The Sun.
London, England, 1870-01-06 00:00:00

63, Paternoste'r-row.

VICTORIA, (AUSTRALIA) RAILWAY
LOAN FOR £_',lo7.'oo.
IN FIVE PER CENT. DEBENTURES.
Authorised by the Victorian Parliament under the Act 32
Victoria. 1;to. 31, assented to 29th September, 1868,
called " The Railway Loan Act, 1868," for the extension
of Railways, and secured upon the Consolidatedßevenues
of the Colony. •
Tho Committee of the Six Associated Australian Banks,
as Agents for the Government of Victoria, have been
instructed to negotiate the balance of said loan, amounting
to .£1,018,400.
The Loan will be issued in Debentures of .£lOO, £5OO,
and £l,OOO each, bearing interest at 5 per cent., to com-
mence from the Ist January, 1870, and the Coupons of the
said Loan aro payable on the Ist January and Ist July in
each year, at the London and Westminster Bank and the
London Joint Stock Bank, where also the principal will be
payable on the Ist day of January, 1894.
Copies of the Act with the Debentures and Coupons
can be seen at the London and Westminster Bank.
Tenders, in the form annexed, will be received at' the
London and Westminster Bank, on or before Tuesday,
the 11th instant, I.ntil two o'clock p.m., where and when
they will be opened in presence of the Agents of the
Government and of such of the Applicants as may
attend.
The Debentures will be allotted to the highest bidders,
but no tender will be accepted at less than £lOO 10s. for
every £lOO of Debentures.
Tenders at a price, including a fraction of a shilling
other than sixpence, will not be preferentially accepted,
and should the equivalent tenders exceed the amount of
the Debentures to be allotted a pro rata distribution will
be made.
Payment will be required as follows, viz.:-
5 per cent. on application, and the balance on the
31st instant, when the Debentures will be de-
livered.
Forms of Tender may he obtained at the London and
Westminster Bank, the London Joint-Stock Bank, the
Six Associated Australian Banks, and from the Agent-
General for Victoria.
For the Bank of New South Wales.
D. LARNAC ET,
Chairman of Committee.

For the Bauk of AuArala6ia.
W. G. WHATMAN.
For the Uuion Bank of Australia.
JOHN BRAMWELL.
For the Bank of Victoria.

HUGII L. TAYLOR
For the London Chartered Bank of Australia,
JAMBS FRASER.
For the Colonial Bank of Australasia,
JAMES A. DOUGLAS.

London, 3d January, 1870.

FORINT OF TENDER.

To the Committee of the Six Associated Australian Banks;

as Agents for the Government of Victoria.
Gentlemen,— hereby tender for £

(the amount also in words), Debentures of the Victorian
Government, according to the annexed notice of the 3d
instant, on which have paid the required de-
posit of £ and undertake to pay £
(the amount also in words) for every £lOO in Debentures,
and to accept the same or any less amount that may be
allotted to , and to pay for them in conformity
with the terms of the said Notice.
Name
Address
Date January, 1870.

THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE.
dole Lessee and ➢Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton,

THN EVENING, at 7, I'M NOT MYSELF AT ALL. At 7.45,
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: Messrs. Fred. Yokes, Brntain
Wright, Harry Bolen°, &c.; Misses Yokes, Harriet Coveney,
Kate Santley, &e.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAY3LkRKET.

TITTS EVENING, at 7 o'clock, A CO-OPERATIVE MOVE-
MENT. After which, 1, ENV MEN AND OLD ACRES; Mr
Buckstone, Mr Chippendale, llfliss Robertson, &o. Concluding
with THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS:
Mr. A. Wood, Miss P. Wright, ex.