The Sun.
London, England, 1870-12-16 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.- YESTERDAY.

There has been a want of animation observable in the
Stock Exchange to-day. The business dOing in all
Masses of securities has been on a very moderate scale ;
nevertheless the tone of the various departments has been
favourable on the whole, and the bulk of the alterations
have been indicative of steadiness. In the market for
home securities very few transactions have taken place.
Consols have been quiet, at 91?1, f.)n ex div. for delivery,
and 91k, 91i ex div. for January account. Reduced and new
Three per Cents., 911, 911; Bank stock, 230, 232.; Ex-
chequer Bills, 10s. to 15s. prem. ; India Five per Cents.
have been done at 110, 1101, and India bonds at 225. to
275. prem. ; Colonial Government securities have been
quiet, and without change.

Business in the market for English railway stocks has
been on a very limited scale, and the fluctuations have
been unimportant. Caledonian at 86k, 86$, and Brighton,
at ot, 404,, are each lower ; Great Eastern, on the other
hand, has been better, at 38e, 384 ; and North Eastern
at 144, 1441. Metropolitan, 63k, 63A ; South Eastern,
74, 744 ; Great Northern A, 134, 135 ; Midland, 127,
1281 ; North Western, 127 k, 128 ; and Great 'Western,
691, 70-1.
In Indian Railway Stocks the business doing has been
very moderato; Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,
105 - ; East India, 110, A ; Great Indian Peninsula, 107 i, ;
Madras, 105, ; Oude and Rohilkund, 103 i ; and Scinde,
1031. Transactions in Canadian Shares have been on a
limited scale ; Great- Western 14. In Foreign Shares the

demand has been inactive.
Notwithstanding that the demand for foreign bonds has
been on a very moderate scale, the tone of the market has
been 'firm, and there has been a tendency to improve-
ment. Spanish (1867) at 311, 310 ; ditto (1869),
at 31A-, 311 ; Turkish Five per Cents., at
431, 44, and ditto (1869), 501, 50i, are each
per cent. better. Peruvian (1865) are quoted at
911, 92 ; Egyptian (1868), 77, 771; Italian (1861), 55k, 55g;
Mexican, 132, 131, United States Five-twenty (1882)
Bonds, 881, 88k ; ditto (1885), 88, 881. The Scrip of the
French Loan is at par to 1 prem., and the North German
.11 to 1 prem.
For bank shares the inquiry has been limired. London
Chartered of Australia have been 1 lower, at 23 to 24 ex
div.
In telegraph shares next to nothing has been doing.
British Indian Submarine, 6/1, and Falmouths, 911-16, 9i;
Hooper's Telegraph Works, 61, 6g, and Construc-
tions, 26g.
Miscellaneous securities have been in limited roquest.
Berlin Waterworks, 15k ; City Offices, 9j ; Credit
Fonder of England, 2, k; Thames and Mersey Marine
Insurance, 51. _

The Clearing House return for the week ending De-
cember 14th, shews a total of £60,628,000 against
£76,590,000 for the corresponding period last year.
The bullion operations at the Bank to-day comprise
the withdrawal of £30,000 in sovereigns for Lisbon.
The Manchester Courier of to-day says that Mr. Samuel
Shaw, cotton spinner, Micklehurst, near Oldham, has
called a meeting of creditors. The liabilities will not be
large.

An application has been made to the committee of the
Stock Exchange that the three issues of the Spanish
1867, 1869-70 stock, which are similar in every respect,
and dealt in separately, should henceforth be dealt in
quoted together in the official list, following the precedent
adopted with the various Portuguese loans.
No alteration has been made in the rate of disco unt to-
day. In the general market the demand for discount has
been on a limited scale, and three months' paper has been
taken at 21 per cent.

The return of the Bank of England chews the follow-
ing results when, compared with the previous week :
A decrease in circulation of £556,986 ; an increase in
public deposits of £748,967 ; an increase in other deposits
of £11,967: a decrease in Government securities of £9 ;
a decrease in other securities of £4,131; an increase in
bullion of 2220,225; an increase in rest of £12,137 ; an
increase in reserve of £702,315. The circulation, (in-
cluding post bills,) is now £23,676,830 ; public deposits
amount to £6,780,939; private deposits to £18,669,747 ;
the securities held represent £29,310,022, and the stock of
bullion is £22,892,718; the rest figures for £3,177,224.
The Elbe, from the West Indies, has brought L'20,(110

in specie.
At a meeting of the British Indian Submarine Tele-
graph Company, the directors' report was adopted and a
dividend of ss. per share was declared.
The traffic return of the Lancashire and Yorkshire
Railway shews an increase of £4,665 ; the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire of £1,460; the Great Eastern
of £1,494; the Great Western of £3,523; the Bristol and
Exeter of £172; and the Caledonian of £4,374. The
Great Northern traffic has decreased by £542 on the cor-
responding week of last year ; and the London, Chatham,
and Dover has decreased by £29.

LONDON STOOK EXCHANGE.—TirvusDAy.

LATEST PRICES.-AFTER OFFICIAL HOURS.

The prices under the lines indicate the business done.

GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.

I'hree per Cent Console 911 911 DoApril &Oct 188345.. 111 112
911, 3, 1 x d 1113, 8
Do for Account
91/ x d 1041,4
Three per Cent Bcdneed 91191/ Brazilian. 1865, 5p o .... 92193;
911, A 93, 2/
New 3 per Cent
911, 1 Do Rail Deben 7 p a .. 101 103
Exchequer bills. March 10 15pin Italian, 1805. 5p 0
14a pm Peruvian, 1865. 5p a
Do. June. . lO 15Dm 02. I. i
10s pm Portuguese 1869 3p a
Bank Stook
2301 Russian. 1862. 5 p a.. .. 83 85
India 5 per Cents
„.., 84 I
1101 x d Do Ls ic.olas 4D o
India Bonds — 66, 1
27s pm Spanish. 186 f. 3pc
Cane pc Jau&Julyll77-84 10411051 311 L I. I
105 Do. 1809, 3p a
Do March & Sept. 102 104 31, 3, L i
1)o 5p a Jan & Ju'.y .. 98 99 Turkish. 1354, 6p o 7B 80
Do Inscribed Stook .. 97 99 Do. 1865, 5p a
*Dom of Can 5p a 1903 .. 97 99 431, 1,3, 41
Ceylon 6 p c May and Do. 1865 0p a
November 1878 lO6 108 03, 21
Mauritius 6p o Jan and U. 5.5-20 80ud3,6p a 1832 881 88,
July 1873 lO3 105 881, 3
New SWales 5 p clB7l-76 10111021 Do do
New Zealand 6 p c 1891 lOB 110 831_
Do spa
Do 5p a Consolidated 99 100 871, 1x d
991. 3, i ErieSlia,loo dols, all paid
Do 6p c Mar & Sept 1891 106 103 Illinois Central Shares .. 110 111
1)o June & DeclB9l 108 110 Atlantic and 0W It Con
Viet 6p c Jan lc July 1891 115 117 Mortgage Bonds —
1151

1885 83 88