The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-11 00:00:00

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XONE/ MA:74ET

AND
"0111kIERCIAL INTELLIGBNC3,

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
The 6tock Markets are quiet as regards business,
but the tone is a shade firmer than at yesterday's
e'i ' ose the fine bright weather infusing cheerfulness.
The Funds keep steady, the only feature being a
.renewed demand for Exchequer Bills at 19s prem.
foreign Stocks are firm ; Italian Bonds retain the
recovery experienced late yesterday from the specu-
lative relapse which occurred upon the imposition of
the income tax on all bondholders living at home or
abroad. It is expected that the absence of any real
objection on the part of bond fide holders will smooth
the Way for the Austrian measure. The justification
of both countries is their exceptional position.
Great Luxembourg Railway Shares are a fresh
lower. Other securities are steady.
Discounts remain very easy at 1f to 1 per cent.
The English Funds are steady. Consols are quiet
at last Light's close, at 95 to 951 for money,
and 951 to 951 for account. New and Reduced
Three per Cents., 94 to 95 ; Bank Stock, 247 to
249 ; India Five per Cents., 1141 to 115; Exche-
quer Bills, 15s to 19s prem., being an improvement
of ls.

Foreign Stocks are firm, but in absence of busi-
ness the variations are unimportant. Mexican, 16k to
Turkish,
Greek, at 14 to 14k ; New Spanish, 37/ to 38 ;
38k to 38 ; Italian (1861), 51k to 51i ;
Portuguese, 40 to 40i ; Egyptian (1864), at 81i to
VEgyptian Railway Debentures, 95± to 9
951
iceroy's 7 per Cent., 74 to 74i; and the per
Cent., 88 to 89.
In American Securities a moderate business is
doing. United States 5-20 Bonds remain at 721 to
73 ; Illinois firm, at 101 to 101 i ; Erie Shares, 46
to 47.
In English railways there is more inquiry for
Great Eastern, which have risen to 36k, otherwise the
Market, though steady, is not higher. Lancashire
and Yorkshire are 129± to 129/ ; Midland, 106 k to
107± ; South Eastern, 76 to 76k ; London and North
Vestern, 116 i to 117 ; ditto A, 95k to 96k ; Great
Western, 53k to 54; Brighton, 52± to 52L Sheffield,
431 to 431 ; Metropolitan, 1101 to 111; Caledonian,
74i to 75 ; and Chatham,2o?r to 21.
In Foreign Railway Shares, Great Luxembourg
°Pened without change, but have since become flat,
and are now marked at 12i to 12k, being f lower.
Lombardo-Venetian steady, at 14k to 15k.
_ Bank Shares are steady at yesterday's prices. The
following are the quotations :—Agra (A), 11 to 11 ;
Alliance' 10} to 9i dis. ; Anglo-Austrian, 51, to 51
prem. ;Chartered Mercantile, 29 to 30 ; Consoli-
dated, 4i to 41 ; Imperial, 18 to 19 ; Imperial
Ottoman, 1k to 1i prem. • London and County, 52
t‘,o 53 • London and Westminster, 71± to 71/ ;
42k to 43k ; London Joint Stock, 34 to 35 ;
Union of London, 34i to 35i.
Foreign Mining Shares are in little request, and
prices are unaltered. St. John del Rey remains
at 184 to 19i ; Chontales, 11 to 2 ; Port Philip, 11
to_ll ; Rossa Grande, 3-16 to 5-16.
Miscellaneous Securities are without feature, and
ltd dealings are rather restricted. Anglo-American
Telegraph is quoted at 22i to 221 ex div. ; Atlan-
tic Telegraph 8 per Cent., 5 to 5 1-16 ; Hudson's
Bay unaltered, at 16 5-16 to 16 7-16 ; London General
Omnibus, 2 to 21.
There were no bullion transactions at the Bank
Yesterday. Since the date of the last return, the total
sent in has been £184,000, against £53,000 with-
drawn for exportation, showing a balance in favour of
the Bank of £131,000.
£192,000 in specie have arrived from New York
by the steamer City of London.
The annual general meeting of the Dutch-Rhenish
Railway has been called for the 30th inst.
The ordinary general meeting of the Panama, New
Zealand, and Australian Royal Mail Company has
been convened for the 19th inst., to receive the report
and statement of accounts.

The following is from the report of the Ceylon
Company to be presented to the meeting on the 16th
inst. :--The net profit, including the sum brought
forward from last year's account, after defraying all
current expenses, amounts to £51,987 4s 7d, and
the directors propose that a dividend, at the rate of
8 per cent. per annum on the paid-up capital,
amounting to Ss on each Original, and 4s on each A.
Share, be declared and made payable, free from
income tax, on the 19th inst. ; this, with the interim
dividend paid in December, and the interest on the
debentures, will absorb £47,585 lOs 10d, and leave
a balance of £4,401 13s 9d to he carried forward.
'The letters received from the Mauritius since the
ctsasterorts hurricane which occurred in March last, '
show that injury done to property in that colony has
been much less than the accounts published in the
newspapers would lead any one to suppose. Some
of the buildings belonging to the company have
been damaged, but the machinery has escaped injury,
and there is every reason to believe that the good
effects of the rain, which fell for some time after
the hurricane ceased, will go far to compensate any
qmnage sustained by the crops during its continuance.
It is confidently expected that the total production
of the coming season will considerably exceed that
of the last.
Vice Chancellor Malins has fixed the 20th instant
for the appointment of an official liquidator of the
Iron Ship-coating Company (limited)!
Monday next, the 15th instant, is now officially
announced for the opening of the Mont Cenis Rail-
Way.
In future there will only be three indigo sales a year,
instead of four, as hitherto. The next quarterly sales
of East India have been fixed for Monday.
The traffic returns of the Bahia and San Francisco
Railway Company for the week ending May 2, show
an increase of £350 ; the Buenos Ayres and Great
Southern Railway for the week ending April 24, an
increase of £587 ; and the Madras Railway for the
week ending April 11, an increase of £3,022, as com-
Pared with the corresponding period of 1867 ; and the
receipts of the Bombay, Baroda, and Central India
Railway, for week ending April 18, shows a decrease
of £1,076.
The London and North Western traffic receipts for
this week show an increase of £5,230, as compared
with the corresponding week of 1867 ; and the Mid-
land an increase of £2,715 ; while the Great Northern
shows a decrease of £3,983.
Messrs. E. F. Satterthwaite's Circular states that
`the London market for American securities has
?seen steady during the entire week. Government
Bonds have been in demand, and the recent importa-
tions, chiefly from the Continent, have met with
ready buyers ; 5-20's of 1866 are last quoted 721 to
0, and the 1865 issue 7n. to 71i. Business in the
Per Cent. 10-40 Bonds is on the increase ; they
leave off 69 to 69k, or one-half per cent. higher than
this day week. The chief feature of the market haF
been the continued demand for Illinois Central Shares
at rates corresponding with the rapid advance in New
,x°rk, as reported by telegraph ; they close firm at
;01 to 101, being an improvement of $4 since our
.last, and even at the enhanced price but little stock
13 offered for sale. Eries have been neglected, and at
16 to 46k, showing only a slight change. Atlantic
and Great Western Consolidated Bonds, after touch-
trig 34, close somewhat weaker at 321 to 33k."
LiThe Pestarena United Gold Mining Company,
flitted, have received a remittance of 6820z5. of
!°ll Recent amalgamating operations have been
attended with an undue loss of mercury, and conse-
Pent loss of gold. This has unfortunately affected
the return, but the managing director now telegraphs
say that he believes he has now discovered the

BRITISH TIINDM—TWO VOLOOK.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
° Per Cent. Consols
„ Ditto for Account, July 9
I,‘'l Per Cent. Reduced 94 54
°w 3 per Cent
New., 24 per Cent. Jan. 1894
. , Do. 5 per Cent,. Jan. 1873
.4-luuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
Do (Red Sea Televaph), Aug., 1908 —
-Lizehoquer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct — Pn
Do. £500
DO. £lOO & £2OO —7/
13'/Ik of England Stock, 4}per Cent —
I'o. Account
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
India stook, 104 per Cent., AprillB74 ...
Do. Account
psuo. 5 per Cent. July, 1880
1-,..). 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
"0. Certificates —
Do. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent —
Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
~,DO. 54 por Cent., May 1879 —
LK, 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb. 1872

D.O. . do. 1877 lol}
T., Do. do. 1882 —
'-',. fob., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO
Do. under £l.OOO

At, , . FORXIGN FUND 3 —TWO CLOCK._
,enttne 1411)1111e, 6 per Cent...
it 61
,ItAci:A.ti Bonds, 5 por Cent. 1859
ttr • •
44111 an 5 por Cent
D
41 per Cent., 1852
-L.', O. do. 187,8
O. do., 18 in —
Do. do., 1863 GG
1)`). 5 por Cont., 1865
1, 1)0 Aecoun'
' enos lyres 8 per Cent —
1),) 2 per Cont. (Deferred 3 per Cent `
11" ti 6per Cent.
4,,Llian 6 Cent —
DO. 41 per Cent
D. 6 per
1 CB6 e
7nt., B —
1)o.,
951 6
O
bo., 7 per
,Cent., 1866
"0., Scrip £32 paid
tnbian, 6 per Cent.
anisn 3 p Cent., 1825......- .......... "
apnbian Principalities, i Itr Cent —
IDo 8 per Cent., 1867 —
-"Iltdor Now Uonsolidated, 1 per Cent —

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