COMMERCIAL ITEMS .

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 281, 23 August 1919, Page 10

COMMERCIAL ITEMS .

INVESTMENT SHAKES. Yesterday's quotations for investment *hares were as follow:— Bayers. Sellers. £ s. d. 5 s. d Bank AnatraJasia 128 0 0 130 0 0 Bank N.Z. (£3 6s. Bd.) — 15 0 0

•I,Union Bank 59 5 0 60 0 0 Napier Gas (pref.) —- -10 0 0 National Insurance 4 0. 6 — N.Z., Insurance 110 o 110 9 S.B. Insurance .87:0' — Standard Insurance 3: 0.- 0 . — N.Z. liefrigerating — 4 9 0 Huddart-Parker (ord.) ... 2 -9 3 2 10 0 Westport Coal 18 3 — ! Westport-Stockton — • .073 I Waipn. Colliery — . 016 0 Lej-land-O'Brien 'limber 1.-7,.? — Dunlop Rubber — 110 0 Well. Cordage .■■ — , 13 0 Inscribed Stook 96 '3'-6 — i War Bonds (1938) 95 17 6 96 2 6 .War Bonds (1930) 96 3 6 S per cent. P.O. 80nd5,..'98 0 0 — . ' CUSTOMS REVENUE. Customs revenue collectc'd at the port oi Wellington yost-erday amounted to £4436 4s. LONDON WOOL SALES. (Bee. August 22, 9.45 p.m.) Londotli Aujust 21. At tho wool sales there was a good selection of merinos and lino crossbreds. There was keen competition in all sections, and prices were firmer— Aus.-N.Z. Cable ABSB, BANK OF ENGLAND .BETURN. London, August 21. The Bank of England return for the week ended August 20 is as follows:— Issue Departmhst. . Notes isßued £79-501,000 Gov. debt...-£11,015,000 Other secure - Notes in tics 7,^'559 resem 55.13600H Gold 50.185.003 £'104.637,003 £101.637,000 BASKING Department.^ pioprietors' ■ Gov. securi- . ~„m capital ...£14,553,000 ties - £26,418.000 Other secuii- ,_ rtnrt posits ... 23,307,000 ties 63^0u,000 posits — 95,219,000 Notes in Rest, 7-day - 2 * ,36 ' 00 ° anil otliGi* C°' n in n no) noo bills ••• 3.483.000 reserve .... 2.OS2,UUU £130.651,000 £136,651.000 Tho leading items of the Bank of England return" afford tho 'following comparison:— , * , This week Last week Lastyeai on- 86.1T1.000*"C 8.018.000 Bullion 56.1.8.WU Sf OUJOO 3n.566.00U Reserve -7J»,OCU - ■ 58,741.000 Noto Circulation 7U.501.000 79,i-a«u o , Public Deposits 23,897.000 w Other Deposits 05,210.000 69-158.000 W5,0t1;.003 , Proportion of I reserves to n 17 • I liabilities 23.04 343 17 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Following are latest Quotations for Imperial and Colonial Government securities. 7 T

MONEY MARKET. Tho Bank of England discount rate on January 12, 1917, was per cent. On April >> it was reduced to 5 per cent., at which figure it has since stood. r ,' OPEN MARKET BATES. ' The open market discount rate lor three months' bills is per cent., as compared with 'per cent, last week, and per cent, last year. Short loans are quoted at 3]- per cent., as against 3J- per cent; last- week, and 3J per cent, last year. COLONIAL AND OTHER PRODUCE. Wheat.-Quiet, at revised rates; Australian parcels and untreated sold at 61s. (passage) and 635. (ex-store). Flour.—Fair demand; small allocations of imported sold at 465. 3d. Oats," Beans, and Peae—Market firm; prices unchanged. Sugar.—Prices unchanged. . yiOTOKIAN PRODUCE, Melbourne, August 22. BarJ,cy, Englieh malting. sa. 9d. to 6s: per bushel; Cape, 4s. 6d. to 4s. 9d. Oats, Algerian, milling, ss. 3d. to ss. od.; feed. 5s to ss. 3d, Potatoes, £11 10s. to £13 10s. per ton. Onions, £14 to £15 per ton.—Press Assn. , THE METAL. MARKKT. London, August 21. Copper, £100 17s. 6d. per ton to £101 7s. Sd.; electrolytic, £115; Lead, £24 17s. 6d. to £25 10b.. Spelter.—£4o to £41. Tin.-fm 15s. to £269 15s. 6ilver.-60Jd. per oz.-a record.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

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