COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 159, 25 March 1918, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHAKES. A salo of Eqnitablp Buildinc shares at £9 2s. 6d. was reported on Saturday. Tho quotations were as follow:— Buyers. Bellern. ■ • £B. d. £8. d. National ERnk 5 8 0 5 9 6 Bank N.Z. (old) .; 12 7 9 IS 9 0 Bank.N.Z. (new) 1710 0 - Union Bank 56 0 0 Equitable Building 9 0 0 N.Z. and Hiver Wats ...... 117 0 — Well. Trust and loan ... 6 12 6 — Wellington Deposit 0 7 0 - Hokitika Gas - 4 12 6 National Insurance 3 I) 6 - S.B. Insuranco 6 3 6 — Gear Meat tfl) 417 6 . - Meat Export (£5) - 515 0 Meat Esport (£4) - •■ 415> 0 Meat Export (525. 6d.) - ! 1 12 6 Auckland Trams (ord.) ... - 110 Euddnrt-Parker (pref.) ... 1 0 9 - Union Steam (pref.) 1 1 J - Kniapoi Woollen (ord.) ... 7 2 0 - Kaiapoi Woollen (pre£.),.. 6 7 6 - Westport Coal 110 6 . 111 3 Waina. Colliery 018 6 019 3 Leyland-O'Brien 17 9 Taringamutu Totara ... — 12 0 D.1.0. (pref.) ion N.Z Pniicr Mills .0 19 b Sharland (ord.) 18 3 - Ward and Co — 5 7 6 Well. OokUsc 10 6 W.F.C.A. (pref.) 10 0

Customs duties collected at the port of Wellington on Saturday amounted to £1776 173. -Id. BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN. (Ecc. March 23, 5.5 p.m.) London, March U. The Bank of Enela.nd return issued for the week ended Wednesday, Jfareh 2fl, is as under :-- lufnn Department. Vote Issue £78,165.000 Gov. debt... f 11,015.000 Other Becm-i----ties I,i3i,m Gold 50,716.000 JC-75.165.P00 iV8,16D,000 Banking Department. Proprietors' Gov.eocuri.capital ...f 14,553,000 ties ... f06.955.000 Public de- Other aecuriposits ...35,373,000 ties 09,229,000 ° r osits e ' - 134,360,000 Notes 30,606,000 Beat, 7-day and other bills .•• 3.705.000 Coin 890.000 £188,011,000 f188.011.C00 The leadinß items of the Bank of Eng-

itinrt return afford the following comparison;—

This week Last week Last year Bullion 59.716.000 50,137.000 52.070.000 Reserve ... 31.b9ti.lXiO 31.251,000 31.568.000 Note Circulation 47.359.000 47.28f.000 37.524.000 Public Deposits 35.37if»000 98.353.000 67.711.000 Other Deposits 13i.3&).W0 125.955.001) 124.3iJ5.1M) Proportion of reserves to liabilities 18.67 13.70 17.99 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. The following are the latest quotations /or Consols and Colonial Government Securities iu comparison with tlioso ruling last week:—

, This Last * block Week Week 2J% Imperial Consols jy "j d j j?, S q 'q 5 , " i! u , lj0U 85 12 6 P3 2 6 41 „ War Loan SB 5 0 66 5 0 4 „N.S.W.lsJ3 Jan-July f, g „ g 2 G iill'W r' VSP 99 1'2 6 0912 6 3j „ N.S.W. barly Curr. m i 3 n 6U0 0 3 „ W.S.W. 1925 Apl.-Oct „ 70 S 0 4 ,, Vic. 1920 Jnn.-July 06 17 6 07 0 0 U „Vio. 1921-6 Jan.-July gj 3 6 tie 10 0 34 „ Vic. 1920-1949 , 69 2 6 69 0 0 3 „ Via. 1929-49 Jan.-Jly 62 5 0 63 12 6 3J ..S.A.1916 Jan.-July 7-2 10 0 72 10 0 3 „ b.A. 1916 Jau.-July 57 0 0 57 0 0 4 „QTd 1915-24Jan.-Jly ai 0 0 01 0 0 3J „ QTdl922-47 Jan.-Jly tg 0 0 SO 2 6 3 „ Q'l'd 1922-47 Jan.-Jl} 62 2 6 62 2 6 4 „ N.Z. 1929 May-Nov. 66 17 6 66 10 0 3J„ N.Z. 1912-40 Jan.-Jly 73 0 0 72 12 6 3 „ N-Z. 1920 April-Oct. 62 6 0 62 6 0 3i „ W.A. 1S1S-35 My-Nv 76 0 0 76 7 6 3 „ W.A. 1915-35 Jly-JTof «£? 0 0 6!) 15 0 31Tas. 1920 Jan-July 71 0 0 71 5 0 3 „ Tas 1920-40 Jan.-Julj 65 0 0 65 0 0