STOCKS AND SHARES

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 191, 9 May 1940, Page 12

STOCKS AND SHARES

Yesterday’s Quotations WELLINGTON EXCHANGE The latest buying and selling quotations reported yesterday on the Wellington Stock Exchange were as follows:—

London Stock Exchange (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) LONDON, May 7. On the Stock Exchange quotations of bank shares and other corporation debentures and stocks compare with previous quotations as follows: —

Molyneux dredge shares: —Buyers Lid., sellers 4id.; Clutha River, buyers 7id., sellers 9d. Sales of mining shares include: Mt. Lyell, 23/1J; New Guinea, 2/-.

Gold- Mining Returns

Blackball Creek return was 71oz. for 126 hours. Blackwater Mines return for April was as follows :—Crushed 4343 tons, yielding 1819 fine ounces of gold from all sources, including clean-up of the old mill, the value of which, taking gold at 168/- per ounce, was £15,280. Working expenses, not including ordinary or war gold duty, were £8646. Development expenditure was £667 and capital expenditure £844. Alexander Mines, Ltd., reports the following gold returns for the month of April:—Battery department, 150 tons of Ore crushed for 29dwts. melted gold. Cyanide department, 20oz. 14dwts. bullion. Total estimated value, £365. In addition 2? tons of concentrates was saved containing 17.330 z. valued at £139. In estimating the above value, gold has been taken at £8 per fine ounce.

N.Z. GOVT. LOANS. Buyers. £ 8. <1. Sellers. £ s. d. 3 p.c. Stock, 15/7/193941 100 0 0 — 8i p.c. ditto, 15/1/ io: 1953-57 ■ 0 0 8'2 p.c. ditto, 15/11/ 102 1938-11 0 0 4 p.e. ditto, 15/8/1940-41 —- 102 0 0 Ditto, 15/2/1913-4G . 104 — 103 10 0 Ditto, 30/11/1948 ... 10 0 103 Ditto, 15/4/1916-49 . — 10 Ditto 15/5/1949-52 — 10b 2 6 Ditto, 15/6/1952-5u . 106 106 6 Ditto, 31/5/19a4-;*8 . 0 0 —- 3 p.c. Bonds, 15/7/ 1939-41 100 0 0 — 3} p.c. ditto, 15/1/ 1953-57 • .1.00 5 0 too 15 0 31 p.c. ditto, 15/11/ 102 1938-41 0 0 — 4 p.c. ditto, 15/2/194346 — 103 10 0 Ditto, 15/4/1946-49 . — 103 10 0 State Advances, 31 p.c.. 101 1/6/44 — €> 0 Ditto, 38 p.c., 1/9/0560 98 5 V 99 0 0 OTHER DEBENTURES. Amalg. Brick, Wgtn., 6 p.c., 31/3/44 .... 99 15 0 —• banks. 15 6 Comrcl. of Aust., ord. 0 New Zealand c2 3 3 3 6 Ditto, D. long term — cl 10 0 FINANCIAL. Equitable Belg. Co., 5 p.c. perp. deb. Btk. 0 15 6 0 — Newton King. pref. .. 10 Ditto, ord 0 0 9 3 N.Z. Guarantee Corp. — 0 7 N.Z. Invest.,- Mort, and Deposit ••••• Wgtn. Invest., T. & A. 0 8 6 0 9 9 Wgtn. Trust, Loan .. 4 17 6 GAS 6 6 Christchurch 1 1 0 Ditto, coutrib b 1 Wellington, ord 1 13 16 0 Ditto, pref 1 9 INSURANCE. New Zealand — 3 0 South British - MEAT PRESERVING. Canterbury, pref. ... 6 12 6 —• N.Z. Kefrlgerating .. 1 u 4 TRANSPORT. Huddart, Parker, pref. 1 7 0 — WOOLLEN. 0 16 0 Kaiapoi, pref 1 0 u Timaru Wellington, ord. ..... 0 9 o 6 12 0 g Ditto, pref. i 4/ COAL. Kaitangata 1 10 0 5 g Westport 1 4 6 timber. 13 Bartholomew 0 9 —- Leyiand-O’Brleu 0 13 0 Rotoiti 0 3 11 Taringamutu 0 13 6 BREWERIES. Carlton 3 8 0 Dominion • —— 1 14 N.Z. Breweries Tul 1 16 6 1 2 17 2 2 6 MISCELLANEOUS. Aust. Consol. Industries 1 17 6 — Broken Hill Pty x2 9 G 2 11 0 Colonial Sugar 52 0 0 Consol. Brick & Pipe — 0 10 0 Dental & Medical Supply Donaghy’s Rope .... c2 12 0 D.I.C.. pref 1 •» 9 — Electrolytic Zinc, 8 p.c. 18 6 part pref Farmers' Trading .... Felt and Textiles ... G. J. Coles' 1 0 o •— 3 13 0 0 3 16 6 Macduffs, ord. ' 0 7 4 0 8 6 Ditto, pref — 0 15 3 McKenzie’s • • — 2 9 0 N.Z. Drug ..... N.Z. Farmers’ Fertilizer 4 1 0 1 1 10 N.Z. Newspapers .... xl 7 0 — R. & E. Tingey, pref. 1 0 0 Sbarland & Co., pref. 0 15 0 — Taranaki Oilfields ... — 0 9 Wilsons (N.Z.) Cement 0 19 0 1 0 3 Woolworths Ltd., ord. Woolworths (N.Z.), ord. 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 17 0 0 18 0 Woolworths Properties. prefd. ord. .... 1 6 0 AUSTRALIAN MINING. Mount Lyell cl 11 0 Mount Morgan — 0 11 3 Emperor ’... c Cum dividend, x U 10 V — Ex dividend. Unofficial List ' Buyers. Sellers. £ 8. d. £ 8. d. British and Dominion Traders 0 2 3 Frozen Products Ltd. 0 3 9 — John Fuller and Sons, debs 50 0 0 —- Fullers' Theatre Corpn., £87/10/- debs., ui p.c., 21/9/53 51 0 0 Silknit Ltd 0 5 9 0 7 6 Pluenzol Pty., ord. ... —— 1 13 3 National Tobacco .... N.Z. Theatres, A. pref. Dominion Mortgage and ——• 2 0 3 0 4 0 0 8 6 Deposit 2 5 0

Banks: Apr. 23. May 7. £ s. d. £ s. d. Australasia *7 2 6 •7 7 6 E.S. and A. *3 8 6 *3 9 6 Union o£ Aust. . *5 10 7i 14 0 N.S.W *21 15 0 f2115 0 Nat. of N.Z. *1 9 0 *1 0 New Zealand .*1 8 0 ‘1 10 0 Others: British Tobacco ♦1 16 Gil *1 16 6? Goldsbrough Mort »1 2 s *5 17 6 *5 17 6 P. & 0. Defd. .. 1 1 3 1 1 4 J N.Z. Loan and Merc. 4 p.c. *79 0 0 *79 0 0 N.Z. Loan and Merc, (ord.) . *26 0 0 *26 0 0 ♦Nominal. tEx dividend.