TRADE AND FINANCE.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 151, 27 June 1924, Page 6

TRADE AND FINANCE.

. i AUCKLAND SHAREMARKET. | ■ - I BUSINESS DONE. ! AT THE 3.1.1 P.M. CALL YESTERDAY - j Union Rank nf Australia i.'l4/lM n j Moanataiari - I. - 4 j AT THE 10 A.M. CALL TODAY- | Auckland Gas (new) .1 Tl National Timber i] -'. :i AT THE NOON CALL TODAY— ! N.Z. Breweries (tl B'3l j War Loan, 4! p.c. MttS liU7.ii il) BANKS - Sellers. Buyers. I Australasia 13' SO .. 13/3/0 New South Wales ... -• .. 40,'7/IJ I New Zealand .. 2. l-'t, 0 I l.uion of Australia .. 1.1 1 v .. 14 IS.'U j INSURANCE— ! National :: 14 0 .. 3.10,0 New Zealand 10 0 .. 1. U, 0 South Ilritish 2,'0.t! .. 2/0/3 Standard 2,0 0 .. 1,19,0 FINANCIAL— I Dalgety and Co. .. 13 10 0 .. — I National Mortgage .. 411,'u .. — N.Z. and River "I'lale l d!l _. 1,0 0 Loan and Mercantile — .. Ss.ou Uau and Merc. Ipref.) — .. IS, 0/0 COAL— Hikuransi (ord.) 110 .. — Hikurangi (pref.) .. 32, v „ — Hikurangi (com.) ... 7,0 .. — j Taupiri 19/U .. 18 C Tanpiri (pref.) - - .. 1 4,0 Waipa — .. i7ii I Westport — _ I 1.1.ti j GAS— j Auckland (old) — .. 1.1 7 I Auckland (new) .... .1,11 „ b.'O', SHIPPING— Devonport Ferry .... — .. 1/3/6 ! Huddart Parker (ord.) 23 0 ... 2 2/3 j Northern Steam (p.u.l — .. 10.0 Northern Steam (emit.) S, 0 „ — I Union Steam (pref.) — ... )0 91 TIMBER— Bartholomew — _ 1/0/ C Kauri Timlier 1H 0 .. 1/*/L.OB — .. 220 National 1 2;: .. 12,0 Parker, I.auili 2 o Ij .. _- Rotoitl — .. 1,3/6 WOOLLEN— Kaiapoi (ord.) 17 G .. — Mosgiel • - .. fi 10 0 Wellington 7 2, ii .. — MISCELLANEOUS— Abraham. Williams.. 4 7 0.. — British Tobacco .... — .. 2.2/3 Crown Breweries .. . — .. 22 0 Bycroft, Ltd 1,4 6 .. 1/3/0 j Colonial Sugar — .. 43 0/0 I Dental Supplies 1 0.0 .. — I Dominion Pictures .. 111.0 .. 1.1,6 Farmers- Auctioneering 3/3/0 .. — Farmers' Auc. (B pref.) 17/0 .. — Gear Meat, Ltd 2/.1/0 .. 2.1/0 Grey and Meuzies... — .. 10/0 Theatre Arcade (ord. I — .. I' 6, 0 Keinpthorne, Prosser — .. .*: 7/G Milne, Choyee (B pref.) — .. 1/3/3 Milne, Choyee (ord.i — .. i ;i'/:{ Milne, Choyee (deb.) — .. 1/3/3 Newton King (pref.) 17 it .. N.Z. Breweries Ilu 0 .. ISO N.Z. Express — . 14/0 N.Z. Milk Products.. — .. 13 0 X.Z. Kefrig. (cont.).. — .. ' _'8 N.A. Farmers (A pref.) -- .. 13,ti N.A. Farmers (B pref.) 111! .. Northern Boot 1/3/0 .. I' 3/0 Phllllpps and Impey — .. l'B/0 Takapuna Trams ... 1 1"0 .. — Thames Theatre ... — 17 0 Tonson Garlick 1.-./ti ' Union Oil — .. I.TOO Ward Brewery 2,7 0 .. ' Wilsons Cement J'NO .. 1/8,0 Farmers* Fertiliser .. — .. 3/16/0 MINING STOCKS— Moanataiari _ .-, .. 2/1 Now Waiotahi n/8 " 0/3 Kislng Sun 1 ■:; ~ ' Vail » 1/10/0 '.'. 1/10/0 "i\alhl Grand Junction 2'S . ' 2/7 Zeehan (cont.) s/0 .. DEBENTURES— Auck. Gas, 1028, GJ p.c. — . 10"/(KO Auck. H. 8., 4 p.c. .. — .. X.O/U/U £ uck ; n : b > 6 P- c - •• — ..101/10-0 City Auck., 1940. oi p.c. — .. 9.1/0/0 Devonport Loan 102/10.0 .. — N.Z. Breweries 1,20 .. 1 ,'1 9 WAR LOANS— War Loan, 1038. 44 97/5/0 .. DG/lo'O War Loan, 1927, D p.c. — .. OS/0/0 Sol. Bonds, 1933. .1} 102/3/0 ..101'lo/0 INSCRIBED STOCK— War Loan, 1927. 3 p.c. — 9S/0 '0 War Loan, 1929. 5 p.c. __ HT'lO/d War Loan, 1038, 4J p.c. — .'. 00/13/0 v ar Loan. 1027-41, bi 08 O'O Soldiers' 1933, oi p.c. — .'.'lOl/in/o MARKET CHANGES. War Loan, 44 p.c, 1938—Sales £07, down €>/. "Union Bank—Sales £14/10/0. up 2.' Moanataiari—Sates 2/4, up 3d *fWio/C? up n iO/ MerCantUe lord ')- Bu --« K 'i?_* Loan r and Mercantile (pref.)—Buyers £iS, up JO/. SOUTHERN EXCHANGES. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day f2^r rte M,i S , ale . s V, B , ank ot * ew Zealand, £_/13/G; Huddart-Parker (ord.), 12/2/6, DUNEDIN, this dnv. ..-If 16 ;. 011 'Change: Bank ot New Zealand 60/O; New Zealand Breweries, 28/0, FERTILISERS MARKET. AUCKLAND QUOTATIONS. Following are the net retail prices f.. r fertilisers, ci store. Auckland, cash with order, extra charge made for booking: Description. Analysis. Ton." 3 " Nitrate of Soda — £22 0 0 Sulph. ammonia .... ■ — £_•>" 0 0 Superphosphate 36-3S p.c. fa _ 0 Bone meal (Calcutta) . — £13 v 0 Bone meal (Sydney) — £12 10 0 Nauru Ocean Islam! phos. (line ground) — £-, 2 6 Basic slag. 17-20 p.c. t'3 lo 0 I Potash sulphate .. 90-92 p.c. £17 0 O Kainit 14 p.c. £b _ 0 HARBOUR BOARD LOAN. A loan of £200,000 for harbour works at Auckland Is authorised by Order-in-Council, tbe amount being portion of a loan of £1.000.000 required by the Auckland Harbour Board. LONDON WHEAT MARKET. LONDON, .Time 24. Wheat cargoes are stead}-. Sellers are not presing. Parcels are firm at 3d lo Gd 1 advance.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.) LONDON PRODUCE MARKETS. Messrs. Dalgety and Company. Limited, are in receipt of the following cable from j their head office, London, under date the i 23rd inst.: — j Butter.—Since our last wire prices are • 2/ higher. ! Cheese.—Market steadier and prices are 1 1/ to 2/ higher for freshly-landed goods. GOLDSBROUGH MORT REPORT. A large increase In pro-Is for the year 1023-24 is reported by Goldsbruugli More '■ and Co., Ltd., the amount being £231.130. ! ' against £170,42.1 in the previous year. when j special provision was made for drouaht losses, known and probable. Then the gross proOt was £431.111. whereas last year the total was £408,039. Charges generally i are without serious change, except that there has been an increase of about 10000 1 in taxation, aud undivided profits brought ' forward less bonus to staff were £28,830 I and the directors hud available £2.19,070. ! Dividend for the year Is again 10 per cent ■ aud bonus 5 per cent, making a total distribution of £145.020. The sum of £40.000 ' is transferred to the reserve, ninkln-* it ±4i2.000. and <2500 is added to the provident fund, leaving a balance of £7° 44-' to be carried forward. The directors announce the purchase of the business of B-i-or Shakes and Lewis, Ltd., of Adelaide, and a proposed increase of capital of Golds- ' __,^ooo Mort and Co * lron " £I '°°°.ooo to 1