COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 62, 7 December 1918, Page 10

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. ' Yesterday's quotations for investment shares were as follow:— Buyers. Sellers. , £■ s. d. £ 3. d. Bank Australasia 121 0 0 - National Bank '— .6 9 0 Bank N.Z. (new) cum. ... - 18 8 0 Equitable Building 9 5 0 — Metropolitan.Building ... 11 2 6 — .National Mortgage 4 9 0 — N.Z. and Elver .Plato ... 119 3 - Well; Investment 0 10 7 — -, Well. Trust and Loan ... 5 15 0 - S.B. Insurance .........: — ' 617 6 N.Z. Kefrigerating .;....' — 2 5 0 Moat Export.(s2s. 6d.) 211 0 Auokland Trams (0rd.)... 0 19 6 — Huddart-Parker (ord.) ... — 20 0 Huddart Parker (pref.) 10 9 — Union Steam'(pref.) 1 13 — Well. Woollen (pref.) ... 4 17 6 - Leyland-O'Brien 16 6 17 0 Taringamutu Totara, ... 1 1 0 — Col. Sugar (Fiji, N.Z.)... 20 0 0 20 10 0 Sharland and Oo 110 0 . - Ward and Co .' 410 0 \ - Customs duties collected at. the port- of Welington yesterday amounted to £4969 2s. lid. T. AND G. MUTUAL LIFE. The figures in the balance-sheet of the Australasian Temperance and General Mutual Life Assurance Society, Limited, for the twelve months ended September 30. last, show that satisfactory progress has been made. Now business represented policies assuring £4,246,319, an increase on the year of £744,918. The promium income expanded by £101,018, and the total income inoreased from £119,720 to £891,249, while the funds advanced by £355,038 to £2,891,566. Death claims were again heavy, as out of many members of f sooiety at the front 714 lost their lives on activo service. AsßOts total £3,180,377," of which £1,694,252 represent Government and municipal securities, an increase of £563,841 due to contributions to the war loans: The rate of interest on tho mean funds was £4 19s. 9d. j>er cent,, against £4 17b. 6d. for 1916-17.

QUEENSLAND INSURANCE. For the twelve months ended September JO last, the Queens&nd Insurance Company, Ltd., ehowa new premium income of £281,151, and losses of £109,105, against £252,665 for net premiums and £113,472 for lobbob for the previous year. The operations In. 1917-18. rosulted in a not revenue of £95.393, after transferrins £2CCO to Officers' Provident Tund, and war bonus of £4503 to 6taff. Shareholders receive theusual return of 12} per cent., of which 2} per cent. IB by way of bonus; The reserve fund ib strengthened by £50,000, and a balance of £3112 is carried forward against £1468 brought into the accounts. AUSTRALIAN. PRODUCE MARKETS. . (Reo. December 6, 7.35 p.m.) Sydney, December 6. Oats, Algerian feeding, 4s. 6d. to 4s. 9d.milling, 4s. lod; ,per busnel; Tasmaninn, ss! 3d. to ss. 4d.; Maize, 6s. 4d. to 6s. 5d.potatoes, Tasmanlan, £7 to £9 per ton; onions, £14. „ , . , Adelaide, December 6. Oats, 3s. lOd. per bushel. By Tolegraph-Pre6s A'ssociation-Copyrieht Melbourne, December 6. Barley, Ohovalier. malting, ss. 3d. to si. 9d. per bnehol; Oape, 4s. 2d. to 4s. 4d. ! Oats. 4b. Id. to 4s. 3d. Potatoes, £5 10s. to £6 10s. per ton. Onions, £11 to £11 10s. per ton. AMERICAN WHEAT SUPPLY. Now York, December 5. Chicago reports the wheat supply visible oast of the Rookies is 123,223,000 bushels-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Asm.