The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-05 00:00:00

8,434,215 99 7,111,840 14

69,302,700 78
146,864,853 03
34,117,872 -

120,258,385 93

14012;926 94
27,823,078 -
730,161 .82

11;573;313 75

14,884,848 91

14,598,628 75

2,074,992 92 1,427,623 17

24,555,123 33 7,933,839 89

Total
CREDITOR.

Jan. 4.

Cash in hand and in
Branch banks
Commercial bills over-
due
Commercial bills dis-
counted, not yet due
Do. branch banks
Advances on deposit of
bullion
Do. branch banks
Do. on French Public
Securities
Do. by branch banks
Do. on railway shares
and debentures
D. branch banks
Do. on Credit Foncier

fr. c.
418,677,363 77

Dec. 28.
fr.
443,860,475 24

487,204 73

333,948 71

363,227,619 39
361,517,983 -

323,791,776 52
330,978,670 -

7,711,500 -
9,022,200 -

11,308,300 -
8,202,900 -

13,427,000 -7,378,700 -

13,314,700 -
6,836,100 -

30,817,900 - 30,665,000
20,981,580 - 6,836,100

Bonds
Do. branches
Do. to the State (Con-
vention, Juno 10,

661,400 - 644,100
458,850 - 456,250

1857)
Government Stock re-
serve

60,000,000 -

60,000,000

Do. disposable
Rentes Immobalisees
(Law, June 9, 1857)
Hotel and furniture of
the Bank and landed
property branches
Expenses of manage-
ment
Sundries

12,980,750 14 12,980,750 1
36,449,737 91 36,449,737 9

100,000,000 -

100,000,000

8,374,755 - 8,380,667

5,860 --
10,423,347 96 11,237,100 03

Total 1,462,603,751 90 1,419,877,955 55
Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France.
(Signed) RoULAND.

Cotton Supply Association.

At the meeting of the Executive Committee of this As-
sociation, on Tuesday, a letter was read from Sao Paulo,
stating that the seed forwarded by the Association to that
province has been distributed under the direction of Senhor
Commendator Prates and the superintendent of the Sao
Paulo Railway. Much eagerness was manifested by the
growers to obtain the seed, and wherever it has been
planted it has come up in a very promising condition, so
that good results are looked for next harvest. The public
press of Sao Paulo has done excellent service in inducing
the farmers of the province to take up the culture of
cotton. The superintendent of the railway has for several
years been zealously and successfully endeavouring to
excite an interest in the cultivation of cotton. A letter
was also received from Sao Paulo proposing the forma-
tion of a joint-stock company for the purpose of receiv-
ing the cotton grown in the interior of the province and
transmitting it to England. It is calculated that should
the present rate of progress continue for two years
longer there will be something like half a million of
arrobas (7,143 tons) of cotton produced annually. In the
districts towards the south, such as Itu, Porto Felix, Pira-
porado Curuca, San Roque, Sorocaba, &c., and in those
towards Minas, where the soil is of a quality that will
scarcely admit of the growth of coffee, though well suited
for cotton, there is the utmost eagerness for the new cul-
tivation. At present the cotton is shipped in Santos for
Rio, and the charges amount to five per cent., at least, so
that a great saving would be effected by the establishment
of a depot at Sao Paulo, from which the produce would be
conveyed by railway to Santos and embarked at once. It
is believed theta company, with agents to communicate with
the planters, and receive their produce, would be a success,
and give increased impetus to the cultivation of cotton.
Previously to the American war, and for the first two years
of the struggle, not a pound of cotton was sent down to San-
tos to be shipped for a foreign market, but this year's crop
will probably exceed 200,000 arrobas, or 2,837 tons. A let-
ter received from the consular agent at Guanaxuato, Mexico,
entered minutely into details of the remarkable cotton
growing capabilities of the Gulf sea coast, especially that
portion which lies between the small port of Tuxpan and
that of Soto-de-la-Marina, including about tho centre of
the line, the rather important port of Tampico. Although
the cotton plant is almost indigenous to Mexico, its culti-
vation is only of recent date ; even in 1848, when the
writer first became acquainted with the country, it was
entirely unknown. In various parts of the interior the
growth of cotton has been attempted, but often with only
poor success, owing to the general want of irrigation and
the early frosts, which cut off the plants before the yield
has been fully obtained. Nevertheless, in the State of Du-
rango, cotton has been grown in sufficient quantity to be-
come a lucrative branch of industry. The section of the
country indicated is said to be well adapted for the growth
of cotton, and were proper means employed a vast
quantity could be easily produced. Tho state of Tamauli-
pas, at the extreme southern end of which is the town of
Tampico, extends northwards to the banks of the Rio
Bravo, and is estimated to contain an area of 100,500 square
miles, with a population of about 100,000. On either bank
of the two noble rivers, the Tamesi and Panuco, at the
confluence of which the town of Tampico is situated, there
are virgin or partially cultivated lands upon which cotton
might be grown to almost any extent. The writer's atten-
tion to this section of the country was first attracted in
1847-8 by the observations of the officers and soldiers of
the American army eien occupying Tampico, who, being
natives of Louisiana and Alabama, were struck with the
admirable qualities of the soil, and the colour and staple of
such cotton as Was produced by Stray plants or was found
in private gardens. The writer's investigations leave been
recently renewed in consequence of the publications and
appeals of the association, and he now reports that this dis-
trict contains an enormous area of uncultivated land espe-
cially fitted for the growth of cotton; that it has two tlaViir
able rivers for tho transport of produce to the vessel's side ;
that there is a safe anchorage, and the voyage to lingland
can be performed in as short time as from the United States;
that freights would probably be somewhat lower, as ships
to Tampico gain a handsome outward freight, whilst those
to New Orleans go out in ballast, and require a higher
rate to compensate for the extra outlay ; and that the
climate is as healthy as a tropical one Well can be. Tha
formation of an English company is advocated, for which
special concessions could be obtained from Government,
and under the management of experienced cotton growers
from the Southern States success is confidently antici-
pated. It is also recommended that a supply of labour
should be sought amongst the recently emancipated ne=
groes of the United States, who would at once become citi-
zens and obtain abundant employment. A letter was read
from Black River, Jamaica, enclosing a sample of tho first
picking from a field of cotton planted the last week in July,
and stating that the writer believes he shall fully realise the
expectations he had formed. Ile has been urging the small
settlers to plant cotton, and has been the means of origi-
nating an association which he hopes will contribute to a
further extension of the cultivation. Any small quanti-
ties of cotton are purchased, and a respectable condign.
wont will before long be made. Further details in
illustration of the progress now making are promised. A
letter was received, stating the writer's conviction that
Antigua will shortly abandon sugar on many estates for
cotton, and there are some estates now out of cultivation
which would make the fortune in cotton at Bd. of any en-
terprising man. The writer has five estates in the island,
which are as Dutch as lie tan attend to, and he is frilly per=
suaded that there was a necessity for the recent act to pre-
vent cotton stealing, which some have supposed would by
its stringency interrupt the progress now making in the
cultivation of the staple; the thieves and the receivers
will be checked in their future operations. A letter was
read from the 'Foreign Office, expressing the readiness of
the Earl of Clarendon to instruct her Majesty's consuls in
cotton-growing countries to continue to forward all parti:
culars which they can obtain respecting the growth of
cotton in their several districts. A letter was received
from the President of the Royal Commission, Naples, grate-
fully acknowledging the resolution of the association to
offer medals for the best samples of Italian grown cotton
at the forthcoming Neapolitan Exhibition, and stating that
due publicity has been given. to this generous determina-
tion.—There was no other business of public interest.

THE ItgiCl-HTS or THE GAItTEtt.--The assistants
of Sir C. G. Young, Garter Principal Xing of
Arms, have just placed the arms, banner, and insignia of
Eaal Cowper, one no newly-created knights of the Most
Noble Order of the Garter, within the Chapel Royal of St.
George, Windsor Castle. The helmet, sword, and mantle
were placed over this knight's stall on the prince's side of
the choir, at the end nearest the royal closet, that being
the position assigned to the junior knight. The coat of
arms, beautifully enamelled upon an ormolu plate as usual,
was affixed to the back of the stall, and beneath the
heraldic device were the words, "Du tree noble et puissant
seigneur—Francois Thomas de Grey, Comte Cowper,,
Vicomte Fordwich, Baron Cowper et Baronet, Prince de
I'Empire Romain, ctc."