... KIT tf.,t ciriti). Tirs MONEY AND STOCK MARIZTS. Tbete was a good demand for money yesterday, and in the morning the «rawsigher, per cent. being paid for day-to-day loans, but as the supply increased in the afternoon short loans were obtained at 23? per cent. ,For discount, rates were steady at 3 to 3ys. The Bank of England return Chows that the reserve has been reduced by £247,000, owing to ...

... Elyr ?? CMt). To CO,.IPANkiS OWNEIN;G WORTHLESS PATENTS. The wiiy promoter has so long fattened by the sale, to companies pro- moted for their purchase, of patents whose virtues mainly consist in their vendors' abilities to puff them, that M~r. Justice Kay's decision in Elmore ar Pirrie vilt be generally welcomed. The case took the form of an action for specinc performance of a contract by ...

... MT t Ct. I THiE ABBOTT-PAGE GROUP. Wie are likcly to hear more of the inner working of the Abbott-L age group, as the Slatist's efforts to obtain an independent and efi.cient liquidator have been successful. Mr. Clarke, of Messrs. Turrgluan d, Youngs, /ci se, Bishop, and Clarke, has been appointed official liqoidator of the Railkvay Debenture Stock and Mortgage Corporation, the British, ...

... TH IS DATYS MONEVY MINR.KET. Zealf-Past Ozr. HOME RAILWAYS DULL.-FOREIGN STOCKS I IR1. -AMERICANS AND TRUNKS IBETTER. The Bank of England directors, at their meeting this morning, made no alteration in the official minimum, which remains therefore at 4 per cent. In the open mariket there is a quiet demand for day-to-day money at 2 per cent.. but the discount rate is still firm at 3 to 3/yi per ...

... En tilt (O'itof TreE INDIAAN TEA COMPANIES. We have received from Mr. Ernest Tye, of 14, St. Mary-axe, a table showing the results of working in i836 of twenty-four Indian tea companies registered in London. The average dividend is 5 per cent., but it rises as high as I8, and five companies pay no dividend at all. The capital invested per acre varies considerably, being as much as x2:S in the ...

... Fair Me Vtv. THS STOCK MARKETS QUIET AND STEADY. The Presidential crisis in France and the alarm which pnliticians at home are imagining have not disturbed the Stock Markets. Thete is less inclina- tion, it is true, to go in for speculative business, but buying for investment procoeds quietly, ard prices are maintained. Indeed, Consels resC another y partly because of buying on French account, ...

... ?? One. 11OMIE RAILWAYS AND FOREIGN STOCKS DULL.-AMERICANS AND TRUNKS WEAK, There is again a good demand for money in the open market this morning, atd the quotaticn for short loans is maintained at 23 to 23,5 per cent. In the discount market little increase in the number of bills offering is shown, but the rate for three months' bank paper is steady at 2 T's to 3 per cent. On the Stock ...

... Ely Me Oitv. AN ENCOURAGING MONT11'S TRADE. The Board of Trade returns for October bear out the impression that trade is steadily reviving, for there is an increase as compared with the corres- pondiug monuhs both of I096 and 1885. The imports amounted to £3o,01o,ooo, an increase of £1,495,000, or 5 per cent., and the exports to £18,736,ooo, an increase of £sss,ooo, or 2N; per cent. Talking ...

... Ea tyrt citv. I THE EXCITEMENT IN THE METAL MARKET. The speculators in the metal market are amazed at the course which events are taking. Copper yesterday rose another _J3 per ton, to £66, and although some dealers are discreetly realizing their profits, the syndi- cate are apparently prepared to carry the price a good deal higher, and even the .£70 which was at first mentioned as the ultimate ...

... THIS DAY'S MONEY MAIRIKET. 7tve'dov o'cnlec). The Stock Markets were yesterday under the influence of the European complications, the news of the Crown Prince of Germany's condition causing much uneasiness. International stocks declined on realizations and specu. lative sales for Continental account. The fall in Panama Canal shares is influencing the Paris Bourse. The fail, in prices was not ...

... In the cftp. THE FRENCH MINISTERIAL CRISIS AND THE STOCK EXCHANGE. The Stock Markets were affected yesterday. morning by the French Ministerial crisis, but it was found later in the day that the Paris Bourse looked at the situation without much distrust, having apparently become inured to the rise and fall of ministries, and so a recovery set in here. Business was, however, never brisk at any ...

... -r 11 . I_ -- H|lf-fsZrt Ot!. HOME RAILWAYS DULL.-FOREIGN STOCKS FIRM.-AMERICANS TRUNKS AND MEXICANS WEAK. In the open market this morning there is very little demand for money, and the supply of loanable capital, though small, is quite sufficient to meet all requirements at the moment. Short loans are consequently readily obtainable at 2)1? per cent. The discount inquiry is not by aniy means ...