COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 23, 22 October 1917, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. Saturday's quotations for investment ahares were as follow-.— Bnrcre. Sellers. £ s. A £ s. d National Bank 5 6 0 5 10 0 Bank N.Z. (old) - 12 5 0 Bank N.Z. (new) -- 1711 0 N.Z. and River Plate ... 1 16 0 — Well. Investment — 011 3 Well. Deposit 0 6 3 — Auckland Gas (pa-id) 17 3 17 9 Auckland Gas (con.) 10 0 — ■ Christchurch Gas (£5) .... 6 0 0 — N.Z. Insurance -. T 16 0 7 17 0 Huddart-Parkcr (ord.) .... 1 12 9 — Union Steam (prcf.j ... t-1 i • — - AVestport Coal 18 9 19 6 Westport-Stockton - 0 8 4 Colonial Sugar :.... 23 0 0 23 12 6 Mammoth Molybdenite .076 — Customs duty collected at the port of Wellington on Saturday amounted to £1526 6b. sd. ■ ! LONDON MARKETS. iustralian-New /enland Cable Association. (Rcc. October 21, 5.5 p.m.) ' LONDON, October 20. Itubbcr.—Para, 3s. sd. per Ib.* plantation, 2s. Bd.-, smoked sheets, 2s. 6Jd. Hemp.—New Zealand, near positions, In good demand; little available. At the sheepskin sales no. Australasian were offered owing to the restriotlons; 222 bales of Puntu Arenas ekins wore oflered and sold at ful! late rates. Rabbits and frozen meats arc unchanged. Lead.—lmports., 19,692 tons; exports, 716 tons. BANK OP ENGLAND RETURN. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright ■ (Hoc. October 20, 5.5 p.m.). London, October 19. The Bank of England return issued for the week ended Wednesday, October 17, is as under:— issrE Depammbxt. I Kololssns £72,283,000 Gov. aebt... £11,015.000 Other securities 7.434,000 Gold 63.53i.00a ■ ' i7-2.283.C00 ■ ' iTMB3.OOO Banking Department. Proprietors' Gov. securlce,pital ...£14,653.000 ties ... f09,033,000 Public no- Other Eecuiiisosils ... J2,;3'2,000 tioß 100,350,000 Other deposits ... 13-3.069,000 Kotea 30,6«,000 Rest, 7-aay aud other bills ... 3.053.000 Coin ...' ... 0.202.000 £102,437,000 ' X 109.437.000 The leading items of the Bank of England return afford the following comparison :—

Thisweol; Last week Last year ££ £ " Bullion 63.831.000 53.227,000 54.436.000 Reserve ... 32.846.0W 32.060.000 38.237.000 Koto Circulation 41,639.000 41,678,000 36.668.0g Public Deposits '4-3.732,000 1W86.000 63.589.000 Other Deposits 133,069,000 119,625,000 108.106.000 Proportion of reserves to liabilities 15.79 10.03 23.30 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. The following are the latest quotations for Consols and Colonial Government Securities in comparison with those ruling last week:— . . 31,. War Loan Mr> n a-to « 4 ..N.8.W.1933 Jan-July S2 S S S 3j,,N.5.W.1930-SOHr.-Kp no » « m in 3i,. N.B.W. Emly Ourr. ™ a * K ? n 3 ~N.5.W.1925Ap1..0ct ,o o 0 601 C n 4 ~Vic.l92oJan.-July 10 0 KW fi 31,, Vic. 1921-6 Jan-July g 1 g Js 5 0 5j,, Vic. 1920-1949 . 69 17 6 69 17 B 3,. Vic. 1929-49 J an ,Jly Tl 0 621? 6 3i,.5.A.1916Jan.-July ui 0 n0 0 3 „ b.A. 1916 J&n.-July 57 5 n 57 n n 4 ~QTd 1915-24 Jan.-Jlj DO is 0 00 15 0 31,,QTd1922-47J<in.-Jly 87 15 0 67 15 0 3 „ QTd 1922-47 Jan.-Jlj 0210 0 62 a 6 4 „ N.Z. 1929 ilay-Nov. 65 0 0 85 0 0 3J „ N.Z. 1912-40 Jan.-Jly 73 5 0 73 7 6 3 „ N.Z. 1920 April-Oct. 63 5 0 S3 0 0 3j „ W.A. 1915-35 Jly-Nv 73 0 0 73 5 0 3 „ W.A. 1915-35 Hy-Nov 68 5 0 68 10 0 3$ „ Tas. 1920 Jan-July 1i 5 0 7a 5 0 3 ~Tas 1920-40 Jan.-Julj 65 0 0 65 7 6