FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20108, 11 December 1930, Page 12

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES.

♦ (BUTIBH OmCIAL WtBSLBSS.) RUGBY, December. 9. ; The following are the current . rates of exchange, compared with those of Pecember 4th and par: Par. Dec. 4. Dec. 9. Paris, fr. to £1 .. 124.31 133.451 128.631 Brussels, belgas to £1 35 84.80 84.761 Oslo, kr. to £1 .. 18.169 18.16 18.16 Copenhagen, kr to £1 18.169 18.151 18.151 Stockholm, kr. to £1 18.169 18.091 16.10 Amsterdam, fl. to £1 13.107 13.061 13.061 Berlin, Reichmarken to £1 .. •• 20.43 30.36 90.06 Montreal, dol. to £1 4.866 4.85 13-32 4£6 New York, dol. to £1 4.866 4.8515-32 4.8$ 25-32 I'iague, kr. to <1 .. 164.35 164] 1681 Geneva, fr. to £1 .. 25.235 25.061 25.061 Milan, lire to £1 .. 92.43 93.65} 92.701 Vienna, echgs to £1 84.585 04.491 84.501 Helsingfors, marks to £1 .. .. 193.35 192J 193 Madrid, pesetas to £1 25.235 43.60 43.70 Lisbon, escudos to £1 4.50 108.35 108.25 Athens, drach to £1 875 375 375 Bucharest, lei to £1 813.6 818 818 Bio do Janeiro, pence to xnilreis .. 4.986 4 25-33 - 4 11-16 Buenos Ayres, pence to dollar .. 47.577 869-16 881 Montevideo, pence to , dollar ... .. 51 88 18-16 861 Bombay, pence to rupee ..16 17J 17f Shanghai, pence to tael .. 24{ J»i 17| Hong-Kong, pence to dollar .. .. 34 14 9-16 14. Yokohama, pence to] yen .. 24.58 34 17-32 24 17-32 SHARE QUOTATIONS. (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—®* ELKOTSHT TELEOEAPH—COPTEI{SHT.) LONDON, December 9. Share quotations included the. following Nov. 25. Deo. 9. £ •. d. £ s. d. Bank of Australasia .. 9 5 0 9 0 0 Bank of N.S.W. . 26 6 0 38 0 0 Union Bank qf Aust. 8 1 3 717 6 • National Bank of N.Z, 511 10} 6 8 6 Bank of New Zealand (4 per cent, deben.) 94 0 0 95 5 0 Bank of New Zealand (shares) .. .. 314 8* .210 10 N.Z. Loan and Mercantile (4 per cent, debentures) .. .. 69 10 0 66 0 0 N.Z. Loan and Mercantile (shares) 88 0 0 80 0 0 *Ex dividend. SILVER. (BJHTISH OUIOIAI, WIRBLI688.) RUGBY, December 9. Quotations for silver,were:—Spot, 154 d per obtce; forward, 15 7-16 d per ounce. TALLOW. iles3iß liaJgety and Co., Ltd., have received the following advice from their London office, under date Deoember 9th:— Tallow—At to-morrow'a salo we expect that if change in price takes place it will bo in favour of buyers. DIVIDENDS PAYABLE. Due. Farmers' Trading A and B pref.— Interim, 7 p.c. p.a. .. Now New Zealand Breweries—lnterim, Is 3d per share .. .. Now Finance Corp.—lnterim, pref., 7 p.c. p.a. .. .. Now Bank of New Zealand —Interim, Is 4d a share .. .. Now Tattersfield—Final, 2 p.c. .. Dec. 10 Devonport Steam—lnterim, 32 .. Dec. 15 P. and O. deferred stock—Final, 6 p.c. .. .. .. Dec. 15 Reliance Loan—lnterim, pref., 8 p.c. p.a. .. .. .. Dec. 15 Mount Lyell—Final, Is a share .. * Dec. 19. Hume Steel—lnterim, A and B • prefs., 10 p.c. p.a. .. .. Dec. 20 Singapore Hume Pipe—lop.c. .. Dec. 20 Australian Prov. Association, 21 P.c. .. .. .. Dec. 20 Morris Hedstrom—Ord., interim, 3 _ p.c. ... .. .. Dec. 31 Grey Valley Collieries—Final, 8 P-c. .. ... .. • 1931. National Bank of New Zealand—- _ 'lnterim, 6 p.c. ~ ~ Jan. 3 .Reliance Loan—Ordinaries, 10 p.c, x> '*- «"< y* Jan. 31 i