PRICE AND RETURN

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 26, 31 July 1939, Page 12

PRICE AND RETURN

Latest sales reported and made oa the Stock Exchanges of the Dominion, with the. highest prices and approximate yields per cent, per annum to investors (all subject to appropriate taxes and exchanges where oper„----i live), based on last year's distributions and considering redemption and brokerage in the case of redeemable securities where dated, were as follows:— Highest Yield, price, p.c, p.a. £ s. d. £ s. cl. Welling.on. Wellington Gas 19 0 510 4 N ; Z. Kofrig., 10s paid 0 8 4 612 l); Finney Isles 1 11 9 Millac.uiu Sugar 2 3 3 5 1 S ! Auckland. ■ Nat. Bank of N.Z. o.s. 2 G 0 il7 9 Bank of N.Z 2 00 5 00 Consolid. Brick 0 8 7 1113 0" N.Z. Drug 380 414 1 Taranaki Oil Devel. .. 0 2 0 — Wellington Alluvials ..042 — ; Christchurch. Com. Bank of Aust. .. 016 8 4 5 0 Nat. Bank of N.Z. o.s. 2 6 0 — Bank of N.Z. '........ 203 410 4 Woolworths Holcliugs (South Africa) .... 014 9 4 10. 9 Dunedin. Dominion Fertiliser . 14 0 5 0 0 National Tobacco 1 11 0 — o. —Free oi" English income tax. s.—Paid in sterling. DIVIDENDS DUE. Bricks- and Mortar. Ltd., Sydney— final, 2 per cent July 31 G. J . Coles, Melbourne —tinal, 71/. per cent., plus bonus of yd per share July 21 Imperial Chemical Industries of Australia and New Zealand—haltyearly pret at 5 per cent, per annum July 31 Smitn and Smith—half-yearly pref., 2V_ per cent (less Social Security tax 1 July 31 British Tobacco—interim quarterly prel at.G J/£ per cent per annum July 31 Wellington Gas- -interim, half-year. 4 per cent Aug 1 Auckland Gas- Interim. 2 1,. per cent A.ug I N.Z Insurance—final is per share Aug 8 Wellington Investment, Trustee, and Agency Co.—s per cent, per annum Aug. 10 Edments Ltd., Melbourne —half-yearly 5 p.c. making 10 p.c. per annum Aug. 13 Woolworths Ltd pret. half-yearly 5 per cent Aug. 15 Mount Morgan -pref., at S per cent per annum Aug. 15 Farmers Fertiliser ord. at 6 per cent per annum; pref.. 5V 2 per cent per annum .. Aug. 15 Commercial Bank ot Australia- halfyearly ord at 7V_ per cent per annum. pref at 4 per cent per annum Aug. 17 Emperor Mines (Fiji)—fourth of 6d per share Aug. 31 Bank of New South Wales- -interim quarterly 6s pei share ... . Aug. 31 Elder, Smith, Adelaide—final at 7 p.c per annum Sept. i Electrolytic Zinc half-yearly, ord. and pref. at 9 per cent, per annum Sept. 1." Broken Hill South—Cd per share . . Sept. 15 Australian Gaslight Company. 'Sydney, notifies that the transfer book and register of proprietors will ibe. closed from August 2 to August 16. • inclusive.