The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-16 00:00:00

NONEY MAR ET

A ND
COMMERCIAL INTMLTUENCE,

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

This being the last day of the settlement, the Stock
markets are more or less neglected for the immediate
business in hand. The funds are fiat upon the appre-
hension of the mischief resulting from the continued
but the upward movement is not important. Peru-
'lan and Egyptian are better, and the Argentine
Scrip is called 1 prom. In railways, one leading
feature is the advance of 1 per cent. in Metropolitan
on the passing of the Finance Bill. Otherwise, home
railways are quiet. Foreign are again firmer, the
reaction in Great Luxembourg being encouraged by
an increased traffic this week of £2,853 5s Bd. Bank
shares are fiat.
The Money Market is quiet, at la per cent., with
exceptional transactions 'at 1/ per cent.
The English Funds are flat. Consolst show a decline
°L, I) at 94 to 941 for Money, and 941 to 943 for
Account. New and Reduced Three per Cents.,
,?
to 94.7 ; India Five per Cents. quiet, at 1145 to
115 ; Bank Stock, 247 to 249 ; Exchequer Bills,
143 to 18s prem.
Foreign Government Securities are steady. Mexi-
can are quoted 16 to 16/ ; Greek, 135 to 14 ; New
'Parlish, 31 to 381- ; 535 to 535 ; Turkish
f, (1865), 382 to 39 ; Peruvian, 88k to 89 ; Danubian
"804), 72 to 74 ; ditto (1867), 81 to 83 ; Argentine,
ist,to 15 prem.;. Egyptian (1864), 815 to 825 ; and
vl,,.ce:oy's Seven per Cents., 74 to 74k.
Egyptiau Nine per Cont. Bonds are 871 to-884.
The New Honduras Loan is par to 1 prem.
American Securities are steady. United States 5-20
Bonds are inquired for at 735 to 732- ; Erie Shares,
155 to 46 ; and Illinois,- 995 to 1005.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
"re 29 to 295, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds,
83i to 331.
In English Railway Shares the dealings have been
very moderate, and the only feature is a rise of 1
Per cent. in Metropolitan, which is in request at
112 to 113. Great Northern A is./ better at 103 to
104, while the A Stock is / lower at 96 to 97 ; and
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, also , at
431 to 431. The following are the prices :--Lancashire
e,.nd, Yorkshire, 1281 to 129 ; Midland, 1051 to 106/ ;
London and North Western, 116 to 1165 ; Great
f.. astern, 37 to 371- ; Great Western, 53 to 535 ;
onden, Brighton, and South Coast, 52 to 52/ ;
Caledonian,73 to 73? ; London, Chatham, and Dover,
205 to 201.
Colonial Government Securities present no feature,
,th, being dealings bein merely nominal. The following are
'4le quotations :—Canada 6 per Cents., 105 to 107 ;
ditto 5 per Cents.. 93 to 95 ; Mauritius 6 per Cents.,
105 to 107 ; New South Wales 5 per Cents., 100 to
02 ; New Zealand 6 per Cents., 110 to 112 : Queens-
land 6 per Cents., 109 to 110 ; Victoria 6 per Cents.,
114 to lia
Foreign Railway Shares are firm. Lombardo-Vene-
‘pu and Great Luxembourg are each 5. better, being
yeah in at 155 to 154, and 121 to 13 respectively.
,In Bank Shares rather more activity is displayed,
taut prices on the whole are rather dull. London and
County and Union of London are each 5 lower, the
foruner being quoted at 51 to 52, and the latter at 34
t
.0, 35. On the other hand Chartered Mercantile is 5
n'gher at 30 to 31 ; Agra (A) steady, at 11/ to 123 ;
Alliance, 105 to 95 dis.; Anglo-Austrian, 55 to 6
; Consolidated, 4/ to 5 ;- Imperial, 18 to 19 ;
• ,olperial Ottoman, 15 to 15 prem.; London and
t eslminster, 71± to 712 ; ditto, New, 48/ to 481 ;
uriental, 42. to 435 ; London Joint Stock, 34 to 35.
In Foreign Mining Shares the only feature is a
oil in Chontales, at 15. to 1 •, Rossa-Grande,
3:16 to 5-16 prem. ; St. John del Rey, 185 to 1914 ;
Port Philip, 15 to 12.
M• iscellaneous Securities are steady. Hudson's
".Y remain at 165 to 165 ; Anglo-American Tele-
rtllh, 22/ to 225 ; Atlantic Telegraph 8 per Cent.,
yos/ ; Fore-street Warehouse, dis. to 1 prem. ;
London General Omnibus, 25 to 2R.
Lay.
£26,000 in bar gold was sent into the Bank yester-

the Bremen has arrived from New York, with
)000 in specie.
The ordinary general meeting of the Crystal Palace
the has been convened for the 30th inst., for
.purpose of receiving the directors' report and
ttatenient of accounts.
A remittance of £303 183 4d has been received on
account of Ecuador dividends.
The traffic receipts of the South Eastern Railway
for this week show a decrease of £2,502 as compared
With the corresponding week of 1867.
The traffic return of the Great Western Railway of
canada for the week ending the 12th inst., shows a
decrease of £1,016 over last year.
The ChontaleS Gcld Mining Company have received
remittance of. 137 ounces of gold.
The total receipts of the Panama, New Zealand,
1 Australian Royal Mail Company for the year 1867
;vcre .£96,107-0&31 ; and time disbursements, includ-
;q; insurance and the appropriation to repair, renewal,
account, X 326,994 15a 3d, exhibiting a loss of
-,30,e87 15.3. To this must be added the Interest on
uebeetures &c.,. and other home expenditure, in all
£24,427 12a Id, making the total £55,315 7s ld,
nieh, with the previous balance of £9,581 Os 3d,
atBeB the sum to the debit of profit and loss account
,`(1 £64,896 7s 4d. There is, consequently, no divi-
dend to be declared. It is satisfactory, however, to
:4€l in the report that several considerable items of
.neucliture are this year being greatly reduced, and
rat the revenue has increased. The information
which the directors possess enables them, without
;hesitation to express the opinion that not only has
,ne maximum loss been fully ascertained, but that
,
v:esucto:ipany's fleet is now being worked with results
rich will tend to compensate for past losses, and to
a remunerative return on the capital invested.
The tenth annual report of the National Bank of
last,
with statement of balances on 31st March
states that the net profits for that half-year, after
r I:ll;'kin.g provision for bad and doubtful debts, and
"wmg for rebate on bills current, and interest
paid and accrued on deposits, amount to £41,961
Is. ; balance forward from last half-year, £3,210
31s 7d ; making an available total of £45,171 15s 6d,
, raich stun the directors recommended should be ap-
propriated as follows :—Dividends at the rate of 10
her cent. per annum, £27,000 ; bonus of is per share,
(.`llllivalent to 2.4 per cent. perannum, £6,750 ; reserve
"Ilia (making £150,000), £5,000; reduction of bank
I!remises account, £5,000; balance carried forward,
',421 15s 61 ; total, £45,171 15s 6(1.
e).The mail from South Australia brings dates to the
7'')a, April. The weather had been fine, and plough-
Iflig operations were being proceeded with. The vin-
tage had been good, but with a moderate yield. There
had been plentiful rains in the far north. At the land
a;le at Mount Gambier over 15,000 acres were pur-
chased by four agents. The south-eastern wheat
returns exactly conic up to the average. The yield per
acre has been only 4 bushels 401 b ; 55,716 acres were
"reaped ; of 7,478 farms cultivated, 1,908 produced
tod wheat ; 2,337 middling ; and 3,233 inferior. In
Victoria an almost similar depreciation has been expo-
tlenced. There were 220,734 acres under cultivation,
and a yield of 3,489,893 bushels ; the average yield
Was 15.4 bushels, the decrease over a million bushels,
amid a similar decrease had been sustained in the yield
°I Oats. The following were the statistics :—Govern-
Nent receipts (March 31), £170,380 ; expenditure,
181,845 ; immigration (April 18) 18,895 ; emigration,
145 ; cereal exports £183,158 ; customs receipts,
£57,993.
; imports, £574,023 ; exports, £752,048;
'and sold, 55,677 acres, yielding £61,830. Wheat
isivas 93 per bushel ; flour,£23 per ton. The
:auks sold drafts on London at 60 days' at 1i per
'ea, and bought same at 1 dis.

BIHAR TIINDS-TWO O'CLOCK.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.

li tr Cent. Consols
8 itto for Account, July 9
New Per educed 941
3 Cont.'
• per Cent
~_, 21 per Cont. Jan. 1894
A "0. 5 per Cent,. (1 a.n. 1873
'"•10 uities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 188 P —
Do. for 33 yrs, expire sth April 1885 -
xl9O (Red Sea Televaph), Aug., 1908 —
z`-'4oquer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct l4 pm
Do, £5OO
bo = £lOO & £2OO l4 „
8111 k of England Stock, 41 per Cent 246 8
pO. Account
1 NDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIE.
411aI F 4ock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74S ... shut
uo. Account
bo. 5 per Cent..fuly, 1880
Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
00. Certificates —
Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent 9ll
Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
May 1879 —
4,0 5 per Cent., Rnp. D. 1872
Do. do. 1877 —
Do. do. 1882 —
1-,,. Deb 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
',
uo. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,000
no• Under £l,OOO
FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO CLOCK.
44;entine Re ulict 6 per Cent...
Au
P
Arian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859
klruilian 5 per Cent — xd
Du.r., 3. 4i per Cent., 1852 —
'",,°. do. 188 —
„"°. do., 181 P —
°- do., 1863 —
DO.„ 5 per Cent, 1865 —
B i'cl Account 761
..„eoosA.yres 6 per Cent —
"0 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
oti el 613er Cent.
',,lian 6 per Cent -
J-10. 4} per Cent —
•,,uot 6 per Cent., B —
'n'TicLi 1867
per ,Cent, 1866 .... _
°.? Scrip £32 paid ~, _