... flue par!ia, reduction made by Mr. Childers in the railway passenger ix which ?? into operation on the ist of October next, may be scij to abolish the duty oln third-class passenger traffic, the amount pid by the railway companies under this head in ?? having been 3 '9 coo on 438,620,0oo passengers, whilst the Chancellor's estimate rf loss in the future is 400,000. So long ago as 1876 the ...

... K ?? OFFICE, Bourse-buildinegs, 20, Bucklersbury, E.O., * Thursday, Five o'claeh. RETURN OF PAID CLEARING FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL iS, 1883- Thursday, April 12 - .. -60,745,000 Friday, , ?? Saturday, , 14 ?? .. 20,760,000 Monday, 0, ?? Tuesday, , 17 .17,04,000 Wednesday, ,,IS ?? . .20,194,000 Total ?? 144,9o8,ooo Corresponding week, ?? ?? 148,951,o0o. Bankers' Clearing House, April i9. JOHN C ...

... CITY OFFiCE, Bour-rhobilduii-s, 20, BEucnler-sbaur, ?? Yhui-sday, Harlfl-Jst Twclve o'clock. The Stock Markets this morning are inactive, and the changes in values are both few and unimportant. The tendency in Home Railways is a trifle better, and a fractional improvement has taken place with the exception of a decline of %2 in Great Northern Ordinary. Brighton Deferred is unaltered. In ...

... The detinite statements now current of a modification in the terms which Mexico will grant to the bondholders are Mworth comparing with the declara- tion of Mr. 1-H. D. Sheridan not longer ago than the i6th of July last, when that gentlemnan publicly announced that there wras no foundation for the reports whllich then got about, to the effect that the Government of Mexico had modified the ...

... The ferler decline in the New York exchange brings it down to 4.8l,, 1tile 'njl reqjuires remark in connection w ith the decrease of cash reserve in i,, ln of the banks of that city. Above and beyond the 25 per cent, of n5. 5 %which the reserve banks of New York are compelled to 1:e ncow possess r251,350,000 ; and in view of the harvest drain of cash leterior that is no large excess. It is as ...

... A fortnight ago the New York reserve banks held their required proportion er! L'bibties in cash, and had a surplus of s,88o,ooo. The surplus is now ?? to t, 50,ooo. A reduction of the kind is nothing more than was tl have been expected, and a further decline is likely to take place as the move- J'Cit of the crops creates the usual demand for coin and notes in the interior ef Alocrca. Lilke the ...

... 1 :ices scaca to be tendin.g upward on the Paris Bourse on the strength of \'it-oy at Sontay. If the effect of this victory on the French Government ;; c tcly interpreted by the articles which appear in the French press, l chcs should have taken an exactly contrary direction. The best thing that C-1l 1Lri)cn to France from the financial point of view is that she should be ?? a ?? lesson as to ...

... Cl TY NOTES. M1oney became much firmer yesterday, under the pressure of repayments to the Lank of England and of the demand for money to pay for the India Cosancil bills sold last week. The discount rate accordingly advanced somewhat quickly. It had been 3 SY per cent. in the morning, and closed 3 5f to 3 3,, some houses refusing to take bills at all except at the higher figure. At tile same ...

... CITY OFFICE, Bo;'ae -bnViltings, 20, IuclelersbzrPY, S.C. l Tuesday, Half-payt Twelve. Business on the Stock Exchange this morning is again restricted, and the alterations in quotations are of the most uninteresting character. In Home Railways the movements are quite insignificant, ranging only from Xs to ?? but the tendency generally is favourable, and prices are mostly higher. In Foreign ...

... CiTY OGF~iC, 3zoS' 5rsdfi, 2). RaPer sr5:wy, Ee. .AloTnay, [Ialf-p.asl Twelve o'clock. This being the first day of the fortnightly settlement on the Stock Exchange, the business transacted is mostly in connection therewith. The markets generally, however, are firm, with the exception of American and Canadian Railways, and prices mostly show improvement. In American Railroads the depression is ...

... CITY OrFFcE, Bozlss-uaildhtrs, 20, Bklcersitury, E.C. F1riday,, ?? T-welve. The Stock Markets have opened with an appearance of strength, and in most departments there is an advance in quotations. Homrie Railways, however, are not so good, and in many securities there is a slight decline, although in no instance is it of much importance. The more hopeful feeling in the market at Paris is ...

... The Banak of Enggland is still tolerably strong in the matter of cash reserve, vehicle srands at /I2,7I0,479. In the usual order of things there rill be a considerable reduction next week in consequenre of the withdrawal of gold coin to Scotland, this being done to allow the banks in the North to augment their note issues in accordance with augmented demand at the half-yearly term-tine. If ...