The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-24 00:00:00

AMERICAN TRADE AND FINANCE.

Writing on the 10th instant, the Philadelphia
correspondent of the Times says :
The May statement of the public debt of the
United States, published a few days ago, has gene-
rally disappointed the country. Instead of an in-
crease of the debt of $5,000,000 during April, a
decrease was confidently expected ; and telegrams
from Washington from persons supposed to be in the
secrets of the Treasury, sent before the statement
appeared, predicted that it would show a decrease
ddring April of fully $7,000,000. It is evident, how-
ever, that the day of redemption of the United States
debt has passed by, and that some time must elapse
before the Secretary will find any surplus revenue to
devote to this purpose. The debt on January 1,1867,
amounted to $2,675,062,505 ; on May lit was but
$6,000,000 less ; and there is every prospect that on
January 1, 1868, it will exceed $2,665,000,000, if
it does not reach the amount at which it was re-
ported on last New Year's Day. This unfortunate
condition of affairs—unfortunate because America
had set its heart upon a rapid reduction of the
debt—is owing to the lavish appropriations of the
39th Congress. No legislative body ever assembled
in any country voted away money with more reck-
lessness. The same absurdities that characterised

its politics were prominent in its financing. The
warnings of the Treasury and the complaints of
prudent men of all parties were alike unavail-
ing ; every bill appropriating money went through
with ease, with the single exception of the
appropriation of $1,000,000 for the destitute
people of the South, about which the members,
who had voted away hundreds of millions without
question, higgled and delayed as if it were fraught
with deadly peril to the country. Besides the ordi-
nary expenses of the Government and the interest
on the debt, in themselves nearly $280,000,000 an-
nually, millions were voted for every conceivable
object. The Freedmen's Bureau got several mil-
lions and a dozen political investigating committees
as much more ; ironclad contractors who had vio-
lated their contracts were paid in full ; the Indians
were given enormous sums ; statues were ordered
and pictures bought ; contingent and " deficiency"
appropriations were made almost without num-
ber ; the soldiers were given extra bounty and
the Congressmen extra pay ; the pension list
was almost doubled ; State war claims to large
amounts were paid ; naval vessels wero fitted
out, at heavy expenses, to go on pleasure ex-
cursions with Government officers ; heavy
advertising bills were paid to newspapers for politi-
cal services; the Government credit was loaned to
the banks ; stationery and goods were ordered in
large amounts at extravagant prices. The few
members who endeavoured to warn Congress of the
consequences of this course were silenced by the
" previous question ;" and the result is that until
July 1, 1868, appropriations have been made to an
amount that the revenues of the country for the
same period will scarcely pay ; and, should the
expenditure exceed the receipts, the debt must be
increased rather than diminished. Congress at its
session of 1865-6 voted the appropriations for the
current fiscal year ending July 1, 1867 ; and the
second session of the same Congress, held during
the winter of 1866.7, voted the money for the
next fiscal year, ending July 1, 1868. It has
generally been supposed that Congress was the
guardian of the public money, bnt the 39th reversed
the rule, and spent it at a rate that astonished the
country. The Secretary of the Treasury has him-
self stated lately that on account of these lavish
appropriations it is impossible for him to make any
material reduction in the debt. A diminished re-
venue also contracts his resources. Every species
of Inland Revenue is falling off, and although two
income taxes will appear in this year's returns
the total will fall considerably below the estimates.
Heretofore it has been customary to assess this
tax during May and collect it after the Ist of
July. This was the case last year, but this
year it was assessed on March 1, and is now
being collected, and it will probably all be
paid into the Treasury before July 1. The Inland
Revenue returns for the current fiscal year will
therefore contain the tax on the incomes for two
years, a judicious change to swell the receipts, but
one which will make some future year suffer. The
income tax now being collected it is stated will not
amount to more than one-half or three-fifths that
of last year, a plain indication that the country is
not so prosperous as it once was, and the total inland
revenue returns of the fiscal year to May 4 were
$233,179,040, as compared with $271,335,000 for the
same period last year, a decrease of about one-fifth.
The story of decreasing American prosperity is also
told in another way by the trade returns of the port
of New York from July 1, 1866, to May 1, 1867.
As compared with the previous year, the imports
indicate a less receipt from Customs ; the exports
have fallen off ; and more specie is going out of the
country :

1865-6 1866-7
Imports of merchandise 5212,823,755 ... $210,376,950
Exports of produce 186,372,949 146,013,096
Exports of specie
With regard to the lavish expenditures of the 39th
Congress, one instance—the " equalisation of
bounties bills," more popularly known as
the " extra bounty"—is remarkable. At both
sessions of this Congress, acts were passed
giving bounties to the soldiers of the late
war, proportioned to their terms of service, wounds,
and also to their failure of the receipt of bounties
previously given by the Government or local autho-
rities. It is generally estimated that from 700,000
to 1,000,000 soldiers or their heirs are entitled to
these extra bounties, and that the amount to be
given each will average $2OO. Here is an appropri-
ation large enough to eat up two or three years sur-
plus, yet it was voted at the first session of the Con-
gress in a proviso to an approbriation bill, under the
64previous question," and without the names of the
voters being recorded. The bill of the second ses-
sion passed with great unanimity, and described the
persons entitled to the bounty. To comprehend the
gigantic character of this appropriation it must be
known that in the Paymaster's Department, where
the examination of the claims for this bounty takes
place, 115 paymasters and clerks devote their entire
attention to the business. On the let of May they
had received about 420,000 claims, but had only
been able to examine those filed down to last De-
cember, as they began at the commencement of this
enormous list, and were going regularly through it.
They were also paying at the close of April about
500 of the claims a day, though they were claims
that had been filed last year, and were near the
head of the list. Yet on May lit was thought that
not one half the claims for the extra bounty had
been sent to the Paymaster-General's office. This
appropriation, the amount of which is unascertained,
and may be $100,000,000, or may quite as easily
reach $300,000,000, is a specimen of the style of
money voting in vogue during the last Congress.
So heavy are the expenditures on this account that
it is reported the Secretary of the Treasury is urging
a suspension of these bounty payments for the pre-
sent, for fear their volume may actually necessitate
an increase of the debt.

Her Majesty's 4-gun :screw sloop Nymph, 1,081
tons and 300-horse power engines, supplied by
Messrs. Maudalay, yesterday returned to Woolwich,
having completed her first official trial trip at Map-
liu Sands. Toe officers in attendance from Wool-
wich dockyard were Commander Dillon, in charge
of the Steam Reserve ; Mr. Patridge, assist. chief
engineer and inspector of machinery ; and Mr.
ilenwood, assist. master shipwright. The vessel
has been detained in the river since Monday on ac-
count of the weather, and did not undertake the
trial until Wednesday, and when she commenced
the necessary runs at the measured mile with very
excellent results. The following is the official report :
—l'2 knots per hour, true mean speed; half
power, 11 knots within a fraction ; trevolutions,
98.76 at full speed, and half power 80.75; draught
of water forward 13ft., aft. 17ft. ; water pressure
on steam boilers, 25 to $0 to square inch ; vacuum
in connected condensers, 37 in full power, and 28
half-power. The Nymph is ordered to be out of
the shipwrights' hands at the end of the present
month, when it is expected she will be commissioned
for sea.

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HER MAJESTY, &c•

ABERDEEN, Thursday Night.
Her Majesty, the Royal family, and suite reached
Aberdeen at 10 minutes to 12 this forenoon, and
were received by Baillie William Henderson, act-
ing chief magistrate, Sheriff Thomson, &c. After
a short stay, during which the train was shunted on
to the Deeside R Lilway, the Royal party resumed
their journey, accompanied by several of the direc-
tors and Messrs. Milne and Ferguson, manager and
secretary of the line.
Aboyne was made within the hour, and thence
her Majesty, fond of the Highland scenery, which
here begins to be manifested in all its rugged beauty,
posted to Balmoral. The suite proceeded to Balla"
ter, 11 miles further on, by rail.
Shortly before 3 o'clock the Royal party arrived
at the Castle of Balmoral. Weather cold, and
slight showers of hail falling. Lochnagar still clad
in snow.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh pre-
sided at a meeting of the Executive Committee of
the Central Hall of Arts and Sciences yesterday..
The Duke of Edinburgh, attended by Mr. Haig
and the Hon. Eliot Yorke, left Clarence House for
Paris, en route to Marseilles, and from thence, in
command of her Majesty's ship Galatea, to the
Australian Colonies, via Gibraltar, Madeira, yo.o de
Janeiro, and the Cape of Good Hope.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales accom-
panied the Duke of Edinburgh to the railwaY
station.

Messrs. C. F. Hancock, Son, and Co., of Bruton'
street, have had the honour of submitting to the
inspection of the Queen, at Windsor Castle, the
" Beaufort Cup," lately run for at the Bath Races,
and won by Lord Bateman's horse Moulsey.

We are authorised to state that her Royal High-
ness the Princess Louis of Hesse (Princess Alice
of Great Britain and Ireland) will hold drawing"
rooms on the Queen's behalf at St. James's Palace,
on Saturdays, June the tsth and 15the State concerts
will take place at Buckingham Palace on Wednes-
day, the 12th, and Monday, the 17th of June, and
two state balls will be given at the same Palace
later in the season.
The Duke and Duchess of Wellington (the Os'
tress of the Robes) will give a banquet and small evealegt
party in honour of her Majesty's birthday, to-morrowt
Apsley House.
We are requested to state that the announce'
ment of a contemporary that Lord Henry Lennox gale 16
reunion is not correct.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary and
Prince Teck, attended by Lady Elizabeth Adeane, 31*
Adeane, and party, honoured the Prince of Wales 11
Theatre last evening with their presence.
DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF CHICHESTEIi.---frile,
death is announced of the Countess of Chicester, wife o'
the present earl. Her ladyship, who was born in 1806;
was Lady Mary Brudonell, daughter of the sixth Earl of
Cardigan, and sister 01 the present peer. She was married
to the Earl of Chichester in 1828. Her eldest son is 104
Pelham, M.P. for Lewes.
DEATH OF MR. W. F. BROUGH.—WO (111anches"
ter Courier) regret to announce the death of this gentle-
man, well known to theatre goers in Liverpool, London,
Dublin, and most of the large towns in the United iKing-
dom. He only arrived in Liverpool on Saturday last froa!
New York, and was taken ill on the voyage. He expired
on Tuesday, in the 70th year of his age. Mr. W. F.
Brough was the uncle of the well-known Brothers Broug'i
and of the popular Liverpool comedian, Mr. Lionel Brough*

Naval and Military intelligence.
Yesterday Field Marshal the Duke of Cambridge,
Commanding-in-Chief, visited Aldershot and re:
viewed the troops in garrison there. His Royal
Highness was accompanied by the hereditary Grand
Duke of Mecklenburg, Lieut.-Gen. Lord W. Panlet'
K.C.8., Adjt.-Gen. ; Lieut.-Gen. Sir Hope Grant,
K.C.8., Quartermaster-Gen.; and attended by Col.
R. W. P. Curzon, C. 8., Aide-de-Camp. The ROO'
party travelled from London to Farnborough by the
ordinary train, and arrived on the Long Valley+
escorted by a detachment of Hussars, shortly after
11 o'clock. His Royal Highness was received by the
troops with a Royal salute, the bands playing the
National Anthem. The troops, which were drawn
up in two lines, infantry in front, were then inspected'
After the inspection was over the troops formed 11P
for the march past, and the Royal party having
taken up a position at the saluting point, the variono
regiments marched past, the cavalry and 1303 i
Horse Artillery in open columns of squadrons and
batteries at a walk, and the infantry in open coluncniii
of grand divisions in quick time, in the followine
order :—Staff of the Division: Lieut.-Gen. the Hen;
Sir J. Y. Scarlett, K.C.8., commanding ;Staff 43 31
the Cavalry Brigade, Major-Gen. E. C. Hodge,C3l.
commanding; A and B Batteries, C Brigade, NeY3
Horse Artillery, Col. Pattie, C. 8., and Ist ging' a
Dragoon Guards ; Col. Shute and 4th Royal iris'
Dragood Guards, Col. Drury-Lowe and 17th Lan,
cers, Col. Fitz-Wygram and 13th (The ging'6)l
Hussars; C and II Batteries, 9th Brigade, IteY3
Artillery; B Troop, Royal Engineer Train; Col. 130"
bcrtson and four troops Military Train ; pioneer°'
bands, and drums of Ist Infantry Brigade, Alaint.l
Gen. H. Renny, commanding, one company of 1143.
Engineers, Col. Lacy and 56th (West Essex) Keg,
ment, Col. Evelyn and Ist Royal Surrey Militia, Mari
jor Heathcote and Hampshire Militia, Col. the
of Lovelace and 2d Royal Surrey Militia ; pioneel:
bands, and drums of the 3d Infantry Brigade, 1311,
gadier-Gen. Sir A. H. Horsford, K.C.8., cometl.
ing, Col. Cooper and 70th (the Surrey)Regiment,Cl.
Lord Norreys and the Royal Berks Militia, c? o
Fane, M.P., and Oxfordshire Militia, Major Rie
and 72d (Duke of Albany's Own)
Highiand;
pioneers, bands, and drums of the 2d Infantry OrP.
gade, Major-General G. Campbell, C. 13.9 cnora'
th
mauding, Col. Graham and Ist battalion 10 a
o.
Royal Irish Regiment, Col. Wyatt, C.D., a!lor
65th (2d North Riding) Regiment, and Ytwaijio
Geddes and 44th (East Essex) Regiment. "- ea
Royal Horse Artillery and the cavalry again pasei,
the saluting point atla trot, and the infantry by ,r
gades in quarter-distance column. The pragraln'ot
of the field manoeuvres that followed Was lias
strictly carried out, as, after the march past NvA
concluded, the cavalry and batteries of Horse f':dt
tillery were sent to quarters. The marching PaPto
and the soldierly bearing of the Militia reginlnnej
during the manceuvres were the theme of geneird
admiration, and the Commander-in-Chief was be 1
to express his great satisfaction at the steadi ;ley,
smart appearance of the men. The Long Vit the
was almost unbearable. In consequence of
piercing north wind that prevailed the dust Ito
driven in great clouds, so dense at times 00,
utterly obscure the lines at a few hundred r
ore
distance. Notwithstanding this discomfort, there
was a large number of visitors, among whom lett,
the Belgian Ambassador and party, Lady 605,1. tho
Lord Campbell, &c. At the conclusion eft
movements his Royal Highness and the Stet 'Ai,
the ground for Sir James Scarlett's at Farnbornnb
returning to town by an afternoon train. riopy
The paddlewheel steam sloop Virago, 6, ‘l,,,er.
inander Henry M. Bingham, embarked ontrl'itlifl
numeraries on fuesday, and will sail for Ans aro
as soon as sorw. slight repairs to her machinery
completed.
The following appointments were inadeYestel:dSle
at the Admiralty .—Lieut. W. 11. Henderson
i,buelie,
Crocodile ; Lieut. A. de C. Crawford to the ,Pietit.
rophon ; Lieut. A. P. Douglas to the Virago; P the
F A. Gardiner and Lieut. F. G. Pandas tc:itte.:,
Jumna ; J. E. Scudinore, master, to the Eurphr•
Sub.-Lieut. 11. 11. Wilding to the
G. Deedes, Henry J. Edgar, 4nd Robert C. 14r, 0),
midshipmen, to the Gladiator; John lYasussist.-
surgeon, to the Phoebe ; Robert F. SulYt%
•S.
paymaster, in charge, to the Salamis ; anuto•
to the Duke of Welllub
Lean, assist.- a master
Y be helti in
A second great Reform meeting will
San'tie gor...
St. James's-hall on Saturday evening, Mr.
ley in the chair. The meeting will be addreb.
Giadiatoode,r,
John Stuart Mill, M.P., Mr. A. H. Lay in
Sig
William Schofield, M.P., Mr. Charles Gilpin, -"`1,1
jonies
Jones.
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z")Y MARKET

A ND
COaDIERCIAIi iNTELLIGENOS,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.
With steady arrivals of bullion from Australia
and America, and silver from the East, the money
market is made easier, although there is now more
employment for the balances at command of the
hill-broking community. The rates for first-class
bills ascend from the point of 2 per cent., and in
the Stock Exchange the terms for loans are about
2 per cent.
At the Bank of England there was a further
influx of £32,000 in gold.
The return of the Bank of France for the past
week shows the following changes in comparison
With the former return. The cash in hind has
increased £76,800 ; the notes have decre,ised
b£300,000 ; the Treasury balance £26u,000 ; the
ills discounted £440,000 ; the advances £333,320;
and the private account £160,000.
It is understood that the forthcoming half-yearly
report of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Com-
pany Will not recommend the usual ad interim divi-
dend, the revenue of the company having been very
ConsiderablyCo affected by the almost total cessation
specie shipments to the East, as well as by the
falling off in the general commercial traffic conse-
quent en the crisis of last year. While the receipts
have experienced a diminution, the cost of working
uas been increased by the high rates of coal and
other necessaries.
The statement of Senor Barzanallana, the Spanish
Minister, with regard to his views for the settle-
ment of the various classes of the Passive Debt
dddi.id the Certificate question is expected imme-
°lately to be made to the Cortes, and a telegram
the subject may now be received at any
Moment.
The liquidators of the Scinde, Punjaub, and
tuellai Bank
Corporation have notified a second re-
,,,!rn Of capital to the shareholders of 10s. per share,
1 which the sum of £5 or £lO has been paid.
d„,111 the Foreign and Colonial Produce markets
busing the last few days there has been very little
,‘,llsluess entered into, owing to the absence of many
'',4 the principal brokers, &c., at Epsom Races.
r.„gar) however, has generally maintained steady
114 es) while superior qualities of colonial coffee
Tje found ready buyers at slightly enhanced rates.
public sales of tea have proceeded at steady
v:Tes, but tallow remained inactive, and prices show
downward tendency.
The return from the Bank of England for the
reseek ending the 22d of May gives the following
11,:ti ts When compared with the previous week :
Pubile'a• ... £3,148,367 ... Increase... 42,412
uepPoos
Other °sits •
8,584,864 ... Increase 1,0.00,6521
, its •
17,185,452 Decrease... 327,87
VA the other side of the account :
41°1'111nel:a securities £l2 886 314 ... No change.
Net::l"Uritie3
un 19,122,322 .., Decrease .£136,184_
employed 10,761,515 ... Increase... 863,36£
beiute amount of notes in circulation is £22,771,450,
a decrease of £413,055 ; and the stock of
ail .I°4 in both departments is £19,664,068, showing
b inereaB4 of £418,791 when compared with the
..-receding return.
of Sub
is a comparison of the present position
the
ahj
wit
Bank of England and the price of Consols
rTAgnie 4 the corresponding week of last year, when the
was still raging :
Same week
Nair bulli At present. last year.
11 857,786
on •
£19,664,068 -•
'B3O 865
Notes 111 reserve... • 10,761,515
Rate circulation ... 22,771,450 ... 25,469,570
et discount
..• 10 per cent.
86i
ef Consols 3 per cent. ...
93i••• •..

Two o'CLOCK.
No increase of business can be reported in the
market for the English Funds, but there are steady
transactions, and the tendency of speculative. deal-
`ng is for a further improvement. The improve-
' meat that has already taken place has been const-
4„erable, the public at large again perceiving
'11;e Merits of State securities rather than those
O' coin 'es one year paying extraordinary
pam ,
'idends, and the next nil. Such result is shown
c'n the last report and balance-sheets of many of the
i"oaecial companies and miscellaneous undertak-
gs Of various "kinds. Governmental Sec unties
are therefore sought for, and, notwithstanding the
444 fluctuations, favourable or unfavourable, the
general tendency of values is good ; whatever move-
ment Occurs in other departments of
/the house may
e„: it i 8 satisfactory to notice that our home secu-
-I..Lies are period higher prices than for a considerable
f)i(1. ut it must also be noticed that in the
ic)reirrailway and miscellaneous department the
lallte,.1:4„"on is to advance rather than recede at the
9114
loornent. Consols are 93* h for money, and
for the account, being the same as they were
4erclay afternoon.
91 ,e New Threes and Reduced Annuities are
eerj per Cents., 74 75 ; India 5 per
and 111 , 1 1121 ; ditto Bonds, 555. 58s. prem.,
NOt'4ebequer Bills, 225. prem.
inarkmuch business is officially recorded in the
f
Italianet for Foreign Bonds. With the exception o
• there has which have declined 1 per cent.,
Turkish an been an improvement; Greek, Spanish,.
; 1811 5 per Cents, and Russian Scrip being spe
e‘ally b
latest (111:0Z0. 11s :The following were some of the.
—ltalian 5 per Cents., 51k f ,
71can' 171; Greek Bonds, 14* ; Spanish Passive,
C z ; ditto Certificates, 13i ; and Turkish 5 per
321
In •
13%4 t American Securities very little business has
Stat‘. ransacted. The latest prices are, United
sh: 5-20 Bonds 72*; Illinois 75i 761; and Erie
ttireilea' 391 ; Atlantic and Great Western Deben-
-130418) 2 arel
2 2
28 30 ; and the Consolidated Mortgage
1
tb, •
little e. Railway Share Market there has been very
firra4 do oration, and prices generally show less
each eBs. North Western and Metropolitan have
Treceded 1, Midland and South-Eastern each +,
I,,t4aneashire and Yorkshire 1.
-Foreign and Colonial lines show little change
tluPor tan ce.
exhiabil.,l. Shares are dull, but in a few instances
161- lb greater firmness. Alliance are marked 151
hest London
ninster, 95 ; Joint Stock, 42/. ; London and
11gand Union of London, 41.
and Ltel,°llaneous and Finance Shares are very quiet,
about " few dealings entered into have been at
per Previous quotations. Atlantic Telegraph 8
53Cente• are at 85 871; Royal Mail Steam, at
74 7' 24,1 Viceroy of Egypt's Mortgage Loan, at

ATINING MARKET.

• FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
TiiTell:liairlicasilCchet. to-ay has been
Wales, RetalliieflY mobdeeeranteplyrianceteivoef.
In demand have
Yerton. A Cshiivseirton Moor, and West Chi-
chi ,innezed are the latest prices:—
45
4i.
ohovtietrtou Moor .e.
.k. .. .
44 44
°Liao 4,10 s Gold ...... 24 '35 "I‘Nioarrtkhe CroftyValley
15 15
Ea k' Arnalg,araate 4 45 North Treskorby
_tba.e6;ocaaGsrsate.atootion...Bol ... 15 17
PPrroinvoiedoenf Wales 54s se4ss 0.;1450_683_05d0
t.;,:.st Lovell ...............
-ft —951 South Caradon
ctsc;ttlittr'issell ................. 25 25 West Caradon
o,_- ~ heal Gr@nvilie
..... ___ West Seton
65 70
cOlt Laxey
....... 171 185 West Chiverton
6 65
Great't Remick .
34 45 whealpasset
1175 1221
Wheal Ver:. ..
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171 185 Wheal Seton

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91} 3
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isrew 3 per Cent
74 3
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4 i:). 0 per Cent. Jan. 1873
ilitlit.ies, 30 yrs, expire sth J an. 1880
,eO. ler 30 yrs, expire sth April 'lOBB5 —
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&chequer Bills, .£l,OOO, o cud 4 per ,
22 pm
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22 pm
n Do
£lOO & £2OO
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of England Stock.
IN DI DIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
51 p©r Cent
4.llglan Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 c). Account
D 0.,, 5 per Cent. July, 1880
Do"o. 4 pet. Cent Oct. 1888
a • ',
O. ertificates lllll/ 121
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Do. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent
1031
O. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
_
°. 51 per Cent., May 1879
_
go. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
55 8 pm
.J0.11011(18, 5 per Cent £1 000
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5,5 pru
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