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Although the Dividend payments have been commenced, the market for

Home Securities has been heavy, at depressed quota- tions. On Monday, Consols closed at 94 to ; on Wednesday, they were quoted at 93.1 to i; and yesterday, they left off at 931 to t. Reduced and New Three per Cents. were done at 92 ; India Five per Cents., 113to 114i- ; India Bonds, 64s, to 68s. prem. ; Exchequer Bills, 25s. to 30s. prem. Bank Stock was 250 to 253 ; and India Stock, 220 to 223. Italian Stock has given way considerably in price ; in other Foreign Securities very little has been doing. Railway and Bank Shares have been neglected. In the open market the best short commercial bills have been done at 11 to per cent. The stock of bullion in the Bank of England has declined to 24,109,034/. ; in the Bank of France, to 36,185,006/.