ENGLISH COMMERCIAL

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XX, Issue 2237, 21 September 1864, Page 4

ENGLISH COMMERCIAL

P\ the ' I'mice Uhed'wc hi-v „ Vn^liJipijioi? to the 20 h J til v 'J I c l'm\ of En',' 1 md i u*e ! the l Ue of disCiui it fi v.n 0 to 7 p~i cent on tf'e '2">t'i of Jnl\, and iltho gh th.i wis c\pci uc.i, i t ill in tho funds too'v p 1 \co 'Hie Jihi'gol thp 2oth Jiil,j =.i\s — '1 ll" < \pect,*tl.>n tint t'lC I} 1 Ilk Of f ll£jl lild WOll'll iii>i t'lt-n iito dt discount fiom 6 ]ci c nt t ' 7p> l cult \s i- li >hsed 'his .mil inn i; it the dim nen cement of hu&iuc s md tlic mo\ uncut not hiv in_;a,ip uuitl^ had an\ c!\e tin clieukii).' tlu (lemuiil fm in nicy tluui.'liont t!,c di<\ ill the stuk mulcts hue closed at a laiiewcil dtch .c Although iioin tlio ficniies of the la.it wecklj b vik letum it bovine cudent t'nt in ad\ iiico would s -on become c\pa ilicnt, thcic is no' lung ap,iaicntly m the con Mi<>n of the [y 'leial ti ile r f t'u. cou.iti^ to ciu^c nioni'j to l>o in «ir itei demand now tliin in Tune 1 ist, ulilii tlic l.itu of G poi cent wis aloptid, "-me , ,is fii is cm bo obsu\ed, tlio unnuat vl nitic, ntilu jnp l on ilio miiktfc i^ not <•(> '_'ioifc ii it mis it tint pi no 1, .u, d tlio K.xscun and Conhiientil JJnlluii^is lu\e f \|icnc iced no unf.woui.ible altpii'ii.n wlulo the sb ne nijil fm < icjn "-pccii'/iti in in the Sfo^K 3L\ch.aii"e has bacn 2ie\.tiy co .tia« tc.l lUsinunl^ tlieiofoil', to the elii-ct of the lccmt lorn of fj,000,0» to Sj'iim that tlio ehin^c of tone nni^t bu ittiilmtod, an 1, as le^iuU the unmodi itc futuie tlio questions arc consequently mi,) utnni wliethci tlio wholo C 2 000,000 Ins ben «u>t, .ml -»h> t'ici nJicutlio h r. i ljeco'nts l(>pa^ a.j'e nt the i nd ot nuothei moiuh <>i t\\(., it is hkdy to be lencwed Should my eon si lei iblo poitimi of the .1 iioimt ytfc leimin to lie ti \i >> i ittc I, it will, of coui-c in coii|uin.tion with the iwiil ab,oi [ition of com at tin- pcnud foi haivc-t pun'o^es, eflei t wily picvuit any diniiniition ot pi L s■3lll2, and i fuit'ici use to S |ci cent in i> bo witnessed on this .is on .ill leocnt o^ca^ions when a (li.im of bnliion lias commoi Cal ('tli(.n'/i^e the pioi,icofc --o fai as coimncio 1 il md. cations enable .in r>pi ion to be foimcd, would <-com m the piesout nist.incc to be aqitnst the piobabihty'of .my m eiease of stimgcncy The fii^t q lotitmn of Con 01-> foi dd L a\oiy was 00 to j, show hi;' ,i u ictioii.il decline arnlth final puces weii. SO} to OQ toi dclneiy, and ')i)L to ] t n tlic Oth of August .Bank Stock left oft at 2JO to 211, Reduced and New (hue [pi CV.its , 89J t> \ , Tndm Stock, 212 to 213, Indi i I'lvc'pc- Ctnt" ,10^ to |, Hupce Papei, 1(11 to 1 ">G and 1 1 i to 11(>, Indi.i Doncls, 1 j^. to t "is ds , Lvchcqtiei ]i,l'\ Much, Si to 3s ills ; and ditto, Juno, ,">-, ih=; to juTlie discount e^t ibh-hineuts to d iv h u o ad.i])ted an ineuase of J m fieu i,ite-> i f a'lou uiee both foi mo-icy at cill and dep .sits, at s.mh d.^ <•' notice, and of 1 pei cent, in thin late foi depo^ils for u foitm^lif- Thou teinii aic nou 3 p^.i Cent foi money at call, '>', pri cent foi deposit* foi s. \cn ilyv, md 0 pet cent foi dep isits foi a foifcni»lib '1 he j unt =tock banks allow o [hi cent f u deposits In foreign, sccmhds tli> .uuacjo dccl.no Ins bum about j | ci cut Australian sccuutics .up steady, and pi iocs r^e gonir illj about the vine .is last m vith The folhm my ueilie latest quotations in the London Stock Exchange— .Bank of \ii".ti ihsi.a 72 to 7-t , E'il; hsh, Seotti h, ai,d \\\ ti Ui.m Gh.uteiod Bank, 22 to 23 , Louden Cli.ut led Bmk of Au^ti.ihi, 21 1 , to 2">J E.inV of jSTow Zealiml 0' to 10. pieuuum , B.uik of Mew f^outli \ial. -, r> "to 47 e\ dn ldfiid, Union Bmk, 52 t> 54 e\ m> ldend , Onent.al Ij.ink 50 to 01 , New U Ues (kncinmy t Deben tntc, duo in ISG'J, 07 i 099 > ,| ue ,„ ]S7G 97 to y3 due m 18SS to 1592, 0?i to J)Si (JJusnus-, done at "'s ) I Atthefiibt lnlfyculy meeting of the Dmk of Otv,'O, Mr. nklai in the c'i,n, it w is stitel the paid-up capital of the b.a lk h is h- come loelud up by the colonnl miniipi bub,onlmig f .r the whole of a loan of £110 000 on debentmos lssmdbytho }no\inco of Soutid.md. Iho dneelois ip^iet the ciioumstanoe, Imt tmst th it fi<- difiic jlij thus ooeisioned Mill soon be sunn muted Fiom the Home Xexia we take the folio ving ltims of com 3Cicial intelligence : — At the twenty seco, id o'.iinaiy mpelin^' of the English, Pettish, aid Auslia'inn Clmteied. I' mk, thoie,ioit was aloptcd The bikmee of jhoM is £23,467 Os. 10d., out of wludi .1 vi- idend at the rate of G poi Cent pei annum fie ol income t.i\-\\as cleclaied, kavmg a b.il .nee of jei,4G7 os. lOd. to be earned fomard.

The dividend doclaied at tlio meeting of the New Zealand Tni^>t and Loan Company, hold on the 20th J uly, was 2-i. per sh.uc. '1 he annual leport of the dnectois of the Austi.ali.m Agucnltni.il Company, to be (submitted on July 2(i, lecommcuds a dividend of 7s. Gd. poi sluuo, payablo on the 2nd August, winch \mll absorb £7,500, and ]i>avo £2,<)25 7s. 2d. to be caiuod forward. We loim th it tlic <hicctoi.» of the P.ui.un i, New Zoil.md, .uid Austiahaii lxoyal Mad Company (Unutcd) havcicccived fiom the riovincial Go\ cmincut of Canteibmy, New Zealand, an ollci to undi-itake the payment of the stipulated subsidy foi the mul hoivice between Wellington and Panama m the c\eut of tho eonti ictenlucd into in Decuubet list by tho lion Cioibio Waul, as. Postmastei-(-icnci.il of tho colony, not being latilied by the Colom.il l'uhamctit, to whom tkem.ittei will bo ie foiled at the ne\t session. The Austi.ibin Moitg.Mje Land and Finance Com pany have announced a payment at the late of 5 pet cent. i>oi annum on account of dividend foi tho half jeai ended the 30th June. The Union Bank of Austialii held its hall-yeaily mettiiit; at the bank oflico-,, Old JJond-stieet, on July 13, Mi. Y. C! Dainty m the cluui, \\hentlio dnectois jucscntod thm ts\ent\ si\th annual lepub and statement of atoo uit-., M Inch weie deemed so s iti~.factoi y that ihoy weie adr>]it(.(l almost without a woul of comment tiom any of the piopuet.uy Ncu Zeilanil (■iovcinment Fi\epoi Cent. Dcben tines foi £1,000,000 wiic ofluicd to public sompotition on the 11th Inly,' by the Cioun agents foi the colonies, but only a \ciy s>m ill amount was applied foi Tho minimum was fived a* 00, at which pneo the dibuitmus will yiokl £5 lls Id |ioi cont, and on the^e ttinis the Ci own agents declared theinsoUes willing foi the piesent to lccoivc tcndcis foi the mi v'lutted poitiou ilh ic^aid to the Mool maiket, the July wool s lies had onl\ coiiunc nctd, theitfoio (|iiot itions .no not i;i\en, lut ibices aic said to .ueiagc those obtained at the last s dcs.