The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-02 00:00:00

6,473,330 97 5,091,442 46

79,366,301 11
139,554,291 67
25,931,053 -
- 1,570,779 75

67,049,478 79
174,158,744 50
22,163,933 -
1,718,878 75

6,792,771 98 6,247,693 06

2,074,992 92 2,074,992 92

752,993 36
9,095;845 43 6,907,491 8

Total
CREDITOR.

March 4.

Feb. 22.

Cash in hand and in
Branch banks
Commercial bills over-

fr. c. fr.
449,388,564 52 442,771,458 86

due _ ... ~

4,387,922 58 331,113 86

Commercial bills dis-
counted, not yet duo
Do. branch banks
Advances on deposit of
bullion
1)o. branch banks
Do. on French Public
Securities
Do. by branch banks
Do. on railway shares
and debentures
1). branch bank 5.........
Do. on Credit Fencier
Bonds ............. .. .
Do. branches .........
Do. to the State (Con-
vention, June 10,
, 1857)
Government Stock re-

312,955,597 67 336,836,401 69
303,209,821 - 298,819,200 -

10,01,000 -

7,289,000 -
5,833,500 -

*82;900 -

11,742,200 -

11,677,500 -
6,106,700 -

5;77000 -

29,710,200 -

29,562,500 -
19,247,900 -

1021;000 .-

617,400
392,200 -

624,800 -
381,200 -

60,000,000 -

60,000,000 -

serve

12,980,750 14
36,416,737 91

12,980,750 14
36,416,737 91

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

100,000,000 -

100,000,000 -

8,444,235 7-

8,439,520 -

600,837. -
13,302,054 67

230,010 23
11,670,893 3

Total 1,386,330,420 97 1,389,269,205 72
Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France.

(Signed)

ROULAND.

Cotton Supply Association.

At the usual meeting of the executive committee, on
Tuesday, the following extract was read from a despatch
received from Lieutenant-Governor Glover, dated Govern-
ment House, Lagos, January 8, 1866, and which was for-

warded by the Foreign Office and :the Colonial Office:—
" Cotton in Lagos is most plentiful, and, as I am informed,
almost exceeds the present means of buying it ; and as it

is supplied from a new source, namely, Zebu and Ibadan,
this fact is worthy of note."—A despatch, also forwarded
by the Foreign Office, was received from her Majesty's
Consul-general at Belgrade, containing a report on the
cultivation of cotton in Servia and Bulgaria, and accom-
panied by a sample of cotton grown at Widdin. Mithad
Pasha, the governor of the Vilayet of the Danube, states
that the American seed sent out by the Association last
year, for experiments in various parts of the province,
was distributed in different lots, and sown in localities pre-

senting, from atmospheric peculiarities, the best chances
of success, which, however, has been only partial in
one or two instances. In Servia but little attention is
given to agriculture, and there the experiments have
almost entirely failed. In Bulgaria, although the climate
is precarious, and the autumnal rains, accompanied by
sudden chills, are favourable to a cotton crop, better
results were obtained, and it is thought that in some dis-
tricts more sheltered than the rest a certain quantity
might be produced. An experiment made at Widdin has
answered best, and specimens of some finely-developed
pods have been received. Carefully-selected portions of
the seed of the last crop will be re-sown this year, and it
is hoped that better results will be obtained. A letter
was received from the British Vice Consulate, at Latakia,
stating that much progress has been made in cotton culti-
vation, that a large extent of land will be ready for the
April and May sowing, and requesting a supply of New
Orleans seed, which it was determined to send. A letter
was read from the Turkish Ambassador, expressing satis-
faction that a large quantity of American seed had been
obtained by the Association for the Imperial Government,
and enclosing a draft for £2,343 is. 7d. in part payment.—
A letter received from Scutari describes the difficulties

which the writer has had to overcome in promoting the
cultivation of cotton in that district. Although numerous
small experiments have succeeded admirably, the people
aro afraid to enter largely into this branch of industry
The writer had procured 2,500 okes of seed, and the Pasha
is expecting an experienced cultivator from Salonica to
instruct and superintend. It is therefore hoped that a
commencement in earnest will be made this spring. There

is a large extent of uncultivated land, which is admirably
suited to tho growth of cotton.—A letter received from
Naples describes the difficulty experienced from the want
of hands to secure the crops as they ripen. The vintage
coming on at the same time as the cotton arrives at matu-
rity, say in September and October, it is found to be a
serious inconvenience to be engaged with crops on a large
scale at the same moment, owing to the scarcity of labourers

and the great dema d for them at that particular period.
Double wages can then be obtained, but the supply is in-
sufficient, and an assiduous cultivator is often doomed to
see his cotton or his grapes injured from this cause. On
this account it is said that small cotton plantations answer
better than large ones. No effort will be spared by the
writer and his friends to produce a first-rate quality of Sea
Island cotton.—A letter received from Berdiansk, Russia,
reports that a farmer in that district, who was supplied
with a small quantity of cotton seed last year, had sown
it with success, and was now desirous to obtain a further
supply for an extended experiment next spring. It w a
resolved to send seed for this purpose.—A letter was read
from Athens, stating that the writer, having been suc-
cessful in his efforts to grow cotton, was desirous to
extend his operations, and to procure a quantity of New
Orleans seed, which it was agreed to supply.—Copies of
letters forwarded by the India Office were received from
the Government of India, describing the state and pros-
pects of the cotton crop in Bengal in 1865-6 as compared
with 1861-5, together with a report on cotton cultivation
in the Punjab during the season 1865-6. The returns
obtained in Bengal are represented by tho commissioner to
be of but little value, as the zemindars, the only persons
from whom any information can be derived, are either them-
selves totally ignorant of the matter, or are interested in
making returns calculated ratherto mislead than to instruct.
In the Punjab the total area under cotton is given at 625,035
acres in 1865-6, against 872,851 acres the previous year, and
726,034 maunds the year before. A letter was read from
the inspector of cotton in Scinde, enclosing a sample grown
at Kurrachee from Peruvian seed, and stating that fully
500 acres will be planted this year with exotic seed, and
that the entire area sown with cotton this coming season
in Scindo will not be less than 130,000 acres, which will
yield a crop of about 30,000 bales of 3701 b. each, indepen-
dent of the Punjab, which may be expected to produce
500,000 bales. At present the cotton is coming down from
up-country to Kurrachee in very large quantities, and it
would not occasion surprise if' 70,000 bales were shipped
thence to foreign ports this year. There are three steam
presses st work, and a fourth was expected to beready early
in February. The receipt of a quantity of Egyptian and
other exotic seed sent by the association was acknowledged,
and is now in course of distribution. A communication,
forwarded from Calcutta by the honorary agents of the
association, reports that owing to an unusual rise in the
Irrawaddy river some experimental cotton plantations had
been inundated and the plants destroyed. Other experi-
ments in localities less exposed to inundations are contem-
plated, which, it is hoped, will be attended with better
dre-
sults. A letter, received from Madras, reports that the
dress of the association to cotton growers has been
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