The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-15 00:00:00

RONEY MARNET

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIEItENCZ,

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
The Stock Markets show more animation, and a
general improvement is established in all departments,
,although the actual changes are of little importance.
'liondon and County is better, and Union of Lon-
don t.
The Discount demand is very limited, and supplies
continue abundant at 1 to 11; per cent.
Consols are very firm, at 94- to 941 for money,
kd 94 ato 944 for account. New and Reduced
-.Lae() A Cents., 94} to 94,E ; India 5 per Cent.,
114 k to 115 ; Bank Stock, 243 to 246 ; Exchequer
16s to 20s prem.
Poreit,en. Stocks are firmer, but the variations are
Unimportant. Greek is f better, at 13. to 14 ; and
eather descriptions about
except Mexican, which is
'4,n, at 154 to 151. Tho following are the current
Turkish, :—Nev Spanish Three per Cents., 354. to 37 ;
•totkish, 40 to 401 ; Italian, 531 to 531- ; Egyptian,
1864, 824 to 834 ; Peruvian, 79i to 80 : New Rus-
-Biao Railway, 3 to 3. prem. ; Crel-Vitebsk, 83t to
4 ; Nicolai Railway 66 to 661; ; West Winconsin
~‘'.4l%vtly Bonds, to 1/ prem. ; Great Luxembourg;
441 to 12 ; Lombardo-Venetian, 155- to 153.
New Swedish Loan is steady, at 21 to 21 prem.
English railway shares are generally stronger, but
the
actual variations are unimportant. The following
are the quotations :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 128,E
t° 128 i ; Midland, 1041 to 1041 ; South East-
+rn, 74 to 7.1.4 ; London and North Wes-
Th."ero, 1144 to 114 ; London and South
Western 91 to 93 ; Great Northern, 102 to 103 ;
•(1.1°,: (A), 96 to 97 ; Great Eastern, 37) to 38 ; Great
esters, 481 to 49 ; London, Brighton, and South
Coast, 4ast, 53 to 531 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-
Poshire 40i to 41 ; Metropolitan, 112 to 1121 ex
Caledonian, 71/ to 711 ; London, Chatham.
and Dover, 194 to 19g.
RAmerican Securities are dull. United States 5-20
s are quoted at 744 to 74i ; Erie shares lower,
43 to 44 ; Illinois, 91i to 92k ex div.
'lank Shares are firmer, and the dealings show
rather more activity. London and County is better,
d5O to 51 ; Union of London f, at 334 to 34 ; and
10-Austrian at 5 to 5i prem.; Agra (A) steady,
fog
11 to 12 ; Alliance, 10i to 9i dis.; Consolidated,
Zt to 41 ;Imperial, 17-i to 18i ; Imperial Ottoman,
tto 1/ prem. ; London and Westminster, 69 to 70.;
"don Joint Stock, 32 to 33.
Colonial Government Securities are in moderate
raeclue4t but prices are unchanged. The following
July),
the'uotations :—Canada 6 per Cent. (Jan. and
141,4, 102 to 104 ; ditto 5 per Cent. (Jan. and
5.11 v), 89 to 91 ;
Mauritius 6 per Cent., (Jan. and
04'4, 102 to 104 ; New South Wales 5 per
boeutA (Jan. and July), 99 to 101 ; New Zealand 6
ra:nril'ent., (March and Sept.), 110 to 112 ; Queens-
-6 per Cent., (Jan. and July), 106 to 107 ;
Victoria 6
per Cent. (Jan. and July), 112 to 114 ;
and Victoria 6 per Cent. (April and Oct.), 113 to 114.
Miscellaneous Securities are steady. Anglo-Ame-
rican
Telegraph remains at 21k to 21k ; Atlantic
egralah Eight per Cent., 4/ to 4i Hudson's
aY, 15k to 15k.
are
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
3r5 to3sk
15r. 351., and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds,
81The R-onduras Loan Debenture Bonds are 80k to
Debenture
Indian Peninsula Railway New 4 per Cent.
Stock is 961 to 96a.
Annexed is the report of the directors of the Union
profits
°f London, adopted at the half-yearly meeting
__„aY:—The directors have to report that the net
Frsonts of the bank for the six months ending 30th June
~,%t2 after payment of all charges (including the sum of
f 07171.7 138 lld for interest paid and due to customers
leir current and deposit accounts), and making
provision for all bad and doubtful debts,
£99,569 13s ld, which, with £11,190 lOs 4d,
zucLioluht forward from 31st December last, amount to
de °'76o 33 sd. The directors now declare a divi-
_ ernd for the last six months at the rate of 15 per cent.
_t annum on the paid-up capital, clear of income tax.
n-t er payment of the divided, amountin to £90,000,
f
zterWill remain an unappropriatedg balance o
160 3s scl to ne carried forward to profit and loss
ew account.
:_hetlheedt
reporta of the Consolidated Bank to be pre-
the half-yearly meeting on the 17th inst.
brA",B au available balance of £32,165, including a
di"v'orlo of £2,351. From this sum the
rerectors recommend a dividend at the rate of 5 per
ad;,per annum, which will absorb £20,000, and
£8,500 to special reserve fund, leaving
X3)°665 to be carried forward. The special reserve
/low amounts to £30,000, and the reserve fund to
£lOO,OOO.
The directors of the Telegraph Construction and
I,tintenance Company have resolved to pay on the
3lst instant the usual ad interim dividend of 2i per
cent. for the half-year ending June 30, being equal to
103 per share, free of income tax.
The jfollowing gold ships are reported to have left
Melbourne on the 24th of May, for England :—The
Sussex, with £45,500 ; the Moravia, with £35,575 ;
the Vimeira, with £35,625 ; and the Essex, with
4,250 oz., making a total value of £655,800.
rho nighflyer, from Melbourne, has brought
£03,324 in Australian gold.
The steamers which left for New York yesterday
'ring £55,000 in specie for Europe.
15 ao
N.O transactions in bullion were reported at the
k yesterday.
f_ The traffic return of the Metropolitan Railway
of°l' the week ending the 12th inst shows an increase
£336, •;
is:A. prospectus appears in our columns for the first
,44,,° of £200,000 bonds, being part of an amount of
7,17.?°0,000, to be secured by a first mortgage on the
_lyest Wisconsin Railway Company, and included in
Ittioe mortgage, is 1,004,800 acres of land belonging to
an, c°lllPany. The bonds are issued at 70 per cent.,
,_(-1 are redeemable at par in 75 years, thus securing iu per cent, profit to the bondholders. The principal
aatn,,d_ interest,, will be paid, as the promoters state, in
11, at the London and County Bank. Careful
conditionswill are inserted that further issues of the loan
will only be made as the railway is from stage to stage
completed. The West Wisconsin Railway will be
made a connected line, and competent persons esti-
roate that a very profitable traffic will pars over it.

BIIITISII FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols 941 1
3 Ditto for Account, Aug. 6 9ii i
Nper Cent. Reduced 941 i
ew 3 per Cent 941
New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 —O. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — .A.anuities, 30 yrs, expire sth J.,
818858. t t --__
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1
~, Doh Cited Sea Televaph), Aug., 1908
Do
'4(le..quer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct I
Do.
£5OO
100 & £2OO —
Bank of En land Stock, 41 per Cent 244
Do• Account
IxDuat GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Ildia tock, 101- per Cent., April 1874 •••
O. Do. Opening, for Account —
5 pe Cent.•
Do. 4 per Cent.,Jul Oct.y 1888 —
Do.o. Certificates —
„D 0 . Enfaced Pape, 1 per Cent —
5 per Cent, Jan. 1872
,°. 5i per Cent., May 1879 llO
4'°' 5 per Cent nu . Deb. 1872
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Do. do. 1877 —D. do. 1882
Do
..-,0. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
O. u
. Bnderonds,
£l, 4 per
000 Cent., £l,000
FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO CLOCK. pm
Ikr4entine Repulic, 6 per Cent... •
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Bonds,sper 5 per Cent. 1859
xd
Cent
rltl3 41 per Cent , 1852 — —O. do. * 1858....• —
Do. do
1860 — 1,1)°. do*, 1863 —
8.1
440. 5 per Cent , 1865
!Jo Account .
.-.ettosAyres 6 per Cent —
144,1).
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~,,J • 6 per Cent., 13
0. 1867
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.vo 7
Do.' ~ per ,Cent., 1866 —ot °'' Scrip £32 paid ...
.
Rajah, 3 per Cent 1825 . •
baubian p • • ". • “....••
C t .73
Dux ~ rinctpalittes, / per en ..•••
v 0 per Cent., 1837 —
kdr Ne ©ronsolidated, 1 per Cent lit
tP.tisaeo_, 7 Cent
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(1 o !Au,' 1a,,5 per Cent ..
£25 —
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,-ao o p.m: Cent. 1865 —
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