COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 255, 23 July 1919, Page 10

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

CUSTOMS BEVENTJE. Customs revenue ■ collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £4585 4s. 6a. . ; NEW ZEALAND INSUBANCE COMPANY. Uj 'i'uiegrapa—l'res.i A««ool»uoo Auckland! July 22. An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders In the Seiv Zealand Insurance Company waß held at the company's hoad office for the purpose of further dealing with resolution? in regard to the subdivision of the company's shares. Spccial resolutions passed, fit a meeting of shareholders held on July 4 were con* firmea. The chairman moved: That a call of 2s. a. share, payable on August 27, bo made, and that tho sum of £150,000, part of the reserve fund of the company, J)6 distributed pro rota among shareholders by way of bonus, snch bonus to be applied to the payment of tho call." He stated that with the payment of this call the £1 shares would be paid up to 10s. The motion was carried unanimously. The chalrmaa stated that next month a dividend would bo' paid upon the shares as subdivided, and that all tho meetings required in connection with the subdivision liad now been held. N.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE. London, July 16. Hhe New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Oo„ Ltd., Is issuing the unissued balances of ordinary and preference stocks to ordinary stock holders.—Aus.-N.Z. Oablo Assn. METAL MARKETS. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. (Itec. July- 22, 9.45 .p.m.) Londoni July 21. Copper.—Spot, £104 2b. 6d.; lonvard delivery, £105 12s. fid.; electrolytio copper, 10s - ' Lead-Spot, £23 7a. 6d.; forward delivery, £24 10s. Spelter—£43 155., and £44 15s. Tin.—£2s6 2s. 6d., and £255 17c. 6d. Silver.—s4Jd. per oz. standard.

Buyers. Sellers. £ i. d, i> s. d. Bank N.z! (£5 6s. 81) ... - 14 7 6 Loan and Mor. Stocks... — 115 0 0 Napier lias — ' ® J N.Z. Jnsurance M 10 O ? S.B. Insurance 8 0 0 8 4 0 -Meat i/Xporc to2s. 6d.) ... 3 3 6 Auckland Tram (ord.) ... 1 2 6 Huddart-Parker (ord.) ... 2 3 6 2 3 9 Union Steanr (pref.) ~ . 1 1 3 Well. Woollen ior<U S ? 5 "" Well. Woollen (pref.) ...5 5 0 ~ Westport Goal 1 5 3 110 0 Kauri Timber (15s. pd.)... 0 If J . *7 _ Leyland-O'Brien 1 7 6 18 6 Iruat-H ua-y L'eraeut 0 19 j — Manningand Co 3 8 0 — Ward flJid Co. 5 5 0 -- Well. Oordago' r* loo