LONDON.

Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 131, 6 April 1881, Page 2

LONDON.

:--• . .TWBfDA^- . The Bank of South :A>^traaTa, lias de^ dared a dividend 6'f '5 per ceiit. for the half-year ended 3tat December lait, and? carries forward £4000. to reserv*., l^; ? A bulletin issued this morning state* that Lord Beacomfield passed a quieten-, nighty and is no worse since the relapse; set m. Hopes are still entertained of hisj lordship's recovery. .. The Court has dismissed Mr Bradlaugh, appeal against the disallowance of bis demurrer m. the action,TGlarke,y^ Bradlaugb, to recover penalties from thelatter for sitting and voting ip. the Houseof Commons, without first taking ''the Oath. '" ■ -r- v : It mi generally expected' m Europeans political circles that Greece will acquiesces m the proposal made by Turkey, and ap*. proved by the Pow.er.sfpr thje settlement of the Frontier question. Consols continue at par. " " 7: ' •"' The total reserve m notes and bullion, m the Bank o^England is £17.000,000. : New Zealand 4^ per, cejit 1879-1904; ioan,.97^. . ; , ; _. . Best Scotch pig _ iroa,. No. J, free .ohi board m Clyde,. fiOs. ■■•' ;: ; - '-' ; Fiibif;" ; ''-' The revenue retarai- for the March quarter amount to £27.873,500; showing an increase of £750,000 compared with, the corresponding quarter of last year\ The revenue for the year amounts to, £84,062,300* showing an increase of £2,750,000 compared with last yeajv : ' a A bulletin, issued at midnight,, rcportsl that Earl Beaconsfl Id's health was m ik more favorable state, " ' :• '■>"= Loans fbr Tasmania fott £300000,. at .4 per cent., an<! farJFiji. fo? : Ll 5,0,00$ at 4J per cent: have hcejV isfPLed m the.; London market. r ~ » -ST^ PETERSBFRGfe, - i '" : i; TatuHSBAT, An imperial d ecree bas been issued*,, announcing that a form of representative municipal government "for ; thja cfyy. wift i forthwith be initiated.