COMMERCIAL ITEMS
1 , -' INVESTMENT. SHARES. I On Saturday, sales were reported of Union Steam preference - shares at 215., and P. I and 0. Deferred Stock at £-397. The quotations were as-follow:— Buyers. neilors. ■ : , ' .« p. d. £ s. i. I National Bank , - « 7 0 - Bank N.Z. (old) 13 5 3 13 0 0 BanK N.Z. (new) - 13 a 0 I Equitable Building 9 0 0 j MatioDoliton Buirdiap ... 11 0 0 ~ .
National Mortgage ....„,.. 4 5 6 — N.Z. and Kivor Plato ... -' S 0 0 Well. Trust and Loom ... 515 6 - Auckland Gaa (paid) ..... 17 3 — Well. Gaa (£10) -... 11 5 0 - N.Z. Insurance —■• 10 S 0 — National Insurance 3 4 6 — S. British Insurance — 7 0 0 JJ.Z. Refrigerating — 2 6 0 Meat Export (52a. 6d.) ... - 211 0 Huddart-Parkcr (ord.) ... 2 2 6 2 3 0 P. and O. Def.' Stock ... 395 0 0 400 0 0 Kaiapoi Woollen (ord.) ... 7 13 0 8 0 0 lVoir Woollen (prof.) - 4 17 6 Westport Coal 1 10 9 111! Westport-Stoclcton • — 0 9 0 Waipa, Colliery 0 15 9 — Eauri Timber (335.) — 111 0 Loylamd-O'Brien 17 0 18 0 Woriiigamutii- Totara*... 10 0 — D.I.C. preference 10 0 — Golden Bay Cement — 0 19 0 N.Z. Paper Mills 12 8 13 1 Well. Covdago 12 0 — Wilson's Coment 0 14 0 — Customs. duties collected" at the port of Wellington on Saturday amounted to £916 13s. 10d. ■ BANK OF ENGLAND BETCRK. Auetralian-Now Zealand Cable Association. London, September 26. The Bank of England return issued for the week ended Wednesday, September 25, is as under:— ' .
■ ' ; ' IS9CE DWARTJIEXT. Notes isiiuedf Got. debt... £11,015,000 Other aecuriNotes in ties 7.43*,000 reserve 29.731.000 Gold 70,77/i.ooO £80.12-27,000 £89^7.000 . BANKING DjIPAMMENT. ,' , '■ proprietor?' • ■ Gov.securi-, ~' / capital ...f 14,553,000 tlea ... Public de-'- Other s'ecuri- ' ] posits ;'-• 31,012,000 lies... ... ,-103,336.000 Othertle- . . .■ ■ ■ '' ' j -posite '..: 133.558.000 Noteu'in '. I' •,Eest,7-diiy • ' ' reserve ..,■ 28,731.000 ' -andother • '•■■ Com in ■ j ■ bills ... 3.653.000; reserve ... 766J000 £184.036,000'. ' -. ' : £184,036,000 Tho leadinc items of the Bank, of England return afford the following, comparicon:— This week liOßtweolf. Last year £i £ £ Bullion 70.778.C00 70.950,000 E2.72.%000 Kesorve ... 20,407.000 30.047,000 32.36J.000 Note Circulation 60.4D6.00u . 69,398,000 41-,5ta.000 Public Deposits 31,942.000 53.133-OCO 44.2i15,000 .Other Deposits 133,983.000 12PJbb-«iS 121.7U3.000 Proportion ol reserves to ' liabilities 17.78 18.87 1163 GOVERNMENT SEOTOIWIES. The following are the latßM quotations lor Consols and Colonial Government Securities in comparison with those ruling .last week:—' ci..i. Thin IJast ■ Slock Week Week ■ 2J% Imperial Consols jf a^ (1 £ ssl 3 % 5 ..War Loan - es <t 6 B6 0 0 3i „ War Loan - . co in c pflis'n 3i N.8.W.1930-50Ja-Jy $ \ § f,\\ 5 „ M.8.W.192S 71,15 q 7110 0 4 , Vic. 1920 Jan.-Jttly £j,g \ }X $ g 3J,, Vic 1921-6 Jan.-My sg. M 0 88 15 0 3i,, Vic. 1920-1949 71 0 0 7110 0 \i "P? ,1 !!^ 9 Ja ?^ ] y IS' B 0 65 15 0 . 3i,,5.A.1916Jan.-July 76 B 6 76 5 0 3 „ S.A. 1916 Jau.-July 57 10 0 59 0 0 4 ..Q'l'd 1915-24,1 pj 5 0 0315 0 3S „ QTdl922-47 Jan.-Jly Si 7 6 0113 6 J „ QTd 1922-47 Jan.-Jlj fli ]3 - B 65 12 6 4 „ N.Z. 1929 May-Nov. 90 7 6 90 2 6 . 3J,, N.Z. 1912-40 Jan.-Jly 76 10 0 76 3 6 3 „ N.Z. 1920 April-Oct. 07 2 6 67 0 0 35 ~W.A. 1915-35 My-Nv 78 0 u 78 0 0 3 „ W.A. 1915-35 Jty-NoT ' 74 7 fi 74 0 0 ii „ Tas. 1920 Jan-July ,75 6 0 75 15 0 3 ~Tas 1920-40 Jan.-Julj 66 0 0 66 0 0 MONEY irViKKET. The Bank of England discount rate on January 12, 1917, was 51 per cent. On April 5 it waa reduce, J to 6 per cent., ni which , figure it has eijnce stood. OPEN MABI.'ET BATES. The open market d'tecount rate for three months' bills is 31 ji cr cont., aa compared with 3J per cent. . - p,st ;veek and 43 per cent, last year. ■ •■ • Short loan 6 are ijuoted at 3i per cent., as against 3J per cent, last week and 4} cent, last year. COLONIAL ANJ) OTHER PEODUOE. Butter and Clu leic.—'l'no butter position ehoivß aio onange 1 There ha.vo been good arrivals of Australian ana Hew Z,cuiantt o/wese. Buppne;) are now plentiful, enabling full aiioim ems beme matte to meet veuiilers' leoui; .'ements. . . Bugar—l'here /is no change to report, Wjieat.— The tnarket is uuiet. Wour.-A fait j quantity 01 imported flour is selling steadily. ■ . Oats— ite 11 «,rket is very firm. La Plata oats on the i\/ay are selling at 60s. c.i.f.t). .' Peas aud B< jane—Englishjrrown peaa end heans contiu'fte to advance in price. New Zealand and/ 'Uasmanian -white peas aro now auoted at 565. to 60s, per cwt. landed. •METAL MAEKET. Tin is q-noted at £337 10s. per ton. TJiera is;no change in the price of other metals, i , .
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