TODAY’S QUOTATIONS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 852, 21 December 1929, Page 12

TODAY’S QUOTATIONS

Closing quotations s< today s mid-day Buyers Sellers. t s. d. i a. d.

EXCHANGE RATES

LONDON ALTERATIONS An alteration in the London exchange rates, as from December 21, is advised by the Bank of Xew Zealand at Auckland. For the present the following rates will be charged:

BUTTER AND CHEESE A cablegram on December 20 to Amalgamated Dairies, Ltd., from the firm’s London office, reported: Butter: Official price for finest, lG4s: market steadier, with rather better inquiry: Danish, 164 s f.o.b. Cheese: "White, 89s; coloured, 87s; white cheese very firm on temporary shortage. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., from Samuel Page and Son. —Butter: The market is very slow. Xew Zealand, finest salted, 156 s to 160 s: Danish, 168 s to 1725; Australian, finest unsalted, 160 s to to 1625; finest salted 154 s to 1575; good average quality, 150 s to 1525. Cheese: The market for Canadian is quiet, and for Xew Zealand steadier Xew Zealand, white, 88s to 89s; coloured. S7s to 88s; Canadian, white, 94s to 9S.s; coloured, 94s to 98s. Joseph Xathan. Ltd., has received the following cablegram from London: Butter: After declining to 158 s, it is now firmer at 160 s, with a better demand. Cheese: Market quiet and prices unchanged. Newton King- Ltd., from its principals, R. and W. Davidson, Ltd.: Butter: Market slow; salted. 158 s to 1625; unsalted. 182 sto lS6s; first wheys, 1525: seconds, 148 s. Cheese: Market steadier: coloured, 87s and Bss; Uiiiita kßs to 90s.

LONDON MARKET REPORTS

United P.A.—By Telegraph— Copyright

LONDON, Thursday. wm, h nh t t7T Careoe i S Sl-? dull > ln sympathy )' j Chicago and Winnipeg, and mostly 3d to fed down Parcels are in poor demand at 3d _do\vn. Futures: London December 47s lOd; January, 48s id; mia Ct L' 4 ° S ; . Liverpool, December. 8s J® j d » cental; March, 9s 4Jd; May, 9s feid, Ju.y, ys 6Jd. The spot trade is quietly steady; Australian, ex ship, 50s Flour.—-Firm: Australian, ex store, 3«s. Oats.—Easier. Peas and Beans.—Slow. Beet Sugar.—January, 6s 7£d. Bradford Tops market is slightly steadier at'tkf decline! • FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES British Official Wireless RTIGBY, Thursday. The following rates on foreign exwitiAhe clb„S Urren , t toda >-' compared jIV and par- quotations on December

BANKS— Aust of Commerce Aus iralasia Coni, of Australia . 1 Ditto (pref.) . . . Eng., Scot., & Aus. * IS 0 National of N.Z. .. 6 11 Nat. of Australasia 15 Ditto (con ) . . . . 7 17 New South Wales .. 40 17 New Zealand . . 18 Ditto, D Mortg. . . 1 Union of Australia . IS 0 0 13 7 0 insurance;-. National .. New Zealand .. .. 2 4 0 South British .. .. 3 2 0 3 3 0 LOAN AND AGENCY— Dalgety and Co. .. 12 15 0 Eom. Invest. and Bank Farmers’ Co-op. Auc. 4 Goldsbrough, Mort . 1 15 0 1 IS 0 Newton King (pref.) 0 11 r> N.Z. & River Plate 1 10 G 1 11 6 N. Auck. Farmers’ Co-op. (ord.) ... .. 0 6 Ditto (B pref.> 0 10 0 0 11 6 COAL— Grey Valley 1 R 0 Bikurangi 0 1 0 0 4 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 0 4 4 Ditto (A pref.) .. 0 3 4 Pukemiro 3 13 6 Renown 0 17 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 0 3 2 0 G Ditto (new issue) 0 11 0 0 Taupiri — 1 •> G "Waipa 0 14 0 IV estport-Stockton — 0 3 2 GA§— Auckland 1 5 0 Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 IS. 0 IS 8 SHIPPING— Devon port Ferry .. i 1 0 1 3 G Huddart-Parker ... 1 0 Northern Steam . . . — 0 1-. 0 Ditto (con.) .. .. — 0 7 0 TIMBER— Bartholomew l 1 ft Kauri Timber .. .. 0 lo 0 — Ley land-O’Brien 1 3 0 National 0 8 0 Parker-Lamb .. — 0 17 6 WOOLLEN— Kaiapoi 0 13 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 0 13 0 0 1G 0 BREWERIES— C. L. Innes .. .. .. 1 1 0 — Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 1 0 — N.Z. Breweries ... 4 7 0 4 7 .r. Staples 12 G 13 Crown 0 7 6 0 10 0 MISCELLANEOUS— Aust. Iron & Steel (pref.) 1 0 0 1 0 D British Tobacco .. Bycroft. Ltd 1 11 G 1 14 0 Colonial Sugar . . . . 48 0 0 Dental & Med. Sup. 0 10 0 —

On demand Buying, s. d. .. 5 0 prem. Selling, s. d. 30 0 prem. 5 days .. 0 dis. — 20 days .. 0 dis. 22 C prem. »»0 days . • 0 dis. 15 0 prem. 1*0 days .. 0 dis. 7 0 prem. 1-0 days . . . .. 35 0 dis. — Telegraphic trans. 42 6 prem.

call were;— Duyera. Seller# £ a. £ 8. dDominion Pictures . 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. Dunlop Rubber . . . . Electrolytic Zinc lord.) Ditto (pref.) .. .. Farmers' Trading . 0 8 0 Ditto (A pref.).. Ditto (B pref.) .. Faterine (ord.) .. .. Gear Meat Grey and Menzies. 0 Hamilton Theatres . Haywards’ Pictures H.M. Arcade (pref.) N.Z. Drug .... .. Lewis Eady (ord.). Milne and Choyce (deb. stock) .. .. 1 N.Z. Farmers’ Fert. o N.Z. Paper Mills . Northern Boot , . .. Robinson Ice Cream Sanford, Ltd Ditto (pref.) .. .. S. R. Maxwell . . . . 0 Taranaki Oilfields . . Tonson Garlick l- nion Oil Whit tome-Stevenson Wilsons Cement .. 2 0 0 1 9 MINING— * Alburnia Moanataiari (pd.; . . 0 Ditto (2s 2d pd.) 0 Ditto (1s 6d pd.) 0 0 Kawarau Lucky Shot (4s pel) 0 Ditto (con.) .. .. Ohinemuri (ord.) .. Waihi 0 Waihi Grand Junct. Mount Lyell 18 Kuala Kampar Tin 0 8 Raw on g0 6 9 0 7 6 DEBENTURES— Auck Harbour Board. 05 p.c 100 10 0 Ditto, 6 p.c. . . 103 0 Napier liarb. Board. bj p.c 104 0 0 City of Auckland. 1943. 55 p.c 100 10 Auck. Fire Board, 5 100 Bor of Devonport, 6 103 0 0 Dor. Mt. Eden. 53. Ditto, 6 n.c. 103 Waitemata, G p.c. . N.Z. Breweries 1 8 Gisborne Sheepfarmers .. e . .. — 96 10 0 GOVT. BONDS — War Loan, 1930, 45 99 Ditto. 1933. Si p.c. 99 12 Ditto, 1933, 55 p.c. 100 Ditto. 1936, 5i p.c. 100 15 0 — INSCRIBED STOCK — War Loan, 193S, 45 100 15 Ditto, 1939, 45 pK-. 100 Ditto, 1927-41, 5i 99 Ditto. 1933. 5-V p.c. 99 Ditto, 1933, 55 p.c. 100 Ditto, 1936, 55 p.c. 100 15 0 —

, Dec. 19 Montreal, dot. 4 <*i New York, dol. 4.as 3-16 Paris, fr 123.92 Brussels, belgu 34.86 Dec. 17 4.91 7-8 4.88 5-32 123.94 34.865 Par. 4.S66 4.866 24.21 35.00 Geneva, fr. .. 25.095 Amsterdam, 11. 12.10 l-S 25.095 12.09 3-8 25.22 Rome, lire . . . . 93.25 93.24 Berlin, r.m. .. 20.38 Stockholm, kr. 18.095 20.385 18.095 20!43 18.159 Oslo, kr 18.20 18.205 18.159 Copenhagen, kr. 18.185 18.185 18.159 Vienna, sch. .. 34.67 34.66 34.552 Prague, kr. .. 164 3-5 164 3-8 24 02 Helsingfors, m. 194* 194 1-8 92 23 Madrid, pes. . . 35.35 35.20 25.222 Lisbon, esou .. 108.25 308.25 Athens, dr .. .. 375 375 375.00 Bukarest, lei. . 817 SIS 25.225 R. de Jan., m. 5 3-8 5 9-16 B. Ayres, dol. . 45 46 1-16 47.57d Calcutta, rupee 17 29-32 17 29-32 18d Shanghai, tael . 261 26 i Hong Kong, dol. 20 20 1-8 Yokohama, yen. 24 3-22 24 3-32 24.53d fiftiavia, 11. ..12.13 5-8 12.13 l-S 12.10