COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 248, 8 July 1918, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT. SHARES. 1 Saturday's quotations for investment Shares wore as follow:— ■♦' Btircrs. Bdiers. : £9. (1. £»:d. National Bank 5 8 9 5 10 G 'Hank N'.7; (old) tt n l> - . Bank N.Z. (now) 17 8 6 - jSjluitable Building 8 17 6 — .Well. Investment 010 J — •'Phch. Gaa 515 0 -

"... . t \ ■ Wellington Gas (£10) 12 0 0 ~ ; 0.8. Insurance 6 10 — Kaiapoi Woollen (ord.J ... 7 3 0 - Tanpiri Coal 0 18 6 - n estport Coal — 1 lft , waipa Oolliery — o 17 l Kauri Timber (33a.) 18 0 — in Colonial Sugar _ 21 15 I Golden Pay Cement 518 0 — N. 55. I'atior Mills'; ; 12 3 _ i,. C !!? loms duties collnntert at the jiort ol S. Ellington on Saturday amounted to ,£27! sa. Zd. DANK OF ENGLAND RETURN. Australian-How Zealand Cable Association 1 (Rec, July 6, 5.6 p.m., London, July 5. ■ l'ho Bank of England return issued for J, the week ended •Wednesday, July 3, is ai t under:— H IHSOK Department. ■- Notes issued £54,003,000 Gov. debt... £11,015,001 y Othor seom-i----0 Notes in ties 7.43J,000 reserve 28.276.000 Gold (11,732,000 J t £83.181,000 . £63,181,000 0 Banking Dfpartmkkt. Proprietors' ' ' Gov.securi. f capital ...£14,553,000 ties ... j6C8.Q38.000 „ Public do- Othei'scouriposits ...38,170,000 ties 113,937,000 ' Other doV posits ... 162.068,000 Notes in ■ - Best, 7-day WHerre ... 23.a78.000 B ' anaotliei' Ooin in > ■ , r bills ... 4.256.000 resorro... , ,603,000 | £209,055,000 £209,056.000 f The leading Items of the Bank of Eug- , land iHurn alford the following companion:— This week Last week Last yoar £ £ '• £ 1 Bullion 61.732.000 61,610,000 52,604,000 , Reserve ... 28,(181,00" 30.001,000 ' 33,48J.000 C Note Circulation 54,00,9.000 53.671,(100 40,904,000 Public Deposits !18,179.000 35.779,000 41,673.000 Oilier Deposits 152,068,000 128,849,000 130.579,000 f -Proportion of • reEorvesto ; liabilities 15.18 18.22 18.44 I , GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. i The following are the latest quotations ' /or Consols and Colonial Government Securities lu comparison with. those ruling last,, wee it:— , Klnpb T ''' 3 I"' ; B ™ k Week Week E470 Imperial Consols f. 3 ;, f. a - n 6.. War Loin "° » g 31,. War Loan ™ n 2 br n n 4 „ N.5,W.1j33 Jan-July 2? „ 2 Sj S 2 31 „ N.5.W.1930-50 Jlr.-sip iS ,X 2 J ,2 2 31 „fJ;S.W.EarIy Curr. 'S S ! 2 S 3 „ N.S.W. 1925 Apl.-Oct ™ n 0 4 „ Vic. 1920 Jan.-July U 2 11 ,2 2 a-^sar- iy »■" os" o r" V ?.' liS'S T '-n 71 0 0 71 0 0 u"«i t''7 T 1)2 0 U 62 0 0 1®" a » io.£ i • i UI J r 72 0 0 72 0 0 d ~ B.A, 1916 Jaii.-July £|S 0 n &/', on 1 4 ~ Q'l'd 1915-24 Jan.-Jly Ui 0 0 92 0 0 31.. QTdl922-4? Jan.-Jiy rj -o 5 m 0 fl 3 „Q 1 d 1922-47 Jan.-Jlj 02 0 0 62 0 0 4 „ N.Z. 1929 Hay-Nov. 87 00M 0 0 31 „ N.z. 1912-40 Jan.-Jly 73 00 73 0 0 f. " N-Z. MM AnriEOot. Bill 62 0 0 31 „ W.A. 1916-351fy-Nv 75 (J 0 7a 0 0 3 „ \V.A. 1915-35 My-NoY 72 0 0 72 0 0 35 „ Tas, 1920 Jan-Jnly 72 0 0 72 0 0 5 ~Tas 1920-40 Jan.-Julj 66 0 0 66 o'o MONEY MAItKET. The Bank of England discount rate on January 12, 1917, was 51' per cent. On April 5 it was reduced to 5 per cent., at which figure it Ims since stood. \ • OPEN MARKET RATES. The open market discount rate for three months' bills is 31 per cent., as compared with 31 per cent, last woek and 4S ner cent, last year. Short_ Joans are quoted at 23 per cent., as against 31 per cent, last week and 43 per cent, last year. WHEAT. Wheat.—Quiet;- priecß unchanged. ■ THE METAL MARKETS. _Oopper.-£UO 6a. per ton; best selected; £121; electrolytic, £123. kead.-£29 10,?. per ton; three months. £2 0 10s Spelter.—£s4 and £50 -per ton. Tin.—£336 10s. per ton. | Bar Silver.—4B 13-16 d. per oz. standard. I - ' "Z