COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 31, 31 January 1912, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

RISE IN POLLARD

Sydney, January 30. Pollard has advanced ss. BANK OF~COMMERCE.

Sydney, January 30. At the half-yearly meeting of the Australian Bank of' Commerce the report showed that after paying interest on inscribed deposits there remained a balance of £16,222. A dividend at the rate of 2£ per cent, per annum was declared, absorbing £14,850. i The balance, £lslO, wascar tied forward. TJie chairman stated that durnig tjie half year the bank! redeemed notes of its issue to the Value of £50,476. _ The balance remaining was a negligible quantity. The profits of the banking business were considerably in excess of the previous half year, hut there had been a falling-off * in returns from station properties. All the New South Wales station properties had been realised at satisfactory prices. • ) , LONDON WOOL SALES. . t . It*.; . -!■ ;.ri).Tj a • t • . ’-* • (Received 31, 8.40 a.m.) ---■ ■ London, January 30. Following are the prices realised for the fleece portion of the clips named:—Janiku, top Is, average lOM; Glynnwye, Is, ll$d; Dumgee, 12Jd, 10|d.

LONDON MARKETS . (Received 31, 8.40 a.m.) London, January 30. Copper: Spot £6O 17s 6d, three months £6l 12s 6d, electrolytic £6o. Tm: spot £194 10s, three months £l9l 10s. Lead: £ls 10s. Wheat: Eight thousand quarters of Australian January shipment sold at 37s 6d; eighteen thousand quarters at 37s t ; \d. two cargoes at 37s 3d, two others at 375.