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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 03, 1864
Page
12
Reverend Earptey Wilmer chairs a Marylebone meeting endorsing an industrial exhibition for the borough. Proposals create a district committee, appoint three workers to the central committee, and open a guarantee fund to cover expenses. The group expresses confidence the movement will raise social and moral conditions.
Official returns show September wine imports at 1,057,542 gallons, up from 1863 and 1862 figures. Red and white splits are 478,559 and 578,983 gallons, with France, Portugal, and Spain driving gains. Nine months to September total 12,144,130 gallons, higher than both 1863 and 1862, led by white wine.
French wine growers plan a joint stock company to bypass intermediaries. It aims to hold wine in cellars until fit to drink and sell at cost plus a small commission, with Paris shops and cash sales to households, plus export agents in England and northern Europe. The move targets cleaner production and cheaper wine for consumers.
The Schleswig-Holstein dispute threatens a German split as Austria Prussia Saxony Hanover and the Diet each present grievances. Observers note wrangling among all parties to the spoliation of Denmark and little agreement on who is right or wrong. Russian press law shifts emerge with a proposed choice for journalists between censorship or self restraint under harsher penalties.
The Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada reports net profits of £14,402 for the half-year ending September 30, boosting accumulated revenue to £14,706. Directors propose a dividend of 8⅓ percent after tax on paid-up capital, transfer £3,964 to reserve, and apply £250 to redemption of preliminary expenses, leaving £180 4s 8d in the next half-year. The reserve fund shows £58,073 after accruals and losses of £693. Canada reports satisfactory accounts. harvest 1864 below average but agriculture overall prosperous and improving.
October export totals show a 14 percent drop from 1863 and a 30 percent rise from 1862. Ten month figures rise 14 percent over 1863 and 31 percent over 1862, amid a fragile money market affecting trade. The Snowdrop ship case proceeds at Mansion House with master and mate charged for scuttling. London Joint Stock Bank to hold a January 19 general meeting.
The Bank of England releases an account for the week ending November 30, 1864 under the Act 7th and 8th Victoria cap 32. Chief Cashier W. Miter presents a total of £37,920,359 with changes noted against the previous week.
The Weekly Curontiere is published each Saturday morning with newsmen able to obtain copies at 282 Strand, W.C. Subscribers away from the city can have the WEEKLY CHRONICLE sent to a private address by applying to the publisher. Communications on Assurance Banking Mining and Public Companies addressed to the Editor at 282 Strand will receive attention.
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