The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-06 00:00:00

MONETARY REPORTS.- Y-ESTERDAY,

Business in the Stock Exchange has been grated -To,
day, and the changes in prices have not been important.
Consols have been quiet at 93a to 931 for delivery, and
931 to 93a for the May account. Reduced and New Three
per Cents, 914 to 92. Exchequer Bills par to ss. prem.
India Five per Cents have been done at 113 to 113 k, and
India Bonds at 20s. to 255. par.

The tone of the market for foreign bonds has been
healthy, and a further advance has taken place in the
value of some securities. Great Northern A. has risen ;
Great Western, ; London and North-Western,, 1;
Midland, ; South-Eastern, and ditto Deferred,
Indian Railway Stocks have been quiet. Canadian
Shares have been without movement of importance.
Foreign Shares have been quiet. South-Austrian and
Lombardo-Venetian have risen
More firmness has been noticed in the market for foreign
bonds. Egyptian have been in request, and the 1,868
bonds have risen Russia (1822) have risen ; ditto
(1862), ; Turkish (1854), 1; and ditto Five per Cents, 1 Pel
cent. On the other hand, Greek have been flat and
lower.

American Government securities have been quiet, a.z
the Ten-Forty Bonds have fallen Virginia State
Bonds also have relapsed ; but Atlantic and Great
Western Consolidated Mortgage Bonds and Illinois
Central shares have risen and Erie shares
The market for British Mining shares has been de-
pressed. Penrhyn have fallen and Tan-yr-Ant 1•
Colonial and foreign mines have been quiet.
Bank shares have been quiet, and without material

change.
The announcement that the prospectus of a new Atla'
tic cable will make its appearance early next week has
weakened the market for telegraph shares. Anglo-Ame-
rican have fallen 4-, French Cables J, and Anglo-Mediter-

ranean.
Silver's Indiarubber shares have been firm, and

better.

Miscellaneous securities have been quiet, and prices
have shewn no important change.
There have been no bullion operations at the Bank

to-day.
As regards the exchanges there has been rather more
demand for bills on Paris and Holland, but the rates
have been without material change. •
The money market to-day has been characterised by
much quietness. The supply of capital has been rather
larger, and with the prospect of heavy additions being
made during the next few days, three months' paper 110
been easily negotiated at n per cent.
At a meeting of the Rio de Janeiro Gas Company
(Limited) a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per anionn
free of income tax was declared. A balance of £30,329
remained, of which £28,329 was placed to the insurance
and contingency fund, and £2,000 was carried forwarA
At a meeting of the Bank of British Columbia, it wag
shewn that on the 31st of December the balance at oredit
of profit and loss was £12,582 3s. 2d. A dividend for the
half-year was declared at the rate of 5 per cent. per
num, which would absorb £7,450; 059 4s. sd. • was
appropriated to the " Balance of Bad Debt Account°
(closing this account) ; and the sum of £4,172185. 9d.
was carried forward.
At a meeting of the Agra Bank, it was shewn that the
net' profits for the year had not exceeded £38,368: •A•
dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum was declared,
making, with the interim dividend previously paid'
a distribution of 5i per cent. for the year. A. sumof £6,000 was set aside to the credit of the reserve account
and £690 was carried forward.

The failure of goblin-, in the mining market, has-boll
announced to-day.
The traffic returns of the South-Eastern RailwAy for
the week ending April 4 present a total of £25,779, being
a decrease of £2,877 when compared with the correspon-
ding period of 1869, which was Easter week, in which the
Dover Volunteer Review took place.