The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-26 00:00:00

BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES.

GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols 921 1 xi
Ditto for Account,
3 per Cent. Reduced 921 1
New 3 per Cent
New 21 psi. Cent. Jan. 1894
Do. i per Cent.. ~ an. 1873
A. muffles, 80 yrs, expire sth Jun., 1881' —
Do. for 80 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 —
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Ct. — pot
Do. £5OO
Do. £l6O & £2OO — pin
3 mk of England Stock. 4 por Cent
Do. accoußt•..
Canada 4 per Cent. Bonds —
later-Colonial Umunun —
INDIAN 30VERNMENT SECURITIES.
India Mock, 10f per Cent., April 1874 —
Do. Opening, for Account 2lO
Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880
Do. 4 per Cent.. Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates —
Do. Enlaced Yap.. 4 per Cent —
Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
Do. 5} per Ofnt. Ma' 1879 lO9l I
D J 5 per Cent., Rnp. Deb. 1872 —
Do. do. 1877 —
Do. do. 1882 —

D.,. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 „ 101}
Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., .£1,000
Do. under £LOOO - pia
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Argentine Republic, t: per Cent
Do., Scrip £45 paid
AuArian Bonds 5 per cent
Do. 1869 —
Brazilian 5 per Cent —
00. 4} per Cent., 1852 —
Do. do. 1858 —
Do. do., 1860 --
Do. do., 1863 671
Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 —

Do AeCount 7Bf i
B..enos Ayres 6 per Cent.
Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) 51}
0 u, be, 6 per Cent. —
(Lilian 6 per Cent —
no. 4i per Cent................. .. .........

Do. 3p-er Cent., —
Do. 6 per co-+t. 1867 ••••.... 000000
Do. 7 par Cent, 1866 -
C lo abian, 6 per Cent.
Dan.sn, 8 per Cent., 1825
Dan ibian Principalities, 7 I,er Cent
Do 8 per Cent., 1867 ... ---
Equador New Con.solidated, 1 per Cent
Egyptian, 7 per Cent '...
Do Second Issue —

Do. Z 506 Honda

Do. £lOO Bonds.
Do. 1564 —
Do. Account
Do. £5OO Bonds . B4k
Do. 110 C Bonds B5 4.}
English Scrip,:lB6B 74
Do do. .£45 pd dis
Government Its.il way Debentures.-- 96k 51,
Greet 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups. •••
Do. AccOunt
Do. Coupons
Do. Account
Guatemala 5 per Cent .. —
Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan, 10p. Ct., all pd
It9lian 5 per Cent., 1865
Do. Account . Bll
Do Maremmana Railway
Mexican 3 per Cent —
Ditto for Account —
Dn. 1864 —
Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French 1....
siontevidsau 6 per Cent. .. —
Moorish imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada l4}
Do 3 per Cen —
Do. Deferred
• Do Land Warrants (Hectares) I —
Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865, —
Do Account .. ,9} k
Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'60,'2,'3
Do. do. 1867 —
Do. do. • Scrip, £2O paid —
R.lssian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St
Do 4} per Cent. 1850

Do 41 Per Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
Do 5 per Cent., 1862
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds , 90`
Do. do. £B4 15s. de —
Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds
Do. do .8415 x. do —
Do Nicolas Railway 651:
Sarlinian 5 p6a. Cent —
Do 4} per Cent. (Uribarren)
Do 4* per Cent., 1862 -
Do Account -
Spanish 3 per ()en . —
Do. Aco',unt
Do. 1867
Do. Account . 323 3
Do. New Deferrea
Do. Account —
Do. Passive —
Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded —
Do. Account —
Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan
Do Government, 1864 —
Do do, 1868
Do do, Scrip
Turkish 6 per Cent. ..,..
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858 •••
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent., 1862
Do Account
Do .£lOO Bonds 633 43
Do 5 per Cent. 1865 —
Do
83
Account
• Of,. 613

Do G per Cent., 1865 6ll 2
Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed
Venezuela 3 per Cent.:
Do. Account

Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austnau a par Cent. Ex 10 Florins —
Belgian 41 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 24 per Cent. Ea. 12 Gail . ...
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ....
French Reines, 3 per Cent., Ex. 2M. —
Do Account —
Italial, 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. zsf.
Do. Account 56 i 6
CLOSING PRICES.
Consuls, Money 92} 1 ad
Do. Account, Jan. 5 92.1 1 ad

BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, Dec. 24.

The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week ending to-day, together with the cor-
responding figures of the previous account :

DEBTOR.

Dec. 24.

Dec. 17.
fr. c.
Capital of the Bank 182,500,000
Profits in addition to
capital (Art. 8, Law,
June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 2 7,044,776 02
Reserve of the Bank
and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14
Reserve of landed pro-
perty 4,000,000 4,000,000
Notes in circulation .
Bank notes to order and
receipts payable at
sight 31,872,504 57 32,460,25 93
Treasury account cur-
rent creditor 182,275,959 76 183,100,414 78
Current accounts, Paris 266,614,611 86 260,487,407 78
Do. branch banks 44,789,045 44,006,297
Dividends payable 721,286 684,423
Discounts and sundry
interests
Rediscounted the last

182,500,000 -

six months
Surplus of receipts not
distributed
Sundries

703,152 42

703,152 42

8,758,526 31 8,496,978 92

Total
CREDITOR.
Dec. 17. Dec. 24.
Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c
Branch banks
Commercial bills over-

290,248 8

221,386 83

due
Commercial bills dis-
t.,
t,. counted, not yet due 239,497,004 70 256,363,107 14
Lo. branch banks 240,350,243 236,923,322
Advances on deposit of
bullion 40,239,200
1)o. branch banks 5,740,200
Do. on French Public
,
Securities 11988,700 12,051,600
Do. by branch banks 7,136,000 -- 7,021,100
AO. on railway shares
,
and debentures -
41,0. branch banks
00. on Credit Foncier
Bonds
Do. branches
uO. to the State (Con-
vention, June 10,
1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000
Government Stock re-
serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14
Do. disposable
Rentes Immobalisees
„(Law, June 2, 1857) 1C0,000,000 100,000,000 ....
ki. otel and furniture of

38,668,000 -
3,316,800 -

the Bank and landed
propezty branches 8,964,759 8,970,059
-tpenses of manage-
tnent 2,693,717 76 3,174,595
Sundries

Total
Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank
of France.

(Signed) ROULAND.

The Price of Gold.

The
t, quotalion ol gold at Paris is about at par, and
short exchange on London Is 251. 20c. per £1 sterling.
Ua comparing these rates with the English Mint prize of
loicl. per ounce for standard gold, it appew's that
told
s 1 -
abut 140th per cent. dearer in London than in
qr

at course of exchange at New York on London for bills
days' eight was on the last date about 1.9) percent.
7.`t this rate there is no prat on the importatin of gola
"la the Untied Mitten.