The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-13 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

COMMERCIAL INTELLTGF,NnE.

TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The minimum rate of discount at the Bank of
England continues at 6 per cent. Brokers appear
very loth to negotiate business even at the official
minimum, rather desiring to hold their capital in
reserve and await the result of tomorrow's weekly
court.

The following has been posted in the Stock Ex-
change :—Application having been made to the
committee to fix a special settling day for transac-
tions in the shares of the Anglo-Greek Steam
Navigation and Trading Company, Limited, and
evidence having been heard thereon, it was resolved
that a special settlement be refused.
Natal Government Six per Cent. Denbentures
for £50,000 have been offered to public competition
by the Crown Agents for the Colonies._ The bid-
dings amounted altogether to but £24,000 at rates
varying from 91 to 101. The minimum was 97,
and the sum allotted at and above that price was
£20,000. The balance, it is understood, will be
disposed of at the minimum rate.
The gold taken from the Bank of England yes-
terday amounted to £46,000.
The Bank of New Zealand have given notice
that they pay the January interests on the
£1,000,000 New Zealand Government Treasury
Pills ; £25,000 Auckland Harbour Bonds ; £BO,OOO
Canterbury Loan ; and the £500,000 Otago Loan.

Two o'CLoca.
According to Reuter's telegram the 3 per Cent.
French Rentes were quoted at 69f. 10c.
The English Stock Market has been well main-
tained, and the improvement made just after the
official close of business last evening established.
Consols are now quoted 86/ for money, and 871
for the account. The New Threes and Reduced
Annuities are 861 j ; ditto 21 per Cent. (1894),
69/ ; Annuities (1885), 13 13-16ths ; Exchequer
Bills, 2 dis. ; Bank of England 5 per Cent. Stock,
247 ; India 5 per Cent. Stock (1870), 102 1;
ditto Enfaced Paper 5i per Cent. (1879), 109.
In the Foreign Stock Market prices generally
show an improvement. Mexican have risen 1, to
25/ 1 ; the New Loan 1, to 231 ; Spanish Passive,
to 27} ; the Certificates 1, to 151 ; and Bra-
zilian Scrip /, to 11 1 prem.; Greek are 161 ; the
Confederate Loan has declined 1, to 71 8 ; Turkish
6 per Cents., 1858, 701; ditto £lOO Bonds, 75 ;
ditto, 1862, 72 ; ditto, 5 per Cent. paid up Scrip,
1865, 431 ; and Venezuela 6 per Cents., 1864,
36i. . .

American securities show firmness. United States
5.20 Bonds are 63k 4 ; Erie shares, 571 k ; and
Illinois, 801 k.
In the Railway Share Market the dealings have
been on a moderate scale, and prices generally are
a shade firmer. Lancashire and Yorkshire have
improved 10s. ; and Great Western, Great Northern
A Stock, North WeStern, Midland, and South Eas-
tern, each ss.
The Foreign and Colonial lines are dull, at about
previous rates.

Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are quiet, and
generally support rates. Imperial Ottoman are
dealt in at 15, and Overend, Gurney, and Co. at
24 21. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Con-
solidated Mortgage Bonds are quoted* dis. +prem. ;
Commercial Company of Africa, 4 1 prem. ; Co-
lonial Company, prem.; the Credit Foncier and
Mobilier of England (old) shares, 3} 31 prem. ex
all ; and the new issue, 31 3f prem. ; the St.
Saviour's Wharf Company (Limited)l 1i prem. ;
the London Steam Towing Company, 11 14 prem. ;
Charles Laffitte and Co., 1i 2 prem.

!BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols
Do. Account, Jan. 9
3 )er Cent. Reduced B6l 4
.n.eNev 3 per Cent B6l i 1 1
Nev 2f per Cent. Jan. 1894 69 4
Dc 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 —
Anmities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880
Do. cor 30 yrs, expire sth April,lBBs l3 13-16
Do (led Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 —
Exchequir Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. 2 4 die
Do. £5OO —
Do £lOO and £2OO —
Bank of Eigland Stock, 5 per Cent
Do Accoint
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Indian Stock, 10/ per Cent., AprillB74 Shut
Do Account
Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates —
Do. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent —
Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
Do. 5/ per Cent., May 1879 lO9
Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 —
Do. Bonds, £l,OOO —
Do. under £l,OOO — pm
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 —
Brazilian 5 per Cent —
Do. 44 per Cent., 1852-58-60
Do. 1863
Do. 1865
Do. Scrip, £25 paid
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent B6 5
Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) 35
Chilian 41 per Cent
Do. 3 per Cent
Colombian 6 per Cent. —
Cuba, 6 per Cent.
Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 —
Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 —
Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid —
Danubian Principalities
Do Account
tyador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
Do., Provisional Land Warrant —
egyptian 7 per Cent 921
Do., Second Issue 92} 2
Do £lOO Bonds
Do. 1864 —
Do £lOO Bonds
Creek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons
Do. Account
Do. Coupons
Do. Account
Uliatemala 5 per Cent.
Do £B6 paid —
Do. 1839 and 1850 —
Italian 5 per Cent, 1865
Do. Account
Do. Maremmana Railway 671
Do Scrip, £671 paid
Do 5 per Cent., 1864 —
kexican 3 per Cent
Do. Account
Do 1864 22
1)o 6 per Cent. Anglo-French
Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c
~.51ontevidean 64per Cent., £3O paid
tloorish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada
Do 2 per Cent
Do Deferred
Do Land Warrants (Hectares)
DO.6,Per Cent, 1864
p D 0 Guaranteed, 4 per Cent
ernvien 44 per Cent —
DO. Account —
Do Scrip, £45 paid, paid in Bonds
Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) —
44 per Cent., 1862
1,,D0 Account 73/
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
'-',O 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 461 11
VO. Account
.4ussia,n 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St B9/
Do 41. per Cent. 1850
DO,, 4/ per Cent., 1860 .
--'° 3 pex Cent. 1859 —
Do
5 per Cent. 1862 BB4 9/
t per Cent. 1864 —
ardinian 5 per Cent
Ei ."0 Account
13,;olish 3 per Cent
Ditto account
I)0 New Deferred
'lO Account
,N4-'0 Passive 27/ 1
''-'0 Account
tquish Cert. of Coup not funded
ti 1)0 Account
Irish 4 per Cent.
Ti, 0 44 per Cent. 1864
? Account —
Do 6 per Cent. 1858
~00 Account —
-')._ £lOO Bonds
DO
per Cent 72
[lv 6 Cent. 1862
—° Account IN
D
(?) £lOO Bonds 72 4 11 21 2 1
LI 6 per Cent., 1863 —
D°° 5 per Cent. 1865
1;4 criP, £35 paid
,0 Account •v xi(
leoo 0 Bands —
Don 1 .
e a 3 per Cent. —
Account
° goo 1)0
r C ent., 1862
•Account
-,LlAgs. • Dividends on the above payable in London.
D•l'lf,
elr,ja n+ 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins
ilt'oo-?,44 per cent., Ex. 25f.
1)0 11 Pim °Aut., Ex. 12 Guil -r•
F' e • 4 per
get. 5
Cent. Certificates —
trzai " Wes 3 per Cent.
11,71
to . Per Cent. ,1861, Ex. 25f.
Ltecount

~ 44

THREE O'CLOCK
Consols for money
Do, Account,

OSSR

100
at I

lAtinntic&St.Lawrenee
Bom.,Baroda.., Cen.ln.

100

u. 5 per cent
Do. le shares
Buffalo & Lake Huron

Do Preference
Buff.,Brant&Goderich
6 p.c. 872-3- -. 1
Calcutta & ti. E., lim
ai. e Town dc Dock, gu 1
Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p:1
East. Ben al, gu., 5 do
East gu. 5 p.c.

Do ..I Extension
;rand Trunk ot Canada'
Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds
1 charge 6 p.c
Do. Ist ref. Bonds
Do. do. deferred
Do. 2d Pr. f. Bonds
Do. do. deterred
Do. nd Pref. stock

Do. do. deferred

Do. 4th Pret. stook .

Do. do. deterred ....
Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c.
o. G ua. 5 per cent..
Do. New gua. 5 p. c..
Gt. South of India ......

gua. 5 per cent
D . 41 per cent

Do -
Great W. e. of Canada.

Da. New .. ... . .
Do. 6 p. C. Bds. pay. 1873
tio. 56 do. pay. 1877-8
Indian Branch, limited
Madras, gua. 5 p.c
Do. 41 do

Do. 4; do

Do. Fifth Extensio❑
Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds.
Mel. & Hudson's Bay..
N. I.C' da, 6pc Ist pf.bs.
Scinde
Do. Delhi
Do. do
Do. Puniaub....
Do.lndus

iuo
100
100
all
100
100

100
{lOO
2
100
100

iSIONS.

69 61
102 103
id in
6 6}
10 11

75 80
99 101
05 70
101 103
102 103
IC3 !04
30 31

88 90
68 63
55 60
58 53
50 55
45 48
40 44
32 34
31 33
103 1(4
P
P

1011 1024

16} 17
4 30
15
83

1 6d
1014 1024
94 99
89 91

60
102}

101
102
1 1} 3
31j I i

667

324 3
324
1034 i

163 1

64 66

82 84
014 102.
101 i 1024
ia
101. 102

COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
- British Columbia, 6 per
cent., Dec.3l, 1572 100 -
Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.&July
1877-84 lOO 96 98 96}
- Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug lt,o £4 96
- Ds. sp. c. Mar. &- Sept 103 94 96
- Do. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 62 8* 8/ f
- Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk 100 81 93
- Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 104 106
Do.Apl.&Oct. 1890-1900 100 104 106
- Do. do: 1880-9 100 104 105
- Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 100 105 107
- Do. 5 per cent. 15 April
and IS Oct., 1900 lOO 90 92
- Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6p. c 100 10) 102
- Do. 1878, do. 100 1(6 108
- Mauritius,6 p. c, 1873,
Jan. and July
- Do. IR7B . . ;00 106 108
00. 1882, May i 5, Nov. 1 101 104 106
- Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug le 1. 6 104
- Natal ,•ov. 6 per cent lOO 96 99
- N.8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&Jul,) 100 90 18
- N. S.W. Gov. 5 pv.,1866 100 1 0 162
- Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 187 t, 100 93 e 5
- Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189 100 90 01 90} 1
- New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 103 105
- Do. 5 per cent lOO 84 85
Nova So tie Gov. 6 p.
sterling, 1875 l9O 10 , 102
- 4ueensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 103 104
- S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-ti 100 -- -
- Do. 1878 & upwards 1 0 106 108
Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July 100 - -
- Do. do, e pril & Oct lOO 105 106 185}
BRITISH MINES.
2 cant. Consul. hold, lira 1 -
Chiverton
Clifford amalgamated. 30 21 23
- Devon G. Cons. (Tavist. 1 675 695
- urakewalls 2.1.0 ;
- East Bassett (Illogan) 214 18 20
- Nast Caradon 2.14.6 9 10
- EasL Carn Brea 3l 54 6 5f
- mast Grenville
- East Gunnislake ..... 8.3.0
- Eaet Loved 3.9.0 13 i 5
- E. W'l Russell (Tavlstk 10.8.. 3
- Gam. & StAubyn(G wen. 66 5 7
Gnat L ;xey, limited all 2 L 22 21f
- Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 14 2
Great Wheal
- G. Wheal Vor Heist 4() i 4 5 34f
- Grenville 8.18.0 ;if 4i
- Herod's Foot 8.10.0 38 38.
- Hingston Downs 5.10.6 5} 51
- Margaret ,Uny Lelant -13.17.6 8 7
Marie Valley 4.10.6 44
4 nwyndy Iron Ore, liw %, 2t ltd
- New Se ton
- North Roskear
N.Wh'l Bassett (Illogan 4.4.0 I 1}
North Wheal Crotty
- Prosper United 7.1.6 - -
- Pr vidence Uny L.lant 10.6.7 38 40
- S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l} 420 440
- South Condurrow 3.2.0 t 4 }
S.Wheal Iran. (Mogan 18.189 20 25
- Stray Park . 35 15.6 1,, 14
- Tin Croft 9 19 20
5 Vigra and CI gan, Jim_ all 5 7
- West iiassett (Mogan
- W. Caradon ( L uskeard 9 9 11
- West Chi verton ll 77 82
- West Seton 474 190 200
- Wheal Bassett (Mogan 54 95 100
- Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 25 27
- Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 4 6
- Wheal Seton
-. Wheal Trelawney (Lis 7 19 20
PREFERENCE SHARES.

PREFERENCE 811 ARES.
Great Western Orig. per cent pf., 91}
North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent.,
Ditto 4i per cent., rd., 991 100
PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS.
Caledonian 4i per cent. gua. stk., 98
London, Brighton, stc., 5 per cent. 1865, 107
LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL S
Royston, Hitch., and Shep., 127

FOREIGN KA[LWAYS.
Bahia and San Francisco slim.) gua. 7 per cent., 14
Sambre and Meuse, 71-
South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, lei 17

FOREIGN MIN Eti,
St. John del Rey, Urn., 50 49
Washoe Gold, Um.,

BANKS.
Agra and 31 asterman's, lira., 561 6
Alliance, lint.. 291 1
Ditto, issued at 20 pm., of which 25 is paid., 29
Anglo Egyptian, lira., 131
Australasia,
Bank of New Zealand, 161 1
Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 231
Colonial, Um. 411 2
Consolidated:Bana, Um., 10 1
Engiish Joint Stock, lira., 11
European Bank, lira., 1.4
Imperial Bank, lira., 28
Imperial Ottoman, 15
London Bank of uexieo and S. America, lira., 14i
London and Brazilian r 481
Loudon and County, 782
London Joint 5t0ck,,514
London and estminster, 971 61
Merchant Bank, lint 27
Scinde, PunjauD, and Delhi, Um., 511
South Australia, 351
Union of Australia, 541
Union of London, 54

MISCELLANEOUS.
Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gun., 21 f
Berlin Water Works, lim., 101
Bo bay Gas, lim., 51 f
City of Lonuon Real Property, Um., 41
City offices, Bra., 71
Credit Fonder and Mobilier of Enirlana,
Ditto, issued at a prem., of which £2 is to pay, 24
Egyptian Com and Trading, lira., 21 „
Financial Discount, lim., 9
Gen. credit and Fiusnze of London. Inn., 61 6
Imperil Mercantile Credit ABBO., lim., 71 f
Indian Carrying, lira., 1
International Financial society, lim., 51 1
Interational ...and Credit. Um., 6
Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour,
Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. It7o, issued 90, 821
Joint Stock Discount. lim., 9}
London Financial Association, lim 201
ntliwail Freehold Land and Dock, 6s
National Discount • ompany, 1. 17
Ocean arine Insurance), 24
Otago and Southland Investment, if
Ottoman Financial .A sauctation, lim., 251
overend, Gurney, and Co., Jim., V]; 1 201 1
Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Mai!, DM., t
Thames and Mersey Marine) Insurance, lira.4B/
Upper Assam Tea (all), lim.,
Ditto (aIl),•.14
Warrant Finance, lira., 7

The quotation 01 gold at Paris is about 1 per mile pm., and
the short exchange on London is 25.15 per £1 sterling. On
comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3
17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is
nearly 2-ICtbs per cent. dearer in Paris than in London.