COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL
FOREIGN EXCHANGE BATES. (OMTED PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPIRICHT.) (AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) LONDOK, 25th May. Foreign rates of exchange on 25th May, as compared with par rates or as averaged Jlrst half of 1914, are as follow :.— 25th 21st May. May. Far. New York, dols. to £ .. 4.80 3-16 4.BGJ 4.866 Montreal, dols. to £ .... 4.85J 4.56J 4.66G Taris, francs to £ 95.55 94.40 25.22$ BrusEels, francs to £ 97.55 07.10 25.22^ Amsterdam, florins to £.. 12.09J 12.05J 12.107 Stockholm, kroner to £.. ,18.16 18.16 18.12 Oslo, kroner to £ 28.87 28.77 18.12 Copenhagen, kroner to £ 25.83 25.79 18.12 Berlin, reiebsmark to £.. 20.43 20.43 — Romo, lire to £ 120J 119J 25.22$ lbkohania, pence to yen.. 20| 20} 24.43 Calcutta, pence to rupee.. 18 17 15-16 24 Hong Kong pence to dols. 27J 27J 24 Batavia, florins to £ 12.0012-10 12.07 1-10 — PRICES OF METALS. LONDON, 25th May. Copper: On spot, £60 3s 9d per ton; forward delivery, £61 Is 3d. Lead: £32 lls 3d. Spelter: £34 lls 3d. Tin: On spot. £251 7s 6d per ton; forward delivery, £251 17s Od. Silver: Standard, 31 5-16 d per ounce; fine, 33 13-lCd. LONDON WHEAT MARKET. LONDON, 25th May. Wheat cargoes are quiet but steady. Parcels in first liand are quiet, but unchanged in price. Resellers are accepting 3d per quarter decline. NEW ZEALAND APPLES. LONDON, 25th May. The apple market is slightly easier. The Port Sydney's New Zealand apjiles are in somewhat advanced condition mostly, making Ids to 17s Gd per ense, but large sizes, -which are rather soft, made 13s to 14s Gd. CHICAGO WHEAT PPICES. (Received 27tli May, 9 a.m.) NEW YORK, 20th May. Chicago wheat futures: May, 1 dollar '72} cents; July, 1 dollar 635 cents; September, 1 dollar 57i cents. TTNION INSURANCE OP CANTOS'. The manaser for New Zealand of the Union Insurance Society of Canton. Ltd., has received advice from the society's head office, Honsr Kouc, that at the annual incetins, to be held on the 2!Hh May, the hoard will recommend a final dividend of His per share, plus a bonus dividend of 5b per share for account year 1023, also an Interim dividend of £1 is per aU&re, itceuoi jr«r 1921,
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 122, 27 May 1925, Page 3
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