The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-03 00:00:00

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tIOAIME.ROIAL i?.4IIELLIGENCE,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.
In the general Discount Market the preparations .
made to meet the engagements due on the 4th of
the month have caused rather more firmness in the
rat" demanded for accommodation, first-class short-
dated
Stock
'ated Paper not being taken under per cent. On
h
Exchange loans on Government Securities
irom day to day are obtainable as low as 1 per cent.
At a general meeting of the Bank of British
'North America, held to-clay, the report of the
directors stated that, in conformity with their usual
Practice at this period of the year, the directors had
examined the accounts of the bank up to the latest
dates received ; and upon the probable results of the
Year's accounts they had declared the usual half-
Yearly dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per an-
num, free of income tax.
The agent general for the Government of South
Australia has given notice that tenders for bonds,
tos the amount of £140,500, will be received at the
South Australian Banking Company's offices, 54,
Old Broad-street, up to noon of Tuesday,.loth inst.,
when the tenders will be publicly opened, and the
minimum declared. Should the tenders exceed the
amount required a pro rata distribution will be made.
The
and
tto,run (5
bonds are to be issued in sums of £l,OOO, £5OO,
£lOO each, having from thirty to forty-one years
per cent. to be paid on allotment, and the
ulaiance on the 7th January, 1868), and bearing in-
terest at the rate of 6 per cent., payable in London
b 7 Coupons on the Ist July and Ist January in each
Year. The money is required to carry out the ob-
jects of the Main Roads Construction Act, and the
port Wakefield Tramway Loan Act. The bonded
debt of
South Australia (including the present
i'sBues) amounts to £1,168,100, and is secured on
the general revenue, which last year was nearly
equal to the total indebtedness of the state.
At the bullion office of the Bank of England
Yesterday there was a withdrawal of £59,000 in
bar gold, and 2,000 sovereigns for Egypt, and
£lO,OOO was received from Lisbon. Annexed are
the latest prices of bullion :—Bar gold, 775. 9jd.
Per oz., standard ; do., parting, 783., do. ; Doub-
loons, Spanish, 755. 6d. to 765. per oz. ; do., Mexi-
can and South American, 735. 9d. do. ; United
States Eagles, 765. 3id. do. ; bar silver, ss. Old. jd.
Per oz., standard (scarce) ; do., containing gold
(5 gr. and upwards), ss. ld. do. ; dollars, Mexican,
ls• 10-id. to 11d. per oz. (scarce) ; cake silver, 53.
Bid. do.
Mr. G. Moffat, M.P., and Mr. C. Oppenheim
waited on the
principal bankers to solicit their sup-
Port for the sufferers by the West India hurricane,
and the following sums were at once subscribed :
Glyn, Mills, and Co., £lOO ; Robarts, Lubbock,
and Co., £lOO ; Barnett, Hoare, and Co., £lOO ;
IlarelaY, Bevan, and Co., £lOO ; Alexander, Cun-
liffe' and Co., £lOO ; Martin and Co., £lOO ; Smith,
adoo
aYne, and Smith, £lOO ; and Matthieson and Co.,
A despatch has been received from Trieste, dated
the
evening of the 29th ult., stating that the Greek
Government will allow a portion of the customs'
d„,llties of Syria and Calamata to be hypothecated
"'t a guarantee to the old bondholders for the in-
Pvet and sinking fund on the new £1,000,000
arrangement
per Cent. Stock, to be created by virtue of the
of debts of 1824-5.
%The Imperial Ottoman Bank have announced
18eGrumbers of the bonds of the Ottoman loan of
18,3) and of the Ottoman Six per Cent. Loan of
oaruo, drawn on 21st ult., and which are payable at
On Ist January next, on presentation at their
ulre..,es, 4, Bank-buildings.
-the last day for receiving applications at par for
shares in the Anglo-Argentine Company is fixed for
andaY next, the 9th inst., for London. Foreign
ith country applications will be received up to
llrklay, the 12th inst.
at.l the last fcw days there has been very little
elination exhibited in the markets for foreign and
b Produce, although prices generally have
Bilee,a well sustained. Sugar has been inactive, only
rat qualities of West India supported former
es' Fine qualities of Plantation Ceylon coffee
have brought full values ; while in cocoa, rice, fruit,
rll spices there has been no material alteration.
has been dull, and quotations for present
, forward delivery have shown a slight depres-
sion,
The
how Honduras Loan is firm at 11 11 prem.
t,„4"ittlitie and Great Witstorn Railway Debon-
" hale risen 1, to 211 221; and the Consolidated
Mortgage Bonds to 19k 20.

Two o'CLocx.
te4at the meeting held to-day of the London Char-
lore' Bank of Australia the abstract of profit and
To account at 30th June, 1867, was as follows :
dividend proposed to be paid, viz., 4 per cent. on
p°
141,;uP capital for half-year ending 30th June,
8,4
(free of income tax), £40,000 ; amount pro-
"°2ed to be carried to the reserve fund this half-
Oelar' ",000; amount proposed to be carried to the
building fund this half year, £2,000 ; bal. to
iielt half-year, £10,338 6s. ld--total, £57,338 6s. ld.
xiY. balance carried over, as per last report,
0'570 158. 10d. Balance of profit and loss in
,11;11don and in the colonies for half-year ending 30th
C 0,11% 1867, after deducting current expenses, in-
fume-tax, and making provision for bad and doubt-
debts, £46,767 10s. 3d. Total, £57,338 6s. ld.
Y balance brought down, £10,338 6s. Id.
li,lving to the influence of the account Consols,
Threes, and Reduced are flat, stock having
fornle to market. The first-mentioned are now 931
:iiira°acY and the account, the settlement of which
commence to-morrow ; for the January liqui-
vatino the price is 93 5-16ths 7-16ths. There is
:ry little
speculation in progress, and the attention
4einvestors has to some extent been diverted by
17
7,,l3lropostas for the employment of capital.
Dutchland has arrived from New York with
TO3OO for England and about £19,300 for France.
NI,Z Sumatra, from Alexandria, has also arrived, as
as the City of Baltimore, Sidon, Java, and the
but the amount of specie is not yet known.
he XeYr Threes are 92*s 3 ; Reduced Annui-
t 93 2* 3* 2i ; Exchequer Bills, 28s. prem ;
13:14 Stock, 2441 ; India ditto, 223 225 ; ditto 5
ditrtegtitt, 1124 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 1001 1 ; and
5i per Cents. (1879) 1091
1°
ef 11)1 the Foreign Stock Market a moderate amount
tmusiness has been transacted, and prices rather
pa.—er• Greek have advanced 1, to 1314 ; Spanish
Co 11, to 25; 26 ; and ditto New 5 per Cents.,
takt t° 358 36k; while a fall of per cent. has
Arn;ll Place in Italian, to 461 ; Mexican remain
Loan at 16* I ; and Turkish at 321 1 ; Egyptian
1,11 scrip remains firm at 1 11 prem.
tioa r *reign and Colonial lines show little varia-
I/14k of importance. Great Luxembourg are
141 :(191, South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian
.111 a,
4, East Indian 1121, and Great Indian Pen-
-10 1103.
111;71:tnk sharesare inactive. London and West-
Lou, er, however, have improved to 70i, Union of
htd`-'l3o
Anto 3521, Imperial Ottoman are marked 3i,
Ati,gl°EgYptian 16; 17.
littlee"aneous and Finance shares exhibit very
,Qady
animation, and quotations generally remain

American
Stvt SCClllitieS are still very steady. United
Li. " 6-20 Bonds are higher, at 711 ; and
at 891 901 ; but Erie Shares show no
oration, at 48 1
lAA firmer tone has prevailed in the Railway Share
et, and several of the principal lines exhibit a
i'l\c?vcrY front the late depression. Caledonian and
61-reto,politan have each advanced 11 ; Midland, ;
L._44 ziorthern and South Eastern each ; and
Ca'acashirc and Yorkshire, Brighton, London, Chat-
tn', and Dover, and North Western, each
"-Ile following are some of the latest quo-
qricns since the issue of the official list :
tliics:attlitoteo:::: elssot29;rins,
3_4.; 44k ; Leeds, 122,t 123 / ;
iVrc. dons, 113 i 114/ ; Midland, 1114 112 ;
Caledonians,
Aa s, 181 194; Great Northern, 1061 107 ; ditto
73/ 731- ; Cha-
-101 ; Metropolitan, 17,-; South
nt ern' ; Sheffield, 47 471 ; North Eastern
.—erwick
), 99 100 ; ditto (York), 931 941 ; North
"'ash 321 331; Great Eastern, 30k 304.