... RECENT BOOKS OF TRAVEL.* ?? . . . r _ _j_ * rm Where are the Qneen Charlotte isianos _ -.ney are not far from King George 111., Prince Fre- derick, Prinoe of Wales, and Princess Royal Islands, and aU lie generally north-west of the now .familiar Vancouver's ...

... LOANS : * 1. That the Bondholders shall consent to a Reduction in the Ri te of Interest and Sinking Fund to Five per Cent, per annum (im liicii'g half per cent, sinking fund) on the 1854 Loan * and a Reduction of the Interest on the 1871 Loan to Four-a'ud-a- ...

... Ceutral 5 per Cent. Sinking Fund, 96$ ; D high Yallev 0 ncr Cent Consolidated Mortgage (A), 1032 i ; New Yoik Central anil Hudson 6 per Cent. Mortgage Bonds, 111 A ?■ l.nnsylvania 6 per Cent. General Mortgage, 1061 : do. Consolidated Sinking Fund Mortgage, ...

... holoei's option, on six igpri >r to that ?? convertible into 1 1 lumbus, im innati, and Indianapolis Rail- r s, and ssaOJ Atlantic and i.reat Western . - shares, for each certificate of $500 (jCIOO). , 1 1,. of - percent. i>er annum, by coupons pay- ...

... of Metropolitan were also stronger, whilst .j f ew sto-ke relapsed. The stocks of the Cana- ?? Lines v ere rather firmer. Atlantic and Great und Erie securities were in fair demand : prvces on higher quotations from New Telegraph securities were mostly ...

... The interest and sink- ing fund of the public debt amounts to $8,000,000 per annum, or 40 per cent of the total revenue, but this contrasts favourably we are told with our own country, as Buenos Ayres is paying off her debt by a sinking fund running over ...

... March Exchequer Bills were done Bau- Stock, 234; Metropolitan ?? : .r Ceuts., IM*. ; . . 1 enta. changed hands at 103?! ; 4 ■■ rm_e_-1 securities were firm and , ?? a -arket .- ptued with considerable a! 3 ; r Egyptian, the- highest ?? k, h. ■*■'■ 1 rer ...

... per Cents, de- clined 1 per cent, to 79 82. Atlantic and Great Western lst Mortgage gave way 4 per cent, to 40 1, 2d do. 4to 154 164, Erie shares J per cent to 24} 4, and Preference do. }to 38f 9£. Atlantic, Mississippi, and Ohio 6 per Cents, were quoted ...

... : nd. Atlantic and Great Western securities gave «ray tv 2 per cent. Erie shares, notwithstanding .•..• ..unouncement of the unanimous election of ■ :.t reformed buard, receded l-i and the Preference ?? cent Illinois Central 5 per Cent. Sinking V'.zid ...

... share to 21 i. Atlantic Missiißippi, end Ohio 7 per Cent. C-iisolidatet Mo-t 'ace ■ loii^vven- 1 per cei.t. higher at GO 71, Lehigh Valley G | ir Cent Ccn.olidat-ed Mortgage (A) \ at !07' 8i Perm- I y l !^si*ffr CcLt ' ...

... especially weak. rente stocks of the Grand Trunk of ?? i ?? any were weaker. Foreign were 1 ?? l -t. cki had a marked fall, and Atlantic „ .'• Western and several other American - v ere weaker. Central of New [ s . Central, and Pennsylvania shares I With few ...

... Russian Scrip closed If $ prem.; Hun- garian, 1£ | prem. ; Buenos Ayres, Jl£ prem. United States Government securities have been __rm, and have farther advanced J- to £ per oent. The railway market has been generally heavy •_, sales for the realisation of profits ...