COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 21, 20 October 1919, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. A salo of Wellington Woollen, rights to the new issue, was made nt £3. 'l'he nuotatious ivere as follow:— Buyers. Scllern. •fi ». d. £ a. J. Eank Australasia liO 0 0 — National Bank 6 6 6 6 8 0 Bank N.S. Wales - 39 15 0 Bank N.Z. (£3 6s. 8d.)... - 1419 0 Hank N.Z. (£6 13s. -Id.) .. 18 15 0 19 0 0 Union Bank 6115 0 — Metropolitan Building ... 11 12 6 — Wellington Investment ... 0 10.6 — Well. Gas (pref.) - 0 18 0 N.Z. Insurance 1 12 6 — South British Insuranco — 9 7 0 Meat Export (525. 6d.) .... 3 12 0 — Huddart-Farker 2 6 6 2 7 0 Union Steam 110 I' and O. Def. Stock — 647 0 0 Taupiri Coal 0 17 9 — Wcßtport Coal 112 0 — Kauri Timber (155.) 0 15 9 Ijeyland-O'liricn Timber 18 0 Manning and Co — 4 0 0 N.Z'. Paper Mills 19 6 — Scoullar and , Co 14 0 — Sharland and Co 1 11 6 — Ward and Co 5 7 0 — Inscribed Stcdt ;. — 95 12 6 War Bonds — 9510 0 CUSTOMS REVENUE Customs revenue collected at the port of Wellington on Saturday amounted to £2896 6s. 2d. BANK OP ENGLAND RETURN. ' Australian-New Zealand Gable. Association. London, October 16. The Bank nt England return for the ■week ended October 15, is as follows IhRtJK DEPABTMI'NT. Notes issued jE63.705.CKX) Gov. debt... £11,015,000 Other BocuriNotes in ties 7,414,000 reserve 23.990-090 Gold 80,246.001 i104.1i95.000 £101,605,000 Banking Department. proprietors' so !' capital ...£14,653,000 ' Hon f31.3i5.000 Public da- Otliersecuriposits ... 22.225.000 ties... ... 82,602,000 Other do- . posits ... 09.652,000 Notes in Rest, 7-doy resorve ... 20,930,000 and otbor Coin in ,n„ n™ | bills ... 4.244.000 reserve ... 1,937,000 £139,674,000 £130,871.000 The leading itomß of the Bank of England return afford tho following comparison:— Tbisweok liOßtTreek Lostyoar £ £ £ Bullion fifl.2i6.Coo EG.2-tC.OOO neserve - 22.827.f00 22.171.00 ii 18.650,000 Note Circulation 83.703,000 64,406.000 Oi.TfIG.OOO PuWio Doposita 22.i M.OOO 23.151-000 34,258.000 Other Doposits 59.852.000 120,332.000 133-605-00U Proportion ol reserves to .... liabilities 18.75 15-45 17.06 GOVERNMENT SEOURITIES. Following aro latest quotations for Imperial and Colonial Government securities , This Last Stock -\yoek Week Ij% Imperial Oonsoli 9 j A q f 0 Jj (1 j 6, » War Loan 95 2 6 94 2 6 31 „ War Loan E6 15 0 85 10 0 6J „ Aus.-OommoniY tn J(|o ls o 100 is 0 65 „ Ans.-Commonw til 09 fl 0 91) 5 0 < N.fi.W.lWJ.lan-Jnl) 82 15 0 62 15 0 • "W.8.W.1930-50 Ja-Jy 5917 5 67 15 0 1 ~ N.S.W. lS£5 Apl.-Oct f, B 12 6 66 17 6 < „ Vic 1920 Jan.-July gg 7 G 98 7 6 31 „ Vic. 1921-6 Jan.-Jniy 87 6 0 66 15 0 31 „ Vic.lS2o-1949 61 10 0 61 10 0 3 „ Vic. 1929-49 Jan.-Jlj 67 7 6 06 15 0 31 ..6.A.191S J'au.-July 72 0 0 72 0 0 3 „ S.A. 1916 Oau.-July sa 12 6 63 0 0 4 „QTd 1915-24 Jan.-Jly 92 0 0 91 17 6 IJ „ Q'l'dl922-47 Jan.-Jly 89 0 0 8!1 0 0 2 „ Q'l'd 1922-47 Jan.-Jlj 61 10 0 61 0 0 4 „ N.Z. 1929 May-Nov. 85 10 0 65 26' 31N.Z. 1912-40 Jan.-Jly 72 0 0 71 15 0 3 „ N.Z. 1920 April-Oct. 62 2 6 62 5 0 31 „ W.A. 1915-35 My-Nr 75 0 0 75 5 0 3 „ W.A. 1915-35 My-Nov 60 0 0 71 0 0 J1 „ Ta.s. 1920 Jan-July 71 7 6 71 5 0 J „ Tas 1920-40 Jan.-Julj 70 0 0 TO 0 0

MONEY MARKET • The Bank of England discount rate on January 12, 1917, was 5i per cent. On April 5 it was reduced to 5 ner cent,, at which, figure it has since stood. OPEN MARKET BATES. The open' market discount rate for threo months bills is H per ccnt. an compared with 18 per cent, last week, and 3} per ccnt. last year. ' Short loans arc quoted at 33 per cent., as against 3J per cent, last week, and 31 per cent, year. PETROL PRICES. (Rec. October 19, 11.5 p.m.). New York, October 18. Petrol, 60 to 62 degrees, 244 cents a gallon wholesale, and 26i cents retail ; 68 to 70 degrees, in steel containers, 30$ cents wholesale; 72 to 76 degrees, in Bteal containers, 33J cents wholesale.—AV'-N.Z. Cable Assn.