing is to be held within four calendar months
after the memorandum of association has been
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etransfer books of the Telegraph Construc-
tion and Maintenance Company (Limited) are to
be closed from the 24th to the 30th inst., prepara-
tory to the payment of an interim dividend for
the half-Tear.
The thirteenth general meeting of the London
and Burton Bottled Beer Company (Limited) will
be held on the 31st instant, for the purpose of de-
claring a dividend.
We are requested to state that the share list of
the Bank of Salvador (Limited) is to be dosed on
Tuesday next, the 28th inst.

In the east of Prance the price of bread has
fallen within the last fortnight from 52 centimes
par kilogramme to 40 centimes; and the letters
announcing this fact say that such a fall in so
short a time is unexampled.

The wine crop in Prance, which is very im—
portant, is described, uniformly, u the moat
abundant and the beet in quality that has ever
been grown within the memory of man.

RAILWAY, MINING, AND OTHRR
SHARES.-(THIS DAY.)

[Closing prices to 1 p.m.]