COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 183, 29 April 1920, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. A Bale of Bank of New South Wales sharcß at £36 was reported yesterday. Tho quotations were as follow :— Buyers Soller*. £ b. d. £ s. <1, War Bonds, 1939 95 5 0 — Bank Australasia — 145 0 0 National Bank 6 18 6 7 1 t Bank N.S.W - 36 50 Bank N.Z. (old, fully pd.) - 2210 0 Abraham and Williams 510 0 — National Mortgage — 610 0 Well. Deposit 0 8 6 - S. British Insurance 9 9 0 N.Z. Refrigerating (£1)... — 211 0 N.Z. RefriKcratimr (1C5.)... 18 3 18 9 Huddart-Parker (ord.) ... — 216 0 Huddart-l'arker (prcf.) ... 1 0 6 - Kaiapoi Woollen — 10 2 6 Mosiricl Woollen 618 6 — Well. Wool, (£4 10s. pd.) 915 0 - Westport Coal — 113 0 Weetport-Stockton (pref.) 010 4 — Waipa Colliery . — 016 6 Kauri Timber (335.) 119 0 Kauri Timber (155.) 0 19 0 , — Le.vland-O'Brien Timber I<l 0 — C. M. Banks (pref.) — 116 Colonial Sugar (Fiji) 2017 6 Kirltcaldic and Stainß I nref.) 1 0 fl — N.Z. Drug 3 8 0 — Scoullar and Co. 14 0 ■— ShpT.land an' 1 18 6 — Wairarapa Farmerß (prcf.) 10 0 — Ward and Co — 15 0 CUSTOMS REVENUE. Customs revenue collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £7685 lis. lOd. I EXCHANGE RATES. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association London, April 26. Foreign rates of exchange on London are quoted—Paris, 65.45 francs to £1; Stockholm, 18.06 kroner; Christiania, 19.73 kroner; Montreal, 4.28 dollars; New York, 3.855 dollars; Calcutta, 27Jd to rupee, LONDON METAL MARKET. (Rec. April 28. 8.55 p.m.) ' London, April 2?. Copper.—On spot. £105 Is. 3d. per ton; forward delivery, £107 12s. 6d.; electrolytic, £112 and £115; best selected copper, £110 10s. Lead—On spot, £41 10s. per ton; forward delivery, £42 15s. Spelter—On spot. £49 sb. per ton; forward delivery, £51. Tin.—On spot, £347 17s. Cd. per ton; forward delivery, £347 2s, 6d. Bar Silver. —65d. per ounce standard. DEOLINE IN SILVER. (Roc. April 28, 10.25 p.m.) London, April 27. The decline in silver is duo to, Chinese and Indian selline.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

MINING NEWS WELLINGTON SHARE MARKET. The quotations yesterday for rnininn shares were as under:Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. Mt. L.vcll Jj J - New Big River 116 6 - Progress — 2 ; i Talisman S ; ; Waihi. ~ 2 ] \ junction ■ 0 11 9 STOCK EXOHANGE. Hy Telegraph—Press Association.' Dunodln, April 28. Salos.—Mt. Lyell. 265. 9d. (two); Westnort Coal 325. 9d. (two); New Zealand Hardware', 20s. (three); New Zealand Refrigerating, 28s. (tht ee). C | lr | S j o | lurchi pr jj Sale reported—Union Bank of Australasia, £13 17s. 6d.