The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-04 00:00:00

VICTORIAN AUSTRALIAN R A ILW A Y
LOAN for £2.107,000, in Five per Cent. Debentures.—
Authorised by the Victorian Parliament under the Act 32 Vic-
toria, No. 331, assented to 29th September, 1868, called "The
Railway Loan Act, 1868," for the extension of t, ailways, and
secured upon the Cons )lidated Revenues of the Colony.
The committee of the six Associated Australian banks, as
agents for the Government of Victoria, have been instructed to
negotiate the said loan of £2,107,000.
The loan will be issued in Debent.ires of £lOO, £5OO, and
£1 000 each, bearing interest at 5 per cent., to commence from
the Ist January, 1869, and the coupons of the said loan are pay-
able on the Ist of January and let July in each year, at the
London and Westminster Bank and the 1 on lon and Joint-Stock
Bank, where also the principal will be payable on the Ist day of
January, 1894.
copies of the Act, with the debentures and coupons, can be
seen at the London and Westminster Bank.
The Act provides that the proceeds of the loan shall be ex-
pended in constructing a line of railway from Melbourne to
Belvoir, on the Upper Murray River. By it, a large district of
great mineral, pastoral, and agricultural wealth will be opened
up, and much of the trade of the great pastoral country, north
of the Murray, will be secured to Melbourne.
The whole of the public debt of Victoria has been contracted
for the execution of public works, which not merely develope
the resources of the country, but are reproductive in them-
selves. _ . . .

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Tenders in the form annexed will be received at the London
and Westminster Bank, on or before Tuesday, the 9th inst., un-
til one o'clock p.m., where and when they will be opaned, in
presence of the agents of the Government, and of such of the
applicants as may attend.
The debentures will be allotted to the highest bidders, pro-
vided the tenders are not below the minimum price, as directed
by the Government of Victoria, which will be placed on the table
in a sealed envelope.
Tenders at a price, including a fraction of a shilling other than
sixpence, will not be preferentially accepted• and should the
equivalent tenders exceed the amount of the debentures to be
allotted, a pro rata distribution will be made.
Payment of the debentures will be required as follows, viz.:—
The sum in excess of A9O per cent. on allotment, and .£9O per
cent, ou the 28th May next.
The letters of allotment will be exchanged for scrip to bearer.
Forms of tender may be obtained at the London and West-
minster Bank. the London Joint-Stock Bank, and the six Associ-
ated Australian Banks. _ _

For the Bank of New South Wales D. Larnach, Chair-
man of Committee.
For the Bank of Australasia . Wm Brown _

For the Union Bank of Australia li. W. D. Saunders,

For the Bank of Victoria.

, Hugh L. Taylor.

For the London Charterea Bank of Australia James Fr iier.

For the Colonial Bankof Australasia James A. Douglas
Loudon, March 1, 1369.

No. FORM OF T NDER.
To the Committee of the Six Associated Australian Banks, as
Agents for the Oovernment of Victoria.
Gentlemen,— hereby tender for Debentures
of the Victoria Government, according to the annexed notice
of the Ist instant, and undertake to pay £ for every
£lO in Debentures, and to accept the same or any less amount
that may be allotted to , and to pay for them in conformity
with the terms of the said notice.
Name
Address
ate

31arch, 180.

THE SOCIETE GENERALE
pour favoriser le Dzveloppement du Commerce et de
I'lndnstrie en France (Paris. 54 and 56, late de Provence), have
authorised Messrs. C. DEVAITX and CO. to receive APPLI-
CATIONS in LONDON for TREASURY BONDS of the IMPE-
RIAL OTTOMAN DOVER • MENT, for Sixty-two Millions of
Francs, or about £2,480,000 sterling, to be issued in London.
Paris, Constantinople. and Amsterdam, at 83 per Cent.
The Bonds will be for 500 f. (£l9 les. 10d.), 2,500!. (£99 4s. ld.).
and I ,500 f. (.£496 Os. Bd.), being calculated at the rate of
25f. 20e. to the £1 sterling, for issue and repayment, bearing
Interest at 6 per cent. per annum, from 31st October, 1868,
and redeemable in equal proportions at par in Francs or
Sterling, at such fixed rates and at the following dates, viz.:-
15,400,000 f., or about £620,000 on the 30th April, 1872.
13,400,00 f., „ 620,000 „ 31st October, 1872.
15,509,000 f., „ 620,000 „ 30th April, 1873.
15 500 000 f 620.000 31st October, 1873.

The Bonls, taking into account the periods for repayment,
are calculated to give a return (as near as may be) of 124 per
cent. per annum.
The Bonds now offered form part of a total sum of 150,063,985 f..
Or about £6,000,000 sterling, Treasury Bonds of the Imperial
ottoman Government. The rest of the Bonds, viz., for
88,063,985 f., or about £3,520,000 sterling. are repayable, viz.—
about £3,385,00u between A pril, 1864, and October. 1871, and
about £135,0u0 between April, 1872, and October, 1873.
The issue of the whole of the Bonds is provided for by a Con-
veation dated 31st October, 13.68, between the Imperial Ottoman
Government, represented by his Highness Aali Pacha, the
Grand Vizier, his Excellency Mehemet Buchdi Pueha, Minister of
Finance, of the one part, and the Societe Generale pour favoriser
le Deveioppement du Commerce et de l'lndustrie en France, of
Paris, and Monsieur G. Tublui, of Constantinople, of the other
part.
By the said Convention, the following annual revenues:—
Turkish Livre 8.
Ist. The Yearly Tithes of the Villayet du Danube,
amounting to about
2d. The Yearly Tithes of the Villayet d'Adri-
anople, amounting to about . . . . . 715,000
3d. The Yearly Tithes of the Villayet de.Salo-
ulnae, amounting to about 430 OOO
4th. The Sheep Tax of Anatolia, amounting to
510 OOO
about

2,630,000

(Or about £2,412,000 sterling)
are appropriated, during the period of five years from the 31st
day of October, 1868, to the payment half-yearly of the Principal
and Interest of the whole of the Bonds to the extent of
17,599,077 f. (or about 1700,000), being a sum equal in amount to
the principal and interest payable half-yearly, and the Conven-
tion provides for the payment direct of the revenues so appro-
pritted to the parties to the said Convention.
The Convention also provides that in case of the revenues so
appropriated being insufficient, the Imperial Ottoman Govern-
ment will make good the necessary sum live days at latest pre-
vious to each half-yearly payment becoming due.

TER 11S OF PAYMENT.
Per Cent. on nominal amount
of Bonds applied for.
On application •• •• •• •• ZlO 0 0
On Allotment .. .. .. 20 0 0
On Ist April, 1862 20 0 0
••• • • •
On let May, 1869 .. .. .. 32 610

32 6 10

Less Interest (free of Income Tax)
due on 30th Apra, 1869, which will
be deducted from the Instalment
due the Ist Stay ufmt „. 0 0

.C 79 6 10
By the Convention interest on the Bonds is madePaharbilse
half-yearly on the 30th of April and 31st of October in
Constantinople, or London, at the option of the Bearer,reee receive
en
the
giving 20 days' previous notice where he desires t
interest; if required to be paid in London, the interest will be
paid at the fixed rate of 12s. on each 50Jfr. (£l9 1 ;s. 102.) Bond;
£3 on each, 2,500 fr (£99 4s. ld.) Bond; and £l5 on each,
le,soofr. (1496 Os. 82) Bond.
And the Bonds are also made repayable at the option of the
Bearer; either at Paris, Constantinople, or London, on his giv-
ing 20 days' previous notice.
In default of notice by the Bearer, the payment of the interes
t.
as also the repayment of the Bonds, is to be made in Constanti-
nople only.
Each allotment will be made in equal proportions of Bonds,
redeemable at the respective dates before mentioned.
In case of the allotment being for a less number of Bonds than
that applied for, the surplus of the deposit will be applied to-
wards the instalment duo on allotment; should there be a further
surplus, it will be returned forthwith.
Where no allotment is bade, the whole of the deposit will be
returned without delay.
Provisional Scrip to Bearer will be delivered in exchange for
the Bankers' receipt, and the Scrip will be exchanged, when
fully paid up, for Bonds of the Ottoman Liovernment to Bearer
as soon as the Bonds are ready for delivery, of which notice will
be given by advertisement in one or more of the London papers.
All applications must be accompanied by a deposit of 10 per
cent. on the nominal amount of Bonds applied for to be paid to
the London Joint Stock Bank, Princes-street, London.
Interest at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum will be charged
on any instalment in arrear, but in default of due payment, the
scrip and all previous payments will be liable to be forfeited.
A Certified copy of the Convention of the 31st October, 1868.
has been deposited at the Bank of England.
Certified copies have also been deposited for inspection at the
offices of Messrs. C. Devaux and Co., 62, King William-street.
City, and at Messrs. Druce, Sons, and Jackson, Solicitors, 10,
Billiter square, Fenchurch-street.
Applications may be made—
In London, to Messrs. C. Devaux and Co., 62, King William-
street, City.
In Paris, to the Societe Generale pour Favoriser le Developpe-
ment du Commerce et de I'lndustrie en France, No. 51 and
56, Rue de Provence.
In Constantinople, to Messrs. G. Tubini et Fils.
In A msterdam, to the Banque de Credit et Depot des Pays-Bas.
London, 3d March, MIL

TREASURY BONDS OF TILE IMPERIAL OTTOMAN

GOVERMIENT.

-.-
LETTER OF APPLICATION.
To be retained by the Bankers after payment of the Deposit to
g paid to your credit at the London Joint
them.
Messrs. C. Devaux and Co., London.
entStock , I request you to allot me Trea-
sury Bonds to the amount of Pounds, and I hereby agree
Banklenien'th;l:lllllVinof X
to accept that amount or any similar sum that may be allotted
to me, according to the terms of your Prospectus, dated 3d
March, ISO, and to pay the further sum due on allotment ac-
cording to ycur said Prospectus.
Your obedient servants,
Address in full
Date 1869
No applications
will be received after Saturday, the 6th inst.,
at 2 p.m.

THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE.
dole Lessee and Manager,THE
Mr. F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING. at 7. OF P F
CHOOL FOR SCANDAL aiRLs
ConcludingEßlOD. with BEDA ollowed by.

THEATRE-ROYAL. HAYMARKET.
Tills EVENING, RAI -ING THE WIND: Messrs. Kendal
Buckstone, jun., Mfg-, Laws, &c. Afier which, HOME: Sothem.
Chippendale.Niesdarnes Cavendish, Burke, &c. Concluding
with RURAL FELICITY. CommeneA At 7.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining.
THIB EvENINo. at 7, to commence with THE SECRET. At a
quarter to 8, MARIE A TOINET l'E: Mr W. Rignold, Mr.
J. G. Shore, Mr. Dominick Murry: Mdlle. Beatrice. Conclud-
mg with a. CUP OF Tr A : M di7e. Beatrice.

THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHt.
Tuts EVENING, at 7, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE
CO CAM 11..RW FLL. Mr. G. Belmore, Mrs. L. Murray. At I
to 8, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. Ben. Webster, A. Stirling
(I. Hein-lore, R. Phillips Ashley, Stuart{ Mrs. Alfred Mellon
)lies Lennox Grey, &a,

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborougb.
TEM EVENING. at 7.30 THE WID, tV HUNT. Messrs. Bel-
:'ord, Clarke Miss Bult,n. THE FIELD Ole THE CLOTS
1)1` GOLD: Messrs. Thorne, Tames. Fenton; esdames Mari:
Longmore, B. Goodall, Lydia-Maitland, Claire, and Hughes. To
conclude with HUE AND DYE