The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-25 00:00:00

ASSETS. By investments in Government Stocks, CR.
viz., New Three per Cents., and Three
Per Cent. duced £
cash in banRe
k, at Bank of England, and £104,457 18 2
at call
-u3' bills discounted, loans, and other seen-
, rities
2,884,879 19 2
-u3r
ilee bank premises, London (Thread,
b dle-street and Fenchurch-street)
'Y current expenses, London and Man-
chester

727,510 3 5

190,722 5 0

13,191 7 1

£3,920,811 12 10
PROFIT AND Loss ACCOUNT.
Totlii-
current expenses London and Man-
nr, l'lcster, income tax, &c.
-J-0 rebate of interest on bills discounted,
Toot Yet due 7,779 6 7
Shareproposed payment of interest to
Shareholders at 5 per cent. per annum,
holders
:.....
°4 150,000 old Shares £4 paid, six
of, a:lentils' interest 15,000 0 0
'l 0,000 new Shares £2 paid, interest
0,000
'l` Dedue date of instalments to 31st
1,458
cember, 1866
,--No reserve fund 6,550 6
'0 balance carried forward to next
account

1,458 6 8
6,550 6 10

CR £53,086 14 5
Br
balance
'
of gross profits brought down £53,086 14 5

£53,08614 5
Examined and found correct.,
DAVID CHADWICK (Chadwick,'
Adamson and Co
WILLIAM' COOPER
(Cooper, Auditors.
and C
TL
ue noticeros convening t.) he Meeting having been read by
suZee
et Scretary, and the preceding Report and balance-
having been taken as read,
-11 Was resolved unanimously—
That the report be received and adopted, and that the
same be printed and circulated among the' Shareholders.
That Messrs. James A. Bannerman Frederick A. Han-
t.eY, John P. Kennard, and W. Smith, who retire by rota-
'on from the Board of Directors, be and are hereby re elected Directors of tho Company.
I.e-ele
That Messrs. David Chadwick and William Cooper be
cted as Auditors of the Company.
vnThat payment of interest to Shareholders for the half-
., ar ending 31st December, 1866, be now declared at the
Payable
per cent. February, free from income tax, and
vaYable on the Ist next.
That the thanks of the Proprietors be given to the Chair-
Irian and the Board of Directors for their zealous attention
to the affairs of the Bank.

J. Extracted from the minutes. A. TURNER, Chairman.
T. J. 52, Threadneedle-street, C.,AGAR4 Secretary.
~ Jan. 24, 1867.

THE CONSOLIDATED BANK
(Limited).
Subscribed Capital ...... £2,000,000.
CIRM
JOHN PEMBERHATONAN. HEYWOOD, Est,,
London and Liverpool.
DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN.
JAMES ASPINALL TURNER, Esq. Manchester. City Office-52, Threadneedle
street.
Charing-cross Branch-450, West Strand,
Manchester Office-46, Pall-mall, Manchester.
Current Accounts will be kept in London on the terms
ruling with the Joint Stock Banks In cases where the
balance shall not at any time during the half-year have
been below £5OO, interest at the rate of 2 per dent. per
annum,, Will be allowed on the minimum monthly balances.
Deposits will be received at the current rate of interest.
Letters of Credit issued to all parts of India, Europe,
and America,

By Order

T. J. AGAR, Secretary.

CONTRACT FOR SOUTH-WESTERS.
CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY.
Somerset House, 19th January, 1867.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
l'A Tthe OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
ED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
Fb--'-'"x p do hereby Give Notice, that on MONDAY, the 4th
ldYruary next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, they will be
to treat with such persons as may be willing to Con-
,rect for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Vic-
tnalling Stores at Deptford all such quantities of
SOUTH -WES TERS
" blay from time to time be demanded under a Contract,
for Twelve Calendar Months certain, and further until the
expiration of Three Calendar Months' warning.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty reserve to
themselves an unlimited power of selection in accepting
the Tenders.
. No Tender will be received unless made on the printed
l'il/ono provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained
aPPlication in the Lobby of the Depaztment of the Con-
roler of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House where
the Conditions of the Contract and a pattern South2Wester
41'13' be seen.
tenNo Tender will be received after 12 o'clock at noon on
der day of treaty ; and it will not be required that the party
g, or an agent on his behalf, should attend at the
"Tee on the day of Contract, as the result of the offer re-
.!!e.ivecl from each person will be communicated to him and
Ins proposed sureties in writing.
A ~, very Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
--, ",reiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words
t- Tender for South-Westers," and must also be delivered
A
the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Ad-
.4llralty, Somerset House, signed by two 'responsible Per-
in the engaging to become bound with
In the sum of £lOO for the due ''' -
he person tendering
. performance of the Con-
tract.
By order, ANTONIO BRAY,
Reg'sf.7.-ar of -Contracts and Public Securities.

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VIDENCE ROW
FOR NIGHT REFUGE,
HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN
14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.O. ,
ixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the
destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the
nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches.
At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The poor
from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that
!they aro homeless and starving. The Mansger dm.,
tug
receives no remuneration whatever. Notwitbstand-
the provision made by the Poor Houses, each
oight numbers of young women, chilaren and orphans
are tor want accommodation, refusedadmitiance, andhave
to spend night after night in 'the cold, wet, and sleet. To
meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda
ti°o, .£2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the
r ork a aura of at least £l,OOO more will be quired.
Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it
IS proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the prtr-
Nse will allow, to give bread and coals to poor tanailies
14 Went Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and
tcomplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give
to the really homeless, and food to the really
Ertel.,,lg ? The smallest donation will be most welcome,
no, nigtit and morning, the prayers of the destitute will
be offered in your behalf'. SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be
fr.tsfully received bvithe 1107. D. GILBERT A.D. IN°, 22,
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