COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 251, 11 July 1918, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

■ IXVESTMEKT SHAKES yesterday's iiuotations for investment eharee were ae follow:— liuycrs. sellers £ a. ;1. £ s..d. National Bank 6 9 0 — Bank N.Z. (old) 12 2 6 ' - Bfiiik Is'./,, (new) 17 9 0 — National Mortgage 4 16 — Well. Investment 0 10, S - | Oisljorne Gas 0 17 0 0 18 6 J Well. Gas (pref.) - 0 18 9 | S.B. Insurance 6 2 0 Kaiapoi Woollen (ord.) ... 7 2 6 - Well. Woollen (ord.) 7 5 0 — Taupiri Coal 0 18 6 - Wesinort i>«l 1. « * Wpptport-Rtocston 0 7 4 — Waipa Colliery - 017 3 Kauri Timber (335.) IS" ijoylantf.O'Brlen 17 6 ' — Colonial Sugar - 1115 0 Golden Bay Cement 0 18 0 - Manning nnd Co — 3 10 K.Z. Drug 2 13 9 - N.Z. Papor Mills 12 3 - Ward and Co 4 12 6 - Customs duties collccieil at the p"' , ' of Wellington yesterday amounted to £633576. .!>. AXD O. COLONTAL STOOK TRUST. By Teleirraph-fress Association. Dunodin, Julr io. The formation of lhe Peninsular and Oriental Colonial Stock Trust is announced. The directors are Sir James Mills, Messrs. Holdsworth, .Tohn Roberts, Kattriiy, Lyke.n, G. Bitcliie. O. G. White, and, as represent-, ing tlio Now Zealand Shipping Company, Mr. John Anderson. The object of tho trnut ia to (leal with stock owned by Australian and New Zealand stciclilioldore. The register ivill be opened forthwitli for transfers of 1 , , and O. stock to the trust free of expense to stockholders. On subDcqucnt transfers stamp duty of 20s. ner cent, will be payable by the buyer, but it is hoped that the representations that are bcinit made will result in the transfers beinj treated S3 transfers of shares, on whicli the duty is 6s. per cent. .