The Sun.
London, England, 1869-07-05 00:00:00

CALLAGHAN'S OPERA, RACE, and FIELD
G LASSES,' of Matchless quality-.
2:3A, NEW BOND-STREET (corner of Conduit-street).

N.B.—Sole Agent to Voigtlander, Vienna.

CITY OF LONDON BONDS.
METROPOLITAN MEAT AND POULTRY MARKET

(SITE AND APPROACHES).
£234,000.
. ._ __ _

The undersigned is directed by the Finance Committee
of the Corporation of Lon ion, acting under an orchr of the
Cuurt of Common Council of the 17th of June, 180, to
DISPOSE OF CITY BONDS to the above amount, for
the purpose of completing the purchase of lands and the
execution of works connected with the Site and Approaches
(other than the Western Approach, called Charter-house-
street), of the Metropolitan Meat and Poultry Market at
Smithfield.

The Bonds will be issued, at par, under the common
seal of the Corporation, for sums of £l,OOO, £5OO, or £lOO
respectively, for a period of nine years, and bearing in-
terest, payable half-yearly by means of coupons, at the
Bank of England. at the rate of £1 ss. per cent. per
annum.
Security. The Bonds, principal and interest, will be
paid out of the moneys to be received by the Corporation
horn the rents and other paymr uts of the tenants of the
said Market (subject to existing charges); and in the
event of those funds proving insufficient, then out of the
general revenues of the Corporation.
Thirties desiring to tender for any of the said Bonds
must make application at the Bank of England (Private
Drawing Office), in the form annexed ; such applications
to be accompanied by a payment or remittance to the said
Bank of 10 per cent. upon the amount applied for. Appli-
cations will not be received later than three o'clock on
WEDNESDAY, the 7th of July instant.
Allotments will take place at this Office by J. T. Bed-
ford, Esq., the Chairman of the above Committee, with
the undersigned, on Friday, the 9th of July ; and in the
event of an amount greater than the sum of £234,000 being
offered, a rateable allotment (not less than £lOO in any
case) will be made to each applicant.
No application for a greater sum than £50,000 will be
received from any individual or firm.
The balance of the amount allotted must be paid at this
Office not later than Friday, the 23d July instant ; upon
payment of the balance Scrip Receipts will be issued to
parties producing their Letters of Allotment and Bank of
England Deposit Receipts; such Scrip Receipts will be
exchanged for Bonds, so soon as they shall have been pre-
pared and sealed by the Court of Common Council.
Interest will commence from the dates of payment in
full respectively.
Printed Forms of Application will bo furnished at this
Office and at the Bank of England,

BENJAMIN SCOTT, Chamberlain.
Chamber of London, Guildhall, July 2, 1869.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
LOAN £231,000.

METROPOLITAN MEAT AND POULTRY MARKEP

(SITE AND APPROACHES).
To the Chamberlain of the City of London.
Sir, —I hereby tender the sum of Pounds
by way of Deposit of 10 per cent, upon the sum of
Pounds, on account of the Loan of £234,000 to be
raised by the Corporati ,n of London for completing the
purchase of Lands and the execution of Works connected
with the Site and Approaches (other than the Western
Approach, called Charterhouse-street) of the Metropolitan
Meat and Poultry Market at Smithfield ; and I request
that City Bonds may be delivered to me, or to my order, in
respect theteof, in accordance with the announcement in
respect of the said Loan, which has been made public,
viz.:--

[lf Bonds of par- -- Bonds for £l.OOO each
ticular amounts ara Bonds for £5OO each —.—
required, here are -
details.]

Total £

Name in full
Address in full
Quality or description
Dated this day of , 1869.

BRITANNIA FIRE ASSOCIATION
Tfead Offices, 429, Strand, London.
The distinguishing features of this Association are
tquitable Rates,
Undoubt( d Security.
Prompt sttli.mic.nt of claim?.
JOIIN MESSENT, Manager.

MUTUAL ASSURANCE without MUTUAL LIABILITY.
lON-FORF ITUR E POLICIES by a LIMITED NUMB FR
of PAYMENT. PROFITS may be APPLIED so as to make
POLICIES PAYABLE in LIFETIM E.
BRITISHEQUITABLE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
4, Queen-street-place, Southwark Bridge, E.C,,
NEW POLICIES ISSUED.
New Policies
In Weeks. issued.
1Q(18 3 86 —514,250
3809 3 ... 108 1e,481

Excess
In 52 weeks ending April 7th, 1-G9

22 £4,231
3,105 -£539,442