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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 28, 1864
Page
3
The Publishing Office of the Weekly Chronicle and Register has been moved to No 282 Strand WC and all communications should be sent there. The notice mentions forwarding options for Babysitters departing the city and sending the Weekly Chronicle to a private address upon application.
The London Gazette records for the week ending May 25 1864 an account under the Act 7 8 Vict cap 32. Notes issued total 39 147 320 pounds. Chief Cashier M Marshau signs the weekly statement.
Friday afternoon market comment notes dull conditions as Derby week dampens Stock Exchange activity. Consols close 90.3 for the account. foreign quotes include Spanish Passive 343, Mexican 442, Greek Stock 243. Bank shares brisk with several names quoted. miscellaneous market steady with varied prices. Bank rate of discount reduced to 7 percent, first in fortnights, amid gold inflows and easing money value. Bank of France matches at 6 percent.
The Turkish Loan of 1862 bonds with 398 notes totaling £84,800 were drawn on the 18th and will be paid at 100 on July 1. The European Bank reports Turkish Consolidés bonds drawn for payment available to view at bank offices. India government bills tenders at Bank of England on June 1 total £300,000. The Swedish Provincial Four per Cent Mortgage half-yearly dividend due June is announced. Union Bank of London notes June interest on Alabama State Six per Cent Bonds. Venezuela601: 75,000 dollars seized by a government officer are to be refunded from a new loan’s proceeds, fully securing November’s Venezuela Loan dividend and sinking fund.
The prospectus announces General Contracts Company Limited with £1,000,000 capital in 40,000 shares, 20,000 first issue, focused on railways and related works. Director Daniel Gooch, with Rowland Brotherhood transferring his Chippenham works, joins a broad manufacturing and public works program. Also launching Reapine Iron Works Company Limited at £200,000 capital with Barrett Exall and Andrewes as vendors. Additional ventures include Enauisu Swedish Continental Financial Company Limited and Wilnerite Colleries and Brick Company Limited, detailing mineral and building-material interests and new board roles including the Earl of Granard.
The notice lists multiple corporate actions including a £2 per share call due June 18 from Financial Corporation Limited, a June 10 Commercial Dock Company meeting, a £2 10s call on new National Discount Company shares due June 15, and an Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Navigation meeting adjourned to June 30. It also notes a June 2 dividend for Anglo Mexican Mint Company shareholders, creditors’ claim submissions to Seend Iron Company Limited by June 15, and a Panama New Zealand Australian Royal Mail Company report praising progress with a proposed half yearly 7 percent dividend. The General Credit Company profits were misinterpreted at a meeting, and the Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada reports six months ending March 31 with an 8 percent dividend proposal.
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