DEALINGS ON 'CHANGE

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 111, 4 February 1935, Page 12

DEALINGS ON 'CHANGE

Sales Recorded on Saturday

RETURN ON INVESTMENTS

Sales recorded cn Dominion Stock Exchanges on Saturday are shown in the following list. In the second column is given the return based on the last annual dividend from investment at the quoted price. In calculating the return on shares in companies which pay their dividends outside New Zealand the exchange rates have not been taken into consideration. The return of 4 per cent. Government loans includes redemption. In the case of 34 per cent, loans the return is for the interest alone, and covers, only the period for which the loans are tax-free. WELLINGTON. Yield

FOREIGN EXCHANGE

On New Zealand Currency Basis The Bank of New South Wales, Wellington, quoted the following rates for their purchases and sales of foreign exchange on Saturday:—

T.T. represents telegraphic transfers. O.D. lepresents on demand transactions. . The above rates are subject to alteration without notice.

New Zealand. Pound Abroad Based, on the rates quoted on Saturday by the Bank of New South Wales, £1 New Zealand was worth approximately: 16/1 in London. £l/0/1 in Australia. 16/- in U.S.A. ' 16/01 in Canada. 9/6 in France. 9/lOi in Italy. 9/4J in Germany. 9/4J in Java. £l/7/11 in Japan. Position of Sterling By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, February 1.

The following rates on foreign exchanges were current to-day, compared with those ruling on January 31:— Feb. 1. Jan. 31. Par.

tSellers, official. ‘Sellers. tPar, 8.23 31-32 since dollar devaluation on February 1. 1034. Gold and Silver. London, February 1. Gold—£7/2/4 per fine ounce. Silver—Cash. 24 5-l Cd. per ounce; forward, 24 7-l Cd. London, February 1. * Gold—£7/2/- per fine ounce. Sterling exchange, London, on New York, 4.87 1-10 dollars, on Paris 74 5-16 francs, on Batavia 6.225 florins.

Sale price £ s. p.c. on . investment. (1. £ s. <1. Kauri Timber (2) .. 0 10 fi 3 1G 11 Mossy Creek *0 2 7$ —• Unofficial list: 9 Woolworths Ltd., ord. 4 11 — Wairarapa Frozen Meat 1 5 (1 —— •Late sale Friday AUCKLAND. d. £ s. <1. £ S. Mt. Albert Boro., 4} p.c. 106 0 0 — Auckland Gas 1 7 0 4 1 G Unlisted: — K.D.V. Boxes, 10/- pd. 0 13 3 — CHRISTCHURCH d. £ s. d. £ 8. Comm. Bank of Aust. 0 1G 7 3 0 4 Nat. Bk. of A/asia., £5 paid •o s 0 3 IS 1 Brian Boru 0 0 —— Okarlto 0 7 9 Ditto 0 8 0 —• Skippers 0. 0 GJ — Woolworths N.Z., ord. 9 15 0 2 c 2 Unlisted:— Argo Gold, lOjd. paid 0 1 o —.

New Zealand on ' Buying. Selling. London— £N.Z. to £ Stg.lOO T.T. 124 124/10/O.D. 123/10/124/7/6 Australia — £A to £N.Z. 100 .... T.T. 101 100/10/O.D. 101 100/10/Fiji— £F to £N.Z. 100 .... T.T. 90/7/0 89 O.D. 90/7/6 89 New York — dollars to £N.Z.l .. T.T. 3.944 3.89 . O.D. 3.96J 389} Montreal— dollars to £N.Z.l .... T.T. 3.94 3.90 O. D. 3.951 3.90} France — Francs to £1 N.Z. ‘.... T.T. 00.28 58.98 O.D. 60.58 59.03 Noumea — Francs to £1 N.Z T.T. 61.23 5S.23 O.D. 61.63 58.28 Papeete— Francs to £1 N.Z T.T. 61.23 58.23 O.D. 01.63 58.28 Belgium— Belgas to £1 N.Z T.T. 17.239 16.539 O.D. 17.339 16.554 Germany— Reichmarks to £1 N.Z. T.T. 9.586 O.D. — 9.591 Italy— Lire to £1 N.Z T.T. 45.45 O.D. — 45.49 Switzerland — Francs to £1 N.Z. I.... T.T. 12.373 11.973 O.D. 12.448 11.983 Holland— Florins to £1 N.Z T.T. 5.948 5.698 O.D. 5.998 5.702 Java — Florins to £1 N.Z T.T. 5.907 5.682 O.D. 5.957 5.686 Japan— N.Z. pence to 1 ’ yen T.T. 17 -21-32 Shanghai— N.Z. pence to 1 (dollar T.T. 21 11-16 22 O.D. 20 9-16 21 15-16 India and Ceylon— N.Z. pence to 1 rupee T.T. 22 13-32 22} O.D. 22 9-32 22 11-16 Hong-Kong— N.Z. pence to 1 dollar T.T. 26 1-16 27} O.D. 25 15-16 27 1-10 Singapore— N.Z. pence to 1 dol. T.T. 34 7-16 35} O.D. 34 5-16 35 5-16

N York, dol. to £ 4.87 1-8 4.87 3-18 $4,866 Montreal, dol. to £ 4.87 5-8 4.87 5-8 4.866 Paris, fr. to £ 74 7-32 74 9-32 124.21 Brussels, bel. to £ 20.98 21.00 35.00 Geneva, fr. to 4? 15.13 15.155 25.225 Amst’dam, fl. to £ 7.235 7.24 3-8 12.107 Milan, lire to £ 57 13-32 57 7-16 92.46 Berlin, inks, to £ 12.10 12.20 20.43 St'holm, knr. to £ 19.395 19.395 18.159 C’hagen, knr. to 43* 22.305 22.395 18.159 Oslo, knr. to £ 19.905 19.905 18.159 Vienna, sehgs. tt> £ 36.50 26.50 31.585 Prague, knr. to £ 117.125 117.375 164.25 Hel’fors, inks, to .42 226.50 22(1.50 :tl3 23 Madrid, pes. to £ 35 13-10 35.875 22o Lisbon, esc. to £ 110.125 110.125 IUI Athens, draeh. to £ *515 ♦516 375 Belgrade, din. to 4’ 21(1 216 2/0.31 Bucharest, lei to tW 487.50 187 5(t '13 (U‘ Warsaw, zloty to £ — 25.93 ' 43.38 Rio de J., 0. to mil. Hi 14 i 5.899 B. Aires, p. to peso |361 1361 47 6? M. Video, p. to peso 1393 1'39j 51 Calcutta, p. to' rup. 18 5-32 18 5-32 18 Shanghai, p. to dol. 17 9-16 17} — ■ H.-Kong, p. to dol. 21 5-8 21 5-8 Vhama. p. to yen 14 14 24.5.82 Batavia, fl. to £ 7,225 12.107