COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 123, 16 February 1918, Page 10

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. A sale of Bank of New Zealand shares (£6 13s 4d. paid) at £17 7s. 6d. was reported on 'Change yesterday. The auotations were as follow:— „ Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. National Bank 55 D 19 ~; , Bank N.Z. (old) . - 12 8 6 N.Z. Loan and Mer. (ord. stock) 80 10 0 N.Z. and River Plate ... 1 16 6 — Well. Trust and Loan . 5 13 0 — Well., Deposit 0 7 0 - Gisborne Gas 016 6 51 5 Hokitika Gas - 6 0 0 National Insurance 3 0 0 5 10 Standard Insurance 2 0 6 — Gear Meat (£1) 4 15 6 - Huddart-Parker (ord.) .. — 115 0 N.Z. Shipping (prcf.) .... 10 10 0 — Kaiapoi Woollen (ord.) — 7 0 0 Weil. Woollen (ord.) 6 15 0 - Well. Woollen (prof.) 4 6 0 - Westport Coal — 111 0 Waipa Colliery — 0 18 0 Taringamutu Totara ... — 14 0 N T .Z. Paper Mills 019 0 — Shnrland's 'ord.) : 17 9 — W.P.C.A. (£1 pref.) 10 0 - N.Z. War Bonds, 1916-30 .9817 6 99 2 6 Custom duties collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £4558 9s. 4d. HUGE PROFITS. After deducting depreciation and allowing for excess profits duty, the accounts of J. and P.' Coats, Ltd., for the year ended Juno 30 last show a net profit of £3.360,950. After providing for dividends already paid, tho directors are placing £2,000,000 to a War Contingencies Fund and carrying forward £155.334. Twelve months ago the profit was £3,387,395, and after meeting dividends £100.000 was allocated as suspense against depreciation. £2.456,492 going forward.— "Draper's liecord." MINING NEWS . WELLINGTON SHARE MARKET, The auotations for mining shares yesterday were as under Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. Con. Goldficlds 0 410 — Now Sylvia 0 011 — Talisman •' 0 9 6 0 id 3 Waihi - 1 I? ®