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

MONEY MARKET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

India Stock, 108 per Cent., April, 1874, 2071 ;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 112 ; ditto 4 per
Cent., Oct., 1888, —; ditto Enfaced Paper, 4
per Cent., 928 ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO, 16 prem.
In the Foreign Market Horduras Railway Loan
are 83 to 84 ex coupon ; Argentine Six per Cents.,
731 to 79/ ; Brazilian of 1865, 831 to 84/ ; Dana,
biau Eight per Cents., 83 to 89 ex div. ; Egyptian
Nine per Cents., 951 to 96i ex div. ; ditto Viceroy
7 per Cents., 821 to 831 ; ditto 7 per Ct.nts. of
1868, 791 to 80* ; Italian Five per Cents., 541
to 54fr ex div. ; Mexican, 12. to 121 ; Peruvian,
1865, 771 to 771 ex all ; Portuguese Three per
Cents. of 1867, 331 to 341 ; Russian Five per Ceut.
Orel Vitebsk, 80i- to 81k; ditto Four per Cent.
Nicolas, 651 to 66/ ; ditto illwcow Jaroslaw, 79} to
89 : ditto Charkof-Azof, 794 to 8.)/ ; Spanish New
Three per Cents , 28 9-16 to 28 11-16 ; Turkish
Fives, 451 to 45i.
Railway Shares arc inactive. Caledonian, 794
to 798 ; Great Eastern, 38/ to 39 ; Great Not them,
107 to 108 ; Great Northern A Stock, 107 to
1071 ; Great Western, 50* to 511 ; Grand Trunk
of Canada, 15/ to 151 ; ditto Fourth Preference, •
181 to 18/ ; Great Western of Canada, 151 to 16 ;
London and Brighton, 441 to 45 ; London and
North Western, 118* to 1191 ; London, Chatham,
and Dover, 17 to 17/.

Bank Shares fairly maintained yesterday's prices,
and the only change in the Miscellaneous Market is
a rise of in Telegraph Construction, and in
French Atlantic shares.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
0 per Cent. Consols
Ditto for Account, July 7
New 3 per Cent
Now 2} per Cent. Jan. 1894
Do. 5 per Con Jan. 1873
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1881, —
Do. for 30 yrs expire sth April 1885 --
Do (Red Sea Televaph), Aug., IPOB —
Exchequ:tr Bills, £l,OOO, 24 p. (t. March pm
Do. 3 do. June 6
Do £lOO, £2OO Sr £5OO 2
Bank of England Stock, 41, per Cent
Da. opening
Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds
Inter-Colonial ()tumuli'
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
India Stock, 101 per Cont., April 1874 2071
Do. Opening, for Account —
Do. b tier Cent..fuly, 1880
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates —
Du. Enlaced Pape, 4 per Cent...., 921
Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 _ —
Do. 5} per Cent. May 1879 —
D../ 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872 —
Do do 1877 —
Do. do. 1882 —
.0.3. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO
Do. under .£l,OOO
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent ... .
luitrian Bonds 5 per cent
Do. 1859 —
Brazilian 5 per Cent —
Do. 4* per Cent. 1852 —
Do. do 1858....
Do. uu. 1860
Do. do., 1863 7O

Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 —
Do Account B3i 4
B .enos Ayres 6 per Cent.
Do 2 per Cont. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
Cu3s, 6 per Cent. ,.••
C titian 6 per Cent —
Do. ii per Cent. 72

Do. 3per Cent~
Do. 6 per cent. 1867 —
Do. 7 per Cent., 1866
0 lo nbiau, 6 per Cent.
Danish, 3 per Cent., 1825 —
Danubian Principalities, 7 per Cent BOl
Do 8 per Cont., 1867 —
quador New. Consolidated, 1 per Cent,
t,uptian, 7 per Cent —
Zia Second Issue
Do. .Eisol, Bonds —
Do. XlOO Bonds ..... 86i

1864

Do. Account
Do. £6OO Bonds —
Do. 410 C Bonds —
Do. 7 per Cent., 1868
liorornumnt _Fail wav Debentures 9B}
Groei 5 per Cont., 1824 5, ex Coups —
Do. Account

-Do. Coupons
Do. Account
%11fttornala 5 per Cent .. _
Ifonduras Gov Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., all pd 83}
It iiian 5 por Cent., 1865
Do. Account ~ B2;
..Do Maremmana Railway ............
,44xieztr. 3 per Cent —
Ditto fcr Account
Dn. 1864 —
Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French -
Laontevitlvan 6 per Cent •. —
4i ocrish Imperial 5 per Cent
oe* Granada —
Do 3 per Oen —
Deferred
'o:nyian 5 per Cent. 1865
00 Account
D° 4f
i per Cent. (llTl;barren)
Dc) 4 per Cent., 1862 ..11 ^
0 Account mmummuutilifts "^

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
The sum of £40,000 in gold was taken to the
Bank yesterday.
The Hermann, from New York, has brought
£16,512, and the City of Brooklyn £45,000.,
The Lancashire markets this week have opened
without improvement.
The estimate furnished to the House of Commons
that the cost to the Government of taking over the
telegraph system of the United Kingdom will be
£6,750,000, and that after paying interest on this
sum a surplus revenue of £77,000 will be realised,
even during the first year, harmonised with the ex-
pectations generally current, has been favourably
received. Considering the extent of the arrange-
ments to be made, and the fact that under them the
telegraphic facilities of the country will at once be
doubled, the intimation that the transfer will pro-
bably be brought into complete operation on the
Ist of January next is also regarded with satisfac-
tion.

According to the official returns the total ship-
ments of sherry from the Bay of Cadiz reached for
the six months ended the 30th of June to 39,536
butts, against 37,217 in 1868.
The New York advices mention that the Depart-
ment of Agriculture of the United States has iaued
its report for May and June, " presenting, on the
whole, a favourable prospect."
The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed
Friday next a special settling day in the Provisional
Certificates of the new £lO shares of the Agra
Bank (Limited), which are to be marked in the
official list.
The Metropolitan Railway traffic return shows
this week an increase of £3,036 over last year; the
Glasgow and South-Western an increase of £640 ;
and the Great Luxembourg an increase of £2,073.
With reference to the Great Western Railway of
Canada, it is notified that, after deducting loss by
exchange, proportion of interest charges, &c., the
net profit for the four months to the 31st of May
is $114,597.67 compared with $90,740.87 in the
corresponding period last year.
At the meeting of the shareholders of the Colo-
nial Bank, a dividend of 6 per cent. was declared
for the half-year, in addition to an " extraordi-
nary" dividend of 1 per cent.
At a meeting of Hodges' Distillery Company
(Limited) it was decided to wind up the undertak-
ing voluntarily.
The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the
Loudon and South African Bank is called for the
11th of November.
The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the
Consolidated Bank (Limited) wil be held on the
16th inst. at Manchester.
The Reversionary Interest Society have declared
a dividend for the year at the rate of 4i per cent.,
clear of income tax.
A petition for the winding up of the Northern
Assam Tea Company (Limited) is to be heard
before the Master of the Rolls on the 17th inst.
A memorandum, dated July 5, from Mr. Francis
L. Davis, the Consul for Venezuela in London, in-
timates that "on and after this date no vessels will
be allowed to clear from the United Kingdom for
the port of Maracaibo, Venezuela, the same having
been closed for importation of foreign goods from
the Bth June last."
Consols rose 1-16 to-day, at 93f 3 for money ;
ditto, for Ac.-;ount, 931 ; Three per Cent. Re-
duced, 92k 3 ; New Tree per Cents, 93i
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 6 prem.; ditto £lOO, £2OO,
and £5OO, 2 prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 4
per Cent., 242 1.