The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-05 00:00:00

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COADIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

The business transacted inCITY
the early part ofCLocK the
day Was far from extensive. • Consols declined
slightly, but in the foreign market there was a rise
in some of the securities.
Consols are 94 3 for money; ditto, for Ac-
count, 93/ 3 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 938 I ;
New Three per Cents, 938 8 ; Bank of England
Stock, 4 per Cent., 242/.
India Stock, 10/ per Cent., April, 1874, —;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 112/ ; ditto 4 per
per Cent., Oct., 1883, 1024.
In the Foreign Market Brazilian of 1865, are
814 to 821 ; Chilian of 1867, 93/ to 94/ ; Egyptian
of 1864, 87 to 88 ; ditto of 1868, 73 to I ; Italian
of 1861, 55/ to 8 ; ditto Tobacco Loan, 4/ to 5
13rein. ; Mexican, 15/ to 4 ; Peruvian of 1865,
751 to 761; Russian of 1866, 92 to / ; ditto
Nie°lai, 67 to ; ditto Orel, 81/ to 4 ; ditto
MOSCOW, 794 to 801 ; ditto Charkof-Azof, 80/
to 4 ; Charcow-Krementschug, 801 to 4 ; Spanish
of 1867, 308 toa ; Turkish of 1858, 65 to 66 ;
dittd of 1862, 62/ to 65 ; and ditto of 1865, 39i
to

lit the railway share market prices are fol-
lows :—London and North Western, 1181 to
1181; Great Western, 53i to 531 ; Midland,
118 i
to 99 1181 ; London and South Western, 90
• ; Great Eastern, 421 to / ; Brighton, 52i
• ; South Eastern, 83k to 1; Metropolitan, 1101
to it ; Great Northern, 11i to 113 ; ditto A, 111 to
I; Caledonian, 80e to ; and London, Chatham,
and Dover, 17/ to 18.
There is a fresh fall of 1f per cent. in Atlantic and
Great Western Railway Debentures, the present
Price being 36 to 37. The Consolidated Mortgage
Bonds are 37k to 38, being heavy ; and the 5-20
Bonds are quoted 761 to 4. Erie Railway Shares,
23k to 24; and Illinois Central, 93i to 94.
Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are unaltered.
A further sum of £89,000 in gold was withdrawn
from the Bank yesterday.
For some time past there has been a considerable
demand for bar silver for India, and the price has
gradually advanced within the last fortnight from
601 d. to 61d. per oz. As the arrivals from the usual
sources have not been extensive the greater part of
the demand has been supplied by importations from
the Continent. The price of Mexican dollars has
naturally been influenced by the rise in other de-
scriptions of silver, and they are firm at 591 d. to
59id• per oz.
The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed
Tuesday next a special settling day in the shares
'Dr! the Brazilian Street Railway Company (Limited).
he question of quotation is deferred.
The proposed dividend of the Bristol and Exeter
Railway Company is officially announced at the
rate of 4/ per cent. per annum.
The report of tho London and South-Western
Bank (Limited) recommends a dividend of Gs. per
share.

The half-yearly meeting of the Great Northern
Railway Company will be held on the 20th inst.
The ordinary general meeting of the British and
Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company (Limited) will
be held on the 16th inst.
At the meeting of the London and Provincial
Marine Insurance Company the directors' report
Was adopted, and interest declared for the half-year
at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum.
The net profits of the London and County Bank
for the half-year amount to £84,649, making, with
£4,092 brought forward, a total of £88,742. A
dividend of 6 and a bonus of per cent. has
been declared for the half-year, both free of income
tax, making a total distribution for the year 1868
pof 16i per cent. The amount left to be carried
forward is £5,817. The sum due by the bank for
Customers' balances, &c., is £12,462,789, and the
liabilities on acceptances, covered by securities, are
£3,242,930.

The London Board of Directors of the Atlantic
and Great Western Railway have notified that the
lease of the line to the Eric Company having been
made their functions have come to an end. The
agreement for the lease was made iu America, and
they have therefore had no opportunity of acting.
The Great Western Railway traffic return
shown this week an increase of £4,789 coin-
Pared with the corresponding period of last year ;
the Great Eastern an increase of £665 ; the Great
Northern an increase of £1,647 ; the London and
South Western an increase of £2,628 ; the London,
Chatham, and Dover, including the Metropolitan
Extension and branches, an increase of £449 ; the
Metropolitan Extension, separately, an increase of
£354 ; the Lancashire and Yorkshire an increase of
7 ; the North-Eastern an increase of £3,126 ;
and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire an
Increase of £2,589.
The return from the Bank of England for the
Itgek ended the 3d of February gives the following
results when compared with the previous week
i £3,863,473 Increase ... £32,949
otll,4tiric deposits
deposits 17,735,765 ... Decrease 2,220,393
°II the other side of the account :
flovernment
5ecuri-
............. £14,026,710 Decrease ...1,108,000
r securities 16,996,526 ... Increase ... 76,390
:tos unemployed 8,628,035 ... Decrease ... 606,360
b e amount of notes in circulation is £23,821,690,
being an increase of £306,810 ; and the stock of
bullion in both departments is £18,511,205, showing
decrease of £314,892 when compared with the
preceding return.
Subjoined is a comparison of the present position
of 4 the Bank of England and the prices of Consols
iild Ye Routes with the corresponding week of
Y,ar

At Present. Same Weeklast Year.
tullion
Reserve
Nrs otos i-n oiroulation 13,821,690 ... 23,679,380
Aotette of discount
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