The Sun.
London, England, 1865-04-27 00:00:00

lIONEY MARKET

AN

CUIMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

T OCLOCK.
The Bank of England directorsWELVE have' not made
any alteration in their terms of discount to-day.
Out of doors the rates remain easy at 3; per cent.
There has been a fair demand for accommodation,
and in the Stock Exchange the applications for
loans have been rather numerous.
The Scottish Chief, from Port Phillip, has brought

A general meeting of shareholders of the Inter-
national Contract. Company was held to-day. The
report
presented for adoption stated that the state-
ment of accounts shows a profit of £96,121 7s. 7d.,
With which, after deducting expenses amounting to
f 7,843 4s. Id., the directors propose to deal as
°1" :*---13y recommending the payment of a
dividend at the rate of £lO per cent. per annum,
amounting to £30,000, inclusive of the interim
dividend ahead
the y paid ; by placing to a reserve fund
charstun of £60,000 ; by allocating £5,000 in dis-
ge LT,
full for the preliminary expenses ; and
carrYiug the balance forward to next account.
Two O'CLOCK.
4.1111 Paris, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's
at the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 85c.
Auanirnate.
_A general recovery has been experienced in nearly
ad. descriptions of Stock Exchange Securities to-day.
A better feeling prevails in the English department,
and Consols have advanced to 90i 91 for money
unities are 84 89 ;
and
account, The New Threes and Reduced An-
Exchequer Bills, ss. to Bs.
13,1'nercl. ; India 5 per Cents., 1064 107 ; Debentures,
`l4 ; and Bonds, 19s.
T Foreign
Stocks are generally at better prices.
kish Consolides have improved to 541;
ex all, to 26 ; the New Loan to 251 ;
t
'reek, to 24 ; Spanish Passive, to 30* ; Cer-
ificates to 16f I. The Confederate Loan is lower,
at 1415.
I been the Railway Share Market the dealings have
n on
a very moderate scale, but prices generally
,are buoyant. Great Western and Great Eastern
have each improved 10s., and London, Chatham,
and Dover, and North Western each £l.
Without material change in values.
ank and Miscellaneous Shares are, in some
instances,324 a shade flatter. Affiance are dealt in at
; Union of London at 53 54 ; Credit Foncier
at ad Mobilier of England at 91 ; Plymouth Ship
a Co., 1.1 prem. ; London and Mediter-
rnean Bank, to 1i prem. ; South African Land
and Finance 1
gation, li prem. ; Anglo-Egyptian Navi-
d
3 3f prera. ; Rio de Janeiro Gas, 11* prem. ;
an Russian (Vyksounsky) Iron Company, 23- 3
Prem.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
t° this day, are in round figures as under
1865. 1864
Great Western
... £71,398 £65,359
North Western • •• • •
110,097 103,704
LSouth Western •• •
26,166 22,148
ix • 25,074 19,292
Indidghton
an(' ••• •••
... 45,743 45,428
South Eastern •... ▪
23,707, , 19,679
Great Northern ' •
34,437 32,172
Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 39,580 37,320
134401 and Exeter
... ... 6,938 6,692
North Eastein
5,410 58,80
kanchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 17,083 16,759
(heat Eastern ... • ... 32,253 30,705
These returns, when compared with those of the
corresponding period of last year, are generally
of a satisfactory character. On the Great
Western there is an increase of £6,039 ; on the North
Western, of £6,393 ; on the South Western, of
£4,018 ; on the Brighton of £5,782; on the Mid-
land, of £320 ; on the South Eastern, of £4,028 ;
on the Great Northern, of £2,265 ; on the Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, of £2,260 ; on the Bristol
and Exeter, of 1246 ; on the North Eastern, of
960 ; on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln,
of £324; and on the Great Eastern, of £1,548.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
... GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
Ojaer Cent. Consols
. 130. Account, May 9 9Ol / 1
°viper Cent Reduced BBl / 9
'I ew 3 per Cent BB 9 lieW 2.i. per Cent. Jan. 1894 —
,Po• 6 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — •.-unuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880
Do
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 —
t (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 —
zehequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent Do.
£5OO
Do.
13aht. £lOO and £2OO
Do--• ofgla
England Stock, 51 per Cent 5 8
Account
Lintyv ri
I,A: ,rOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
711 Stock, IA per Cent., AprillB74 --
° Account
Do. k
1061 7
D - Per Cent. July, 1870
Do_ Account
Do 4 Per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do • Certificates
. Ent
Do. 5 d Paper 4 per Cent
Do. 51. Z Cent., Jan. 1872
Do. 4 r`l. Cent. May 1879 —
Do. Boer Cent., Aug. 1866 991
p"ds, £l,OOO —
0. wader £l,000
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Austrianbraz Bonds, 5 per Cent —
j);,411, 5 Per Cent lOO
—Uneno•;lAyr
per Cent, 1852-58-60 4 Do
1863
es 6 per Cent —
els.,'? i per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
"-Luau 6 per Cent —
Do 4.1 .
L 1 • -2 Per Cent
C
D" orabian 6
per Cent.
'llba) 6 per Cent Do
121 5 per Cent., 1864
Dan ?,BcriP, £55 paid
Do.`Bo 3 per Cent., 1825
~
1, 4 per Cent., 1863 —
D —0- 5 per
pal 77, £25 paid —
,1111bian Princiities
I, 4-'oX.B6paid —
''Tiador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
DO., Provisional Land Warrant —
`467ptian 7 per Cent 96 1
1),•u0, Second Issue 954
o £lOO Bonds —
~., o
Scr Do. 1864 93} 4
Do £55 paid
Do. Coupons
Cat Do Account 2ll
mala 5 per Cent.
Do. 1839 and 1850
Italian 5 per Cent (ltlaremmana Railway)
Do
1865
72f 3
... Do Scrip, £421 paid
Ai exican 3 per Cent.
Do. Account •
264 4
Dc 1864% . , ...... . . 251 1
Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French
Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c
Montevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada

Do 2 per Cent
Do Deferred
Do Land Warrants (Hectares)
Peruvian. 41 per Cent —
Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren)_
Do 41 per Cent., 1862
Do. Account
kortliguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Do Account -
Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 48} 71
Do Account
Bussian 5
per Cent., 1822, £ St.,
Do
Do 4} per Cent., 1850
3
1860
Do per Cent., 1859
Do •
Do 5 per Cent 1862
Sardinian 5 1864
per Cent
Do. Account
'''Pallish 3 per Cent —
D-Do Account 4-
oNew Deferred
Account —
D 0 Passive
r,, Do Account 3o} I I
lonanish Cert. of Coup not funded
Do Account l6f 1
swedish 4 per Cent. —
•
'I, D°. 1 per Cent. 1864
•-tirkish 6 per Cent. 1854 9l
Do Acco t —
Do R Account
Do Per Cent. 1858
Do Account , 711
Do -£lOO Bonds i 76 1)0 per Cent 1862
Do per
Do. £lOO Bonds
'l2° Per Cent. 1863
74 I
,e-uo Guaranteed, 4 per Cent —
V
D 0.3 per Cent. —
Do. Account
r)o• 6 Do. Accountperunt Cent, 1862
-ICI
A. Dividends on the above payable in London.
late\s„.triati, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins
'an
Due i4l Per cent., Ex. 25f.
FrenchDo per Cent. Certifi.,..tes
Ren
oAccount 3 per Cent.:
1.,_ 4 •
...t.a .-
per Cent. _
1:14.4? er Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f.
°'
Account
Consols THREE O'CLOCK,
Doe. ......... .....
90} 91
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