The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-08 00:00:00

IqOITEY MARKET

AND

OOMMEROI AL tNTELLIGENCR,

TWELVE O'CLOCK.

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~The Discount Market is very firm, and quieter
than usual, considering the Saturday demands, and
~he payments well effected in the Oriental trade,
intim and China especially.
„e 4, small amount of gold was taken to the Bank
"%tingland yesterday, representing £2,000.
1 .jhe Persia has arrived with £39,800 from New
ork.

is An interim dividend of 10 per cent. per annum
Proposed by the directors of the Ceylon Coln-
PanY Limited (being 9s. 3d. on each original, and
2a' on each A share) payable on tin 20th instant,
free of income tax. The report states that the
available profit 'for the half-year, ending 30th
,'ePtenlber lest, is £16,800, which balance dos not
10elude any part of the profit derived from produce
the company's own estates, as some of the ae-
e°llllts could not be made up in consequence of the
L
4"te arrival of a considerable portion. After pay-
ill,lt Of the above dividend there will remain a
ualance of £3,987 to be carried forward.
f iSsew Zealand Debentures for £250,000 were of-
4eLred Yesterday for tender by the Crown agents for
the colonies. The applications amounted altogether
t
£313,300, of which the sum of £70,2J0 was
allotted at one above the minimum, which was fixed -
a
90. It was announced that those who had ten-
tered below that rate would be afforded the oppor-
tunity of amending their tenders up to 2 p.m. to-
111°rrOW, and that after that hour subscription lists
woaLI be open to the public for the balance then re-
'naming, if any, at 95.
Construction
deputation of the directors of the Telegraph
'enstruction and Maintenance Company, and other
ageti.tletaen interested in submarine telegraphy, had
Interview with the Secretary of State for India
lesterday for the purpose of obtaining the assist-
„,stiee of Government in improving the telegraphic
i:,irornunication between England and India. Lord
rauborne received the deputation with great
e..°ttr. tesY, and showed a just appreciation of this
hest vestion.
he' fficial liquidator of the Bank of London will
axe an application to the Court of Chancery next
wee:lt for leave to declare a further dividend of ss. 4d.,
Which, together with previous dividend, 6s. Bd. paid in
August The last, makes a payment of 12s. in. the pound.
dividend will be paid as speedily as possible, of
the
due notice" will be given, and a statement of
Position and liquidation of the Bank up to the
Present period will also be published.
The specie movements during the past week have
been on a rather extensive scale as regards the
APortS, owing to large remittances from New York,
tustralia, and the West Indies and Pacific ; the
tal amounting to £855,335, including £43,412
f°l
r°r° New York by the New York, £36,694 by the
s,
°flia, £13,723 by the Palmyra, £12,300 by the
t.i.Lb•o•eL Boston, and £39,800 by the Persia, anounced
hmorning. The Syria, from Alexandria, has
brought £3,291; the Seine, from the West Indies
and Pacific, £481,626 ; the Sir John Lawrence,
it,Tro Australia, £38,000; and the Norfolk, £113,000.
e Rackorura, from New Zealand, has also arrived
"lth £10,866, and about £25,730 in silver has been
received from the Continent. The exports have
,1 £53,485 to the East Indies and China, by the
Ripen ; and.there have been remittances to the Con-
v„itlent through private sources estimated at 194,094
the total amounting to £247,579.
sThe Societe Generale de L'Empire Ottoman has
-°°fied that the coupon of interest No. 2 of the
131 per cent. for the year 1866 on the £8 per share
'llbscribed, amounting to ps. 52 56.00 will be paid
at
the offices of the company at Constantinople on
4111:1 after the 2d January next. The London Agency
°f the Imperial Ottoman Bank will send coupons
t° Constantinople for collection at the risk and cost
,
the holder, or purchase them on its own account.
aLtrlaY be mentioned that 52 piastres represent
~-'llt 9s. 61. This payment is, of course, only on
"jeount of the year's dividend, which is not declared
before June.
tWith regard to the Agra Bank, intelligence has
hen received from each of the three presidencies
baat the resuscitation scheme has been adopted by
oe,eting3 of the shareholders and creditors held at
f'raieutta, Bombay, and Madras. The telegram
°4l Madras was received this morning.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
a firm at 56 58. and the Consolidated Mortgage
°llds have advanced 1, to 421 42k.

Two o'CLocK.
According to Renter's telegram from Paris to-
-4! the French Rentes were 69f. 67c. Firm.
4.1.1 the Stock Exchange almost everything is
°lllhlal, and the word applies_to business as well as
aido quotations. Consols are 841 for money,
New
88/ for the account, 10th January. The
ink
Threes and Reduced Annuities are 877 1,
6-'44k of England Stock, 67 per cent., 2481; India
r, Per Cents., 104 105 ; and ditto Bonds, 4 per
"Qs., 255. premium.
For a Saturday there has been a fair amount o
business. Egyptian, Mexican, Russian, Turkish,
and Italian attracting the chief attention of specu-
lators and investors. Mexican have advanced 1 to
134 ; Turkish 5 per Cents. to 321 324 ; Greek
ids 1 to 13i 141 ; and Italian 5 per Cents., 1861,
53i
In the Railway Share Market the dealings have
bin
on a very limited scale, and in a few instances
'rieee show a further slight decline. Great North-
°4ll A- Stock, Great Western, London, Chatham
and Dover, and Metropolitan have each receded 1,
44(1 South Western 1.
do he Foreign and Colonial lines show little varia-
- South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian are
marked 15k, 4 ; Atlantic 31, and Antwerp and
etterdam, 81. Great Indian Peninsula are firm.,
h" 106 i ; East Indian at 1051, ; and Madras 5
t'vl. Cents. at 1021, I.
The shares of the Nicaragua R.tilway Company
are to 1 preen:
,„13alak shares remain very quiet. Imperial Otto-
:11 have improved to-8k ; Alliance remain at 18 ;
h,nden Joint Stock at 41+ 42 ; London and West-
'"ltlater at 931 ; and Union of London at 441.
at about
and Finance shares are very quiet
" about previous rates. Anglo-American Tele-
tal)ll are marked 141 15 ; Atlantic Telegraph 8 per
tie4tB., 714 ; Hudson's Bay Company, 161 ; Na-
_ dents.,
Discount CoMpany, 141 ; and Peninsular
44(1 Oriental Steam, 63 64.