The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-29 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL EXCHANGE ROOMS

The annual meeting of the tnembers of the Liverpool
Exchange-rooms was held in the Cotton Sale-rooms, at
twelve o'clock, yesterday. The chair was taken by Mr.
Robert Gill.

The Chairman stated that the accounts of receipts and dis-
bursments, for the past year, differed but little from that of
former years. There was a little increase in the amount paid
for property tax, and a little diminution in the receipts from
the sale of newspapers, as gentlemen did not think it worth
their while to take a paper in the evening, at half price, which
they could buy in the morning for a penny. The next
increase in expense was for the new plate glass windows in the
room below, which, he believed he might safely say, had given
very general satisfaction. There was also a little increase iq
expenditure for throwing open the gates, which gave a better
access to the building. itt other matters, there was very
little difference; and he was happy to say that the committee
could safely recommend that the dividend should be the same
as in former years—namely, 48 17s per share, with three
guineas in lieu of the right of nomination to the news-room.

The Secretary read the balance sheet for the year, from
which it appeared that the receipts from the newsroom had
been £9,057 12s 4d ; the total credit side .of the account
shewed £24,197 13s 10d ; the total expenditure was
£15,896 1 ls l ld ; the balance in hand, £8,301 is l Id, of
which it was proposed to carry to the contingent fund
£1,221 Is 11d; lcavicg available £7,080, as a disposable

iLONDON CORN.—The supply of English wheat
this morning's market was small, and the condition
possible worse than last week; it consequently met,
slow sale at the quotations of this day's sennight. Th
sale of foreign was restricted to retail purchases at Col
mer rates. The finest parcels of malting barley we:
taken off at the extreme prices of last week, but for otho
descriptions the demand was barely as good. Beans an
hog pease are unaltered in value, but which bring an ac
vance of 2s per qr. Oats are a slow sale, 'at a decline
61 to is per qr. The flour trade is very dull, but counts
marks are held for an advance of Is to 2s per sack.
LONDON PRODUCE.—AII articles of colonial pr(
duce are very quiet to-day, and the only transactions t
notice is 2.50 bags Saltpetre at 325, 8 per cent. refraction
METROPOLITAN CATTLE.—We had a li►nite
supply of beasts on sale in to-day's market,:and all kind
moved off briskly at an advance in the quotations of 4,
per Bibs. The show of sheep was limited, .and the motto
trade ruled; active at 4d per 81bs more money. Calve
were in but moderate request at Friday's currency. Ter
was a fair demand for pigs at full prices. Beef, 3s 21 t
4d 10d; mutton, 3s 2d to ss; Veal, 4s 85 to 6s ; pork, 3
8d to ss, per Blbs to:sink the offal.. Supply—Beasts 3046
foreign 484; sheep 15770,foreign 170; calves 56, foreig:
46; pigs 253.
BOROUGH HOP—The market is steady, at the fol
lowing prices for new :—lnferior, from 45s to 70s
middling yellow, 75s to 965; fine Kent and Sussek, 98s t
115 s ; do. Gouldings, 105 s to 130 s.

BELFAST CORN.—The supply at farmers' marke
was small, and prices the turn dearer. Not much doink
at the Corn Exchange, and prices remain unaltered.