COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 16, 14 October 1918, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

i :■".'■ INVESTMENT SHARES. b,turday'B Quotations for investment &es were a* follow- mm _ < z ■"' ~ .""."£b.a.: £s.a. .ll'Trnet and Loan ••• 6 « 6 _- ckland Gas l' ' „ <.- » ,n.-GBB'(pref.)- 'O.W 3 »j» " tibnal Insurance .:....... " ' 'ddart-Parker (ord.) -200 206 SoiTSteain (pref.) •. 11 * ~J j0 ° fand-O. Del.. Stock..... - . »'J^. O Istport Coal i» » ~, 0 irtportrStocMon - °2 uri Timber .(33b.) - i^ 0 ulaid and Co 18 6 _ ird and Co. .-.: .»;.-;•_* 5 ° hietoms duties collected at \\v Jiort "f aiington on Saturday amounted to £1567 jlld. "■' '■: ! BANK OF ENCiiAND EETTJRK. Walian-Now Zealand Oable Association. ( (Ecc. October 12, 5.5 p.m.). i London, October 11. the Bank of TSiiflaml rol.urn iswd for k weelc ended Wednesday, October 9, [as under:— 1 l lesoe Department. lies iesued £ W,705,000 Gov. debt... i 11.015.000 ! Other ficcuri'tea in - ■ ties 7.434,000 jeaerve 57.97D.000.00U' 7-2.326.00 a I' ' mJiiym . i-80.175.000 I B4SHKG DEPiMMEHT. Lntlotore' Cov.Becral'Stal ...fU,553,000 ties ... f59.243.000 Sbliede- OthorsecurllOßits ...23,323,000 tloa 95,511.000 wfta 8 "... 137.58C001 Note* in ' kst"7-day reserve ... 27,979.000 Ind other Coin in ] bills ••• 3.050.000 reserve ... 764.000 ! . £183.517.000 £163,517.000 i?he leading items of the Bank of Engiid retuiX afford the following companr% This week Laßtwoek Last year '■ £ £ £ Hion 7i3.325.000 71.876.000 03.227.C00 Wve - 23,763,000 J8.355.000 32,260.000 Ite Circulation 62.796.000 62,252,000 41.678.00il WioS ts 28.323-000 30.625.000 42,186.000 her Deposits 137.666.000 137.127.000 110,135.000 ; oportlon or IStfes 0 . 17.33.' 16.85 1093 ; I. GOVEENIIKNT SECUKITIES. Che following aro the latest quotations r Consols and Colonial Government Sorities in comparison with those ruling st week:—

I' MONEY MARKET iThe Bank of England discount rate on inuarv 12, 1917, was 55 per- cent. On pril 5 it was reduced to 5 per cent., at bicb figure it has einco Btood.

OPEN iIABKET EATEB. The opeii_iiiarksk-discount rato for tbren months' bills is 38 per cent,, as comjdred with 3J per cent. last, week and 4j per cent, last year. ■ Short loans are quoted at 31 per cent., as against 3J per cent, lost week and 4J tont. last year. COLONIAL AND OTHER PRODOOE. Butter and Ulieeso.—Unchanged. WJieat.-C!uiet. A little Australian iB. ottering. Plour.-tJnchaßged. No colonial is offering. Oats.—Scarce; inactive. Beans and Pcas.-Less in request; firmly hold. augar.-Unchanged. NATIONAL BANK BEPORT. In the report on Friday of the National Bank a typographical error made it appear that a bonus of 7 per cent, had been declared. It should have lead 1 per cent.

, TIiIB Last i. Stock "Week Week !}% Imperial Consols jfg jj 'g jr 3 "j a jJ ) „ War Loan S5 17 G gg g g >1War X,oan gg 15 0 68 15 0 J ,, A Jiiti-.lulj 99 o 0 5} „ Aue.-Commonw'tli iqj jq q ij „ Aus.-Commonw'th fig M 0 go 10 0 51, "jT.S.W.1930-50 Ja-Jy 75 0 0 73 0 0 i N.S.W. 1525 jipl.-Out 72 5 0 74 li 6 4 „ Vic. 1920 J an.-July 98 15 0 03 7 G !j„ Vic. 1921-6 Jan.-July 69 0 0 63 10 0 !j „ Yio. 1920-1949 7-2 10 0 71 15 0 ! „ Vic. 1929-49 Jan.-Jly C6 17 0 r,r. 10 O 55 „6.A.1916 Jan.-July 76 5 0 78 0 8 5 „ 8.A.1916 Jau.-July 'SO J 0 S3 10 0 I ..QTd 1915-24 Jan.-Jly 18 15 0 03 7 6 Si „ Q'l'dl922-47 Jan.-Jly 01 10 0 01 1 6 QTil 1922-47 Jan.-Jlj ■ 05 10 0 65 12 6 I „ N.Z. 1929 May-Nov. 81) 5 0 6fl 17 6 Si „ N.Z. 1912-40 Jan.-Jly 77 6 i 0 77 0 0 J „ N.Z. 1920 April-Oot. 67 12 6 67 7 6 Ji „ W.A. 1915-35 My-Nv 78 5 0 77 0 .0 i „\V.A. 1915-35 Jly-Nov 73 10 0 73 10 0 Si.. Tas. 1920 Jan-July 76 5 0 75 10 0 i „ Tas 1920-40 Jan.-Julj 66 0 0 66 0 0