The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-01 00:00:00

roNEY

MARKET

AND -
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Stock Exchange was closed to-day, the Ist
of May being one of the half-yearly days for the
°light; of the transfer offices at the Rink.

There were no gold operations at the Bank yes-
terday.
The Crown agents for the colonies have invited
tenders on Thursday, the 13th, for £lOO,OOO Mau-
ritius Government 6 per Cent. Debentures, with in-
terest commencing from the 15th of May. They
are for public works, and are to be redeemed on the
Ist of July, 1878, by the operation of a sinking
fund. Ten per cent. of the purchase money is to
be Paid on allotment, and the balance on the 25th
of nay. The sum previously borrowed by tLe co-
lony is £1,000,000.
Messrs. llottingucr, Fould, and other Paris firms
and establishments have contracted with the City
of Paris for an issue of 755,000 Obligations at
345 f., bearing 12f. interest, repayable at 400 f.
within 40 years, and have lottery prizes attached
amounting annually to one million francs.
In the colonial produce markets this week there
has been no improvement, and prices in several in-
stances are lower than on Friday last.
The Credit Foncier of Mauritius have received a
telegram, dated the 10th of April, stating that the
Crop is safe, that the annuities due to the company
are 'well paid, and that the general condition of the
island is satisfactory.
At tl,e meeting of thc Great Central Gas Con-
sumers' Company--the concern rendered so noto-
rious by Benjamin Higgs' enormous embezzlements
--the directors' report was adopted, an amendment
fora committee of inquiry being lost. The retiring
diretors, Alderman Dakin, Sir T. Gabriel, and Mr.
Austin, were reelected, and it was resolved that
three shareholders shall be added to the board. The
proceedings passed off much more quietly than was
expected.
Advics from Bradford announce the suspension
of Messrs. Whiteley and Brough, manufacturers,
with liabilities amounting to about £lO,OOO.
A special meeting of the Midland Railway Com-
pany will be held on the 18th of May, to consider
Certai❑ bills now pending in Parliament, and to
authorise the directors to borrow money to the
extent of £874,353.
It is stated that the prospectus of a new com-
pany for transacting guarantee and accident busi-
ness will appear in a few days.
Advices from Athens state that the Greek Go-
vernment have issued a decree reducing the
amount of their loan from the two Banks from
21,000,000 drachmas
.(1750,000) to 12,000,000
(£488,570.) The sh:tre of the lonian Bank is
4,000,000 drachmas, or £142,850. The issue of
bank-notes by legal tender by the two Banks is re-
duced from 48,000,000 drachmas (E 1,714,300) to
39,000,000 drachmas (£1,392,850). The share in
the Power of issue of the lonian Bank is 9,000,000
drachmas, or £321,430.
The liquidators of the Scinde, Punjab, and Delhi
Bank Corporation (Limited), have issued their re-
port for the past year. They state that the returns
already made to the shareholders amount in the
aggregate to £262,403, or £6 12s. Gd. per £lO paid
share and £1 12s. Gd. per £5 paid share ; that their
original estimate cf thc returns were £6 14s. and
41 14s. per share of £lO and £5 respectively ; and
that there is no reason to doubt that more than
sufficient will be collectA to insure a fourth return
of £1 53. per share, which would only require the
Antra of £3,459.
The subway from the Tower to Southwark is now
advancing at the rate of 9ft. per day, and the con-
tractor expects to reach the shaft on the Southwark
bile in less than five months.

BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES.

YESTERDAY.

GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
1 0 per Cent. Consols
-Ditto for Account,
1, 2
2; 1 per Cent. Reduced
9•2; 2
„,." Now 3 per Cent
N 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894
De. a per Con J un. 187 3
kauuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 188t' —
Do. for 3o yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
Do (Red Sea Televaph), Aug.., 1908_
Exchequnr Bills, tl 000 21 per Ct.
5 , s
2 7 pm
D 3
.I.:500
Do. £lOO & £2OO 2 7
Bank of England Stock, 4; per Cent
Dc, opening
Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds —
Inter-Colonial Ommuni
, INDIAN JoviaNmENT SEcultiTiEr.
"I,..iia Vtoclt, 1(4 per Cent., April 1874 2lll
uo. Opening, for Account -
Do. a per Cent. July, 1880
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates —
bo. Enlaced Papw 4 per Cent...... • .124
DO. 5 per Cent., Jau. 1872 ..... 105)
Do. 51 per Cent. May 187i4 —
DJ 5 pc: Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872
Do do 1877 —
Do. do. 1882 —
D... Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ~ —
Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO
Do. under £l.000
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Argentine Republic, tl per Cent
Do., Scrip .1:45 paid _
Auttriau Bonds 5 per cent ..
Do. 1e59 _
Bruilian 5 per Cent _
,13,3. 4i per Cent. 1852 —
Do,o. do. 1858....
Do do. 186) —
. do 1863 —
Do-,
o. 5 per Cent., 1865 —
„ Account BOl
.18 ;cues Ayres 6 per Cent.
. .Da 2 per Cent. ( p
Deferred 3per Cent.) -
Cuba, 6 per Cent.
0 Lilian 6 per Cent —
Do.4f per Cent -
3 per Cent., ••••••
to. 6 per cent. 1867 —
Do. 7 per Cent., 1866
C lombian, 6 per Cent. - 'ti —
Dan:sit, 3 per Cent., 1825
pat:oil-dam Principalities, 7 per Cent —
Do 8 per Cent., 1867 —
Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.
Esyptiun, 7 per Cent.... —
U)0 Second Issue
Do. £su(. Bonds —
DO. £lOO Bonds ...„ 84
Do. 1864 —
Do.
Do. £5OO Bonds Account —
kO. COO Bonds —
nglish Scrip, 1868 761 1
Do do. £45 pd — din
Government Railway Debentureh —
Greek 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups —
Do. Account
• Do. Coupons
•
Do. Account
•••
Guatemala 5 per Cent . —
Honduras Gov Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd
ltsdan 6 per Cent., 1865 —
Do. Account ~ —
Do Maremmana Railway 57
Mexican 3 per Cent
Ditto for Account
Do. 1864
Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French _
alontevideau 6 per Cent. • •
Mc crish Imperial 5 per Cent _ _
New Granada
Do 3 per Cen, _
Do. Deferred
Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865
771 I
Do Account ..
Do 4} per Cent. (111;')arren)
Do 41 per Cent., 1862 - ••'
Do Account
Portvguese 3 per Ct.,1853, '6,
Do. do. 1867 —
7,'9,'60,'2.”- .
Do. do. Scrip, £2O paid 7
Ruseiau 5 par Cent., 1822, £ St
Do 4} per Cent 1850
Do 8
Do 41 per Cent., 1860
per Cent., 1859
Do 5 per Cent., 1862 ............ -Do do, Scrip — 1
Do. Anglo-Dutcb, 1864, £lOO Bonds.,
Do. d.. £B4 15s. d0..._
Do.
Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds B9l
saDraoir.NZlaSspß„,raielwenayt
do £B4 15s. do —
sPanisb 3 per Cul ..
--
Do. Ace,,iint
D. 1867
Do. Account
Do. New Deferrea
Do. Account
Do. Passive
Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded ...
Do. Account
Svredish Provincial Mortgage Loan —
Do Government, 1964
Do do, 1868
T urk ish G per Cent.
D—
e Account
po 6 per Cent. 1858 ••• -.
o Aecount
Do .E1.!?0 Bonds ---

Do 6 per Cent., 1862
Do Account
Do X. 1.0( Ponds 7O
Do 5 per fjont. 1865_--

Da Account
Do G per Cont., 186
1)0 per Cent., GuarautetAi
Do Laud Warrants (Hoctares)