15 DECEMBER 1866, Page 3

The official minimum rate of discount remains st 4 - per cent.

The supply of bullion held by the Bank of England is nearly 18,552,0001., and by the Bank of France, 27,7104004/. On the Continent the value of money has given way, the quotation at Vienna and Berlin having been reduced to 4 per cent. At Paris the minimum rate of discount remains at 3 per cent.