21 OCTOBER 1905, Page 3

We have great pleasure in announcing that the subscrip- tions

promised and received for carrying out Colonel Pollock's proposed experiment in Militia training have already reached a little over 2800. Though that is not quite a fourth of the sum required, it is a result of which we have every reason to be proud, since it has been achieved in less than three weeks ; and we desire to express our gratitude to those of our readers who have so generously supported our proposal. We trust that by the end of November we may be in a position to tell Colonel Pollock that he may begin his preparations.

Bank Rate, 4 per cent. Consols (21 per cent.) were on Friday 881.