The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-17 00:00:00

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COMMERCIAL N TILT f OBNCYR,

CITY, Two O'CLocK.
The Bank return continues to show the effects of the
iispersion of the dividends, and of the redemption of
private securities out of deposits. The result is a
.tirther moderate diminution in the bullion and in the
" serve ; while the securities held by the Bank against
liscounts and advances have fallen to ..£16,900,000
olunusually low amount. In other respects the return
presents no feature calling for special notice. The
llmnges are such as are incidental to the dividend
u
.eriod. The following are the most important :
Increase in Circulation
Decrease in Public Deposits
644
Decrease in other Deposits ...... 1,078,434
N 0 change in amount of Government Securities.
Decrease in other Securities . 1,508,359
Decrease in Bullion
Increase in Rest
Decrease in Reserve
Bullion in both Departmcots ... .22,186,535
Reserve in Notes and Coin
Circulation, including Bank Post Bills 25,433,023
'The return of paid clearirri for the week ending
tir:dneday, July 15, as certified by Mr. J. C.
deputy inspector, is as follows :
July 9, Thursday
... £11,810,000
`.1,41Y 10, Fri.lay ..• ... 11,268,000
uly 11, S iturday •
10,816,000
July.,, 13, Monday 10,146,000
•
••
July •••
4, Tuesday ••• ••• 10,987,000
Jul: 15, Wednesday ... 22,771,000

is within Total £77,798,000
thin about three millions of the highest
I.`easing of the year. The returns for several weeks
voc indicated an increase of business on the Stock
4clange, and the present one points to the same
conclusion.
_T: Discount 'Market is quiet, at 11 per cent. to
the best bills.
T
West Indian Mail Steamer has brought
4:9„,000 in specie.
--uhe steamers which left New York yesterday for
Pe,bring £85,000 in specie:
The English Funds are flat, at a decline of 1; per
si. since the unofficial close'of last evening. Con-
an° s are 94k to 94R- for delivery and account ; New
3d Reduced Three per Cents. are 94-g to 94i ;
1k Stock, 244 to 246 ; India 5 per Cents., 1341 to
151 and Exchequer Bills, 16s. to 20s. prem.
abx °reign Stocks are mostly rather lower upon the
bAenec of demand. Mexican Bonds are quoted 151
5;1; 411 ; Greek, 131 to 14 ; Italian (1861), 521 to
Turkish (1865), 40'to 401; Spanish, 351. to 351,
437ptian (1.864‘, 83 to 84 ; ditto, Scrip, 1 to
tli Fine
Viceroy's Seven per Cents., 721 to 73i ; and
per Cents., 88 to 89. •
united States 5-20 Bonds are fractionally lower, at
to A
'2l m
- - to 72a • Erießailroad shares are 1 better, at 44
and Illinois 1, at 94 to 95 ex div.
,:ar
Th •
ere Is very little business doing in English rail-
s
,hr , and prices are just a shade weaker. Lanca-
jo rief,and Yorkshire are 128. to 129 ; Midland, 1031
; South Eastern, 741 to 741 ; London and
"'to - Western, 114 ft to 1141; Great Northern, 1021
31193 i ; ditto (A), 96k to 971 ; Great Eastern, 38 to
S„T ; Great Western, -48 - to 481 ; Brighton, 521 to
4i ; Sheffield, 401 to 41 ; Metropolitan, 1121 to
1131
to 4- Caledonian, 72 to 721 ; and Chatham, 191
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
'kayo improved to 351, 361, and the Consolidated
-7.tg.,,,ge Bonds remain at 351, 351.
~tle Honduras Loan is firm, at 80, 811.
„ek_ireat Indian Peninsular Railway New 4 per Cent.
•u.,l,,,enture Stock is 961, 961.
12151nYorWeigisocoRnallnwBaymst,ds are quoted 2 to 11 prom.
Great Luxembourg remains ..
16k. 16 to 12 7-16 ; and Lombardo-Venetian, 151 to
caCoelnial Government Bonds are steady.
ditto
56 Per Cent. is marked at 101 to 103
per - per
P Cent., 89 to 91 ; Mauritius 6
uent. 103 to 105 ; New South Wales 5
iro Cent., 99 to 101 ; New Zealand 6 per Cent.,
to 112 ; Queensland 6 per Cent., 1051 to
u.„ei Victoria 6 per Cent., 112. .to 114.
v•orei,y
st. John ,n 'lining Shares are in little or no request.
del Rey is quoted at 171 to 181 ; Port
ir11), 11 to 11 ; Chontales, 2 to 22 ; Rossa Grande,
prem.
Diatik Shares are extremely quiet, and with the ex-
errion of an improvement of in Anglo-Austrian,
ces are unaltered. The following are the quota-
tions :—Agra (A), 11 to 12 ; Alliance, 10 to 9 dis.;
18 to
5 to 54 prem. ; Chartered Mercantile,
1,4t.° 29 ; Consolidated, 41 to 41 • Imperial Ottoman,
,NoLO
-a Prem. ; London and &linty, 501 to 511- ;
ndon and Westminster, 70 to 71 ex div.; ditto
Le‘v,
"t2ek 47 to 48 ; Oriental, 421 to 43k ; London Joint
321 to 331 ; Union of London 34 to 35.
In Miscellaneous Securities, Anglo-American Tele-
-0a1)11 and Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent., are
Cllr better, being dealt in at 21& to 21Z, and 4 5-16
") 4 7-16 ex div. respectively ; Hudson's Bay unal-
tered, at 15g- to 151. ex dir.; Atlantic and Great
Western Mortgage Bonds, 35 to 36 ; London General
Omnibus, 2 to 2k.
The ordinary general meeting of the City of London
Company has been called for the sth August, to
receive the report of the directors and to declare a
dtvidend.
The Don Pedro North del Rey Mining Company
71,tve received a telegram, stating the produce for May
22,719 oitavas, and to 16th June 9,241 oitavas.
The sum of' £17,000 iu bar gold was sent into the
Bank yesterday.
Advices from Sydney announce the departure for
thetl"don of the Mataoka with £15,000 sovereigns, and
don
with £15,000.
The report of the Merchant Shipping Company
(Limited). to be presented on the 22nd inst., recom-
ftn_ends a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum,
LL-Pc of income tax.
the
The report of the Credit Foncier of England for
r i
past half-year states that the financial results will
illootre admit of the payment of a dividend, " and, still
_ that they necessitate the writing off, as a loss,
deleaerrltain amount of capital. It must, however, be
the tinderstood that these are the consequences of
mistaken policy of former years, although only
dnow apparent, and that they have not been
:pned by anything that has occurred of late
:Vs. Attention is called to several improvements
which have been eff
compaby's affairs. ected in themanagement of the
The traffic return of
Central India
.the Bombay, Baroda, ana
shows a decrease of Railwxay94[sor the week ending May 23
The subscription list for the
Company (limited) will be closed Alexandra Palace
lArlonday next.
A circular has been issued by
and Coc.,onnected
lately with Messrs. Nio.hoJls.ooG; Bland,ey
stating that lie has cotmnofen
as an accountant under the firm jce.dob. us i
Blandn es s
nod CO.
c_tr_ be following is the report of the National Discount
Company for the past half-year : The directors
with pleasure to the annexed accounts,
which
aftershoalti that the gross profit for the half-year ending
!„.en: 30 has amounted to £91,345 16s 2d ; and that
auditors'
for the current expenditure, directors'
e,harges ttors remuneration, bad debts, and all other
and reserving £20,854 19s for rebate of
interest
for
._ on bills discounted not yet due, there remains
brincluding the balance of X 1 806 lOs 6d
ulllgnt
_.p2 forward from the last account, sum of
ze56',870s 3d, of which they propose to apportion
:;41 to the payment of a dividend at the rate of
e.trry r rat• per annum, free of income-tax, and to
x2,ororvvard to the next account the sum of
after saB 3d. The dividend will be payable on and
too Ist August."

BRITISH FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK.
3 IiOVERNMENT k'UNDS.
Por Cent. Consols
941
~ Ditto for Account, Aug. 6
941
;,per Cent. Reduced
94i -1
'4,,e'v 3 per Cent
New 2/ por Cent. Jan. 1894
A u°' 5 per Cent. J an. 1873
-'llluities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1-80 —
Do•e. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — t (Red Sea Televaph), Aug., 1908 —
P n
zehoquer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct —
Do,
--- 11
Do .£5OO
,
BA h. £lOO & £2OO .--
-uo• Acco
LI•`• of Engd Stock, 4/per Cent
246 17
ntlan
1 , INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
tl'a tock, 101 per Cent., April
~
•uo• Opening, for Account
Do
115 11/ 15}
, • 6 per Cent. July, 1880 '-',.,°. 4 pet• Cent., Oct. 1888
-Puo. Certificate,
e. Enfaced Paqpei a per Cent 9ll.
"0. 5 per Cont., Jan. 1872
Do 5,1
110
D • -1 Per Cet., May 1879
D° 5 per Cent., Ru
Do. p. Deb. 1872
do. 1877 — 1)0
1882 —
1) - • do.
'• i)eb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ....,.
Do,Do. Rends, 4 per Cent., £l,000
under £l.OOO
Pm
FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO CLOCK.
Ar pour
A.,,' , tille Repulie, 6 per Cent...
rDtt•trl.an Bonds 5 per Cent. 1859
,)4,4111 5 per 'Cent —
ad
1 per Cent., 1852
I)°' do. 1858_,
bo,
~_
18 ;0
Do, ``a-0.,
1863
1),,c• 5 Per *Lieut., 1865
b ue Account
••-' t:enos lyres 6 per Cent
, 1-?,) 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
'04)1) 6Per Cent.
- Do, 6 Per Cent
?- IL per Cent. . ,
t,"" t' Is3r Cent., 13 ........................
.„0., 1867
,e , 7 .... : ---
1),•
sp,z.i.r ,Cent., 1b`,46 . —
.
' "IP 432 paid lllllttnivimmito "-'