The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-03 00:00:00

GREAT WESTERN•-RAILWAY.-
CHEAP EXCURSIONS to BATH and BRISTOL.—
On SUNDAY, the sth of August, an EXCURSION TRAIN
will leave Paddington at 7.45 a.m., for CHIPPENHAM,
Bath, and Bristol, returning the same day from Bristol at
7.0 p.m.
FARES THERE AND BACK :—Chippenham or Bath,
9s. and ss. ; Bristol, 10s. and 6s.

TREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—
EXCURSIONS to the NORTH at LOW FARES.—
Excursion Trains will leave Paddinon at 10.20 a.m., for
Oxford (fares 6s 6d and 4s); Banbury.(Bgts and ss); Leaming-
ton,,
and Warwick (10s 6d and6s); Birmingham (12s and 78);
West Bromwich, Wednesbury, and Bilston (128 6d and 78 6d) ;
Wolverhampton (138 and 8s) ; Wellington and 'Ahrewsbury
(17s and 10s) ; Oswestry, Llangollen Road, Wrexham, and
R 3 ster (18s 6d and 118); Birkenhead and Liverpool (218 and
12a 6d),' on MONDAY, August 6, returning on WEDNES-
DAY, August 8 ; and on WEDNESDAY, August 8, return-
ing on MONDAY, August 13. —For time of return and fur-
ther particulars see bills.

SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.--OPENING
Of the DRECT CENTRAL LINE to YEOVIL and
xXETER. On and after Ist AUGUST trains will run as
ollows ON WEEK DAYS.
E.
Leave Waterloo-tedge Sta- A.M. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M.
tion, London, at ' B.O 9.0 11.0 3.0 5.0
Arrive at Yeovil 12.23 12.40 3.20 7.36 9.38
Arrive at Exeter 2.50 2.10 5.50
Exp.
1, 2. 1,2, 3. 1, 2. 1, 2. 1, 2.
A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M.
Leave Exeter '7.30 1.5 2.25
Leave Yeovil 6.45 9.50 12.30 2.50 4.40
Arrive at Waterloo-bridge
Station
Passengers between London and Exeter may break the
journey at Salisbury or Yeovil, and proceed the next day.
A time-table, showing the connection with the trains on
the South Devon, North Devon, and Bristol and Exeter Rail-
Ways, will be sent on application to the Traffic Manager,
Waterloo-bridge Station, London.

LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING
COMPANY.
_,.. Subscribed Capital, £1,250,000 ; Paid-np Capital, X.. 500 000 -
„
Reserve Fund, £llO,OlO.
Head °ince (Temporary) South Sea House.
-- -
,DIRECTOIIIII.
Philip Patton Blyth, Esq. Edward Huggins, Esq.
Thomas Tvringham Bernard, William Champion Jones,
Esq., ma. Esq.
John
amWme.oilryu,rEmsects.ter, Esq. James Laming, Esq.
Willi John Henry Lance, Esq.
d &Mee Andrew Durham, Esq. William Lee, Esq., M.P.
John Fleming, Bag' William Nicol, Esq., M.P.
GENERAL MANAGER—WiIIiam Mliewan, Esq.
At the Half-yearly Meetinof Proprietors, held on Thurs-
day, the 2d August, 1860. at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-
street, the-following Report, for the half-year ending 30th
June, 1860 Was read by the Secretary.
WILLIAM CHAMPION JONES, Esq., in the Chair.
_ REPORT.

The Directors have the satisfaction to submit to the Pro-
prietors the Accounts of the Bank for the half-year terminated
on the 30th of June last.
It will be found that, after making full provision for bad
and doubtful debts, the payment of current expenses, interest
to customers, income tax, and rebate on bills not due, and
providing the usual Midsummer dividend of 5 per cent. for the
half-year, there remains a surplus of £8,708 19s. 7d. to be
carried forward to Profit and Loss New Account.'
The dividend will be payable on and after Monday, the 13th
instant.
BALANCE SHEET OP THE LONDON AND COUNTY
BANKING COMPANY, 30th June, 1860.
DR. • •

To Capital paid-up , X.,500,000 0 0
Reserve fund llO,OOO 0 0
Amount due by the Bank for Customers'
Balances, Szo
Profit and loss balance -
brought from last account. L 6,065 711
Gross profit for the half year
after making provision for
bad and doubtful debts .. 112,277 10 10

5,366,127 7 11

118,342 18 9

£6,094,470 • 6 8

CR.
By cash on hand at head office
and Branches 2654,20 0 18 10
Cash placed at call and at no-
tice .

892,845 4 11

Irvestments-;:viz. :
Government and Guaranteed
Stocks
Other stocks and Securities

1,447,136 3 9

Discounted Bills, Notes, and.
temporary advances to Cus-
tomers in town and coun
trY 3
Advances to Customers on ,489;186 11 4
special securities

623,811 9 7

Freehold premises in Lombard-street and 3,872,498 7 4
Nicholas-lane,. freehold and leasehold
property at the Branches, with fixtures
and fittings
Interest paid to Customers
Salaries and all other expenses at Head
Office and Branches, including income tax
on profits and salaries

76,569 2 11
26,171 8 2

48,284 14 11