COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 261, 31 July 1919, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. Sales of Huddart-Parker ordinary, shares at 445., and Wellington Cordage at 235. were reported yesterday. The quotations were as follow:— , Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. National Bank 67 6 610 0 Bank N.Z. (£6 13s. 4d.) ... 18 10 0 - Union Bank : 60 10 0 Equitable Building 8 15 0 — Well. Investment 010 6 — Well. Deposit 0 8 0 -. Ohristehurch -. Gas 6 9 0 611 0 National Insurance 4 0 0 — Standard Insurance 2 15 0 — N.Z. Refrigerating 312 6 . Meat Export (£2 12s. 6d.) (cum. div.) 3 6 0 3 10 0 Auckland Tram (ord.) ... — HI Huddart-Parker (ord.) ... 2 4 0 2 4 3 U.S.S. Co. (pref.) 1 010 - Well. Wooilen lord.) I I t — Well. Woollen (pref.) 5 10 0 5 15 0 Westport Coal 19 6^199 D.I.C. (ord.) .....: 011 6 - Manning and Co. ..I o 11 0 — N.Z. Drug •"• - 21 $ £ N.Z. Paper -. 18 0 Ward and Co 5 o 0 - Inscribed Stock 95 16 0 - War Bonds, 1938 96 0 0 - 5 p.c. Bonds 98 0 0 - WARD AND CO., LTD. The balance-sheet of Ward and.Co., Ltd,, brewers,. Ohristehurch, for the year ended June 30 last, shows that tho receipts from brewing, bottling, etc., totalled £31,185 7s. 10d., and there was brought, forward from the previous year £3763 5b Bd., making a total of £34,938 13s. 6d. The expenses under all heads, including ratos and taxes, and amounts written off, totalled £23,554 19s. Bd., leaving a balance of £11,383 13s. lOd. Out of this an interim dividend of 5 per cent, was paid in January last, absorbing £4000, and it now nroposcd to pay a further dividend at the same rate, after paying -which there will remain a balance of £3383 13s. lOd. to be carried forward.

CUSTOMS REVENUE. Oustomß revenue collected al the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £4748 3s. 114. AUSTRALIAN ESTATES U). London, July 25. The shareholders of the Australian Estates and Mortgage Company in meeting assembled approved the capitalisation nro■posal. and it will be submitted to a special meeting to be held in Octobcr.-Aus.-N '1.. Oablo Asm.