PRICES OF METALS.

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 22, 25 July 1936, Page 6

PRICES OF METALS.

(By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) LONDON, July 23.

The official London (middle) quotations for Thursday, as reported by the Australian Mines and Metals Association, compare with those previously cabled as follows:—

I DIVIDENDS DUE. Golden Dawn Mine—ls per share .... July 24 G. J. Coles, Ltd., Melbourne—final 5 per cent, or 12% per cent, per annum .... July 2" Union Bank—2s 6d per share July 29 smith and Smith Ltd.—half-yearly pref., 2V 2 per Vent July 31 British Tobacco—quarterly pref. at 6% per cent, per aunum July SI Wellington Gas—lnterim, 4 per cent. . Aug. 1 Auckland Gas—lnterim 2?i per cent Aug. 1 Dominion Invest.—final 4 per cent. Aug. 3 N.Z. Insurance—final Is per share .. Aug. 4 J. Staples and Co., Wellington—interim 3 per cent Aug. 5 MeEdtt; Ltd., Sydney—final Ist and 2nd pref. at S\h per cent., ord. S per cent., and bonus 2% per rent., at Si per cent, per annum Aug. 6 Commercial Bank of Australia—ord. at 6 2-3 per cent, per annum; pref. at 4 per cent, per annum (Australian currency) Aug. G Maryborough' Knittin g and ord. at S per cent, ucr annum ...... Aug. 7 Fanners' Fertiliser— sV 2 per cent. .. AUS. 15 Xorth Kalgurli (1912), Ltd.—final 6d sterling, less English Income tax Aug. 18 Electrolytic Zinc—half-year, 6 per cent, on ord. and pref., or 10 per cent. per annum ................... .Kept 10

July 22. , Per ton. £ s. d. July 23. Per ton. £ s. d. Copper— vStandard, spot 37 14 4i Ditto, forward 38 0 7J Electrolytic .. 42 0 0 to 42 2 6 Wire bars ... 42 2 6 37 15 0 38 0 1i 41 17 6 42 2 6 42 2 6 Lead— Spot 16 12 6 Forward ... 16 13 9 Spelter— Spot 13 17 6 vForward 14 3 9 rin — Spot 190 0 0 Forward 187 5 0 16 7 6 16 8 9 13 15 0 14 0 0 190 2 6 186 17 6 SilverStandard, per oz 1,9 5-8d Fine 213-lGd 19 5-8d 21 3-16d