The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-04 00:00:00

VENEZUELA GOVERNMENT SIX PER
CENT. LOAN-01,500,000.
In Bonds of £5OO, £2OO, and £lOO.

THE GENERAL CREDIT AND FINANCE COMPANY
OF LONDON (Limited)
Peg to announce that they are authori=ed by the Govern-
ment of Venezuela to offer to the public a Loan for that State,
to the extent of .£1,5.0,000 nominal Capital, upon the follow-
ing-terms :
The Bonds will be issued for sums of £5OO, £2OO, and 00
each. They will bear interest as from the Ist October, 1863,
at the rate of six per cent. per annum, with Coup ma attached,
payable halt-yearly, on the Ist April and ist October. at the
Offices of the General Credit and Fit, ance Company in Lon-
don, in sterling' or at the Offices of 11,.e srs. Salomon Oppen-
heim, jun., and Co , Cologne, in tnalers, at the exchange of
the day.
The price of issue is £BO per £lOO Stock, and payment will
be required as follows :
£5 on application.
£lO on allotment, less £3 half-year's interest accrued.
£l5 on Ist June.
£l5 on let August.
£l6 on let September, less £3 half-year's interest accrued,
due Ist October.

Discount at the rate of 0 per cent. per annum will be allowed
cn pre-payments in full making, with allowances, the price
of Issue under £55.
In case of non-allotment, the deposit will be returned,
Should a less amount be a lotted than that applied for, the-
deposit will be made availab e towards payment on f'
allotment, and the balance, if any, returned to the appl'
The object of the Loan is to effect a settlemer •A"'"
general financial condition of the country, to ASP: of the
ing roads and improved c mmunications, -.et mak-
wise, to pay off some existing claims,
and generally to
country, ad and coast-
develope the agricultural resources a-
industry of the
The Loans. Interest, and Sinkir
rund are secured by a
special hypothecation of the wh
r 4dc:xport duties leviable at
the ports of the Rt public, La rdityra, Puerto Cabello, Mara-
caibo, and Ciudad liolivay. Vitese are warranted by the Go-
vernment as wholly unc_rwr,seed (or that, if any claims can be
sub itantiated, they
and as pro' . s',olll be met out of the proceeds of the
chars),Loa of the r
ju: el more than sufficient to meet the
Duties last ,
ec-sent Loan. The produce of the Export
is stated to have been £221,500, and an in-
crease is ex petted. In the event of aoydeficiency, the amount
is to be '
uncha- ,m good ood by a further special hypothecation of the
Ted
T imniort duties at all orts ot '
, ,00 consent ot Earl Russell hasthe been obtained tbrVenezuela. the col-
l'.Ction of the duties ,o hypothecated by her tJajesty's Consuls
at he several Ports, associated with the Company's Agents,
and the requisite amount will be transmitted twice a month
to the General Cre tit and Finance Company of London.
Out of the same, £120,030 a-year will be applied to the pay-
ment of the interest and redemption of the debt, as follows :
£OO,OOO to be applied, in the first instance to the payment of
the interest.

X 30,000 to a sin nn fund ; this amount being augmented
periodically by the interest on bsndn chat shall have been
bought up ',r redeemed.
The BlTAing fund shall be applied to the purchase of Bonds
in the open market, it th price is at or below par, or to their
reelemption by lot in the usual way, if Above par, year by year
',nail the whole shall have been paid off.
The first purchase or redemption to take place Ist October,
1861. _ _

The documents relating to the authorisation of the Loan,
and the ratification of the same by the Constituent Assembly
of Venezuel under date 14th January. 1861. with Notarial
translations, are open for inspection at the offices of the Ge-
neral Credit and Finance Company, 7, Lothbury, where
applications for the Bonds, in the annexed form, will be
received. _

Applications will also be received by the London and West,
minster Bank;
By the Union Bank of London
And at Cologne, by Messrs. Salmon Oppenhelm, jun., and
Co. ;
Amsterdam, by Messrs. Lippman, Rosenthal, and Co.
Prospectuses and Forms of Application may be had at 7,
Lothbury, and clf the Brokers.
London, 7, Lothbury, Apr.l, 1864;

FORM OF APPLICATION.
VENEZUELA GOVERNMENT SIX PER CENT. LOAN.
To the General Credit and Finance GQlnpany of London
(Limited),
Gentlemen,—l request that
will allot to me
in the above nal
...oan, on which I have made the
required Deposit of 5 per Cent on £ and I
agree to accept that *.mount of Stock, or any less sum that
may be allotted to me, and to pay the further instalments
thereon, according to the terms of the prospectus.
I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant.
Usual signature
Name in full
Profession
Address