The Sun.
London, England, 1870-02-24 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS—Yesterday.

On the whole, the tone of the Stock Exchange markets
has been healthy to-day. Business has been conducted on
a more extended scale, and there has been a tendency to
higher prices. Consols have been steady and * better, at
921, 92!'r for money, and 92*, 92fi for March. Reduced and
New Three per Cents, 92i, 921. India Five per 'Ceuta,
111 k, 1112 and India Bonds, 20s. to 255. prem. Ex
chequer Bills, 2s. die. to 3s. prem.
In the Railway Market rather more animation has been
noticed. Great Western has been subjected to the most
severe fluctuations, having been done as low as 61*, or rt
a decline of 2. Subsequently the quotation improved to
622 to 63 ; even then, however, the quotations chewed
decline of 1, compared with the closing prices last night
Caledonian and Great Northern A have fallen 1, and Lon-
don and North Western has been * lower. Metropolitan,
on the result of the meeting becoming known, rose and
London and Brighton has been I better.
In Indian railway stocks the transactions have been on
a limited scale, but prices have been maintained. Cala
dian shares have been steady in value, with a fair inquiry'
As regards foreign the business doing has been only
moderate. Lombards have been firm, and better, at 10
to 191.
Although the demand for accommodation has not been
active, much firmness has been noticed in the money
market to-lay. The supply of capital has been somewhat
limited, and three months' paper has not been taken under
3 per cent.
There have been no bullion operations at the 139xic
to-day.
The Rhine, from New York, has brought £36,800.
The market for foreign bonds has been steady. There
has been a strong inquiry for Egyptian and prices have
risen I. Italian have improved to a similar extent.
Peruvian and Turkish have been dealt in to a fair extent/
at an advance of i per cent. Gua,timala (1869) have been
flat and *- lower.
The Russian loan is quoted at 3*, 3a.
American securities have been steady. The Five;
Twenties (1882) bonds have risen 1, but Atlantic soi:
Great Western consolidated Mortgage bonds have recede'
1, and Erie shares /.
Bank Shares have been steady in value, notwithstaok
ing that the demand has not been active.
The market for Telegraph Shares opened heavily; but
subsequently more diminution was apparent. Lower o.°°'
tations, however, have been accepted. Anglo-Mediterry
nean have fallen 1; British Indian Extension I; British In'
dian Submarine, 1 ; Falmouth, Gibraltar, and 'Malta, 1;
Reuter's, 1 ; and West India and Panama, 1. HooPera
Telegraph Works opened flat at prem. The quota-
tion then fell to I, but subsequently improved to iF
prem. Telegraph Construction Shares have been stead'',
and / better. India Rubber Shares have supported lat.
quotations.
In miscellaneous securities very little business has bee°
doing, at about yesterday's closing quotations.
At the meeting of the shareholders of the Metropolitan
Railway Company, the report of the directors, after some
discussion, •was adopted. The proposal to dispose of a
portion of the surplus lands to a company, the shares of
which should be offered to the Metropolitan shareholder°,
was agreed to. It was also announced that a new Parcels
Delivery Company had made a proposition to the Rally/al
Company for accommodation in the trains.
The demand for gold for export continues very nlocl.
rate, and as the arrivals recently have been much restricted
the specie movements have been unimportant. 513"
amount of Australian gold now on passage to this count-:
is about £850,000, of which about £350,000 is due a"
Southampton on Friday. It is considered certain that
the whole of the immediate future arrivals will be selig
into the Bank.
The silver market has been quiet. Bars have s°l4
slowly, at 603 d. per ounce. Mexican dollars have be°
in moderate request, at 59ad. to wid. per ounce.
A prospectus has been issued of the Plumas 02,014
Mining Company of California, with a capital of £75,'
in shares of £3 each.
The report of the Anglo-Italian Bank (Limited), eli°,lll
a profit for the half year of £10,666. The sum of 24,°'
will be employed in the' payment of a dividend at the ral
of 4 per cent. £6,000 will be set aside to cover bad an .
doubtful debts, and the sum of £666 will be colic('
forward.
The Bank of Frankfort has reduced its rate of intere°
from 4 to 3* per cent.
The traffic receipts of the Midland Railway show all
crease of £5,229.
the
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At a meeting of the Southampton Dock CompanY,
directors' report, of which the following is an extract, "4
adopted. The accounts now submitted to the propriet°::
show a net revenue, after payment of the interest on tu-
debenture capital, of the dividends on the preference
stocks, and of all working expenses, repairs, sto., for the
half year ended the 51st December, 1569, amounting t°
P 7,757 17g 2d., a,rld Aril-plus brought forward frora
half year, £1,130 4s. 3d., making £B,BBBls. sd. From
the directors recommend that a dividend be declared jic"
the half year of £2 per cent., payable on the 9th 3101'''
proximo, being at the rate of £4 per cent. per antanli;
amounting on £360,350 ordinary stock to £7,207, leaving
surplus to be carried forward of £1,681 ls. sd. it
At a meeting of the Mid-Wales Railway Compall9,4
was shown that the traffic receipts for the half-year 10`..6'
amounted to £14,968 14s. 2d., being £1,114 is. 7d. in_
than in the corresponding six months of 1868. TheworY>a;
expenses have amounted to £12,027 9s. 7d., and inclgA
(as did the accounts of 1868) the working of the liereftv;
line for three months of the half-year. After deduce
£2.557 14s. 7d., the amount received for that service, tilni
balance, viz., £9,469 15s. 2d. may be taken as the cost
working the Mid-Wales traffic.
The traffic returns of the Midland Railway for the vg°,
ending February 20th, 1870, present a total of £66,64
being an increase of £5,299 when compared with the cclr
responding week in 1869.