The Sun.
London, England, 1870-12-30 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS
.- -Y EBTERDAY.

Business in the Stock Exchange has been on a very
moderate scale to-day. Attention has been principally
directed to the settlement of the fortnightly account, but
speculative transactions have been restricted by the
dearth of important news from the seat
of war, and by the uncertainty as to the results of future
operations. The tone, however, has been rather firmer.
The railway market has been steady, and South
Eastern, Great Eastern, Great Northern A, Mid-
land, North Western, and Great Western each
show an improvement. As regards foreign bonds
Egyptian have been depressed, but Turkish with
an improved demand have been rather firmer. The
consol market has been quiet, at 91i, Kt ex div.,
for delivery and the January account; and 941,
for February ; Reduced and New Three per
Cents., 915, 91i ; Bank Stock, 231, 233 ; Exche-
quer bills, 10s., 15s. prem. ; India Five per
Cents., 1101, 1105 ex div. ; and India Bonds, 225. 275. ;
prem. Very few transactions have taken place in Colonial
Government securities, but prices have ruled firm.
The market for English railway stocks has been steady,
and quotations have had an upward tendency.
Foreign bonds have commanded but little attention, and
prices have been without appreciable change.
Next to nothing has been doing in joint-stock bank
shares. Imperial Ottoman, 11/ 12; London Joint Stock,
34; London and Westminster, 631, 635 ; Oriental, 40 ;
Union of Australia, 415; and Union of London, 385.
Telegraph shares have been dull. Anglo-American
have fallen 2, being dealt in at 73. Falmouth, 3-16th, or
to 8 7-16th, 8 9-16th ; and French Cables, 4, or to 135;
13a ; Silver's India Rubber have been lower at 42i, 445 ;
and Construction 15, or to 241, 241
Miscellaneous securities have been depressed.
Peninsula and Oriental shares, 46 ; Thetis Marine, 85.
No change has been noted in the official rate to-day,
which still remains at 25 per cent.
The Board of Trade Returns for the month of November
have just been published, and, compared with previous
years, the result is again satisfactory, despite the conflict
still raging on the Continent.
The week's traffic of the Midland Railway has in-
creased on the preceding week of last year by £4,378 ;
that of the North-Eastern by £7,961 ; the Great
Northern of £5,636; the Great Eastern of £1,277 ; the
Great Western of £6,751 ; the Caledonian of £2,300 ; the
Lancashire and Yorkshire of £4,922 ; and the Bristol and
Exeter of £1,036. The South-Eastern has decreased by
£1,982. The London and Brighton has increased by
£219.

LONDON STOCK EXC II ANG E.- THURSDAY.

The prices under the lines indicate the business done for Money.

GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Three per Cent Consols 911 911 Viet 6p c Jan & July 1891 115 117
911, 9,9, 1 x d 1169
Do for Account
Three per Cent Reduced 919 911 Viol 5p o .Tan& JulylB94. 10391049
911 101;
New 3 per Cent
911, 1 Egyptian 1862. 7po .. .. 79 81
Exchequer Bills. March 10 15pin Do Rail Debeu 7 p o .. 101 103
14s pm 1021
Do, June lO 15pm Italian, 1865. 5p a
10s, 14s pm Peruvian. 1865, 5p a
Bank Stock
232 Portuguese 1869 3po .. 32 33
India 5 per Cents
1101, 9x d Russian. 1862, 5 p 0.. .. 83 85
India Bonds — 839
22s pm DoNicolas 4p o
Can 6po Jan&Julyll77-84 10691079 Spanish. 1867. 3Do
31 319
1069 31, 9
Do March & Sept. 103 105 Do. 1869, sp o
Do 5p c Jan & July .. 99 100 319. 9
100 Turkish. 1854. 6p o 7B 80
Do Inscribed Stock .. 98 100 Do, 1865. 5p o
Dom of Can 5p c 1903 .. 97 99 431, 1
Ceylon 6 p c May an Do, 1865 6 p 0
November 1878 lO6 108 619, 1
Mauritius Ipc Jan and U. 5.5-20 Bouds,6 po 1882 881 889
July 1873 lO3 105 889, 9
New S Wales 5p 01871-76 102 103 Do do 1885 881889
New Zealand 6 p 01891 lO9 111 Dolo-40Bnds, spo 1904 871 b 79
Dos pc
Do 5p c Consolidated 100 1009 ErieSha.loo tiols, all paid
1001 Illinois Central Shares .. 11191129
Do 6p c Mar &Sept 1891 108 110 112
Do June & DeclB9l 107 109 Atlantic and GI Wlt Con
Mortgage Bonds —

RAILWAYS.

Bristol and Exeter B7 89 Grand Trunk of Canada

Caledonian
86 Do 3rd Prat Stock .
Great Eastern
Great Northern
Do A 13311343/4 Greatlndian Pen g 5,, a 107 108
1331,
Great Western 7O 701 GreatWestlo7lern ofeanada 148 15
Lancashire & Yorkshire 133 134 148,
1341 Do Op c Bonds, 1873.. 98 100
Lon, Brig)), and S Coast 41 413/4 Do 51 do, 1877-8 94 96
Lon, Chat, and Dover .. 13 131 Do 5p c pref. Issued 80 Idis loin
Lou and North-Western 1271128 Madras guar SD.
128 N. Railway of Canada,
Lon and South-Western 90 91 6p c Ist Pref Bonds
90, / Oude and Rohilknnd g
Man, Shef, and Lincoln 45 451 5p c
Metropolitan
Midland l2B 1283/4 Delhi guar 5 p c
North' British
North-Eastern Consols 144 145 g 7 P c

I£9 181

144 i, Belgian E Junction .... 21
Routh-Eastern 741 74t Buenos Ayres GI Sthrn.. 24 25
4.tlantie and St T ------ 75 77 Dunsla— d Witepsk 182 19
22} 22

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30111baY. Baroda, and Dutch-Rhenish..
Central India, g 5 p c.. 105 106 Eastern of France —
1051 Great Luxembourg
Buff and Lake Huron .. 4 41 Lemberg Czernowitzgua
1)o 51 pc 80nd5.1872-3-4 79 81 7 pc
Cape guar 6p c
East Bengal guar 5p c 10411051 Ottom (Smyrna to Ala]) 5 51
Enst Indian, g 5 p c
Grand Trunk Canada
Do Equip Mort Bind 1 San Paulo IL) guar 71, a 21 211
charge 6p c
Do 21).1 do Scrip .... par 2pm 141
Ito Ist Fret Bonds 57 58 Southern of lerance .... .....
571