PRICE AND RETURN

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 117, 19 May 1937, Page 14

PRICE AND RETURN

Latest sales reported and made on the Stock Exchanges of the Dominion, with the highest prices and the apDroximate yields per cent, per annum *o investors (all subject to appropriate taxes and exchanges where operative), based on the last year's distributions, and considering redemption and brokerage in the case of redeemable securities where dated, were as follows:— . •. ' .

price. p.c, p.a. ' ■ - , £ a. d. £ •. d. Wellington. Govt. Bonds, 4- p.c, .■.•.. 15/4/4649 , .......a. 103 0,0 3 17 7 Inscr. Stock, 3M p.c, 1953-57 a. 99 2 6 3 10 8 Bank of X.Z 2 3 10 4 11 2 Union Bank u. 11 3 6 2 9 2 Auckland Gas' 1 011 5 5 2 Brit. Tobacco (pref.) u. 1 11 9 4 1 10 Broken Hill Pty. ..* 4 2 0 3 0 11 Unofficial List— Woolwortks, Ltd. ... 7 10 0 1 13 4 Assoc. Motorists' Petrol (pref.) 1 10 6 — \ Auckland. Inser. Stock, 4 p.c, \ 15/4/46-49' •. a. 103 5 0 , 3 17 7 Inscr. Stock, 1 4 p.c, 15/6/52-55 a. 104 10 0 3 16 9 Comui. Bank'.Aust. u. 0 19 2 3 0 10 Bank of X.S.W. ..*o.s. 37 12 6 2 15 9 Bank of N.Z 239 i 11 5 Union Bank u. 11 4 3 2 9 3 South British Insce. .. 4 14 0 2 16 9 Auckland Gas 110 5 4 9 Australian Glass ....-.' ,4 12 9 3 4 8 British Tobacco .... 2 9 6 2 16 6 'Wilson's Cement ....* 1 12 6 4 12 3 Yarra Falls 2 1 6 4 16 4 Unofficial List— Woolworths, Ltd. ..'79 0 1 13 6 Christchurch. Govt. Bonds, 4 p.c'.,' 15/2/43-46 a. 103 10 0 3 17 6 Chch. Trams, iVi p.c, 1/8/57- ....I a. 104 0 0 4 1 10 Coitlm. Bank' Aust. u. 0 19 1 3 11 Kaiapoi Wool, (pref.) 0 17 0 5 0 0 Westport-Stockton ... 0 3 0 — X.Z. Breweries 3 0 0 2 10 0 Australian Glass .... 4 12 6 3 4 10 Dunlop Rubber ...... 1 0 9 4 16 4 G. J. Coles 5 7 G 2 6 6 Taranaki Oil 0 4 9 — s Goldfields Dredge >.... 0 11 — Maori Gully 0 0 5% — Skippers 0 0 214 -r Mount Lyell * 2 5 10 4 7 3 Mount Morgan 0 14 1 — Mossy Creek 0 0 11 — Unofficial List— Alloy Steel (Aust.) .. 0 19 6 ■— i Duncdln. Inscr. St*k, 3% p.c, 9/1941-43 a. 100 5 0 3 10 0 X.Z. Farmers' Co-op., .4% p.c, 1945 .....a. 91 0 0 4 18 11 Staples and Co 2 0 0 2 10 0 McLeod Bros. 32 10 0 3 16 11 * —Cum div. a.—Market price includes accrued interest but not brokerage, o.—Free of English income tax. s.—Paid in sterling. . I u. —In Australian currency. ' PRICE OF GOLD v (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Received May 19, 10 a;m.) LONDON, May 18. The price of fine gold per ounce, 140s 5Jc§. . s. d. May 15 ....140 6£ May 14 140 8 . May 13 140 5i May 11 140 7 May 10 140 9 May 8 140 8 May 7 140 8 May 6 , 140 7i May 5 140 9J May 4 140 8J May 3 140 10 May 1 140 8 April 30 140 3 April 1 142 1 March 1 J42 3J February 1 142 0| January 4 141 8 December 1 ............ 141 7 DOLLAR AND STERLING (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Received May 19, 10 a.m.) LONDON, May 18. Sterling exchange, London on New York, 4.94 7-16 dollars to £1. Dollars. May 15 4.941-8 May 14 4.9311-16 May 13 4.945-16 May 11 4.94 May 8, 10 4.935-8 May 7 4.933-16 May 6 4.93 7-8 May 5 4.93J May 4 4.93 11-16 May 3 4.93 5-8 May 1 ' 4.94 V April 27 f 945"8 —April 22 4.9315-16 April 20 and 21 4.92J April 19 4.9115-16 April 13 and 14 4.9011-18 April 1 and 2 f 89?; 1B. March 1 4.88 13-16 February 1 4.89 7-8 , January 4 4.907-8 THE FRENCH FRANC. (By Tplecrnph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Received May 19, 10 a.m.) LONDON, May 18. Sterling exchange on Paris 110 13-37 francs to £1. The rate on May 15 \vas 110$. OAMARU WOOLLEN DIVIDEND. ——■ An interim dividend of 2£ per cent, has been declared by the directors of the Oamaru Worsted and Woollen Mills for the half-year ended April 30. The dividend is payable on June 7.