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♦Ciim div. tEx div. Unofficial List.—Rubber Distrib. (ord.), £1 4s (s.); Brit. Std. Portland Cement (5s paid), Is 3d (b.) ; Brit. Std. Portland Cement (15s paid), 5s (s.); Aust. Motorists' Petrol'(cum.), SI Is (b.); Westland Breweries, £1 4s (b.) ; Sth. Pacific M. and D. Co., 15s (s.); Radio Corporation of N.Z., 15s 6d (s.); Nelson Freezing Co.. £4 19s (b.) ; Self ridges ; (N.Z.), £1 fully paid. 18s (s.); Wgtn. Publishing Co., £4 9s (b.). Sales since going to press on Friday: £1250 (2 sales), 3 per cent. Stock. 15/9/52-55, £99; 100 Wellington Trust and Loan, £4 3s; 75 Woolworths, Ltd., £1; 400 N.Z. Refrig. (10s), 13s 8d; 80 N.Z. Breweries, £2 2s 3d; 100 McKenzie's, £3 5s 9d; 100 Hume Pipe (cum.), £1; £400 Christch'urch Tramway Board, 4% per cent, (cum.), 1/2/61, £110. Sales made late Friday: 500 N.Z. Breweries, £2 2s 3d. DUNLOP RUBBER PROFIT. The directors of Dunlop Rubber (Australia), Limited, announce a net profit for the year ended June 30 last (subject to final audit) of £380,316.- They will recommend to shareholders payment of a final dividend of 5 per cent, for the half-year on the cumulative preference shares, making 10 per cent, for the year, and a final dividend of %y_ per cent, on the ordinary shares, making 5 per cent, for the year, payable on September 30.

,. ,. . Buyers. Sellers. Govt. Loans— £ s. d. £ s. d. 2% p.c, 1/8/46 ...... 98 7 6 — 2% p.c, 15/9/47 .... 99 2 6 — -% p.c, 15/5/48 98 7 6 ■ — 2% p.c, 15/6/47-49 .. 97 15 0 . — 2% P.c., 15/4/49-51 .. 95 15 0 — 2% p.c, 1/10/53 .... 94 15 0 — 3 p.c, 15/9/52-55 .. 98 15 0 — 3 P.c, 15/12/53-56 .. — 98 5 0 3% p.c. 15/1/53-57 ... 101 15 0 — 4 p.c, 30/11/1948 .... — 104 0 0 f P.c, 15/5/49-52 .... _ 104 15 0 4 p.c. 31/5/54-58 .... 1§6 15 0 — BondsWool Bonds, 1/2/48 .. ,- 10 2 Banks, Financial, insurance Adelaide 5 18 o — Comm. Bank Sydney .. — 22 10 0 C.B.A , __ 0 18 10 C-B.A. (pref.) ...... _ 11 10 0 National Bank of N.Z. 2 14 9 — N-s-W _ ■ 36 5 0 New Zealand 2 43 2'5 0 New Zealand "D" .:.. 1 14 6 Y- BA. 8 60 8 9 0 Abraham and Williams, (ord.) *.. _ 0 11 0 Golds. Mort 1 11 3 _ Newton King 1 (pref.) .. — 14 9 N.Z. Guarantee 0 4 0 Loan and Merc 72 0 0 — W.F.C.A.. (pref.) .... 0 10 6 — National Insurance ... — 150 South British ...... 3 18 9 4 0 0 Other SharesAuckland Gas ....... 0 7 11 • Canterbury Meaty — 15 10 0 Gear — 1 6 9 Wgtn. Meat Export .. 0 13 6 — P. and 0 2 10 0 — U.S.S. (pref.) 1 11 0 — Felt and Textiles .... — 2 18 0 Kaiapoi ....'. t — 1 5 0 Wellington — 9 0 0 Leyland ' 1 4 3 — Taupo Tot — 0 8 9 Kauri 1 7 0 — New Zealand ....... 2 ,1 9 — Carlton ■. B. — 114 6 A.C.1 2 16 '9 2 18 0 Berlei (N.Z.) .4 6 0 — British Tobacco ... .* — 2 9 0 Broken Hill 2 4 0 2 5 0 Colonial' Sugar — 59 0 0 Consol. Brick .09 11 — O. M. Banks (pref.) .. — 10 0 David Jones 1 18 6 — D.I.C 110 — Frozen Prod * — 12 0 General Indus 14 3 — P. T. Wimble .*. • —' 3 10 G. 3. Coles — 37 6 Griffin and Sons (£1) 1 12 0 — Griffin and Sons (10s) 0 16 0 — Hume Pipe 0 19 9 1 0 3 I.C.I, (pref.) — 18 3 3. 3. Niven * 0 19 9 — McKenzie .,....',.... — 3 6 3 Metters (N.Z.) 0 18 0 — Morris Hedstrom .... — 2 9 6 Meyer Emporium .... — 1 18 3 N.Z. Farm. Fert — 14 9 N.Z. Newspapers .... — 2 3 0 N.Z. Paper Mills .... 2 0 6 — Reid Rubber — 18 0 Sharland 1 11 0 — Sharland (pref.) .... 1 11 6 — Silknit (N.Z.) — 18 0 T.O. Fields — 0 3 3 T.O. Develop — 010 Moturoa Oil — \ 0 2 0 Woolworths, Ltd * * — 113 Woolworths (N.Z.) ..* 110 116 Woolworths (pref.) ..* 2 0 0 — Woolworths Prop — 19 0 Gillespie — 0 0 '5 Moonlight Gold — 0 1 0 j Jones Nevis — 0 0 10 Mt. Lyell ...... — 1 11 6 Mt. Morgan .'. — 0 8 0 Woolworths Holdings Africa) — 1 11 0 Aust. Fnd. Invest. .* 0 5 0 — Abraham and Williams Perp., 3% 88 0 0 —