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

MONEY-MARKET

AND
COAINIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Stock Exchange was closed to-day, the Ist
of May being one of the half-yearly days for the
closing of the transfer offices at the Bank.

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 May. The sum previously borrowed by the co-
lony is £1,000,000.
Messrs. llottingua., Fould, and other Paris firms
and establishments have contracted with the City
of Paris for an issue of 755,000 Obligations at
545 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 the meeting of tha Great Central Gas Con-
sumers' Company—the concern rendered so noto-
rious by Benjamin Higgs' enormous embezzlements
---the directors' report was adopted, an amendment
for a committee of inquiry being lost. The retiring
directors, Alderman Dakin, Sir T. Gabriel, and Mr.
Austin, were re-elected, and it was resolved that
three shareholders shall be added to the board. The
Proceedings passed off much more quietly than was
expected.

Advices 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•
pang will be held on the 18th of May, to consider
certain 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 (£750,000) to 12,000,000
(£488,570.) The share 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 (£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 £262,493, or £6 12s. 61 per £lO paid
share and £1 12s. 6d. per £5 paid share ; that their
Original estimate of the returns were £6 14s. and
£1 14s. per share of £lO and £5 respectively ; and
that there is no reason to doubt that more than
sufficient will be collected to insure a fourth return
of £1 ss. per share, which would only require the
awn 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
side in less than five months.

BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES.

YESTERDAY.

n GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
0 per Cent. Consols
. Ditto for Account,
t per Cent. Reduced 92± 2
Neu'
3 per C-cnt
'low 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894
Do. 5 per Cen J an. 1873
it unulties, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 188k' —
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
110 (lied Sea Telehraph), Aug., 1908 —
Xitenoqur Bills, 4:1$000, 21 per Ct.
D 3 £500
Do. £lOO & .C2OO 2 7
Bank of England Stock. 41 per Cent
D.. Opening
Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds —
Inter-Colonial thnninin
INDIAN ..iOEItNMENT CUltllltb.
India 'i-took, 101 per Cent., April 1874 2121
Do. Opening, for Account
Do. 5 per Cent..luly, MU
Do• 4 per Cent., Oct. 1886
Do. Certificates —
Do. Enfaced Pape. 4 per CAnt...•-• • 921
00. 5 per Cent, Jau. 1872 ....... . 105/
Do.
Do
54 per Cent. May 1879 —
4'3 Doer Cont.) Rup. Deb. 1872 —
du 1877 —
DO. do. 1882 —
D...., Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ~ —
Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO
Do. under £l.OOO
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent
~ Scrip 4:45 paid ..
A:iLt o
irilia: 5
Bonds 5 per cent ..
Do. 1859 —
per Cent
..,°°. 44 per Cent. 1852
'-',.0. do. 1858 —
.t,O. do. 186 '
)°. do 1863 ~
a
Do.AsLenruCt Cent., 1865
COBOI
'enos Tyres 6 per Cont.
c Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cont :-
0
4ilian 6peprer Cente
tibl, 6 C
1)0. 41 per Cent —
Do. 3 per Cent ,
L'°. 6 per co., t. .1867 —
Do
a, • 7 per Cent., 1866
~ 10 tibial), 6 per Cent.
taulsO, 3 per Cent., 1825...
an.‘idan Principalities, 7 per Cent —
~ Do 8 per Cent, 1867 —
iirl:(lnador Now Con.solidated, 1 per Cent.
NYPtian, 7 per Cent . •••
"0 Second Issue .. .. ..... . 811
00..£50t. Bonds
DO..ClOt) Bonds ..... 84
Do. 1864 •
„ Do,
1,0. £5OO Bonds Account
Q. £IOC Bonds —
glish Scrip, 1868 .761 1
Do do. £45 pd — dig
, Government Railway Debentures
4r et 5
, per Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups —
uo. Account
Do. Courons
r.Do. Account
;11tIetnala 5 per Cent ..
.II ?iduras Gov Rail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., all pd
it an 5 per Vent., 1865
itiPo. Account . -
0 Maretnmana Railway 57
"Ileat• 3 per Cent
Ditto for Account
Do. 1864 —
_330 6 per Cont. Anglo-French —
...ion •
„. tex Wolin 6 per Cent. • —
ga,.onrish lnaperial sper Cent
•
New Granada
.-

Do 3 per Cep
Do. Deferred
Do A
Permiaccountn 5 per Cent. 1865
77
Do 41 per Cont. (lll:luirren)
Do 41
Account r Cont.. 1862 •
b Do
ivguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6,
do. 1867
'Jo. d 0.7, '9,'60,'2.
Scrip, £2O paid —
itasaian 5 per Cent., 1822, .£ St
D..so 4i per Cent 1850
,u 0 4f Per Cent., 1860
1-'„o 3 per Cent., 1859
per Cent., 1862
Do do, scrip
444 Anglo-Dutcb, 1861, XlOO Booth. —Do _ .

Do:, 1866, £(11O. o
~.....
do
89/
BondsB4 15s.
Do.
do .£B4 15a. do —Do Nicolas Railway
Sardinian b per Cent
1313anish 3 per Can ••••
Do.
Acc,,unt —
Do. 1867
Do• Account
Do. New Deferrea — Do. Account
291
Do. Passive
De'. Dom. Cert. of Cont.. not funded
bo. Account
.Slvodisli Provincial Mortgage Loan —Do Government, 1464 —
Do do, 1868
Turkish 6 per Cent.. ....AY, - ...
Do Account ••
Do 6 per Cent. 1858
—Do Account
Do .£lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 —
Do Account
De 5 per Cont. 1865 i
..Do-
Account
676 6
}per Cent., 1865 Do oor Cent., Guaranteed - --'
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DO W/ Warrigap (HoQtand)
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