COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 34, 4 November 1918, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

| ;l ' ; ' INVESTMENT SHARES. !-A sale of Gear. Meat shares'" USA- paid) it £21 6s! Was.made on-'Ohange/on Satur--lay. ' The quotations were as follow :■<-'.' . .'■' ■'~.■■ .•'• Buyers.. Sellers. i, ■ :-.,■' ■'■ ,£s. d. ,£t'.&. jank . Australasia; 120 0 0 ':'-.; •rational Bank - , 613 0 Sank N.S. -Wales 36.5 0 - 3ank N.Z. (old) 13 10 0 . - Bank N.JS-. (new) .'.•. ■ - / 18420 Union Bank 59 0 0 Equitable Building 9 5 0 .—' itiuioiial Jim-tgaee 48 0 • — S.Z. and River Plate ... 1 19 6 2 0 6 Well. Investment 0 10 6 010 8 |Vell. Trust and Loan ... 5 15 0 — Abraham and Williams ;ford.) .'.....■• 5 00 . 510 '0 Jell. Gas (£10) 11 0 0 : 1112 6 (Veil. Gas (pref.) ..; 017'3 '0 18 0 National Insurance ~' — ■ . ■ 3 6 6 3.-B.' Insurance ■ — 613 6 3ear Meat (£4) 21 0. 0 , - Sear Meat (£1) - \ «0 0 Heat Export (525. «d.) ..., 2 11 0 . : 2 12 6 Auckland Trams ford.-)... 0 19> 0 ■- Buddart-Parker (ord.) ... 20 0 20 3 Kuddart-Parker (pref.) ... 1.0-9 f-, l>. ivnd O. Def. Stock ... 405. 0 0 - iVell. Woollen (pref.) 416 0 5 0-0 gestport Coal -.....,.;.... 111..* - t ftaipa Colliery .....-'•. 0 -16 3 018-O----iA'vliind-o'Bri»n' .' 1"I '° '.-• ■ jharland & Co. (ex div.), 1; 8,0 .: - .-v . ■ ■ Customs duties collected at Up port, of Wellington on Saturday amounted to £5585' ?s. ?d, ) ■ • . '■:■.' !-'"•'-. • . '.;;,-...■. .'■■ /:

v ' BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN. Außtraliari-Now Zealand Oable A'sßociation. London, November 2. The Bank of Ens'iand return Wsued for the week ended Wednesday, October. M, is as under ISSUE DEPARTMENT. ; Notes issued JE64.203.000 Gov. debt... £ll,015,0(fl .■'.-■■ •'■-. Other securiNotes in ties 7,434,000 reserve 27.4*8003 Cold ,73,109,000 ±■91.648.000 ■ i' 91,6181000 Banking Department. "."■"' PtnTirietors' Gov.securiSal ..£ 14.653,000 tics ... £ 57.752.000 Pnliiipda- ' Other secnnpositß .'.- 29.634.000 ties... ... 95.356.000 °!!otitf'... 133.973.000 Notes, in "' Best, 7-day■ S ■ JZZ* "' ■andother O Coin in • bills ... 3.138,000. reservo, 75U.00U i18U03,000 ■ jE181,3i3.000The leading items of the Bank of England'return .-afford-the following compr.il'°n~ This week' Last weok Last year £■£ * ■ _ ... n m IKlb 72 6M.000 53.a6H.G00 SSSSi" •-•■:. ji^Mi Koto Wreulation" 64.2*1.030 •*»**» f™fifc Proportion of , /-;...« reserves to '" ' „ rt • mm •i liabilities,. 17.23, -18.10 19-30 ■ I • '■■ GOVERNMENT .BEOnF.ITI.ES. The' following are the'latest Quotations lor Consols and Colonial Covernmen.Se. rarities, in comparison with those juling last week:— ~/ .

.-,'-■. ' ■ • This Last', Slock,-.. ~ . . AV ee kvf ."Week..' ■'•■'■'• ' ■■• i "'-:,ii,-.' '.' '■ £ i.i. '■•&s;;tl,'2}%.lmp6nal Consols. .(J,; ( 09.13- 0' y-„ War 1/oan ■.'. . M 2 6 Wi 0 U $ ,V.SV«- loan ■ : ga 1U o 63 5 0 ,'i .-.-...njiAi.Wi-p;3nll . wl 3'-o -87-0.0-3s, -W.8.W.1930-56 Ja-Jy 7S 0 o 75 0 0 2 -Ti-3/fi- 75 5 0' ■«-., Vic-. 13?JB j'sn:-Jct*- !)6 n'o l'B 15-0, 3J„Vio.lf2i-6Jaa.-J«:y 53 r, e b'J 2,6 3j„Vic.l«'K:9« ' 73-17 6 74 OU, 3 ,v Vic- JS'iS-K? Jno.-Jly ■ 67 J f • (7 0 0 3J„ti.'A.iil6Jau.-.Fuly, 57 0 0 77 0 0 3 ~ 8.A.-.?)<> ,i».8.-July • 59 io 0 • 69 0 0 4 ..QTdffiS-WJs.n.-Jiy . [4 0 0 MOO 35„Q'rtli:'«-WJ*n.-01y 9115 0 91.10 0, 3 . Q'iM WfiAl JMI.-Jlj 65 0 0 6510 0 -4 „iII.Z. i'rlS Sn-j'-iYov. 80 17 6 . 60)7,6 ii ..■-"■'.S.-;?iF--"fJ ><UJ.-Jij .78 0 0 78 0 U 3 „ B.S.i9SC-A;w>K>ct. 68 0 0 68 6 U 31„W.A.S3ie4!-siy-KT 78-0 0 78 JO 0 3 „-W.A.1«5-J5 ; ?Sj-Not 73 5 0 7312 6 Ji„.Tis. ISM Jin-July 77 0 0 77 2 6 3 „Taa 1920^0 Jan.-Julj 66 0.0 66 0 0. MONEY MARKET. The Bank of England discount rate on rar,nary\l2, 1917, was 5} per cent. On Vpril siv was reduced.to .6 per'cent., at vhich figure : it has since' stood. OVEN MARKET BATES. The open market discount rate for three mor-ibs' bills is 3J per cent., as compared prith'-JJ-.'per cent, last week and 43 pel cent, last year. .;....' Short. loGns'aro quoted at 3} per cent., ».S'against 31 per cent, last week and 4i cent., last year. OOLONIAI, AND OTHER PRODUCE. . Cheese.—The Government has raißed ; the purchase .price- of Canadian cheese to 25 cents per lb., f.o.b. Montreal, and the purchases' of the New Zealand output to Lo3d. per. lb. , . . , Butter.-The-question of;the sale of New Zealand butter iB still unsettled. It ii understood, that the Ministry of Food is offering 181s. f.0.b., and the factories arc asking 19fa. The Ministry is-paying i& cents per lb.' f.o.b. for Canadian, butter, and 62 cents for United States. ; - , , Wheat.—Quiet; Australian' on. spot- is quoted at Ms.'Ud.i '' ,' ' „.-.'" -Flour-Dull; Australian snot, offering. - . ' ' ■ '. ■ Beans-Quiet* slightly easier. ' :■ Sugar.-Unchanged.-Aus.-lf.Z. Cable ABsn, :■'." ; : MINING, - ...-- WELLINGTON SHARE MARKET. , , The quotations'on-Saturday' for inininj shares - were' as under:— , Buyers. Sellert, ' : £s. d. ' f. 8.,-d. Talisman '..'. 010 3 010 1 Waihi i ~ - 255 'Grand Junction ' —. 0 16 t Westland'Gold ..:.,........;..'ll9 0 - ' ''--LONDON STOCK EXOHANGE. Australian.Now Zealand Cable Association. ■; (Rec. November 2. .5.5 p.m.) London, November 1. ; "Wailii Grand Junction-Buyers 16s.- t>d., sellers 17b.-6d.