COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 238, 2 July 1919, Page 10

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. Sales of Now Zealand Insurance shares at £14 10s., and Kauri Timber at 15b. fid. were reported yesterday. The uuotatious were as follow;— Buyers. Sellers. j> 8. d. £a. tl. National Bk. (cum. div.) 611 0 — Bank N.S.W 38 lo 0 - Bank N.Z. (£3 6s. Bd.) ... 13 ID 0 14 1 6 Bank N.SS. (£6 13s. Id.) ... 18 5 0 18 7 6 Union Bauk ••• 69 0 0 69 10 0 Loan and Mercantile ... - 116 o o 'Irusfc and Loan (ex div.) 5 15 0 -- Napier Gas J Well. Gas (£10) ~ n If 0 0 National Insurance 3 19 0 4 0 0 S. British Insurance ...:.. 80 0 5 X NX Kefrigerating ...... - « Meat Export (£2 12s. 6d.) 32 6 55 9 ILuddart-Parker Cord.) ... 22 6 23 6 1\ and O. Def. Stock... 440 0 0 457 0 0 lCaiapoi Woollen 84 0 89 0 Well. Woollen (ord.) ... 8 0 0 Well. Woollen (prof.) J ' ~ Wcstport. Uoal 1 » » Waipa Colliery 0 13 5 - Kauri Timber (155.) 0 15 3 Leyland-O'Brien Timber .17 6 - Colonial Sugar (Fiji) ... 20 4 0 Golden Bay Cement 0 19 U Maiming and Co J ; J ~ N.Z. Drug 2 15 0 N.Z. Paper Mills }' J 175 Sliarland (ord. and pref.) 1 10 9 - Ward and Oo 5 0 0 ~ Wairarapa Farmers - » u u Inscribed Stock 961- 6| UAtfiK OF EN(VLANI) RETURN. iuitrallan-Now Zealand Cable Association. London, June 26. The Bank of England retnrn for the ■\vcelc ending June 25 is «ib follows: I6BUK DF.FABTMENT. , Kotos issued JE77.110.000 Gov. debt...' i 11,015,000 Other sccui'iNotes in ties 7,434,000 reßervo 27.071.00H Cold , 85.735.000 jf101.181.000 £101,181.000 BANKING DF.MJITMF.ST. oSIt™ 000 and other Com in bill!] ... 3.M1.000 resorve ... BSS.OQO dE170.533.000 iM5,583.000 Tho leading Items of tho Bank of England return afford the following compan,on:_ This wool; Last week Lost year 0579-, POO 85.707.000 M.G00.000 J, " Ofiiriojoou 28.157.000 ;)0,001,IX)0 ,7,10000 77.7J3.000 E3.fi71.1J00 g&fisl? iSiMS il'lla'S rioportion of VCSeWC6IO , r „ -qnl liabilities 17.70 IT-.3

GOVEHiam'T SECURITIES. Tho following are the latest quotations for Consols and Colonial Govermncnt bpourities, compared flitll last week flgureß. _

THE MONEY MARKET. The Hank of England discount rate is 5 per cent, at which- it lias stood since April 6, 1917. SlKi't loans are quoted at 31 per cent., and fthree moiiUm' bill# «», 3J per cent. ' CUSTOMS RETURNS. ' Customs revenue collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to J 7324 9s. lOd. The Hon. Arthur Myers, Minister of Customs, informs us that the amount of Customs revenue collected throughout the Dominion for tho month of June wan £282,632, and tile excise beer duty £23,262. Tho figures for the month of June, 1918, were £233,362 and £19,375 respectively. It will be observed that there is an .increase'in the Customs rovenue of £49,270, and in tile beer duty of £3887. LONDON WOOL SALES. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association, (lice. July 1, 10.15 p.m.) London, June 30. At the wool sales there was a good attendance.- The market was lirui, willi good competition for all sorts at recent rates. Prices realised for New Zealand clips;—ll (in diamond), top, <!3.',d.; average. 42d.; liemuera, olid,, 30?, d. The Bradford tops market shows little change. Priccs are maintained. P. AND 0. STOCK. • Australian-Nev. Zealand (iiiiiis ..Ssnociation, (Rec. July 1, 9.5 p.m.) London, June 10. P. and O. shares, £545.

This Last Stock Y.'eelc Week tlTo Imperial Consols jg f- "• 5 „ War Loan a, o o m n n 31 „ War Loan 88 0 0 cu 5 n 61 „ Aus.-Commonw th li;n 0 u »? ? „ 0} „ Aua.-Coinraoinv tli' j 01 0 0 i" n „ i N.8.W.lM3,Jan-Jiilj %■ 0 0 o 0 31. U.8.W.1930-50 Jtt-Jy 70 0 0 ,, n n 3 „'N.3.W.l5S5Apl.-Oct n 0'0 7 .-. n 0 « „ Vic. 1920 J an. July C3 ,, 0 in B 3J „ Vic. 1921-6 Jan.-July H) 0 0 jn n 0 5J„ Vic. 1920-1949 VI (J 0 74 0 I) 3 „ Vic. 1929-49 Jan.-Jly fir, 0 8 m iq q 3}„S.A.i9i6Jan.-Juiy n o a 77 a a 3 „ S.A. 1916 .laii.-July M 0 0 .-,q n 11 4 „ Q'l'd 1915-24 Jan.-Jly io a 0 9:) 0 0 35 „ QTdl522-47 Jau.-Jly (IO 0 O fill 0 0 3 „ Q'l'd 1922-47 Jan.-Jl) ffi 0 0 05 0 0 4 „ N.Z. 1929 May-Nov. 88 0 O S8 O 0 35 „ N.Z. 1912-40 Jan.-Jly 78 (I 0 n u 0 3 „ N.Z. 1920 April-Oct. (IB O 0 WOO 3J „W.A. 1915-35 My-Nv 70 U 0 711 I) 0 0 „ W.A. 1915-35 Uy-NOT 7-1 (I (I 7.1 0 0 31,. Tas, 1920 Jan-July 75 0 U 75 0 0 1 „ Tas 1923-40 Jail.-Julj 70 0 C 70 0 0 '