The Sun.
London, England, 1870-05-18 00:00:00

MONETARY REP OEI S---YEsTmuuy.

Business in the Stock Exchange has been limited to•
day. So far, however, as foreign bonds and Home Go-
vernment securities have been concerned, the tone has
been favourable, and prices have ruled firm. Consols
opened at an improvement of * per cent, but which was not
maintained. For delivery the closing price has been 94±
to 94g for the June account, 948 to 94* ; Reduced and
New Three per Cents., 92 to 92. Bank Stock, 233 to
235 ; Exchequer Bills, par to ss. prem. ; India Five per
Cents., 113 to 114± ; and ditto Bonds, 20s. to 255. prem.;
Metropolitan Board of Works Three and a Half per Cent.
Stock, 95± to 95g.
The receipt for English Railway Stocks has been quiet
and the tendency generally has been unfavourable.
Metropolitan has fallen a, Caledonian South Eastern
a, and Great Western *. On the other hand Midland,
and London and North Western have been ± better.

For Indian railway stocks there has been only a
moderate demand, nevertheless, the quotations have
ruled firm. As regards Canadian shares the Grand Trunk
Preference Bonds have continued in request at full prices.
The tone of the niarket for foreign railway shares has
been healthy, but business has been limited.
The firmness in the demand for foreign bonds has con-
tinued, and a further advance has taken place in prices.
Guatemala (1869) and Sardinian have risen 1; Brazilian
(1863 and 1865), Egyptian (1862), and Spanish, ; and
Portuguese, Spanish (1867 and 1869), per cent. Chilian
Scrip has been better.
The Japanese Customs Loan is quoted at 3 prem.
American securities have been quiet. The Five-Twenty
bonds have fallen but Virginia, and Atlantic and Great
Western Consolidated Mortgage Bonds have improved j.
The market for mining shares has been without feature
of importance, and prices have been without change.

Bank shards Inivd been dealt in to a fair extent.
Imperial Ottoman have risen it, and the value of other
shares has been well maintained.

The market for Telegraph shares has been steady.
British India Submarine have risen *, and Falmouth,
Gibraltar, and Malta *. Telegraph Construction shares
at one time rose I, but subsequently relapsed. Silver's
India-rubber have been dealt in at 45*:
In miscellaneous securities the transactions have been
restricted. Hudscn's Bay shares have risen *.
The shares of the Bank of Roumania have been dealt in
at 1, 1* prem. over the price of issue.
The shares of the Tavarone Mining Company are
quoted at la, 1 prem.
A further suM of g 25,000 has been sent into the Bank

to-day.
The Thomas Stephens has iirthight 0,000 from Aus-

tralia.

In addition to the new Spanish loan for £2,500;060 in
a five per cent. stock, and to the New Zealand loan for
£1,000,000, it is stated that Peru will shortly contract
fresh liabilities for £12,000,000, in a series of issues.
Rumours of fresh loans about to be introduced on account
of Portugal, Turkey, and Italy, are also afloat.
The liabilities of Messrs. Levy and Son, of Liverpool,
are returned at £87,823, besides £38,461 on open account
and bills payable. The assets are £73,466.
_ .

The Discount market has been without feature of im-
portance. The supply of capital has been moderate, and
there has been a fair demand for accommodation. Three
Months' Paper has been charged 3 per cent.
At a tneetihg of the Chattered Mercantile Bank of
India, London, aid China it Was she'Wn that the net

drofits for the past year had amounted to
£73,297, being nearly 10 per cent. on the
bank's capital, out of which two half - yearly
dividends ccinal to 8 per cent. per annum, had been paid.
It was resolved that the balance, £13,927, should be
appropriated to the extinction of the bad debts of the
year, which are small, and to the further reduction of
those of 1866.

At the annual meeting of the City of London Perma-
nent Building Society, it was shewn that there was an
available balance of £5,180. Of this gat £5/853 hss been
placed to the credit of the members, in respect 61 their
deposit shares, being interest at the rate of 6 per cent.
per annum. The remainder has been added to the reserve
fund, which now amounts to £1,511.
The Eclipse Gold Mining Company (Limited) have re-
ceived the following from Captain Barratt, dated April
18th

" I beg to Morin you Of our arrival here di the 12th
instant. Since then I have been engaged taking out stores
for the mine, getting the deed recorded, Procuring tents,
&c. This day all hands go to the Eclipse, and a person
residing at Independence, about twenty miles
from here, who is appointed by the vendors to
give me possession of the Eclipse mine, will
be on the ground to meet me, and by midday the Eclipse
Gold Mining Company (Limited) will be in possession of
their mining property. We shall at once commence to
build houses, clear the mine, fix and clear site for stamps,
and do other necessary work. Mining and all other pre-
liminary work will go on without any impediment. I
enclose you the deed recorded or registered, with other
documents which I hope will arrive safely at the office."
The liquidators of the Tyne, Nore, and Shipbuilding
Company (Limited) have announced to the creditors the
payment of the balance of 20s. in the pound.
The Manchester Guardian remarks that Mr. John
Hamer, manufacturer, of raritworth, who suspended pay-
ment a year since, has intimated to his creditors that he is
unable to pay his third dividend of 3s. 4d. in the pound
but is prepared to pay 10s. altogether.

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