The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-29 00:00:00

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CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
Consols aro 921 ; for money; ditto, for Ac-
count, 92; ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 92; ; New
Three per Cents, 92; j ; ditto 21 per Cent., Jan.,
1824, 74.
India Stock, 101 per Cent., April, 1874, shut ;
ditto 5 per Cent., July, 1880, 113/ ; ditto En-
faced Paper 4 per Cent., 911 ; ditto Bonds £l,OOO,
8 10; ditto under £l,OOO, 15 prem.
In the Foreign Stock Market there is very little
change. Turkish Five per Cents. and Peruvian
Five per Cents. are 1 better ; and Mexican Bonds
and New Spanish Three per Cents. are / lower than
last evening. The quotations are :—ltalian, 554 56 ;
Mexican, 141 141 ; Greek, 11/ 12; ; New Spanish,
321 321; Turkish Five per Cents., 384 381 ; Peru-
vian Five per Cents., 78 781.
The Honduras Loan is steady at 891 901.
United States Bonds have improved consider-
abip, the 5-20's showing a rise of 1, at 741 741,
and the Bonds of 1885 are 14 higher, at 721 73.
The 10-40 Bonds remain at 71 711.
In the railway market Caledonians and Great
Western are lower, Great Eastern 1, Great
Northern 1, ditto A 1, Midland I, North British
and London and North Western 1. Metropoli-
tans are ; better, Brighton 1, and South
Eastern 1. The quotations are :—Caledonian,
751 2 ; Great Western, 481 i ; Great Eastern,
40/ 4 ; Great Northern, 105 6 ; ditto A, 1071 8 ;
Lancashire, 127/ 8; ; Metropolitan, 103 ; Midland,
1121 I ; Sheffield, 47 1 ; Brighton, 48; 4 ; North
British 32 1 North Western, 111 f i ; North Eas-
tern, 921 100 ; South Eastern, 79 ; Chatham
and Dover, 161 17.
Great Indian Peninsular Railway New Four per
Cent. Debenture Stock is 94 95.
Anglo-American Telegraph shares have risen
nearly 1, to 211 22.
The Stock Exchange will be closed on Friday
next, New Year's-day being one of the fixed holi-
days at that establishment.
The sum of £13,000 in gold was taken to the
Bank yesterday.
The Tasmanian, from the West Indies, has
brought £152,000 in specie (£83,000 in silver and
£69,000 in gold) ; the Yorkshire, from Melbourne,
£96,500 ; the Benvenue, from the same port,
£94,500 ; and the Poonah, from Alexandria,
£9,642. The total is £353,142, of which a large
portion is expected to be sent into the Bank during
the week.
For the next few days there will be a full inquiry
for money. The engagements for the end of the
year, the half-monthly adjustments at the Stock
Exchange, and the preparations for the opening of
the next month, have already created an effect, and
rates are tending upwards.
The Bank of England is obtaining a very fair
proportion of the bills on offer, the terms asked ou
side approximating so closely to the three per cen
minimum.

It is intimated that the rate of interest on India
Bonds will remain at 4 per cent., and will not, as
was expected a short time ago, be reduced.
The mail from Guayaquil has brought £742 on
account of the dividend on the debt of Ecuador.

The directors of the Egyptian Trading Com-
pany have announced a further return of 10s. 6d.
per share.
The annual meeting of the North British Aus-
tralasian Company (Limited) is called for the 12th
January, when a dividend is to be declared.
At the half-yearly meeting of the Bank of New
South Wales, at Sydney, the report showed au
available total of £79,507, and recommended a
dividend at the rate of 16 per cent. per annum,
which will absorb £75,000, and leave £4,507 to be
carried forward.

At the half-yearly meeting of the Bank of New
Zealand, at Auckland, the report showed an avail-

able total of £46,054, and a dividend was declared
at the usual rate of 10 per cent., and a bonus of

ss. per share, being equal together to 15 per
cent. per annum, leaving £8,554 to be carried for-

ward.

A special meeting of the National Bank of Liver
pool is called for the 7th of January, for the pur

pose of abolishing the London committee of
directors, which involves an expenditure, of £l,BOO

a-year.
The report of the Russian Ironworks Company
for the year ending the 30th of June last, old
style, has been issued. The sum of £12,435 118.7 d.
stands to the credit of profit and loss account, and
£24,300 have accrued from forfeited shares. Aftor
paying certain debts, and placing £20,000 to re-
serve, there is a balance of £507 Bs. 9d. to be
carried forward to the next account.

The Anglo-Austrian Bank notify that they will
be prepared to pay on the Ist January the coupon
due on that day, at the rate of 6s. 9d. per share
(being 5 per cent. per annum on £6 for the first
half year, and 5 per cent. per annum on £7 10s. for
the second half year), free of income tax.
The directors of the Dutch Rhenish Railway
Company announce that they have been em-
powered to pay a provisional dividend, as follows,
viz.: 17s. 9d. on the shares paid up before Ist of
May last ; 17s. 2d. on the shares paid up Ist of
July last ; and 4s. 9d. on the new shares on which
the third call was paid on Ist July last, making
(£6) 721 paid.
It is understood that the Spanish Provisional
Government have concluded a financial arrange-

ment with Messrs. Baring Brothers, and one wit!

Messrs. Bischoffsheim and Goldscmidt. The
former is on the security of the Morocco dues,
and the latter on a deposit of internal Three per

Cents.

Dates from Rio Janeiro to the 2d instant have
been received, but no mention is made of any en-
gagement or any defeat of the Brazilians at Villeta.

The quotation of exchange had declined to 17d. to
171 d.

The mail from South Australia brings dates to
the 10th of November. The crops continued with
a favourable appearance, and a good average yield
was expected. A Cabinet had been constructed by
Mr. Strangway on the 3d of November, which,

upon the land question, proposes to retain the auc-
tion system, but to allow the option of paying 20

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per cent. deposit as interest for four years' credit,

after which the principal is to be paid. The gold
digging at the Barossa and Jupiter Creek gold

fielc's was continued, and gold is finding its way to
Adelaide in considerable quantities, while an ex-
teneel area of country is now being worked, yield-
ing average wages to those employed.