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August 8. 1868.

Final payment of Creditors of the late Agra and Masterman’s Bank. (Stopped 7 June ’66, every creditor paid 15. July, ’68.)

At the time of stoppage liabilities £7,700,000, and assets spread almost over the whole world (England, India, China, Australia). Creditors paid in full mit interest of 5%. When it stopped liab. £7,700,000 und assets £10,000,000. The resuscitated undertaking has just declared interim dividend to 30. June at 8% p.a. on the A Capital (the shareholders Capital. The B Capital is that represented by the reserved shares of the „Agra and Masterman’s“ proprietary.)

Cotton Statisticts Statistics Act. 1868.

Return of actual stock of cotton on hand in various parts in U. Kingd. on 31. July. 68 278,450 bales of American, 129,872 of Brazilian, 132,923 East Indian, 41,318 bales Egyptian, 27,226 bales miscellaneous; total number of bales 609,789. This return made from figures voluntarily given, and which the Board of Trade had, consequently, no means of checking.

Commercial Prospects of U. States. (Financial Circular of H. Clews et Co. New York.)

Owing to deficiency of home production, we have, for last 5 years, imported Foreign products largely in excess of ordinary means of payment, viz. produce and precious metals. Resulting deficiency set off by remittance of U. St. securities to extent of $700,000,000, or, say, 1/3 of our whole gold interest debt. Dieß purchase of our bonds comes now to end. Aber we are not proportionally reducing our Imports. This verspricht crisis from overtrade.