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[SPECIAL REPORT FROM OUR CITY CORRESPONDENT. ] LONDON, THURSDAY Evening. The directors of the Bank of England, at their usual weekly meeting, to-day, decided to make no alteration in th Bank minimum rate of discount. An amount of £ 20.0J9 ia .sovereigns was to-daj- with- dr .WQ from the Bank of England for South Ameriea. I The English Fundi have been steady, and at the finish tb. Three per Cents were at 91 to 94 for money, and at 'J4 to y44 'or the account. The new and reduced Three p(-e Cents tiuished at 93 to 9^. The India Five per Cents have be!n iiold at 108g to 1C;| ditto Four per Cent?, 103$; and Metropolitan Board of Works per cant. stock, 99 to glit. There has beAu little if any business doing in the Foreign market, but values have been fairly supported. following W33 the business don? :— per cent Argentine, 181:i. 941 41 per cent ditto, 1 £ 30, 92i 5 per cent ditto, 1855, iS75 Scrip, 97 7 per cent Chilian, 1866, l(.'o; 7 per cent Egyptian, 15>>3, S4, 7 per cent ditto, 1S7-3, 77^, + 6 per cent J?- iich N ational Defence. 101 o per cent Hungarian, 1*73, 7 1, £ ditto, lb73, Treasury, 94; ditto, 1874, 92,, 2 8 per cert Japan. 101j, 2i; Mexican, 17J, § ti er Cent. Peruvian, 1670, 70.4, 5 per Cent. Do., 1872, õ31, A 3 per Cert. Portuguese, 1853-1867, 501 I- 5 per Cent. Russian, 1862, t sterling, 101; Do., Do., ls :2, 103-j, 2^ 5 j)-r ( ent. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, 4:100, 10; o per Cent. Russian, 1870, llBi; Do., Do., 1871, 1011;, lJu., Do., 1872, 101], 1; Do., Do., 1873, 102, J per Cent. Spanish, 1867-9-70-72, 2, 6 per cent Turkish, li62, 74 -j 5 per cent, do, General Debt, 43j, 5 6 per cent; do, 1865, 72, J. 2 6 per cent do, 1869, o4^f 6 per cent dl), lb71, 65 9 per cent du, Treasury C, 3:! 9 ntr cent do, do B and C, 85 6 per ceiit do, do 1873, 52^ g 6 per cent Uruguay, Cunsoli- dated, 1S71, 5I|. A o per cent Austrian Silver hentes, ex 10 florias Gig 4b per cent Belgian, ex 25 francs, 104i The rrarkrt for English railways have been buoyant, and although transactions have not been particulary Jisavy in amount prites are very firm, at the advances indicated in the f ollowing quotations, as und,r Bristol and Exeter, 113 to 115 Caledonian, 105;f to 105-1 Cornwall, 4 £ 5k fiast London, 8 to 9 fur- Mf->. 135 to 138 Glasgow and South A'estero, 100 to 10L'; Great Eastern, 48^ to 48if; Great North of Scotland, 71 to 73 GreaS Nutthern, 138 to 139; ditto (A receives ro dividend until 6 per cent has been paid to B), 1S: i to 1611; ditto B. Deferred, 1&72, Great Southern and Western (Ireland), 107 to 109 Great Western Consolidated Ordinary," 111i to llli Lanca- ire and Yorkshire. 1;)9 to 140; London, Brighton, Bed South Coast, 102j to 102i London, Chatham, and Dover Arbitration, 26g to 26g ditto, 4i per cent Arbitration Preferred, 88^ to 89 London and North tern, 146f to 1463 > London 1 and South Western, llí5g to 117i;; Manchester. Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 7: to 7Q; Deferred (Deferred receiving no div. until 6 per edit has hem paid Pref.), 50 to 5t Metropo- litan, lii to 86g Metiopolitan District, 49A to 40; Midland, 141g to 141; Monmouthshire, 117 to 120; ,3 9 North Briti-.li, 80 to 802L North Eastern Consols," 166 to 16t;;t North London, 114 to 116 North Staffordshire, 74 to 77; Rhymney, 62 to 67 Shropshire Union, 1'1\ to 73i South Devon, 57 to 59 South Eastern, 120 to 121 ditto, preferred (Deferred receiving no dividend until 6 per cent has been paid Pre- 1 rred), ll'i to 1l3 St £ ii.r:s, W okingham, and Woking, 21 to 25 Taff Vale, 185 to 190 Waterford and Central Ir-letfu, 13 to 17; Whitby, Redar, and Middlesboro' t nion. 37 to 40. Bank. Telegraph, and Mining shares have been very (I uet, and the following was the course of business from tua comiuencement to the finish ;—City, 1441 London and County. 63, | London and Westminster, 78, n; London Joint Stock, 52, 3 Union of London, 4G £ 7 Ea pk of Alexandra, 1:)g; Oriental Bank Corporation, 7. 4 foreign Mines:-Don Pedro North Del Rev, 13-16; Flagstaff, 13s 4d Panulcillo Copper, 19-16 Richmond C isolidated, 7, 5-16. Telegraphs Anglo-American Telegraph, 66.1, 5. 41 di to, Lands rights, 2 1-16 Cuba, 8g, 5-16 ditto 10 per ce .t. Preference, 12g; Eastern. Telegraph, 7, S E istem Telegraph Extension, 8 Globe Telegraph and T/ust, 5Æ; West India and Panama Telegraph, 3g; Direct r aited Siates Cable, 121, Western and Brazilian, 16w; estern Union, 7 First mortgage, 106L Thsf following were the closing prices in the under- Jj ;itioned Stocks and Shares Bombay aud Baroda Railway, 113 to 114 Eastern 1> rn.'al Hail way, 113 to 114 East Indian Railway, 116 t< 117 Great Indian Peninsula Railway, 111 to 112j Jtfadra.s Railway, 111A to 1l2; Scinde, Punjaub, and Idhi Railway, III to 112 Grand Trunk Railway of C nad;i, 15 to 15:1; Great VVestern Railway of Canada, U. to 0A Dutch Kheaish Railway, 25 to 26 San Paulo iUvay, 29J to 29.{ South Austrian and Lombardo- V-netian Railway, 271: to 27A Illinois, 91 to 93.

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