The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-17 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGE NCI,

O'CLOCK.
To-morrow being the 18th aTWELVE
large number of
Australian engagements have to be met, and the
necessary provision for them has exercised some
influence in stimulating the demand, and causing a
little more firmness in the terms asked by discounters
int monetary accommodation. The market, how-
ever, is practically unaltered, and in a day or two
even greater easiness is not improbable.
A further influx of gold took place at the Bank
of England yesterday, amounting to £60,000.
Atlantic and Great 'Western Railway Debentures
have advanced 1, to 311 321, and the Consolidated
Mortgage Bonds remain firm at 22 221.
BAt the meeting !geld to-day of the Chartered
Bank of India, Australia, and China, the report
submitted stated that the operations for the year
ending
December 31 last showed a net profit
amounting
to £97,028. This result the directors
deemed satisfactory{,considering the long con-
tinuance of the late crisis, with its depressingin-
fluenee on every branch of Eastern business. That
crisis not only led to more failures, but seriously
Prejudiced the realisation of the bank's claims on the
estates of firms which had previously suspended pay-
ment,especiallythose connected with Bombay. Under
these circumstances the directors, after instituting a
fresh careful revision of all bad and doubtful debts,
calculated up to the present time, have considered
thoir duty to write off the sum of £68,332 14s. Bd.
from profit and loss account, to be met in great part
b_ y the earnings of the year, but necessitating the
further transfer of £lO,OOO from the reserve fund,
whiell now only stands at as much more. The
directors believe that the crisis in the East is now
bann end, and knowing the excellent position of the
k, and that its capital is quite intact, have no
hesitation in recommending the shareholders to de-
Dclare a dividend for the half-year ended on the 31st
ecember last, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum,
free of in
1 eorae_tax, which will leave the sum cf
£,131 188. 9d. to be carried forward.

A Two o'CLoca.
ga)) the According to Reuter's telegram from Paris to-
French Rente,s were 66.60. Heavy.
sole At the close of business yesterday afternoon Con-
weredo per cent. lower, and the remain at that
eeliae, being 90f y
for transfer as well as for the
in re
account' This depression nu occasioned by sales
roan This
of profits after the previous advance,
and the receipt of reduced prices from the Paris
Zoluree, and which were supposed to possess politi-
the Biguificance. Despite this temporary relapse in
exhibitvalue of the Funds, the ket to
considerable strengthmar
. The Newcontinues
Threes
andl, Reduced Annuities are 894 ;
Exchequer Bills
Prera ; lndia Stock Bank of England Stock, 251 253 ;
, 219 ; ditto 5 per Cents., 1094 110 ;
and ditto Bonds, 495. to 525. prem.
111 the
than Foreign Department of the Stock Ex-
_,Cclittgede there has been less firmness. Greek have
13,! and
to 124 13, Spanish Certificates 4, to 121
, _Russian Scrip 4, to 2 14 dis. ex div. ; while
kexican
c have advanced to 151 1, and Italian
K°lltilitie at 48 4, Spanish Passive 20 4, and Turkish
Per Cents at 27 4. Chilian and Danubian Scrip
are at nominal quotations.
Th dealings in the Railway Share Market have
been Lave
to a fair extent, but in several instances prices
an
'aye shown a slight further decline. Great Northern
d Metropolitan have each receded 1, Brighton
.I,t_nd South Eastern each
4,
a.ncashire
While
and and Great Western,
Yorkshire, ~
and Midland, each ,
hde Great
im or
Eastern have improved 1.
br variation in
. The Feign and Colonial lines exhibit no mate-
prices. South-Austrian and Lom-
ixpard°-Venetian, are dealt in at 15 154 ; Great
Tv eaten) of Canada, at 134 ; East Indian, at 1074
10g
; and Great Indian Peninsula at 108.
American Securities show little change. Illinois
aireat';ll3wer, at 764 77 ; United States 5-20 Bonds,
Shares
but Erie Shares remain at 374 38.
snllk"A. S remain very quiet. City Bank are
led 124 ; imperial Ottoman 8 8 1-16th ; Mid-
-181 ; and Union of London 42.
eb-ulieeellaneous and Finance Shares show little
Tpainge of importance, with the exception of Atlantic
96 egraPh 8 per Cents., which have declined to 88,i
18 Anglo-American Telegraph are also flat at
h. 18i ; Hudson Bay Company at 16 ; National
elas at 151 Qat Company at 121 ; and City of Moscow
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