The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-28 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORIS—YEsTERDAy.

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Business in the Stock Exchange to-day has been Pri
cipally confined to the settlement of the fortnightli:
account. During the earlir part of the day the markets
were dull, and the quotations were lower, but subsequently
more animation prevailed. Consols have been firmer at" 3
t.) 94 for money, and 91 to 91,11. for May. Reduced and neo,
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Three per Cents., 92.1. to 9272. Exchequer bills par to ss•
prem. India Five per Cents. li3. to 114, and India
Bonds 20s. to 255. prem. Bank Stock has reached.. 233 t°
23i.
There has been very little inquiry for English railw3l
stocks, and there has been a tendency to lower rates, bat'4,'
at the same time, the movements have notbeenimportant•
Metropolitan has been t better, but London and Brigltc:
has receded g ; London and North-Western, i; and Cale
donian, Midland has been I-, better.
In Indian Railway stocks the transactions have be e°
restricted, at previous quotations. Canadian shares have
been quiet. Foreign have been fiat. Ottoman end
South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian have receded g•
Much heaviness was apparent in the market for foreign
bonds during the earlier hours of business, but the toil
eventually became more animated. Egyptian open
e
haavily on the confirmatiion of the runa°l°.
that a prOtest had been made by the Sublime
Porte against the introduction of the new loan, at 80i t°
803, but subsequently improved to 80i to 802. Perill,3ll:
(1865) have risen and Turkish (1864) but SPBII.-.
have fallen f.
American securities have been steady. The Five.
Twenty Bonds have risen -, and Pennsylvania.a
In British mining shares there has been a good demand
for Tan-yr-Alt, at an advance of For colonial 81/
foreign mines there has been very little demand.
Telegraph shares have been dull, and without Innle'
ment of importance.
The value of 'k shares has been well maintained, and
business to a ..iate extent has been concluded.
Miscellaneous securities have been quiet, and Price-
have been free from any important fluctuations.
In the money market there has been a fair suPP.I of
capital. There has been a good demand for acconni°'
dation, partly on account of the settlement, and three
months' paper has been taken at 2,1, 3 per cent.
The sum of £19,000 has been sent into the Bank to-dBli
The Guerrero Gold Mining Company have invited
applications for a further issue of 25,000 shares of R 1 eB:_h
—ss. to be paid on application, ss. on allotment, and
remaindei in calls not to exceed ss, per share, and no
further calls to be made for six months.
The Bahia Gas Company have declared a dividend 8t
the rate of 3 per cent. per annum.
Further failures are announced from Australia, some °f
which it is stated will materially affect English houses,
At Melbourne, Mr. Brougham, a squatter, has failed f°l.
£25,000.
At a meeting of the Continental Union Gas Company'
an interim dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per anull'
was declared.

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At the annual meeting of the Standard Life .Assui—„,,
Company at Edinburgh, the new policies for 1869 were
shewn to amount to 1,619 for £1,110,347, Yielding
in new premiums, £38,532. The assurances in force are
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£15,413,600, and the accumulated funds £4,284,648,

the annual income is £710,428.
At the annual meeting of the Reliance Mutual Life,
Assurance Society,the new policies for the year were stated
to have been 744, assuring £250,573, and yielding °%S•hoe
;
in premiums. The annual income is £73,327, and the
accumulated fund £255,934.
A meeting has been held of the Australian Mortglge,
Land and Finance Company (Limited). The directors
report has been adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 10
per cent. per annum has been declared.
At a meeting of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Ceraci
pany, the directors' report was adopted, and a divide°
of £2 per share was declared.
The following are some of the official "making uP,
prices of to-day being the first day of the account 'l3
shares and foreign bonds :—Foreign Bonds.—EgYPtrn
(1868), 80i ; Italian (1861) 554- ; Mexican, 14i : Buss'a-
scrip, 5 prem.; Turkish (HO), 6I; ditto, 5 per cents'
471 Railways. Metropolitan, 1261 ; Londe°
and North Western, 124; Great Western, 721 ; Great Northern A, 127 ; London and Brighton, 46 ; South Easter„"
781, Lombards, 16a, and Erie, 181. Miscellaneous :
American Telegraph, 17-L Hooper's telegraph works t
dis., West India and Panama, 21 dis., Don Pedro) 2j
prem.

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