SOUTHERN EXCHANGES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 9, 11 January 1940, Page 4

SOUTHERN EXCHANGES.

SALEB RECORDED. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON. Wednesday.—Stock, 31/5/54-58, 4 p.c., £99 15/ (4); Felt and MVxtilrs, £2 1/ : Broken Hill Proprietary, £4 8/1 J, £4 S/3 (2): Mount Lyell. £1 1.2/9. This Day.—Broken Hill Proprietary. £4 8/6: Woolworths Properties, £1 5/6 ; Electrolytic Zinc, £3 5/8. CHRISTCHURCH. Wednesday.—Bank of New Zetland, £2 0/3: Canterbury Meat. £9 15/; Broken Hill Proprietary, £4 7/9 (3) ; £4 8/3: Electro lytic Zinc (ord), £3 5/10, £3 5/11; United Provisions, 10/ ; Broken Hill South, £1 13/. This Day.—Goldsbrougli Mort. £1 11/3: Electrolytic Zinc. £3 5/8, £3 6/9. £3 5/11, pref., £3 7/0 : New Zealand Farmer*' Co-oper»itlve, 1950, 4J per cent, £87 15/. Unlisted: Associated Gold, 10/. DUNEDIN. Wednesday.—New Zealand Refrigeration (eon.). 9/4; Bonds Hosiery. £1 2/. This Day.—Mount Lyell, £1 12/0. AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES. TO-DAY IN SYDNEY. (Received 2 p.m.) SYDNEY, this day. To-day's sales on the Sydney Stock Exchange Included:—Tooths. £2 14/; Australian Consolidated Induwtrlen, £1 19/1J ; contributing, 17/9; British Tobacco, £2 10/9; Broken Hill Proprietary, £4 2/9; Cash Orders, 15/7J ; Electrolytic Zinc, £3 0/0; Felt and Textiles, £1 19/. YESTERDAY'S BUSINESS. SYDNEY, January 10.

A firmer trend was noticeable on the Stock Exchange today with business increasing. Sale* included *—Bank of NewSouth Wales, £27 1/; Tooth's Breweries, £2 14/; Colonial Sugnr, £50 3/ ; Electrolytic Zinc, £3 0/6, (pr?f.) £3 2/; General Industries, 18/; G. J. Coles, £3 16/; United Provisions, 9/ ; Woolworths (Syd.), £ 1 2/4J ; Kawnng Tin, l>/8. Melbourne Exchange.— Bank Adelaide, £5 13/; Commercial Hank Australia (pref.), £8 7/; National Hank Australasia (£."»), £5 19/; Felt and Textiles, £1 18/0; A.C.1.. £1 19/3; Broken Hill Proprietary. £4 'J/3: Claude Neon, £1 7/; G. J. Cole-!, £3 1.1/9 Broken Hill Soutli, £1 0/3: North Broken Hill, £2 7/9; Loloma, £1 12/6; Emperor, 14/8. BRITISH EXCHEQUER. FLOATING DEBT INCREASES. LONDON, January 9. The latest weekly Exchequer returns show- tiha.t the total ordinary revenue amounts Vo £577,085,401, compared with £518, 1 W7,998 at t)he corresponding date last year, 'flhe totail expenditure, less selfbailancin<r items, is £894.371,148, compared wfth £276,715,426 at the corresponding date of 1939. The total floating t'etot outstanding at January 6 was £1,546,570,000 —a net increase of £626.260,000 eince the beginning of the financial year—compared "with £1,040,210,000 a year ago. INTEREST RATES. The return to the investor on his outlay, based upon the latest dividends, works out as follows on the latest sales. When payment ia made in sterling, exchange is added. PER CENT PER ANNUM. £ s. d. Bank of New Zealand 4 18 9 E„ S. and A. Bank 4 7 9 Farmers' Auctioneering (A pref.) 5 2 6 Colonial Sugar 3 0 2 G. J. Coles 4 » lit Woolworths (N.Z.) 4 17 6 Auckland Gas, 20/12/49, 5 p.c 4 18 0 City of Auckland, 1/1/44-67, 4J p.c 4 2 10 METAL PRICES. (Received 1 p.m.) LONDON, January 10. Tin quotations for spot delivery are as follow: —Spot: Buyers, £248 a ton; sellers, £248 10/. Forward: Buyers, £246 15/; sellers, £247. Other quotations are unchanged as follow: —Copper (refined), £49 10/ a ton in the warehouse; copper., electrolytic, £62; lead, £25; spelter, £25 15/. All deliveries at buyers' premises. Silver is quoted at 22d a standard ounce and 23% d a fine ounce.