The Sun.
London, England, 1870-03-25 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.-YESTERDAY.

The Stock Exchange markets have been quiet to-day.
Railways have been flat, and lower in value in some in-
stances. Foreign bonds, however, have been firm, and have
mostly maintained recent improvements. Consols also have
been steady, and a further advance of * per cent. has
taken places in prices. For money the quotation has
been 93k, 93R, and for the 7th of April 93a, 931.
Reduced and New Three per Cents 913, 92; Exchequer
Bills par to 4s. prem. India Five per Cents have been
done at 112 L 1.13 k, and India Bonds at 20s. to 255. prem.
The market for English railway stocks has been de•
pressed. On heavy sales Metropolitan has receded 1,
and a fall of has also taken place in Midland, and
London and North-Western. Great Western has been
dull, and lower. On the other hand North-Eastern
stocks have maintained the recent improvement.

Business in Indian railway stocks has been on a very
limited scale. Canadian shares have been flat, and with-
out important movement. Foreign shares have been
steady. Great Luxembourg have risen and Lombards
hive been steady in value.
The market for foreign bonds has been steady. Eg3713-
tian have continued in request, and the Seven per Cents.
of 1868 have risen *. Peruvian (1865) have advanced
New Granada , Russian (1870) do. Scrip and
Turkish (1862)
American securities have been firm on the whole. The
Five-Twenty (1882 and 1885) Bonds have risen ; Ten-
Forties, I ; Erie Shares, ; and Illinois Central, ; Vir
ginia Bonds, however, have fallen 5.

British mining shares have been flat. Asshetons have
fallen 1, and Tan-yr-Alt I.t. Colonial and foreign have
been quiet.
Bank shares have sold slowly. Agra A have fallen 2
on account of the dividend being smaller than was ex-
pected.

Telegraph shares have been dull. Anglo-American
have receded British Indian Submarine I, Falmouth,
Gibraltar, and Malta it, and French Cable shares
Hooper's Telegraph Works have been quiet, at to
Silver's Indiarubber have been unaltered, at 50, 52; but
Construction have been easier. _ .

Miscellaneous securities have met a slow sale, at about
late quotations.
The return of the Bank of England chews the following
results, when compared with the previous week :—An in-
crease of circulation of £111,724 ; an increase of public
deposits of £676,857 ; a decrease of other deposits Of
£811,444 ; an increase of Government securities of £1,146 ;
a decrease of other securities of £169,493 ;
an increase of bullion of £139,896 ; an increase of rest of
£30,512 ; a decrease of reserve of £9,529. The circulation,
including bank post bills, is. now £22,475,854 ; public
deposits amount to £12,249,608 ; and private deposits
to £15,781,829. The securities held represent £33,860,320,
and the stock of bullion is £20,314,811. The rest stands
at £3,667,840.

The traffic returns of the following railways for the
week ending March 29th shew the amount of increase
and decrease when compared with the corresponding
weeks of 1869 : —Great Western, £72,237, being an increase
of £3,09G. Great Eastern, £36,764 ; increase, £4,443. Great
Northern, £39,624 ; increase of £849. North Eastern,
£79,706; increase of £7,001. Caledonian, £38,832; in-
crease of £1,144. Bristol and Exeter, £7,104; increase of
£271. Lancashire and Yorkshire, £45,655 ; increase of
£1,172. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, £22,112;
decrease of £174.

The money market has continued very firm. There
has been a good demand for accommodation, and the rate
for negotiating three months' paper has been steady, at 3
per cent.

The sum of £lOO,OOO has been sent into the Bank to

The Clearing House returnfor theweek endingMarch23
shews a total of £67,377,000, against £60,760,000 for the
corresponding period last year.
The report of the Crystal Palace District Gas Com..
pany, to be presented on the 31st inst., shews that the
profit for the half-year is £7,701105. 10d., which, together
with 2207 2s. 6d., the unappropriated profit of the preceding
half-year, makes the available balance £7,908135. 4d.
Out of this sum the directors recommend the declaration
of a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum
on the preference capital ; a dividend at the
rate of 7 per cent. per annum on the ordinary 7 per cent.
capital ; and a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per
imum on the original capital ; all free from income-tax.
They also recommend that, out of the balance, the sum of
£1,613 7s. 4d. be written off mains renewal suspense
account, thus writing off the whole amount of that
account and closing it for the present; and £l5O off
preliminary expenses ; and that the balance of £l3O 150.
lid. be carried forward to the profit of the succeeding
half-year.

The directors of the Agra Bank (Limited) have recom-
mended a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent., making,
with the ad interim dividend at the rate of 7 per cent.
previously paid, a distribution of 5i per cent. for the year.
The sum of £6,000 is carried to reserve account, and £690
is carried forward.

In consequence of the retirement of one of the
directors from the Empire Gold Mine Company, the
remaining members of the board have deemed it advisable
to withdraw the prospectus of the undertaking.
The prospectus is issued of the Cafartha Lead Mining
Company (Limited). It has a capital of £45,000, in 9,000
shares of £5 each, of which 6,000 only are offered for sub-
scription. The property is situated in Montgomeryshire-
in a rich and productive district.
At a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. G. and R.
Mortimer, of Leeds, bobbin manufacturers, a composition
of 13s. 4d. in the pound was accepted.