The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-19 00:00:00

OR FLORINS 70,80,11.00 gTOCK.
A-It
.ssers. Baring Brothers,and Co., of London, and Messrs.
f--P° and Co
,of Amsterdam, beg to announce that in con-
it°rlllitY with an ukase of his Majesty the Emperor of
t 1484, and with the instructions of his Excellency the
11. .
lon4ster of Finance, they will receive applications for the
all therein authorised for £6,000,000 or 70,800,000
floriu 8
of Stock bearing 5 per cent. interest, on the fellow-
iAterols and conditions : —Bonds In due form executed
i
sums
't• Petersburg will be issued •in of £lOO or 1,180f1.,
and
484 15s. sterling, or 1,0001, with twenty half-yearly
et ",ideod warrants payable Ist April and Ist October, new
• 3'''; of each year, at the counting houses of Messrs. Bar-
-1114 g Brothers and Co., London, and Messrs. Hope and Co.,
lillatordam, and with an authorisation to claim fresh divi-
ve wrrants 'without charge. The half-yearly dividend
-aranata will be respectively for £2 108. or 29.50f1. on
eoach bond of £lOO or 1,1801 ; and for £2 2s. Gd.
25A• on each bond of £B4 15s. or I,ooofl.
Zrctive maturities at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum.
rec°iPts will be delivered with as little delay as pos-
:1 ; on production of the bankers' receipt of
41:4113'ent of the instalments, and the bonds
ii; be issued with the least possible delay.
eh amount of the bonds will be also reimbursed without
0 11.1•ge or deduction, either in London in pounds sterling,
~,r_lll Amsterdam in florins, at the offices of the above-
reu.tioned firms; at the choice Of the holders. A sinking
tiisetando;or4:o!enset per cent. on the principal will commence on
the uor, 1868, and be applied annually (together.b witet
on all bonds paid off) towards the reim. urs
..t_c)f this loan at par. This reimbursement will thus
th,,otupleted in 37 years from its commencement,. and
j °toads thus destined to be paid off at par will be
18t11/11Y drawn by lottery, and the amount can be received
Tit `'etober of each year either in London or Amsterdam.
th: b°11(131. will bear interest from Ist October, 1866, and
bo" PaYments in London will be as follows :—On V.OO
kaurtd.a .£lO to be paid two days after allotment to Messrs.
18671.111111 d CO., Lombard-street ; £l5 on 15th January,
00 I.' 410 on 15th February ; £lO on 15th March ; £l5
°II It 4,15111; .£lO on 14th June ; £lO on 16th July ; £6
Oa 4°llgUSt, less the half-yearly coupon ; total, £B6.
-‘84155. bonds, £Blox. to be paid two days after allot-
-o,llt to Messrs. Martin and Co., Lombard-street ; £l2 10s.
48 ~15th January, 1867 ; £8 10s. on 15th February,
141,78. on loth March, £l2s. 10s. on 15th April (less the
15t‘h3larly Coupon), .£8 10s. on 16th July,6d. on
hist ilguat•—.£72 17s. 6d. The failure to pay all the
Sla a mews forfeits all. previous payments. Subscribers
re 3- Pay up all or any instalments under discount of the
sPective maturities at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum.
lastthe general business of the port of London
ho week less animation prevailed. At the Custom-
frotlee 164 vessels were reported as having arrived
141,111,1 foreign 'ports, and there were two from Ire-
-:;" The entries outwards comprised 120 vessels,
Ire-
an
cleared were 117, 15 of which were
n dis-
ia-I;hed in ballast. The departures for the Aus-
-111.-"an colonies have been 4 vessels, viz., 1 to Syd-
aeYd'i°l 735 tons ; 2 to Port-Phillip, of 1,985 tons ;
to New Zealand, of 57 tons ; the total ton-
-Be, amounting to 2,777.
The
cion, committee of debenture holders of the Lon-
f Chatham, and Dover Railway have issued the
0 low; ,
tiir:`he eircula; issued this (Saturday) afternoon by the
beAr poet°.rs of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway,
Posing a scheme for postponing the claims of the de-
holders, and creating a debt in priority over their
thattly,tu.res, contains a proposition so fraught with danger
hold :it's committee advise all debenture holders to with-
liateLueir assent thereto. During the last session of Par-
brll a somewhat similar scheme to raise money was
per
,gbh before the Legislature, and rejected as an inapro-
the terference with the vested rights and interests of
uebenture

"R. HODGSON, Chairman."

Two O'CLOCK.
Old °llll3, meeting is now in progress of the share-
Jar,ers of the Bank of Hindustan, China, and
44.t0r Limited. The following is the report of the
on the balance-sheet of 30th June, 1866 :--
4tate rePort of the auditors on the balance-sheet
10e8 they
have to report a very large estimate of
PlZes at the head office and several other branches.
the 1: losses have for the most part been made at
—°4lbaY, Calcutta, and China Branches, and
IQ-Pear to us to have occurred from the most reckless
44,,11,4,genient, and in some cases an almost total dis-
polu of the established rules of the bank, and in op-
to the special instructions of the head office.
LI, ill the latest returns received from the several
an4dtlelles, together with the report of Mr. Stewart,
oth
el' explanations from the general manager and
41. ti officers of the Bank, we believe we have
of thlr:cl 48 nearly as possible at a correct statement
to Probable loss, which we estimate will amount
about4l £713,404 beyond the sum of £87,794 Is.
Tt;itten off the reserve fund of December, 1865.
.appal account of the Bank under this estimate
tendesti,: as follows, viz. :—Paid up, £892,247 ;
hai—ated value of £26,753 calls in arrear, £15,000;
be," of reserve fund, '120,605 ; total, £927,852.
rett:et estimated loss as above, £713,404 ; balance
lieacialllng, £214,448. Among the loans due to the
Of th ogee there are several amounts due from some
t 4 the directors, in all about £5,000, and a further
Dart°fcabout £16,000, the liability to which on. the.
Pllteci°`,B°lne of the first directors and others is dis-
to mit the matter has been agreed to be referred
—uitration.,7

QUARTER-PAST Two.
thilede°l•Cling to Reuter's telegram, the French Rentes
xrasr Were 69f. 25c.
further change in the Funds.
1,1,1:44 New Loan firm.
11:1e,h Funds 10c. lower.
ill a
- 'lindostan, China, and Japan meeting was
to laaf, Of confusion. T he discussion is expected
It :414 ° r Berne hours.
in English
sto jvuer less firmness is apparent the
r/le" Market, Consols having gone back f per cent.
keci.,ltissian Loan—likely to become a favourite
the ig,-41 Of speculation for a time—has no doubt
Most es that has caused this fractional change.
1t aft' the accounts open must carry a large pro-
eckitiftiel. the recent advance, and some of the sne-
aeco;
i°Perators have thought it expedient to realise
tra.a ; The latest quotations are 908 for
INe eln'*.
and 88:1 less div. for the 6th prox. The
Threes and the Reduced Annuities are
ar'be 87i 88 ; Exchequer Bills, ls. to ss. preen. ;
Thlndia'a s,Per Cents., 104 ; Enfaced ditto 1008.
thouzi, Filer
Market has not been very active,.
gypTia'ulttirseraus. dealings have taken place in
enhanced' Peruvian, and Turkish, at considerably
anprices. Turkish 5 per Cents are
44 2e, 78 ; Greek, 13t. 14i ; Spanish Passive,
Egypt? the Certificates, 148 ;
5 8
and Italian 54f :I.
risen t° Government Railway Debentures have
pirti‘ce
eh6is.,i;B2, GO4- 61. Peruvian to 71i- 62 ; and Turkish
41'4 ill the Railway Share Market has re-