WAR LOAN CERTIFICATES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2901, 13 October 1916, Page 6

WAR LOAN CERTIFICATES

WELLINGTON STILL IN THE LEAD. The sales of War Loan Certificates' during the first week of October amounted to no less than £40,422, which is about double the sales during the last week of September. In Wellington, Christchurch, and_ Dunedin the amount received was in each case slightly "over £7000, and in Auckland £6800, Wanganui coming next with £2000. The total up to and including October 7 has reached £987,953, and the relative positions of the various districts remain much the same. Wellington still leads with a total which is almost equal to that of Auckland and Dunedin combined. The steady sale of certificates proves that it was a .wise step to keep them on the' market during the currency of the present year. The following summary shows the total sales in the ; various postal districts up. to October 7-.—Auckland, £123,397 Bs.; Blenheim, £17,440; Christchurch, £142,557 Bs.; Dunedin, £122,649; Gisborne, £16,580 165.; Greymouth, £16,655 45.; Hokitika, £77*91 45.; Invercargill, £52,975 125.; Napier, £56,050 Bs.; Nelson, £32,318; New Plymouth, £41,872; Oamaru, £13,292; Thames, £15,762 165.;. Timaru,. £34,620; Wanganui, £47,634 125."; Wellington, £234,755; Westport, £11,601 12s. Total, £987,953.