The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-14 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS-YESTERDAY.

To-day being the commencement of the fortnightly
settlement in shares and foreign 'builds, business, apart
from transactions necessary for the adjustment, has beers
on a very moderate scale. Nevertheless, healthy feeling
has at the same time been apparent, and, with but few
exceptions the quotations have been maintained. Consols,
however, have been flat at 921 922 ex div. for delivery,
and 9213-16, 92 15-16 ex div. for July. Reduced and New
Three per Cents., 921 922 ; Exchequer Bills, par to ss.
prem. Bank stock has marked 234, 236. India Five per
Cents., 111, 1114 ex div.
On the whole the tone of the market for English Rail-
way Stocks has been healthy, but transactions have not
been extensive. North Eastern at 148 to 1484 shews an
advance of A, and London and Brighton, at 44a to 444 ;
South Eastern, at 76a to 763- ; and Great Western, at
74a to 744 of 1. On the other hand, Metropolitan is 1
lower, at 661 to 662 ; and Caledonian b, at 762 to 77.
Indian stocks have been quiet. Canadian shares have
been firm, and Great Western have risen 4. Foreign
shares have been steady, but not active.
Firmness has been the characteristic of the market for
foreign bonds. Peruvian (1865) have been in request, and
at 914 912 are 1 per cent better. Turkish Five per Cents.
have risen a, the quotation being 54, 541 ; and the per
Cents. of 1869 at 651, 65, are also a better ; Italian (1861)
at 60, 604, Spanish (1867) at 32, 321, ditto (1869) at 31ff,
311, and Turkish (1865) at 742, 754, are each 4 per cent.
better.

The new Pei-avian loan is quoted at li to li, prem., and
Spanish at 3 to 3 prem.
American securities are steady. The Five-Twenty (1882)
bonds have risen i ; ditto (1885), * ; Ten-Forty, i per
cent. _ _

There has been very little inquiry for bank shares.
London and Westminster have been i lower, otherwise
the quotations have been well maintained.
In telegraph shares the business doing has been
limited. Anglo-Mediteranean have, fallen B, and French

cables 6.
In miscellaneous securities the business doing has been
unimportant, and prices have been without, quotable

variation.

The sum of £54,000 has been taken to the Bank to-day.
The Peninsular and Oriental steamer due on Friday
next will bring £450,000.
The discount market has been moderately supplied
with capital. There has been a healthy demand for ac-
commodation, and three months' paper has been nego-
tiated at 21, 3 per cent.
The steamers which left New York on Saturday took
out £BO,OOO in specie.
Melbourne advices, dated May 22, state that the Avoca
has taken to Galle £443,500 in bar gold, and £48,750 in
sovereigns. The Shropshire has also left with £27,500.
The report of the Northern Assurance Company states
that 616 policies for £392,462, yielding in new premiums
11,968, were issued during the past year. A dividend at
the rate of 14 per cent. per annum was declared.
Considerable firmness has been apparent in the grain
trade to-day. Notwithstanding that the wheat plant con-
tinues to present a healthy appearance, the only drawback
being its stunted growth, factors have succeedeu in
establishing a further improvement of fully 2s. per qr.
All kinds of spring corn, also, have risen ls. to 2s. per qr.
The following are some of the official "making up"
prices fixed for to-day, being the first day of the account ;
Railways—Metropolitan, 66/ ; ditto District, 31; North
Eastern Consols, 147}; London and North-Western, 130 i ;
Great Western, 744 ; South Eastern, 762 ; Great Eastern
414 ; Erie, 174 ; and Lombardo, 16. Foreign
Bonds.—Turkish Five per Cents., 54 ; Peruvian (1865)
90.1- ; Egypian (1868), 83 ; Mexican 16i; Italian 60; Spanish
(1867), 314 ; ditto (1869), 31k. Miscellaneous—Don Pedro
Mining, n ; Tan-yr-Alt, 42 ; Tankerville, 18k. Anglo-
American Telegraph, 16i ; West India and Panama, 62 ;
and Telegraph Construction, 30k.

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE—MoNDAy.

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