COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 185, 1 May 1919, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHAKES.: .. A sale of Bank of New Zealand shares (£3 6s. Bd. paid) at £13 17s. 6d., was made on 'Change yesterday. The quotations were as follow:— Bayers. Sellers. .■■•■■ £ b. d. £ s. d. National Bank 6 4 0 6 9 0 Bank New Zealand 1317 0 - . Bank N.Z. (£6 13s. 1d.)... 18 9 0 18 11 0 TJnion Bank 56 6 0 67 0 0 Metropolitan Building ...11' 7 6 • — Loan and Mercantile ... 104 0 0 — Well. Trust and Loan ....• 5 16 0 ■ — . Napier Gas (oref.) — ' Par Well Sas (£10) 1110 0 12 0 0 Well. Gas (pref.) 0 17 3 - S,B. Insurance (ex div.) — 714 0 Standard; Insuranoe 2 7 6 — N.Z..Befri E eratin K ; - 2 18 0 Huddart-Parker (ord.) ... — 2 0 0 Kaia-poi Woollen (ord.) ... 7 8 0 — Westport' Ooal 1 11 6 — Waipa Colliery — 0 16 6 Leyland-O'Brien Timber 17 3 — O. It. Banks 13 0 - Golden Bay Cement • — 019 6 Consolidated Dental ...... 16 6 - N.Z. Paper Mills „ 13 3 rSharland and Co 110 6 - . Ward and Co 4 15 6 - Wairarapa Farmers' — 611 0 Insoribed Stock, 1933 96 15 0 - War Bonds, 1938 96 15 0 - . War Bonds. 1930 96 17 6 97 6 0 5 p.o. P.O. Bonds 98 0 0 — Customs duties collected at the enrt of Wellington amounted to £3749 Uβ. 2d. NATIONAL INSTJBANOE OOMl'ANra . DIVIDEND. By Telegraph— Press Association. Dunedin, April 30. : The directors of the National Insurance Company have declared an interim dividend of Is. 3d. per share. THE METAL MARKETS.' . Australia>New Zealand' Cable Association. (Itec. April 3d, 10.30 p.m.) ■ ' ' . London, April 28. Copper—Spot, £76 155.; forward delivery, £77. Lead.-Hpot, £25 7s. ««.. Snelter—£3b. Tin.-£225 7s. 6d. 4iilver.-48Jd. per nz. COLONIAL SIJGAK, COMPANT, . (Bee- April 30, lOjp.m.j By TcleerapG-PreßS AB3&r.intion--O6nyriirht Sydney, April 30. At the half-yearly meeting of the Coloninl Sugar Company a- dividend of 61 per cent, was declared ;•' also a peace bonus of 4s. per ebare. The Fiji Company ha* declared a, dividend of 6 per cent.