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

ASSETS. CR.
133' investments in Government Stocks,
viz., New Three per Cents., and Three
irs per Cent. Reduced £104,457 18 2
cash in bank, at Bank of England, and
at call
BY bills
secu-
rities 2,884,879 19 2
discounted, loans, and other seen-
,
-51 bank premises, London (Thread-
needle-street and Fenchurch-street)
1337 Current expenses, London and Man-
chester 13,191 7 1

£3,920,811 12 10
PROFIT AND Loss ACCOUNT.
ir
0 current expenses London and Man-
Chester, income tax, &c.
To rebate of interest on bills discounted,
rn not yet due 7,779 6 7
" proposed payment of interest to
Shareholders at 5 per cent. per annum,
viz. :
Oe 150,000 old Shares £1 paid, six
r, Innuths' interest 15,000 0 0
ve 50,000 new Shares £2 paid, interest
f.,.1;0131 due date of instalments to 31st
4-'ecernber, 1866 L4SB 6 8
To reserve fund 6,550 6 10
balance carried forward to next
account

CR £53,086 14 5
133' balanco of gross profits brought down £53,086 14 5

£53,086 14 5
Examined and found correct,
• DAVID CHADWICK (Chadwick,'
Adamson, and Co.)
WILLIAM' COOPER (Cooper, , Auditors.
Bros., and Co.)
tL The notice convening the Meeting having been read by
"e
sheet having Been an
ta d the
ken as preceread,ding Report and balance-
It was resolved unanimously—
That the report be received and adopted, and that the
8",?3 be printed and circulated among the Shareholders.
l'hat Messrs. James A. Bannerman Frederick A. Han-
.e3-1 John P. Kennard, and W. Smith, who retire by rota-
'len from the Board of Directors, be and are hereby re
elected Directors of the Company.
I'That Messrs. David Chadwick and William Cooper be
e-elected as Auditors of the Company.
That a payment of interest to Shareholders for the half-
,'eLat. ending 31st December, 1866, be now declared at the
4,0 of 5
per cent. per annum, free from income tax, and
PaYable on the Ist February next.
That the thanks of the Proprietors be given to the Chair-
to the affa and tirhes Board of Directors for their zealous attention
of the Bank.

Extracted from the minutes. A. TURNER, Chairman.
T. J. 52, Threadneedle-street, E.C., Jan. 24,R
AGA, Sec rotary.
1867.

THE CONSOLIDATED BANK
(Limited).
Subscribed C apital ..... £2,000,000.
CHAIAN.
JOHN PEMBERTONRM HEYWOOD Est., London and Liverpool.
DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN.
JAMES ASPINALL TURNER, ESC! Manchester City Office-52, Threadueedle-s•treet. •
Charing-cross Branch-450, West Strand.
Manchester Office-46, Pall-mall, Manchester.
Current Accounts will be kept in London on the terms
l'uling 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 cent. 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,
America.

By Order.

T. J. AGAR, Secretary.

CONTRACT FOR SOUTH-WESTERS.
' CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY.
Somerset House, 19th January, 1867.
RE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
I
'TED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and 1RE-
k;4,11121 do hereby Give Notice, that on MONDAY, the 4th
r„,,eirliarY next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, they will be
t-441' to treat with such persons as may be willing to Con-
tract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Vic-
11311ing Stores at Deptford all such quantities of
SOUTH-WESTERS
InaY from time to time bo demanded under a Contract,
°r Twelve Calendar Months certain, and further until the
expiration of Three Calendar Months' warning.
tjhe Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty reserve to
nemselves an
unlimited
power of selection in accepting
the Tenders.
f N 0 Tender will be received unless made on the printed
:rat provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained
aPPlication in the Lobby of the Depattment of the Con-
ther°ll"ef Victuallin Admiralty, Someet House where
Conditions of theg, Contract and a pattersrn South -Wester
4,12' be seen.
th-°lO Tender will be received after 12 o'clock at noon on
tehe,'laY of treaty ; and it will not be required that the party
13m-ce cring, or an agent on his behalf, should attend at the
Leri en the day of Contract, as the result of the offer re-
ilved from each person will be communicated to him and
Proposed sureties in writing.
v,ery Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
_,Tenderly, and bear in the left-hand corner the words
offor South-Westers," and must also be delivered
Inat,_th.e Department of the Controller of Victualling,
iratty, Somerset House, signed by two responsible per-
inns' engaging to become bound with the person tenderin
tractg
the sum of £lOO for the due performance of the Con-
.

By order, ANTONIO BRADY, __.
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.
13ROVEDENCE ROW
FOR NIGHT REFUGE,
HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN,
14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.C.
Sixty Thousand Nights Lodgings, with and
Suppers
Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the 'destitute, -Who otherwise would have had to pass the
tights in the bleak streets or under railway arches.
At Present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
!Il3reakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The poor
ota all parts are admitted, the only condition being that
!ec"3" are homeless and starving. The Hewer &c.,
eese iv no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand-
-1
'r i
,13g th provision made by each
ght numbers of young women,the children,PoorHouse s,
and orphans
ItLlr', for want accommodation, refused admittance, andhave
11:te° %-)7ld night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To
et this evil, and to provide more ample aernmmoda-
`l°ll, .C 2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the
Besides
a sure of at least .£l,OOO more will be required.
. Providing shelter for the homeless, this year it
r:SIs Proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur-
e will allow, to give bread and coals to poor families
~ lirailt• Will you, in your charity, holp to carry on and
--eornplish -what has been begun ? Will you help to give
ftB:shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really
cring ? The smallest donation will be most welcome,
be. 2 night and morning, tbe prayers of the destitute will
c',tred in Your behalf.
151, -,SCRIPTIONS are earnestly request4d, and will be till. t9fllllY received by;the Rev. 1). GMBIga. D.R,INo: 22, rulsbul7-citrows ECI
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