The Sun.
London, England, 1871-01-21 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.-YE STERD AY.

Not much business has been doing in the Stock E•;-
change to-day, and the fluctuations have again been of a
trifling nature. As regards railway stocks, Caledonian
and Brighton have shewn a slight improvement, but
weakness has been perceptible in the value of Great
Eastern, Midland, and Great Western. In the foreign
bond market no alteration of importance has been noticed
The consol market has been steady, and per cent. better
at 92k, 922, for delivery and the account. Reduced and
New Three Per Cents, 92k, 93 ; Bank Stock, 235, 237 ;
Exchequer Bills, 10s. to 15s. pm. India Five Per Cents
have been done at 110, 110 i ; and India Bonds, 225. to
275. pm. Colonial Government Securities have been

quiet.
The market for English railway stocks has been in a
quiet state. Caledonian and Brighton have risen / and
respectively, but Great Eastern has fallen*, Midland, /,
and Great-Western, a. Metropolitan is quoted at 661,
G 6/ ; Caledonian, 87*, 88 ; Brighton, 43, 431; South-
Eastern, 76, 76* ; Great Northern, 125, 126 ; ditto A,
135/, 1361; Great-Eastern, 401, 41 ; North-Eastern, 146/,
1471 ; Midland, 129 k, 129* ; North-Western, 130, 1301;
and Great-Western, 72*, 72g.
Very few transactions have taken place in Indian rail-
way stocks. Carnatic have marked 101, East Indian
1101, /, Great Indian Peninsula 105/, 6, Great Southern
of India 1021, Oude and Rohilkund 100/, and Scinde 101 f.
Canadian shares have been quiet. Great Western 151, a.
Foreign shares have been quiet. Great Luxemburg 11a,
Recife and San Francisco 151, and Lombards 15.
The foreign bond market has been without feature of
importance. Turkish bonds have been rather weak, the
Six per Cents of 1869 being * lower; Egyptian (1868) have
been quoted at 751, 75* ; Italian (1861), 54*, 54a ; Spanish
29*, 30*-; Turkish (1865), 59, 591; ditto Five per Cents.,
42, 421 ; ditto (1869), 51*, 581; Peruvian (1865), 90, 90*;
United States Five-twenty (1882) Bonds, 90*, 901; ditto
(1885), 89*, 89*, 89. French Scrip, 31.2 dis., and Ger-
man, I*, 1 prem.
Bank shares have been quiet. Imperial Ottoman,
111 London and County, 50*, 1; London and West-
minster, 641.
Telegraph shares have been in limited request. British
Australian, 41; British Indian Extension, 6/; British
Indian Submarine, 71; Falmouth, 91 ; Construction, 2-1/;
Silver's India Rubber, 481, *; Hooper's, 6 1-16.
For Miscellaneous securities the inquiry has been
limited. Credit Foncier of England, 2 3-16 ; Hudson's
Bay, 81; Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 46/, 7.
The sum of £69,000 has been withdrawn from the Bank
to-day.
There has been a fair demand for bills to-day, and the
rates of exchange have been without material alteration.
In the discount market to-day not much business has
been doing. There has been a good supply of capital on
offer, and three months' paper has been taken at 21 per
cent.
At Mark-lane to-day wheat sold quietly, at about Mon-
day's prices.
The report of the Ocean Maiine Insurance, to be pre-
sented on the 30th inst., shews an available balance of
£88,346, after payment of the interim dividend of .210,000
in July last. Of this sum £lO,OOO will be employed in
payment of a dividend of ss. per share, £40,000 in
payment of a bonus of 20s. per share ; £150,000
will be added to the reserve fund, thereby raising
it to £90,000, leaving £23,346 to be carried forward. The
• ;um of £122,685 remains applicable to the risks of 1869
- 'livid 1870.
The directors of the Home and Colonial Marine In-
surance Company recommend a dividend at the rate 6 per
` cent. per annum.
The steamers which left New York on the 18th instant
took out £550,000 in specie.
At a meeting of the United Discount Corporation
(Limited) a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. was
:declared.
A meeting has been held of the Metropolitan Bank.
- The directors' report has been adopted, and a dividend at
the rate of 5 per cent. has been declared.
At a meeting of the Peel River Land and Mineral
Company a dividend of 11 per cent. was declared.
The report of the Bank of Egypt, to be presented on
the Ist of February, shews an available total of £30,529,
including a previous balance of £9,615, and recommends
the usual dividend at the rate of 10 per cent.
per annum, and a bonus of 21,100 per share,
absorbing together £27,500, and making the interim
dividend, paid in July. a total distribution of 16 per
cent. for the year, the balance to be carried forward being
' £3.029. The total distribution for the previous year yes
14 per cent. The paid-up capital 4a £250,000, and the
reserve £lOO,OOO, and the current accounts, &c., are
£246,317.
The report of the N3w Zealand Loan and Mercantile
Agency Company (Limited), to be presented on the
16th of February, shews an available total of £14,187,
including a previous balance of £1,585, and recom-
mends a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent., which
will absorb £6,505 ; and the appropriation of
£6,000 to reserve fund, leaving £1,682 to be carried
forward. The waol consignments continue to increase,
more than 13,000 bales having been sent to the care of the
company during the last twelve months.
FOREIGN EXCHANGES.-Amsterdam, three months' date,
11 191, 12 19/ ; ditto, short date, 11 17, 11 18 ; Rotterdam,
three months', 11191, 11191 ; Antwerp, ditto, 25 30, 25 35 ;
Paris, short date, ditto, three months' date, nominal ;
Marseilles, ditto, 25 40, 25 50 ; Hamburgh, ditto, 13 10,
` 13 101 ; Frankfort-on-the-Maine, ditto, 120, 1201- ; Vienna,
ditto, 12 65, 12 70 ; Trieste, ditto, 12 65, 12 70 ;
St. Petersburgh ditto, 29/, 29* ; Madrid, ditto, 48/, 49 ;
Cadiz, ditto, 494, 49/ ; Leghorn, Genoa, Naples, and
Palermo, ditto, 26 821, 26 871 ; Lisbon, 90 days' date,
521, 521 ; Oporto, ditto, 524, 524.

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.-FRIDAY,

LATEST PRICES. -AFTE It OFFICIAL HO U 11.1.
The prices under the lines indicate the business done.

12 113

29i 30,

581 59,

GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
nate per Cent Consols 92/ 921 DoApril &Oct 1883-85.. ~..
921, I 1121, 1, 13
Do for Account 923 923 Viot 5p a Jan & J ulylB9l. 10181021
923 1023
Three perCentßeduced 923 921 Brazilian. 1865. spa .. • 93 94
923. j. 3 94
New 3 per cent
923, 1, 1 Do nail Deben 7p a .. 0911001
Exchequer Inns. March 10 lspsn 99.,
._ 100
10s, 15s. pin Italian. 1865, 5p a
Do, June lO 15pm Peruvian, 1865. 5p 0 .... 90 91
10s. 155 pm 901. 1
Bank Stock
India 5 per Cents
1103, 1, 1 841, 5
D
India Bonda — o Nicolas 4p o
265. 27s pm 67/
Can 6pc Jan&Julyll77-84 104 106 Spanish
1041. 4 30,, 4. 30i, 291
Do March & Sept. 104 106 Turgigh, 1654. 6p 0 79 8,
Do 5p C Jan & July ~98 99 793, 3
93, A Do. 1865. 5) o. 43 421
Do Inscribed Stock .. 97 99 421, 2, 1 a .
Dom of Can 5p a 1903 .. 88 100 Do, 1865 6p c
991, 81 _l9l
Ceylon 6 p c May and U. 5.5-20 lBonds.6 pc 1882 901 903
November 1878 . ~.. . . 106 108 221. 1. I)
'Mauritius I, pc dm and Do do 1885 891 893
July 1873 lO2 104 893
New S Wales 5p clB7l-76, 100 101 Do 10-4013111dg, spc 1901 88 881
New Zealand 6 pc 1891 lOB 110 Bsl, 3
Do 5p a .
Do 5p a
Shares .. 1091101
1001. 921 X 4129 i
Do 68, clgar&S.eptlB9l 109 111 Atlantic and 0W It Con
Do June & DeolB9l 108 110 Mortgage Bonds
V ict 6p c Jan .July 1891 113 114 271
RAILWA.YS.
Bristol and Exeter ...... "91 113 Do Ist Fret Bonds
Grand Trunk of Canada
caledogii.
............ 871 871 2nd, Prat Stock
86 Do 3rd Prat Stock
Grand Trunk of Canada
Great Eastern .......... 401 41
4th Pref Stock
ta, tot 1 171 18
Great Northern ........ 125 126 1 Id7l p
Do A ................ 13511361 Great u tan en g 5., a 10511061
Great i.We5tern.......... 72 721 106, sf, 61
72k. 3 Great Western of Canada 153 151
151, f
Lancashire & Yorkshire 123 126
Lou, Wish, and S Coast 423 43/ Do Op 0 Bonds, 1873.. 99 100
Do 61 do. 1877-8
431.3 05 97
, au3l 14 DO 6P 4 Vret issued 80 par loin
131, d Dover .. 131
1 Madras gnar 5 p p ...... 103 104
Lon, Chat
Lon and North-Western 130 1301 N. Railway PI PlinlialA,
1301, 30 6p 0 Ist tyre[ Bonds
Lou and South-Western 92 93 Condo and Rohilkund g
93,23 8p0..................1 ....... .........
M... 10011011
Mau, Shef. Lincoln 46 168
481, End fichule, Punjaub, and
Metropolitan
665, ' 104 1, looi
Midland .. .... 1291130 Bahia and San Francisco
124. ibi, .... g 7 pc
North British . ... . ... 241 351 Belgian E Junction ..
North-Ea5teni............. 1461117 Buenos Ayres 0 t Sthrn 26 261
147. 1, 63 251, 6
South-Eastern .......... 76 761 Dunalinrg and Witepsk 181 181
0 Dutch-Rhenish 22 23
761, 6
ittlantle anctSt T,awrilce 76 77 Eastern of France —
Bombay, Barods, and Great Luxembourg
Central India.. g 5 p c.. 103 104 /18
104, 33 Lemberg Likernowitzgua
Buff and Lake Huron .. 43 41 7pc
Do Wi pc 80nd5,18724,-1 79 81 153
guar 6 p c
Cast Bengal guar 5p a lO3 104 Damn (Smyrna to A idill) 43 51
1031 Uncife and San Francisco
East Indian. g 5 p a
1101, 1. / 161
Ciraud. Trunk Canada 71)
1) a 21
151 1
15/4
Do Equip Mort Bud 1 South Austin & Loui-
92 94 15
charge p c
Do '..kd do Stuiu -
84 86 Southern of France ....
BANKING COMPANIES.
Pd Pd .
I Agra Bank IL) A
81 111, 1
25 Alliance (LI
10 Augi6lo- 221 15 Lo Austriaa
nand County 50 51i
1 591,
'2O Anglo-Egyptian (14) 211 ndon Joint.. Stock 351 •01
22f• 1 36
30 British N American ,50 51 10 Lou ailawestmnAatAr 431 641
- 511 6; 3