The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-24 00:00:00

Which is to be included in the official list.

A. call of £2 per share, payable on or before the
18th, proximo, has been announced by the directors
of the Financial Corporation.
The letters of allotment of the Tavistock Iron
Works and Steel Ordnance Company (Limited), are
now ready.
The shareholders of the Bank of London held a
special me eting to-day, when the resolutions passed
on the 9t'a instant fur increasing the capital were
duly confirmed.

burin g the last few days a moderate amount of
b4siuess has been transacted in the Foreign and
Colonic), Produce Markets. Sugars have been in
fair Teeniest at full rates, while the dealings in coffee
11"0 been to an average extent without material
chang:e as regards values. For rice, fruit, and spiees
clnotmions have remained unchanged, and business
in the tallow market has been dull, but at steady
Prices.

The annual meeting of the National Bank was
held today—Mr I. N. M'Kenna in the chair. The
l'ePt)rt, which was unanimously adopted, stated that
4in' 38 the accounts were made up a dividend at the rate
of i 8 per cent, per annum, and an extra dividend of
lea, per share, was paid in Feb. last; the amount
of undivided profits after these payments stood at
£ 129,174, 168. 10d., as compared with £103,729
as,. 10d. of the previous year. The directors had
increased the capital from £1,000,000 to £2,000,000
by the issue of 20,000 new shares, at a premium of
£25 per share to the old shareholders, and £3O pc.):
share to the general public,
The General Contract Company is a r_evi- under-
taking just formed for constructing, maintaining,
and, working of railways, maniefacturing railway
ple.nt and rolling stock for eale or hire, reclaiming
Lends, building reservoirs, roads, bridges, docks,
ILarbours, piers, breakwaters, &c., &c. The direc-
tors have secured the business of the eminent con-
tr actor, Mr. Rowland Brotherhood, who has agreed
to transfer the whole of his business to the com-
pany upon terms which may be considered as
favourable. The works, which are situated at the
Great Western Railway station at Chippenham,
together with the plant and e:xisting contracts, are
to be taken at a valuation, and one-third of the
amount ie to be paid in 81-Aares. The capital re-
quired is £1,000,000, but only half that amount is
to be called up in the first instance,
The English, S eeedisb., and Continental Financial
Company (Limited) require a capital of one million,
in 20,000 £5O shares, proposing a first issue of
10,000 shares, 2,500 of which are reserved for
Sweden. No call is to exceed AA Three months
to elapse between each call, and it is not intended to
call up more than £l5 per share. The directors,
whose names will be found in another column, are
gentlemen of high standing in the commercial
world, set forth the objects of the association as in-
tended to promote the development of the resources
of Sweden and Norway, and by thus applying the
eehscribed capital they are of opinion that n large
field will be (Peened up for safe and profitable in-
vestment. In Norway and Sweden no such insti-
tution exists, consequently the vast foresee, the in-
exhaustible mineral deposits, the agriculture, the
riaing commerce of the country demand the finan-
.cial aid which this company proposes to Alter a close investigation, and looking
at give.
the
narked BIICOCSS of the Enekilda Bank and similar
Institutions, the directors
actor are confident of a satia-
), pecuniary result from the operat'ons of the