The Sun.
London, England, 1870-01-21 00:00:00

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.

Arustsrdam Short ... 11 17 ... 11 17
Do 3Ms ... 12 ... 12
Rotterdam —
....1 12 ••• 12
Antwerp —. .. 25 37f ... 25 42
Brussels — ... 25 371... 25 42i
Hamburgh — ... 13 101 ... 13 11
Paris
Ditto . 3 Ms. ... 25 35 ~. 25 40
Marseilles
Frankfort-on-the-Main: ... 120 k ... 1204
Vienna ... 12 6o ... 12 70
Trieste — ... 12 65 ... 12 70
Petersburg
Ccpenhagen.. .........
Berlin
Madrid..
Cadiz — ... 49 ... 49;
Leghorn
Slilan — ... 26 75 ... 26 77
Genoa .. — ... 26 75 ... 26 77f
Naples
Palermo — ... 26 75 ... 26 77
Messina
Lisbon — ... 514 ~. 52
Oporto — ... 514 ...
52
52
Rio Janeiro
New York .» — .. ...

rne quotation ut gout at Paris is about at par, and
the short exchange on Londom is 3zt. 16,-f. per Xi sterliu_,
comparing these rates with the English Mint price of
i 3 128.104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that
gold at the above price b slightly deger rub than in
,104C1012,

MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE.
The report of the directors states that the net
revenue account for the half-year ending the 31st
of December last showed a balance, including the
£2,246 brought from the previous half-year, of
£266,422. The preference charges amounted
to £113,147, the South Yorkshire interest
dividends to £79,013, leaving a balance of
£74,262, out of which the directors reconamendA
that a dividend be paid at the rate of £2 10s.
per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock of the
company, carrying forward £13,110. The dues,
wharfage, &c., of the Grimsby Docks am/a:au I
for the half-year to £8,116, against £8,032 for the
same half of 1868, showing an increase of A:81. Th.)
increase in the working expenses as compared with
the corresponding period last year amounted to
.E 13,160, a considerable portion of which coasiA,.!.l
of expenditure for new sidings, steel rails, and oilter
items, now charged to revenue itisteLd tpHtl
Th.! award of Mr. Swift, to whoa: r. f,!/1.;.(1 it
company's claim against the Great Northern It :P.-
way Company for interest on capital expildel un-
der the agreement, had been received sine.: the last
meeting, the sum awarded being .t 14,930 up to ti
end of 1867. The claim against the Midland Company,
which was far rent of the London-road station at
MAnchester, and at the stations upon the line between
Manchester and New Mills, had been scttlecl by
mutual agreement, subject to the luestion being
opened by either party upon three in.mtlas' notice.
The directors had not found
,it necessary to pro-
mote any bill in the ensuing session of Parliament,
but they would give their best attention to any
bills which might be promoted by other parties
in any way affecting the company's interests.
The directors had considered it desirable to ad-
just the weekly statement of receipts, always to
some extent a matter of estimate, to the a3tual
figures as shown in the half-yearly accounts, in
order that the aggregate increase or decrease
might be correctly shown from time to time. The
directors had decided to ask the proprietors to
vote £3OO per annum in aid of the sick and burial
fund, established for the benefit of the company's
servants.

The capital account to the 31st of December last
showed that £12,533,013 had been expended, in-
cluding £110,927 during the past half-year, leaving
a balance of £300,458. The revenue account for
the half-year ending the 31st of December showed,
that £634,521 had been received and £297,972
expended, leaving a balance of 036,519.

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