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FROM THE LAST INDIA MAIL

... VIROM I' A:INDI MAIL. ICt'i.LT 'A'Eo is.A CACUarATM~Tn 1INt~tc*t (rooavavxy-The li~stribuitionl of 'rani special miedals8 eotifer,'ecr ont ?? Ilindoo College by the lion. her C. H., Crameron, aid ?? B.,-tyal!, s.,took place october 9, 2d c in the College b.sill.'''tr src acrowded aissemlslage of Eul- T' repeat! ~nd skiave gn. 'mnen, whith a flew ladies. The GO- won( ?? distii. (I th~e t:. ie ...

Published: Thursday 12 December 1844
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2212 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Commerce 

INVESTMENTS

... EDINBURGH SHARE LIST. TauasDAY, DEcEYBEBr 12, 1844. Dividend. When Par- BANKS. Paid1 Last able. ?? Sales. V Cent. £ .£ s.d. £5A April& Oct. Bank of Scotland ?? 100 100 1,° 0 0 6 Jan. & July Royal Bank ?? 100 100 17 0° S Junek Dec. British Linen Co ?? 0 100 230 0 0 6 Jan. & JulN Commercial ?? 500 100 170 0° 6 Jan. & July National Bank ?? 50 10 16 00 5 Feb. & Aug. Edinburgh &- Glasgow 5 5 98 0 0 ...

Published: Thursday 12 December 1844
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 825 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Commerce 

EDINBURGH WATER COMPANY

... The qtatntory annual general meeting of the proprietors of if the Edinburgh Water Company '-as held on ifmon- ' G - ibb's Roval Hotel, Prince street. The attendance ^] ?? was consideralik.- John Learmonth, Esq. of 0'-tn Oairjnan of' the c.nmpaily. prcsided. The ieimttt of the previotis mcetings having been read and tprrovelof-te report of the proceedings of the company, NI1ovember 1843 to 11th ...

Published: Thursday 12 December 1844
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 6644 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Commerce 

Markets

... gtarltrto6 .LONDON CORN EXCHANGE-Dlec. 9. The supply of Wheat from Essex this morning teas Moderate, that -from Kent and Suffiolk good, and the whole met a tolera,- ble sale on fully as good terms as this day se'nnight ; in foreign the business transacted was to a very limited extent only. The quantity of Barley offering proved more than equal to the de- Wnand, and buyers had again the turn in ...

Published: Thursday 12 December 1844
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 3981 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Commerce 

London

... Zf- IL C. I-411,10 II I, ?? DAY. IECM'EIlER 7, 1841. i: .cs STOCi e S YESTERDAY. B: tt tok ?? . ?? !indiia csonds ?? 7S pin TiirQe ?? Lt. . . . ?? ?? ll k 1'a_ A1 Tlr; . 'iru. t'o. s ?? ?? -.Iazo, :\vn tdittO ?? D.k. . N ; Z ?? - ntc tOct. ' ..t i.. - ?? ?? weD -ICiit~, -.a 11111 . .it. I - ?? .Solt D;.;t 'tlie. . d -tWti iet. CSits D:u ;. ' . . ?? lurceqtl erts ?? - ?? S; ?? - xclwqule:lls ? ...

Published: Monday 09 December 1844
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1599 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Commerce 

Markets

... S1aratiety. TOP PRICES OF GRAIN, PEi QUARTER, IN THE FOLLOWING I MARKET TOWNS OF SCOTLAND, FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 7. Aberdeen ?? Dalkeith ?? Du nfries ?? ?? Edinburgh ?? Haddington Hawick ?? Inverness ?? Kelso ?? Kirkaldy ?? Perth ?? ?? Wheat. Barley. 52s Od 26s Od 57S 6d 1 3s od 48s id :'Os Od 54s Od 27s 6d 58s Od ! 36s 6d 54s Od 34s Cd 45s Od 22s Cd 46s Od 28s Cd 44s Cd 22s Cd 52s Cd ...

Published: Monday 09 December 1844
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 3296 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Commerce 

PROTECTION AND REVENUE

... ?ROTECTION AND REVENUE. * : (Times.) - Higb oi hostile tariffs have been adopted by foreign Sstates of late yeats, partly for the purposes Of revenue, party. fior protection. Our iron and our cottons are taxed by the Zollyerein, not only because German corn does not freely enter into British consunuption, but because there is a strong demand on the part of the German iron maS- tors and the ...

Published: Monday 09 December 1844
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 512 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Commerce 

THE TRADE WITH CHINA

... The late East IndiaCompany, during their charter, annual- lv imported into this country some 35,000.000lbs. of tea, the cost of which, including expenses and profit, amounted in round numbers to L.3.Soo.000: and upon this quantity the revenue paid wis about L.3,S00,000, being derived from an ad valoremn duty cf 100 per cent. upon tbe price which the ar- ticle imported letched in the market at ...

Published: Thursday 12 December 1844
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 761 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Commerce 

SCOTTISH UNION INSURANCE COMPANY

... SCO'TTISH U.NION INSURANCE COMqPA-Y. The ANNUAL GENERAL COURT of PROPRIETORS of the SCOTTISH UNION FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE CONIPANY was held in the Waterloo Hotel, Edinburgh, on Wednesday the 4th instant: JOHN JARDINE, Esq. Sheriff of Ross, in the Chair. A Report by the Directors on the Affairs of the Company during the past year was suhmitted to the Meeting, exhibiting a very favourable ...

Published: Thursday 12 December 1844
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2086 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Commerce 

London

... Irr l6antione TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1844. PRICES OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. g Bank Stock ?? 208 India Bonds.: ?? 78 pmi Three per Cent. Red ?? '100 Ann. Jan. ?? _c Three per Cent. Cons - Ditto, New (ditto).. ti Ditto for Account ?? .. Ditto (Oct. 8s59) - W Three and'j per Cents. -Ditto (Jan. 1830) d. DittoReduced ?? Ditto (Oct. 188..) ..t Ditto, ditto, New ?? Four per Cents ?? . t India ...

Published: Thursday 12 December 1844
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2196 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Commerce 

STATE OF TRADE

... DuNtDEE, Dec. IO.-Oar markets have presented no new feature during the past week. Flax on the spot maintains its price, and the finer sorts are in the meantime more inquired after than the lower marks. Tows and codillas, being very plentiful, continue to have a downward tendency. In hemp and hemp codilla there is little or nothing doing. East In- dia jute finds buyers at prices varying from L ...

Published: Thursday 12 December 1844
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 957 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Commerce 

Naval Intelligence

... Nabal Intelltaentr'. Portsmouth, Dec. 7. The experimental squadron of brigs, under the command of Commodore Corry, arrived at Devonport from their trial cruize on Friday afternoom. We understand that the result of the trial has terminated in favour of the Flying Fish, by the Surveyor of the navy, and the Daring. by Mr White of Cowes, beating all the others on every point of sailing On certain ...

Published: Thursday 12 December 1844
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2291 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Commerce