DUNEDIN STOCK EXCHANGE

Evening Star, Issue 23370, 13 September 1939, Page 6

DUNEDIN STOCK EXCHANGE

TIN PRODUCTION SUBSTANTIAL FALL SHOWN FIGURES FOR FIRST HALF OF YEAR Apparent world tin consumption in the first half of 1939 was 74,900 tons, or 6,000 tons below consumption in the corresponding period of 1938, but 4,000 tons above that in the second half of that year. World production in the first six months .of 1939 amounted to 62,800 tons, as against 82,500 tons in the first half of the previous year. Of this amounf 43,382 tons were accounted for by the signatory countries (states the International Tin Research and Development Council). The following table shows consumption statistics for principal countries in long tons: — Second half First half 1938. 1939.

THIS MORNING'S CALL LATEST QUOTATIONS Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d.- £ 6. d. N.Z. GOVERNMENT LOANS34 p.c. Stock, Sept., 1939-43 — 99 15 0 34 p.c. Stock, March, 1941-43 98 0 0 _ 34 p.c. Stock, Sept., 1941-43 98 0 0 — 4 p.c. Stock, 1946-49 - 99 0 0 RANKINGAustralasia (£5) 9 0 0 ■ New Zealand (£1) ... 1 18 6 Commercial (10s) — 0 15 6 INSURANCE— National (7s) 0 16 5 0 16 10 Standard (£1) 2 14 0 2 16 0 SHIPPINGU.S.S. Co. (pref., £1) 1 4 6 - MEAT PRESERVING— N.Z. Refrigerating (paid, £1) 0 16 0 _ N.Z. Refrigerating (cent., 10s) 0 8 0 0 8 6 Southland Frozen (paid, £1) 1 7 0 1 8 6 LOAN AND AGENCY— National Mortgage (£2) — 2 0 0 Trustees, Executors, and Agency (£3) ... 4 0 0 Wright, Stephenson (pref., El) ... ... — 0 19 0 COALKaitangata (16s) ... 1 7 6 Westport (10s) 1 0 9 Westport-Stockton (ord., 10s) 0 3 8 0 4 0 Westport-Stockton , (pref., 10s) 0 7 6 0 8 3 GASChristchurch (£1) ... 1 3 3 1 4 9 WOOLLEN COMPANIES Kaiapoi (ord., 17s) ... — 0 12 0 Kaiapoi (pref., 17s) 0 14 0 Mosgiel (£4) ... ... 9 2 6 — MISCELLANEOUS- , Australian Consol Ind. (£1) ... ... — 1 17 6 Australian Consol Ind. (rights) 0 4 3 Broken Hill Proprietary (£1) 3 12 9 3 14 6 Brown, Ewing - (pref., £1) — 1 1 3 D.I.C. (ord., 10s) ... — 0 14 9 D.I.C. (pref., £1) 1 1 6 Dominion Fertiliser (£1) 1 3 9 Donaghy’a Rope and Twine (£1) ... 2 9 0 Hume Pipe (£l) — 1 0 6 M‘Leod Bros. (£10) — 28 0 0 N.Z. Drug Co. (£2) 3 7 3. — N.Z. Paper Mills (£1) — 1 6 3 ‘ Otago Daily Times ’ (£1) 1 19 6 2 0 6 Wilsons Cement (10s) 0 16 6 0 17 3 > Woolworths (Sydney, ord, 5s) — 1 3 6 Woolworths* Properties (ord , £1) — 1 4 9 BREWERIESNew Zealand (£1) — 1 16 0 OVERSEAS MININGBroken Hill South (5s) ... —• 1 14 6 Electrolytic Zinc - (pref., £1) — 3 1 6 Electrolytic Zinc (ord., £1) — 2 19 8 Mount Lyell (£1) ... ’ 1 14 9 Mount Morgan (2s 0 ' • 6d) , ... — 0 11 ■ North Broken Hill (5s) -. ... 2 11 0 2 14 3 N.Z. MININGAustral N.Z. (£1) — 1 4 6 Big River (Is) Goldfields Dredging 0 1 0 (Is) — 0 0 10 Nokomai (5s) 0 1 6 0 2 0 Okarito (5s) 0 2 0 0 3 0 Wailahu (5s) 0 0 8 0 1 0 Waihi Investments ... 0 6 9

O.S.A. 24,185 29,890 United ‘Kingdom 8,986 10,341 Germany ... 6,722 5,482 Japan 6,818 4,995 France ... ... 4,059 4,081 U.S.S.R. 5,331 3,224 Italy 2,218 2,451 Sweden I,i7u 1,429 British India ... 737 1,375 Poland 835 1.158 Canada 1,202 1,063 Other countries 9,127 9,408 Total apparent consumption . 70,400 74,900 Consumption in the first half Of 1938 was 80.800 tons. . World tinplate production in the first half of 1939 amounted to I,900/H10 tons, agains't 1,500,000 tons in the corresponding period of 1938, being an increase of 27 per cent. Mount Lyell ... 1 11 7} Zinc Corporation ... ... ... 4 12 0 Broken Hill Proprietary ... 3 8 9 New Broken Hill ... ... ... 0 18 0 Broken Hill North 2 10 0 Broken Hill South ... ... 1 10 3 Kuala Kaippar ... 0 16 H Rawang ... 0 9 2 Larut 0 7 8 Placer Development 3 11 6 Emperor .; 0 10 2 MELBOURNE, September 12. £ s. d. Mount Morgan 0 10 8 Broken Hill North ... 2 10 3 Broken Hill South ] 10 4 ‘ Herald and Times ’ 2 17 G G. J. Coles ... 3 7 3 Broken Hill Proprietary ... 3 8 3 Hume Pipe' 0 18 0 National Bank (£5 paid) ... 5 15 0