COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 61, 6 December 1920, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT- SHAKES. Saturday's quotations for investment, sharca were aa follow:— Puyori. tiellere. £|. d. £ t. a. Inscribed Stock, 19J9 and 1958 C 9 0 0 - War Bonds, 1939 and 1938 69 0 0 — War Bonds (19M) 91110 0 - National Bank — 6 10 Bank N.Z &t5 0 24 2 6 Union Bunk - 1211 0 National Mortgage — 417 6 Loan and Merc, (ord.) ... - 95 0 o Well. Gaß (£10) - 10 0 0 National Insurance — 3 4 0 N.Z. Insuranco 16 6 17 6 S.B. Insurance — 8 8 0 N.Z. Kefiigerating (10b.) — lib flcrtr Meat •••• — 2 6 0 Meat Export (£3 12s. 6d.) - 4 5 0 Adelaide Steam - 0 19 0 Iluddart-Pnrkor (erd.) ...ZOO 2 16 fluddarH'arkcr (prer.) ... — 018 6 Union Steam (pref.) — 10 3 Mosglel Woollen - 517 6 Wcstport Ccal - 19 0 Westport-Stockton (ord.) - 0 7 6 Waipa, Coal - 015 6 Kauri Timber — 16 3 Tarineanritu Totara, ... 1 6 0 — KcUpbo Petrol (£1) - 013 0 Howard Smith (pref.) ... - 018 6 N.Z. Oon. Dental — 16 6 N.Z. Drue., •:#:: -, , !3 » Wairarapa Farmers (£5) o Z ti Walr. Farmers (pref.) ... — 10 3 Well. Opera House'(ord.) - 317 6 Wilaou's Cement 015 4 015 10 OAMAIUJ WOOLLEN COMPANY. The annual report of directors of the Oamaru'Woollen Factory Co., Ltd., states that the net profit for the year, after writing; off the sum of £3493 sa. expended in removal and making provision tor incomo taot, amounts to £6331 9s. lid.; to which haa to bo added tho sum brought forward from last year. £3342 125.: making a total to bo dealt with of £9674 2b. 7d. From this an interim dividend of 4 per cent, on all shnreß, nnd a bonus of 1 per cent, on ordinary shares, was paid in Juno last, absorbing £1599 Es. 5d.; and It is now recommended to pay a further divident and lwiiun at Iho Bamc rates, amount. Ing to £1599 Os. 5d.; leaving a balance to bo carried forward of £6475 ss. (tj. During tho year further portions of tho .works havo been transferred to tho new site nnd it i« hoped to have the complete plant working thera early in 1921.

CUSTOMS REVENUE. Customs rorenue colleoted at the port of Wellington on Saturday totalled £4078 Bs. 9d. LONDON MARKET REPORTS. Australian-New Zealand Cablo Association. (Eec. December 5, 11.5 p.m.) London, December 4. Cotton— Liverpool quotation for American middling Upland cotton, January delivery, iO.Wd. per. lb. Jute.—lnactive. November ■ Docomber shipment, £45 por ton . Hemp.—Slow. December-February sbiament. £51 10s. per ton. Rubber—Fine, hard, Para, 14} d. por lb.plantation, first latex crcpo, 133 d.; Bmoked, ribbed sheet, 12gd. Copra.—January-March shipment, £47 per ton. Linseed Oil—£so per ton. Turpentine.—loss. per cwt. MORE CONFIDENCE LN METALS MARKET. (Rec. December 6, 11.6 p.m.) London, December 4. The recovery in the price of metals is attributable to tho more confident tono of tho market. The rumour haß been revived that the Straits Settlement Government intends to fix the minimum price of tin. HONEY MARKET QUIET. (Rec. December 5, 11.5 p.m.) London, December 4. The honey market is quiet; 05s. i 8 the highest prico obtainable for Australian, and some has been auctioned at 60s, Best New Zealand ia makinjr 755.