The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-02 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET

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TWELVE O'CLOCK.

There is very little inquiry for discount accommo-
dation at the Bank in Lombard street, and in
financial circles generally. The rates remain undis-
turbed, the supplies are daily becoming more exces-
sive, and the bills -on offer continue of moderate
amount.

in the Stock Exchange daily loans on Govern-
ment Securities were negotiated at 21 per cent., with
few borrowers.

At the Bank of England yesterday there was an
influx of £70,000 in gold. 'The silver market is
very quiet, and the prices are steady.
The mail from Guayaquil has brought a remit-
tance of £661 is. 10d. on account of the dividend
on the debt of Ecuador.

The half-yearly meeting of the Bank of New
Zealand was held at Auckland on the 31st October,
when a very favourable report was presented to the
shareholders. Tho total profits for division to the
30th September amounted to £56,067, and a dividend
of 10 per cent. and a bonus of 7s. per share, equal
to 17 per cent. per annum, were declared. This
amounted to £42,500 ; £7,000 was added to the re-
serve fund, and £6,567 was carried to profit and
loss new account. The report was unanimously
adopted, and the usual forms of elocting directors,
&c., terminated the proceedings.
The Northern Assam Tea Company have an-
nounced the payment of the usual guaranteed divi-
dend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum for the
past half-year on the A shares.

Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
have advanced 1, to 51 53, and the Consolidated
Mortgage Bonds are steady at 40 41.

Two O'CLOCK.
The City to-day has presented an extraordinary
appearance. Snow has thinned the attendance at
the Stock Exchange and the other principal
departments of business. Even those who have
been present have had but few commissions to
execute, and the prices of stocks and shares are
almost nominal. The streets are in a most dis-
graceful condition, different altogether from
anything of the kind that would be tolerated
in the principal cities of the Continent. It
is a perfect disgrace to the municipality of
London, who should have taken steps to have pro-
vided labour, and lessen the interruption of the
trade of the metropolis. Even recourse might have
been had to able-bodied paupers, and in addition to
those of the City of London Union, Shoreditch,
Whitechapel, and other outlying parishes. would
have supplied men enough to get the snow in heaps
and facilitate the ordinary traffic. Excessive mud
or excessive snow seem to be matters altogether be-
yond the consideration of the civic authorities. Con-
sols are higher, viz., 90k for money and the pre-
sent account, and 90-1 2. for the February settle-
ment. The New Threes were 89i and the
Reduced Annuities 89k ; Bank of England Stock,
248 250 ; India 5 per Cents., 107 ; ditto 4 per
Cents., 94k.
There is very little animation exhibited in the
Foreign Stock Market, and the variations have been
unimportant. Turkish 5 per Cents. have declined
1., to 31i ; Mexican Stock, to 18 if ; Spanish
Passive, to 21i ; and the New Russian Loan
Scrip, to / prem.
American Securities are steady. United States
5-20's have advanced *, to 72/ 73 ; and Illinois
Shares, have improved 2 to 82
A fair amount of business has been done in the
British Railway Share Market, and prices, in most
instances, show increased firmness. Great Western
and London, Chatham, and Dover have each im-
pro7ed ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, ; Great
Eastern, / ; Great Northern A Stock, North Wes-
tern, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and South
Eastern each £1 ; and Caledonian 1i ; while Mid-
land have declined e.
The Foreign and Colonial lines generally sustain
previous rates. Great Luxembourg are dealt in at
12i ; San Paulo, at 13i ; Grand Trunk of Canada,
at 19/ 20 ; East Indian, at 104} 105 ; and Great
Indian Peninsula, at 1041.
Bank Shares are very quiet, and show little
variation. East London are marked 3 311. ; Imperial
Ottoman, ; Oriental Bank Corporation, 42.
In the Miscellaneous Market a firmer tone pre-
vails. Anglo-American Telegraph have improved to
16 164 ; Hudson's Bay Company, to 16i ;an
Peninsular and Oriental Steam, to 65 ; Atlanticd Telegraph 8 per Cent• are marked 75
CreditFoncier of England, 3i 1-• ; and