The Sun.
London, England, 1871-02-14 00:00:00

NEWS OF DR. LIVINGSTONE.

A fortnightly meeting of the Royal Geographical Society
was held last night in the great hall of the University
of London. 'the• chair was taken by Sir Henry Raw-
lin son.

The Chairman addressed the meeting, saying that any-
thing connected with Dr. Liv ingstone was always, and
with justice, received with the utmost interest. He then
read extracts from the following letter, which had been
received at the Foreign Office from the English agent at
Zanzibar, and which letter was forwarded by the Foreign
Office to the Geographical Society.
"TO HER MAJESTY'S SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN

OUR COTEMPORARIES—Thi3 Morning'

AIOIsTUARY REPORTS.—YESTERDAY.

The Stock Exchange to,day has been characterised by
an increased amount of firmness. The peaceful
news from Berlin. coupled with the satisfactory
progress of the French elections, have assisted
in strengthening the value of all classes of securities.
Notwithstanding that business has been by no
means brisk, in the market for English railway stocks
there has been an absence of a y important
feature. Transactions have been restricted, and the
alterations have been trifling. Caledonian, Great
Eastern, and South Eastern have each slightly
improved ; but Great Northern A. has been
rather lower. As regards foreign bonds, the
tone has been firmer, and Egyptian, Turkish, and
United States Five-Twenty bonds have advanced. '
For English Government securities the market
has been steady. Consols have been quoted
at 92, 92it for delivery and the account ; Reduced
and New Three per Cents., 92h to 921 ; Bank Stock, 244
to 246 ; Exchequer Bills, 7s. to • 12s. prem. ; India 5 per
Cents., 110 to 1104 ; and India Bonds, 225. to 275. prem.
Very few changes have taken place in Indian railway
stocks, and the business doing has been limited. An ad-
vance of / has taken place in Caledonian, in
South-Eastern and Great Eastern, and a fall
of / in Great Northern A. Metropolitan
65k, 66 ; Caledonian, 88/, 88i ; Brighton, 43, 43i ; South-
Eastern, 78i, 79 ; Great Northern A, 1331, 133.1; Great
Eastern, 39, 39/ ; North-Eastern, 146/, 147/ ; Midland,
1271,127/ ; North-Western, 1291, 129 i ; and Great Wes-
tern, 73}, 73/.
Next to nothing has been doing in Indian Railway
Stocks. East Indian, 1091, ; Onde and Rohilkund, 101/;
and Scinde, 101/, 1. Canadian shares have been steady.
Great Western have been better at 151, 15g. Foreign
shares have sold slowly. Great Luxemburg, 121, 121 ;
Lemberg-Czernwitz, 154 ; and Lombards, 14f, 1.
The market for foreign bonds has been in a steady state,
and the movements have been favourable. Spanish have
risen *, Turkish Five per Cents. 1, ditto (1869) 1, and
United States Five-twenty Bonds /. Peruvian (1865),
90, 90-1; Egyptian (1868), 74, 74/ ; Italian (1861), 541,
544; Spanish, 301, 301 ; Turkish Five per Cents., 41,
411 ; ditto 1869, 521. 527„ ; United States Five-Twenty
(1882) bonds, 911, 911 ; ditto (1885), 901, 901 ; French
Scrip, 2i, 2/ prem. ; German, 2i, 2 prem. ; ditto new,
1 prem.
The transactions in Bank shares have been on a limited
scale. Consolidated have marked 4 9-16 ; Imperial Otto-
man, ng to 11k ; London Chartered of Australia, 24.
The Telegraph Market has been firm. Anglo-Me-
diterranean, , 123 ; British Indian Extension, 71 ;
British Indian Submarine, 71 ; Falmouths, 91, i;
Hooper's, 6i ; Silver's India Rubber, 524; and Con-
struction, 261.
Miscellaneous securities have been dealt in quietly.
Credit Fonder of England 3,4, General Credit and
Discount 7i, 15-16 ex div., Peninsular and Oriental
Steam
At Mark-lane to-day wheat was sold quiety, and
inferior produce has been rather lower in value.
The Shannon, from the West Indies, has brought
£41,895, and the Holsatia, from New York, £BOO.
The discount market has continued firm. Capital has
not been plentiful, and, with a good demand, three
months' paper has been charged 2i percent.
A dividend of 10 per cent. has been declared by the
directors of 'the National Steamship Company (Limited),
£84,000 being carried to the credit of profit and loss.
The Snowden, Captain Carrey, sailed from the Tyne
on the 10th instant for Puerto Caballos with a large
cargo of bridgework, permanent material, waggons, &c.,
for the Honduras Interoceanic Railway. The Maid
Marian, Captain Richards, sailed from Gravesend on the
11th instant, with bridgework, telegraph material, &c.,
for Amapolis, Bay of Londeca, the Pacific side of the same
line.

The report of the London and Provincial Bank (Limited)
(formerly the Provincial Bank Corporation), to be pre-
sented on the 20th instant, recommends a dividend for the
half-year at the rate of 9 per cent. per annum, which will
absorb £4,556, and leave £1,946 to be carried forward:
The paid-up capital is £101,250, and the deposits held are
£482,507.
The sixth report of the New Bank of Bombay, issued
on the 18th ult., has been received. The profits available
for distribution to December 31 amounted to 170,126
rupees, out of which a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent.
per annum was declared, absorbing 150,000 rupees, and
leaving 20,126 rupees to be carried forward.
The directors of the London and North Western have
elected Lord Richard Grosvener, M.P., to supply the
place of Lord Wolverton, who was the first chairman
of the amalgamated undertaking, and who has, since
his resignation of that office, been a director of the

company.
The half-yearly report of .the Metropolitan Railway
Company, which will be presented at a meeting at the
Cannon-street Hotel, (xi Wednesday, states that ,
the gross receipts from traffic for the past half-year are
£204,876, as compared with "2109,826 for the half-year
ending 31st December, 1869. The revenue account shews
a balance of £103,731., and this will enable the directors
to declare a dividend for the past half-year at the rate of
34 per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock, after pro-
viding for the dividends on the preferential capital.
The reduction in the fares has proved beneficial,
and other alterations in this direction will pro-
bably be made in the spring. The directors
will apply to Parliament during the present session
for power to make some openings in the Euston-
road, for the purpose of ventilation, between Gower-
street and King's-cross ; and also to obtain sanction
to the arrangement entered into with the London,
Chatham, and Dover Company, for the accommodation
of that Company at Moorgate-street. Measures will be
taken to protect the interests of the company in the
matter of an Act about to be applied for by the Metro-
politan and St. John's Wood Railway Company.

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.-MONDAY.

LATEST PRICES.—AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS.
The prices under the lines indicate the business done.