... THE MONEY MARKET. Money supplies are good, but the. settlement in Consols takes place to-day and there is a call of 750,000 oi India stock. In the circumstances the market is steady, call loans being negotiable at about 2 per cent. and fixtures at 2%-4 per cent. Discounts 'are unsettled with a tendency to harden, and three months' fine bills are quoted at 3;d per cent. The Buenos Ayres premium ...

... ESTABLISHED 18Z4. CLERICAL, MEDICAL AND GGENERAL L I FE AS SU RA N CE SO CI E TY. Assets OVER 3 MILLIONS Sterling. The results of the 1897 Valuation showed- 1. INCREASED RESERVES. 2. INCREASED PROFITS. THE SURPLUS DIVIDED WAS 515,346. Chief Ofjce: W. J. H. WHITTALL, 15, ST. JAMES'S SQUARE, ActuaryandSecrelary. L NDON, S.W. L cEUOL ~TO-NIGHT, and EVERY NIGHT, at 8 o'clock, Dr. Primrose .. ...

... c15 er cent. discount for eas.l or 14s. 6d. per w w ^ Of month (second- hand BORDI 5 i> e, 6d. per month) on the Three Years System. Lists free of C. STILES IAN Os1^ and CO., 40 and 42 PIAN O SonthaMnpton-row, London, WU.C Pianos exchanged. THE RACES. N EGRETTI and ZAMBRA'S TWO N and THREE GUINEA RACE GLASSES. In solid leather sling case (brown or black) com- plete. Unrivalled for power and ...

... TRAFFIC RECEIPTS. - The traffic receipts of railways in the United Kingdom for the week ending November 10 (the latest published), states Herapath's RailwaY Joiirnal, amounted on 20,534 miles to 1,795,645, and for the corresponding week in 1899 on 20,299 miles to 1,770,317, showing anl increase of 235 miles and 25,328. The aggregate receipts for nineteeh we'eks. of the current half-year amount ...

... FOURTH EDITION, , THE S3A. CONCESSIONS CO IssioN, INQUIRY INTO THE AFFAIRS OF A DISTILLERY, PRETORIA, Tuesday.-The Concessions Commission to-day was 'hiefly engaged in an inquiry into the affairs of the Hatherley Dis- te It appeared from the evidence that the Government were in receipt of 1,000 a year from the coucessioniiaires, who paid no duty. The profits had been diminished by the ...

... Of the 40,000 £5 Shares; offered 14 500 Shares have been applied for by the directors and tbeu friends and Ill be allotted in full in terins of the prospectus. bfr The LIST will OEN on MONDAY, the 23rd April, andi (LOSE an or Wo WEDNESDAY, the 25th April, at 4 o'clock, for Town'and Country. THE JOHNSON-LUNDELL ELECTRIC TRACTION CO. (Lisilr-ro). (Incorporated under the Companies Acts, 1862 to ...

... WHIT SUNDAY. ST. PAULS CATHEDRAL.-The Dean, 10.30; the Bishop of Stepney, 3,15; the Rev. R. S. de C. Laffan, 7. WESTMINSTER ABBEY.-The Dean, 10; Canon Wilberforce, 3; Bishop Johnson, A, ST. SAVIOUR'S COLLEGIATE CHURCH, Southwark.-The Rev. W. WFragge, 11; the Bishop of Southwark, 7. CHAPEL ROYAL, St. James's.-The Sub-Almoner, 12. CHAPEL ROYAL, Savoy.--The Rev. G. N. Whittlngliam, 11.30. TEMPLE ...

... p(If faaItf oattt officet 18, CHARING CROSS ROAD, W.C. The Prince and Princess of Wales will probably give up their projected I visit to Paris at Whitsuntide, in which case they are to leave Marlborough visit to raris at YniltsurLuL, *1 - House on Saturday, June 2, for Sandringham for a few days. The Princess of Wales is to accompany the Prince when he visits Newcastle-upon-Tyne from York on ...

... ART GA.LLERIES ENGLISH ART, 1900. EXHIBITION OF PICTURES painted expressly for Messrs. THOS. AGNEW and SONb by distinguished artists of the day, now open at their Galleries, .9 Old Bond-street, W. Admission, including cataloe one shillink, 1 to S. In Aid of the ARTistrs G EkAI'L0 BEN E OL1ENT INSTITUTION. LAWRIE AND CO., 15, OLD BOND STREET. PORTRAITS AND PICTURES Iof the EARLY ITALIAN SCHOOL. ...

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... MONEY AND, STOCKS THE MONEY MARKET. The condition of the market remains easy on the plentifulness of supplies coupled with only a small demand. Call loans are negotiable at 1Y per cet., and fixtures at 2Y4-2Y2 per cent. Discounts are steady, with a hel'dMing tone, cue to the firm tendency of money in the United States. The brokers quote 3Ys per cent. for three months? fine paper. The Buenos ...

... A KAFFIR YEAR. Kaffirs have enjoyed a full year of trouble, for President Kruger's message, which was the virtuaJ declaration of hostilities, was issued a year ago yester- day. It is interesting to note that prices have not advanced very materially since then. The many ups and downs of the market leave big fractional gains in most cases, and one or two substantial additions to values; but, k ...