The Sun.
London, England, 1867-06-12 00:00:00

Greek 5 per Conte., 1824-5, ox Coupons 16 151
Do. Account
Do. Coupons
Do. Account

Guatemala 5 or Cent . —
1 alian 5 per Cent 1865
Do, Account
Do. Maremmana Railway —
Mexicar. 3 per Cent l7
Ditto for Account
Dn. 1861 —
Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French —
IL 41 mtevidean 6 per Cent. . . _

Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada —
Do 3 per Con —
Do. Deferr3d
Do Land Warrants (Hectares)
Pe -uvian 5 per Cent 1865
Do Account —
Do 41 per Cent., 1865
Do 41 per Cont. (Uribarron)
Do 41 por Cent., 1862
Do Account
7'ortliguese 3 por Ct.,185:4, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3 431 3
Russian 5 per Cont., 1822, £ St —
Do 41 per Cont. 1850
Do 44 per Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cont., 1859 —
Do 5 por Cent., 1862 B7 64
Do. 5 per Cent., 1864 —
D 3. Anglo-Dutch 1866 864 4
Do. do £6O paid * Pm
iardinian 5 per Cent
Spanish 3 per Cent

Do Acc,init
Do New Dotelied
Do. Account
Do Passive 2:f 5}
_ 254.

Do Acc rant 2si
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded l4i i
Do Account
S wedish 4 per Cent. —
Do. Scrip, .£6O paid
Uurkish 6 per Cent. 1854 —
Do. Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858
Do. Account
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent. 1862
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds 6l
Do. 1863

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Do. 5 por Cent, 1865 Mt 1.
Do. Account, Juno 14
Do. 6 per Cent., 1865
Dividends on the above payable in Loudon.
Austrian, n par Cent. Ex, 10 Florins
Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 2.4 per Cont. Ex. 12 GO,
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ....
French Rentes, 3 per Cont., Ex. 25f. —
Italian 3 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 2sf.
Do. Account
THREE O'CLOCK.

Consols, Money 941 i
Do. Account

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET--This Day.

The market opens with a better tone. Sales
probably 10,000 bales.

DUTY ON FIRE INSURANCE.

The Parliamentary Return of the Fire Insurance Duty
paid in 1866 has just b,-en published, and, with the excep-
tion of a few outstanding amounts, consists entirely of duty
at the reduced rate of ls. 6d. per cent.

As it is interesting to observe the effect which the recent
reduction of the Fire Duty may have had in stimulating
an increase of Fire Insurances, we have made up an ac-
count for the two years, as though the duty had been at
the reduced rate all along. We thus get a measure of the
progress of each company during the past year, and the
result is as follows:

Increase in 1866 over 1865.
North British and Mer-
cantile £5,803
Royal
Alliance 3,263
Sun 2,995
London and Lancashire 2,950
Liverpool and London
and Globe
Scottish Commercial 2,109
imperial 2,085
County
Western and Albert

London &Southwark £370
Scottish Provincial 358
Caledonian
Kent 225
Hercules
Hand-in-Hand
Birmingham Alliance 172
Manchester
Provincial
Salop
Church of England
National of Ireland
Notts and Derby 93
Emperor
Royal Farmers
Scottish National
Midland Counties 63
Shropshire & North
Wales
Essex and Suffolk 47
Norwich Equitable
Netherlands
Oldham ... 1

(Amalgamated) 1,774
Northern
Phomix 1,696

Law
Westminster 1,624
-Royal Exchange
European
Norwich Union
Scottish Union 1,091
Commercial Union
London
West of England 985
Lancashire and Bir-
mingham (Amalgd.) 963
General .. 9ll
Law Union
Guardian
Atlas
Yorkshire
Scottish 6Ol
Union 495
Queen 487

Total £55,770
Decrewe.
Preserver
.£ll
Patriotic
Empire and City and
County & Friend-
in-Need (Amalga-
mated) 135
Rome and Colonial 193

Total

While the increases shown above in certain cases—as,
for instance, those of the North British and Mercantile and
of the Royal—have boon remarkable, yet the net increase
(X 55,209) can hardly be said to bo adequate to the expec-
tations of Fire Insurances entertained by many as the re-
sult of the reduction of the Fire Duty.