COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 165, 7 April 1919, Page 10

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

. INVESTMENT SHARES. Saturday's quotations for investment chares y/ere as follow:—, ■"Buyers. .Sellers. £'e. d. £ s. d. National Bank • — -690 National Hank (rights) .. 0 7 6 0 9 0 UanU N.Z. (£3 6e. 8d.)... - 13 18 0 ißank N.Z. (£6 13b. 4d.) .. - 1810 0 Union Bank MOO 56 17 6 Union Bank (new) 55 0 0 — Equitable Building 9 2 6 - Metropolitan Building ... 11 7 6 ' - National Mortgage 4 12 0 4 15 0 Loan and Merc, (pref.) ... 65 10 0 , — Wellington Investment .. 0 10 5 — Chch. Gas 6 11 9 6 14 0 Well. Gas (pref.) '. 0 17 "3 0 18 6 N.Z. Hefrigerating 2 15 0 - Meat Export (£5 nd.) ../ 5 10 - Meat Export (£2 12s. (Id.) - 211 6 .UiKldart-Parker 1 18 9 1 19 6 U.S.S. Co. (pref.) 1 1 0.1 IS P.'and O. Def. Stock...i v -' ■ 3% 0 0 Vv'oll. Woollen (ord.). 7J2 0 716 0 Westporl Goal 1 11 6 —. LeyJand-O'Brien Timber 18 0 18 6 0. .11. Banks .., 12 9 - Colonial Sugar 24 12 6 • — Grown Brewery 1 12 0 — T> I C (.ret.) 10 9 - D.I.C. ord., 10s. pd 010 -6\ - Consolidated Dental — ' ' 18 0 N.Z. Drug 2 12 9 - X.£. Paper Mills 13 0 14 0 Shnrland (ord. and pref.) 110 6 — Wilson's N.Z. Cemont ~, — 015 3 Wairarapa Farmers • ■ 611 0 Inncribed Stock, 1938 95 17 6 - War Bonds, 1938 . —. ■ 97 0 0 War Bonds, 1930 96 37 6 - P.O. War Bonde 98 0 0 — UANJC 9F ENGLAND RETURN. Aurtralhm-New '/.qalanj Cable Association. (Eec. . 5.6>,p.m.l London, The Bank of England return Issued for I the week ending Wednesday, ,' is as under:— . " ■ Issorc Department. Notes issued £75,164.000 Qov. dobt... £ 11,015,00 Other securiNotes in ties 7.434,000 reeerve 26.770.000 Oold 63.494,000 i' 101.913.000 ' • ±;101.8i3,000 Banking Dbpahimf.nt. Proprietors' ' GoV. Soouvi- ■ capital ...414.553.000 ties ... £67,111.000 Public de- Other socuriposits ... 32.700.000 ties 78,870.000 Other do- ■ potilß ■ ... 123,30-2.003 Notes in Best, 7-day • reserve ... 26,779,000 and oilier . Coin In bills ... 3.J64.000 reserve ... 1,346,000 firUOW £174,100.000 The leading items of the Bank of England leturn afford the following companion:- ' This week Last week Jjanyeai , £ £ £ Bullion 83.494,000 82.781.000 60.C57.1XX) Bosorvo ... 28.215.00U 30.05.000 31,000,000 Koto Circulation .75.164,000 73,64a,000 47.508.000 Public Depoßltß 32.7K0.000 -25.603.000 3G.285.CC0 Other Depoeits 123.302-000 121.760.000 161.!173.000 Ftojiortion ot resones to . ■ liabilities 18.10 10.73 17-09 Customs duties collected at the port of Wellington on Saturday amounted to £3037 l 4s. 6d. ■ . . . . ■ LONDON WOOIi SALES. ' Australian-New Zealand Cablo Association. ' (Eec. April i, 5.5 p.m.) London, April 4. At the wool sales to-day the etroneest competition prevailed, the prices of choice wool being the highest hitherto obtained. The New Zealand clips realised 32d. top, average 30d.j crossbreds. 54d. lop, average 35d.-Aue.-N.Z. Cable Assn.