COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 135, 3 March 1919, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. Saturday's quotations for investment shares were as follow:— Buyers. - Sollers. £ s. d. £ s. (1. Hank Australasia 130 0 0 - National Bank •— 6 10 0 Hank jV:/,. (£3 6s. Bd.l ■ — U 0 0 Bank N.Z. £6 13a. <td.) ... -r 18 10 0 Union Ba-i'c Fractions ... — 2 5 0 Loan and ,}ter. (prcf.) ... 65 0 0 — Wellington Oenoslt - 0 8 3 Well. Gaß (£10) ■ 1110 0 - National Insurance 3 11 0 -rN.Z. Insurance 12 5 0 ' — fl.B. Insurance 7 7 0 - 51-p I- Kxrorl (£2 12s. «d.) 211 6 — . Huddart-Parltor (ord.) ... 2 1 0 2 16 P. and O. Dcf. Stock ... 390 0 0 - Weetpor' "™>l 1 11 4 Waipa Collieries — 017 3 Leyland-O'Kricn Timber 1 .7 5 - : Colonial Sugar (Anst.) .. 21 0 0 - Golden Bay Cement - 0 19 N,Z, Paper Mills 12 4 -

Sharland (ord. and i>ref.) 110 0 - Inscribed Stock % \\ » 7. War Bonds «15 0 97 5 0 Customs duties collected at the port of Wellinßtorron Saturday amounted to £"1184 10b.. «d. I : LONDON' STOOIC EXCHANGE, (Hon.. March. 8..W 1 P."O London, February 25. \ Amount the latest quotations nn the . Stock KxohanßO aro the foUo\viiig:-Baiilt of Australasia, .£131; A'MK.na Bank of New Zoaland. £6 lOs.j Bank of New /calami. £13; Now Zw.lr.iU Loan and Mei- , cantile Agency, SlO9BANK OF ENRTiANP RETURN. Auntralian-'NmvV.MiKmd Cable Association. (Kec. March "■.' t.* P.m.) „ , ■ Loiilon February 27 The Hani; M J3?«mn<i return wiled for the week endin? Wediinl.iy. Rl'ninry 27 is as under:— iRSUK DUPAIITJIKXT. Notes ißSiied i 70.320.001) Oov. debt... fll.ois.ooo Other soennwotc„ in ties 7.(31,000 reserve 2S«OM Ciolrt BWSMM • iff 1.399.000 mmw BiMHNO/DEPARTMENT. Piopifetorß' ' Gov Bccurirapilal. ...fH.553.000 t:o» .... f50.19i.C00 n..MuViV Other seeuri.*sX .-BW.W ties 83.130,000 »ncl other Com in ■ bills'... 3.523.000 reserve..., J^MO . xi53.u70.000 The leading'ltems-of the Bank of England return attord the following compMi'°n.:_ ahisweo<i Last week Lnstyoir '„ „. '' MftM 80.655.000 .58.267.00(1 •Bullion ... - , 30.052,000 30,652.000 ollm^/p'osUs 8 iiwffl H8.333.00U IM.W74M Proportion ot ri'Barveslo /> . r . IH q, liabilities 20.51 ,; oj7 mi GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Government stocks have been only fj'MUonX altered. The mioullaas liMiiE

MONET MARKET. The Bank of England discount rato ei January 12. 1917, me ii, per cent. Or April 5 it was reduced to. 5 per cent., al which figure it haa sinco stood. OPEN MARKET RATES. Tho discount rate for three months bills is ii per cent,, as compared wit) i\ per cent, last week, and 3 9-16 per cent, cent, last year. ..,,.•,,' Short loans are quoted at 3} per cent., as against 31.per. cent. laßt week, and 31 per cent, last year. BANK'OF AUSTRALASIA. The Bank of Australasia has declared a dividend of 14 per cent, and a bonus of 12«. and placed to reserve £55,000, and carried forward £127,064. OOLONIAL AND OTHER PRODUCE. Wheat and breadstuff's, and 'butter and chceße are unchanged. Honey has slumped, owing to the heavy arrivals, including 12,000 cases of Australian, for which the best oiler was about ,70s. ,Ncr cwt. ■..;AMERICA'S WHEAT- SUPPLY. . ■ ■ . • (Rec. March 1, .'4.5 p.m.)' Washington, February 27. Chicago- reports thai the -viublo airply of wheat east of the Rookies is 126,685,000 bushels.,

'last -wci'h wore:— • , ' Iiast Stock -\Yeek £1% Imperial Consols, £, "j^ 5 „ War Loan .. ' gJ 1T c 3},. War Loan e7 13 ,-, 61 „ AuE.-Oonimonwtli 1M) 7 fl 5J,. Aui.-Oommonw th 10 o o 0 4 „Ji.8.W.»3JJnn.Jnlj 86 0 „ 3j, jf.aw.W3M0 Ja-Jy 76 o o J „'N.8.W.l515Apl.-9 ct TB 10 0 4 ,.Vi«.lS20Jan.-July g6 7 6 3J„ Vic. 1921-6 Jan.-July go 12 6 3J„ Vic. 1920-1949 , 75 12 6 J „ Vic. 1929-49 Jan.-Jly 66 15 0 3!t.. 8.A. 1916 0 au.-July 77 5 0 3 „ S.A. 1916 Jan.-July J8 17 6 4 „QT<11915-MJan.-JIy 0:112 6 3J „ QTdl922-47 Jftn.-Jly HI 0 0 J .. Q'fd 1922-47 Jan.-Jlj m 7 6 4 „ N.Z. 1929 May-Nov. t,Q 7 6 3i„ N.Z.:Sl2-WJan.-Jly 7710 0 3 „ N.Z. 1920 April-Oct. 68 7 6 3J,. WJL. 1915-35 My-NT to 10 0 3 „ ff.A. 191545 My-Kov 74 10 0 3i „ Tm. 1920 Jan-Jnly 77 12 6 3 „Tns 1920-40 J«u.-Julj 71 0 0