The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-12-28

dividend Of Ave per cent In cash and Avs per cent In
STOCK payable in January The ave per can't In stock
represents the amount Of sinking fund invested in the
compapys bonds. Tho invsstmsnt Of anking fund In
the bonds Of the company purchasing ID the only sgd
mate way Of apprepratins such fund II is Like
buying up his own paper, and 1t u perfectly proper for
an individual or company to purchase their pa
per at the market price, The investment is, at all
events, safe one, and We should like to see
it practised to greater extent in this COM
munty. This Milwaukee Mississippi Railroad, BY the
way, one Of the kind are in favor Of and freely
dorse That's saying great deal in these days of doubt
and distrust- II Ia second Galena and Chicago and
now IL the time to take hold Of it, By and BY when 1t
gets up to l24 126 per cent it viii DO too late for
of ths margin win be used up It ohsaply construct
ed well managed, and even nov, In its uncompleted
state, highly productive road. We like the financial
system In operation and the character of tho the
management is good guaranty that it will be rigidy
adhered to. When 1t Is abandoned, the public may de-
pend upon being posted up to the why and where
fore.
The Little Miami Railroad Company have declared
dividend Of Eve per tho capital stock (and pro
rata for any stock not entitled to full dvdend out Of the
earnings TO the 30th Of November last inclusive paya
bic II par In the six per cent Thousand dollar mort
gage bonds Of the company heretofore issued dated May
2 1885, bearing interest from Nov. 1855. On after
the 24tn next, certncetes payable eucn
bonds will be issued to the respective stockholders for
their dvdeDds in suit their convenience and
the bonds well the certificates will be ready for de-
livery at the respective places where the stock is
gistered.
The Assistant Treasurer reports to-day as follows:
Paid on treasury account. $Sg6, 46l ~
Received treasury account. 22S 4b9 %
Balance on treasury account. 10 oe,5iS o.
Paid fer Assay Office. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. l48l9 70
Paid on disbarsing checks. lSa 039 VI
The aymens day include $S41 900 appropriated for
the payment of The January interest United States
stocks
The earnings of the Worcester and Nashua Railroad
for the year enong Nov. 80, 1865 as follows
Earnings. ..SZ04 160 70
Expenses, including interest debt..... $4,000 81
Net profits ........................s 75,759 OIL
Deduct dividends Observation-Disclosures. 60 1893 90
Surplus not divided sl4,s71 81
The company owe bonds payable in 1860, all Of
which were sold at par 100000 90
di,idends. Observation-Disclosures. a565 90
dividends payable January lO............ 304i4 90
Total liabilities $3.50, 009 20
TIE company have on hand ia cash, notes, ac-
counts and material for operating the road 56S40 IS
The foreign exports from the port OF Baltimore last
week. large the total value being $3.50 4l6 Among
the principal articles exported 4S7 barrels wheat
-four 4l6 barrels meal 2,6s1 bushels wheat and
200 bushels corn.
The Bank of Hamburg, S. c., has declared q semi
annual dividend Of six per cent.
The steamship Star of the West from Nicaragua, Is
way this port with San Francisco dates to the 5th
inst inclusive and California gold amounting to half
million Of dollars.