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

An interim dividend of 110 per cent. per annum
18 proposed by the directors of the Ceylon Com-
pany Limited (being 9s. 3d. on each original, and
28. an each A share) payable on the 20th instant,
free of income tax. The report states that the
available profit for the half-year, ending 30th
'September last, is £16,800; which balance does not
include any part of the profit derived from produce
°'; the company's own estates, as some of the ac-
counts could not be made up in consequence of the
'ate arrival of a considerable portion. After pay-
-111 eat of the above dividend there will remain a
balance
of £3,987 to be carried forward.
f New Zealand Debentures for £250,000 were of-
f yesterday for tender by the Crown agents for
the colonies. The applications amounted altogether
t° £313,300, of which the sum of £70,200 was
allotted at one above the minimum, which was fixed
4t 95. It was announced that those who had ten-
uered below that rate would be afforded the oppor-
tunity of amending their tenders up to 2 p.m. to-
morrow, and that after that hour subscription lists
would be open to the public for the balance then re-
maining, if any, at 95.
A deputation of the directors of the Telegraph
‘-;onstruction and Maintenance Company, and other
gentlemen interested in submarine telegraphy, had
an interview with the Secretary of State for India
Yesterday for the purpose of obtaining the assist-
ance Of Government in improving the telegraphic
communication between England and India. Lord
eraeborne received the deputation with great
courtesy, and showed a just appreciation of this
great question.
The official liquidator of the Bank of Londonwill
make an application to the Court of Chancery next
Week forleave to declare a furtherdividend of ss. 4d.,
Awhich, together with previous dividend, 6s. Bd. paid in
August last, makes a payment of 12s. in the pound.
The dividend will be paid as speedily as possible, of
which due notice will be given, and a statement of
the
position and liquidation of the Bank up to the
Present period will also be published.
The Specie movements during the past week have
b • den on a rather extensive scale as regards the
lalports, owing to largo remittances from New York,
Australia, and the West Indies and Pacific ; the
total amounting to £855,335, including £43,412
from New York by the New York, £36,694 by the
s, axenia, £13,723 by the Palmyra, £12,300 by the
CltYcf Boston, and £39,800 by the Persia, anounced
111 a morning. The Syria, from Alexandria, has
rought £3,291 ; the Seine, from the West Indies
f"d Pacific, £481,626 ; the Sir John Lawrence,
The
Australia, £38,000; and the Norfolk, £113,000.
Rackorura, from New Zealand, has also arrived
With £10,866, and about £25,730 in silver has been
received from the Continent. The exports have
been £53,485 to the East Indies and China, by the
Ripon ; and there have been remittances to the Con-
t.
the
through private sources estimated at 194,094
le total amounting to £247,579.
The Societe Generale de L'Empire Ottoman has
c notified that the coupon of interest No. 2 of the
Per cent. for the year 18G6 on the £8 per share
subscribed, amounting to ps. 52 56.00 will be paid
a
the offices of the company at Constantinople on
old after the 2d January next. The London AgenCy
the Imperial Ottoman Bank will send coupons
t 0 ;
Constantinople for collection at the risk and cost
c the holder, or purchase them on its own account.
I'
t IrlaY be mentioned that 52 piastres represent
about 9s. 6d. This payment is, of course, only on
account
1, of the year's dividend, which is not declared
before June.
With regard to the Agra Bank, intelligence has
been received from each of the three presidencies
that the resuscitation scheme has been adopted by
meeting,ct of the shareholders and creditors held at
fralentta, Bombay, and Madras. The telegram
Madras was received this morning.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
are firm at 56 58, and the Consolidated Mortgage
°lids have advanced 1, to 421 42i.

Two O'CLOCK.
According to Reuter's telegram from Paris to-
day the French Rentes were 69f. 67c. Firm.
non the Stock Exchange almost everything is
nitial, and the word applies to business as well as
and quotations. Consols are 841 t for money,
I‘ BSi / for the account, 10th January. The
eW Threes and Reduced Annuities are 871 1,
6 Bank of England Stock, 61 per cent., 2481 ; India
p Per Cents., 104 105 ; and ditto Bonds, 4 per
255. premium.
For a Saturday there has been a fair amount o
business. Egyptian, Mexican, Russian, Turkish,
4
Italian attracting the chief attention of specu-
i4ntOrs and investors. Mexican have advanced 1 to
1~4 ;
Turkish 5 per Cents. f to 321 32/ ; Greek
a °La ds to 134 141 ; and Italian 5 per Cents., 1861,
LO 31
b In the Railway Share Market the dealings have
een on a very limited scale, and in a few instances
'` Jteeti shovv a further slight decline. Great North-
-4111, A. Stock, Great Western, London, Chatham
allh`t,33over, and Metropolitan have each receded 1,
u
m South Western 1.
ti The Foreign and Colonial lines show little varia-
:lL South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian are
Rotterdam
151, ; Atlantic 31, and Antwerp and
ht, 8/. Great Indian Peninsula are firm
'062. i ; East Indian at 1051, ; and Madras 5
r,(jents. at 1021, /.
at The shares of the Nicaragua Railway Company
ebi to 1 prem.
tri""ank shares remain very quiet. Imperial Otto-
tall have improved to Bg. ; Alliance remain at 18 ;
,_°adon Joint Stock at 41142 ; London and West-
441'3ster at 931 and Union of London at 441.
kiscellaneous and Finance shares are very quiet
at
about previous rates. Anglo-American Tele-
-41, al3h are marked 141 15 ; Atlantic Telegraph 8 per
ttoellts., 71/ ; Hudson's Bay Company, 161; Na-
40al Discount Company, 14/ 1; and Peninsular
'4 Oriental Steam, 63 64.