The Sun.
London, England, 1869-07-03 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

Consols are quiet to-day at 922 a for money ;
ditto, for Ac;ount, 92i ; Three per Cent. Re-
duced, 9211 ; New Thee per Cents, 92i ;
ExChequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 prem. ; ditto £lOO, £2OO,
and £5OO, —; Bank of England Stock, 4 per
Cent.,

• India Stock, 10i per Cent., April, 1874, shut ;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 1111 ; ditto 4 per
Cent., 1888, 1001 1-
____ Oct., 4s•

There is still a fair business doing in Discounts,
but the supply of money already increasing, the
terms barely exceed 31. Advances from day to
day on the Funds are called 21 per cent.
In the Foreign Stock Market business has been
contracted but firm. Brazilian Bonds are quoted,
83/ to 83/ ; Portuguese, 33/ to 341 ; Egyptian
(1864), 881 to 891; ditto (1868), 79; to 791 ; Vice-
roy's Seven per Cent., 82f to 83 ; ditto Nine per
Cents., 95 to 951; Italian, 531- to hai; Mircinan,
12 to 121; Peruvian, 76 to 76; ; Russian (1822),
85:1 to Hi; Orel, 801 to 80/ ; Ctiarkof, 78/ to
79/ ; Spanish, 281 to 28/ ; Turkish Five per
Cents., 44i to 44; and ditto Six per Cent., 654
to 66 ex div.

In the railway market Caledonian are 79 to 791 ;
Great Eastern, 38k to 38.1. ; Great Northern, 107
to 108 ; Great Western, 501 to 504 ; London
and Brighton, 441 to 45 ; London, Chatham, and
Dover, 11 to 171; London and North Western,
118/ to 1191 ; London and South Western, 89 to
91 ; Metropolitan, 97 to 971.
American Five-Twenty Bonds are 80/ to 80i1 ;
and Erie shares 191 to 20.

Iu I_3ank Shares London and Westminster have
improved, and are now at 611 to 621 ; Oriental, at
4 1..t0 42 and Union of Loudon, at 36i- to 37f.
Agra (A) is I better, at 101 to 11. An& Austrian
is firm, at 15 to 16 prem., ex div.
In Miscellaneous Securities yesterday's prices aro
unaltered.

The sum of £51,000 in gold wad taken to the
Bank yesterday, including 15,000 sovereigns from
Brazil.

The colonial produce markets this week have
been freely supplied, but there has not been much
activity in the demand. Rather larger quantities
of coffee have been offered at auction, and although
for good and fine qualities steady rates have been
obtained, the transactions in other kinds have
generally been at terms iu favour of buyers.
There is still but little inquiry for native Ceylon,
and some parcels brought forward to-day were
bought in. Sugar has been quiet, without altera-
tion. A fair amount of \Vest India has been sold,
and several floating cargoes of foreign for the
United Kingdom. Rice continues dull, and soft
grain qualities have been parted with at lower rates.
The quarterly sales of indigo are advertised for the
12th inst., to contain 7,600 chests. Saltpetre at pub-
lic sale to-day was bought in above the value. A
large business has been effected in cotton, at ad-
vanced quotations. The common descriptions of
cocoa have been disposed of at a slight decline. Tea
has been very quiet, but to-day there was a little
more disposition to buy. Sales of China arc de-
clared for next week.

A in,3eting was held yesterday of the llndson's
Bay Company, when the directors' repJrt was
adopted, an.] a dividend declared for the half year
of Bs. per share, making a total distribution for the
twelve months of 145., or 3i per cent.
At the meeting yesterday of the Atlantic Tele-
graphrompany, the report of the directors, which
has already been published, was adopted, and they
were authorised to pay a dividend at the rate of 8
per cent. per annum on the first and second Pre-
ference Stocks, as well as to apply the debentures
in the hands of the company to paying charges on
capital account.
At the meeting yesterday of the Oriental Hotels
Company (Limited) the directors' report was
adopted. The business of the Galle Hotel his con-
tinued to improve, the net profits for the year 1868
being £4,204, or £777 more than in 1867 ; but at
the Cairo Iletal the net profits have been only
£1,229. Since the date of the last meeting the
Board have received the report of the completion of
the Cairo Hotel ; and it was mentioned that the
extra charges for the building and for commission
to architects and surveyors have all exceeded the
estimate. The directors have consequently been
unable to meet the instalments due to the contractor
at their due dates, but he shows continued forbear-
ance and support.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 pea, Cent. Consols -
Ditto for Account, July 7
3 per Cent. Reduced 92 1
Notv 3 per Cent
New 2i per Cont. Jan. 1894
Do. 5 per Cen Jan. 1873
Auuuitios, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1889 —
Do. for 30 yrs, expire ¢th April 1885 --
bo (Red Sea Teletbraph), Aug., 1908 —
Exchoqu:r Bills, .£l,OOO, 21 p. (A. March 3 pm
Do. 3 do. June
Do £lOO, £2OO & £5OO —
13ank of England Stock, 41 per Cent
De. opening —
Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds —
Inter-Colonial °minium
INDIAN LIOVERNIIENT SECURITJES
India toeic, 10f per Cent., April 1879...
Do. Opening, for Account —
Do. 5 I:er Cent. July, 1880
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates
Do. Enlaced Pap,. 4 per Cant....... —
Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
Do. 51 per Cent. May 1879 —
Do 5 per Cont., Rup. Dob. 1872 —
Do do 1877
Do. do. 1882_
IL. Dob., 5 per Cont., Aug. 1873
Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO
Do. under £l,OOO

FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent
14u-itrian Bonds 5 per cent .. ....,, —
Do. 1859 —
Brazilian 5 per Cent
00. if per Cent. 1852
Do. do 1858.....
Do. uo. 8
665
ont., 118
DDoo.. 5
pedro.c, 1863
Do Account B3}
BEnos Ayros 6 por Cent. ..........
C
Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per ent )
Cuba, 6 per Cent.
Coilian 6 por Cent ....,
Do. 4} per Cent
Do. 3 per Cent.,
l'o. 6 per cont. 1867 94 1-
Do. 7 per Cent., 1866
lo tibial:, 6 per Cent.
Danisn, 3 pr Cent., 1825. ......
Dan ‘l,ian Principalities, 7 ler Cent —
Du 8 per Cent., 1867 —
vquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent
8-3
E..;yptian, 7 per Cent...-
Do Second Issue
D0..15u'. BOLAS —
Do. 410 J Bonds ..... 86k
Do. 186-1
Do. Account
Do. 4500 Bonds
Do. 410 G Benda 9Ol
Do. 7 per Cent., 1868
Uoverun.ent Railway Debentures

Green 5 per CLat., 1821. 5, ex Coups —
Dc. Account
Do. Coupons
Do. Account
ritateinala, 5 per Cent .. —
Honduras Gov Rail. Loon., 10 p. Ct., all pd 82i
It iiian 5 poi. Cert., MO —
Do. Account .
Do Marommana. Railway
)1 exicar. 3 per Cent —
Ditto for Account —