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Evening Star, Issue 23560, 26 April 1940, Page 8

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MOUNT LYELL SHARES. Presa Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, April 25. (Received April, 26, at 12.45 p.m.) Mount Lyell shares are quoted at 23s 7Jd. NEW GUINEA GOLD SHARES, Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, April 25. (Received April 26, at 11.40 a.m.) New Guinea Gold shares are quoted at 2s o|d. . TIN QUOTATIONS. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright * ■ LONDON, April 26. (Received April 26, at 1 p.m.) Tin: Spot, £255 to £255 10s: forward, £250 to £250 ss. SILVER QUOTATIONS. ' Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, April 25. (Received April 26, at 11.45 a.m.) Silver: Fine, 0 15-16 d per’ ounce: standard, 22.:9-18d. • i- ! : , . - j ■' RUBBER QUOTATION. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, April 26. (Received April 26, at 1.5 p.m.) Rubber is quoted at lid per lb. PROPERTY SALES. Messrs Haggitt,' Duthie, and Campbell report having completed negotiations resulting in the sale of the freehold and residence known as No. 42 Bayfield road, Anderson’s Bay, the purchaser beinjg Mr M. N. Dodd, and the vendor Mr A. E. Stewart. The same firm has also sold the Hill street, Ravensbourne, freehold of R. and L. Reid, the purchaser being Mr J. A. Mackay. SALES ON ’CHANGE : THIS DAY. \ , Auckland.—Morning call: Bycrofts, 425; Woolworths (New Zealand), 18s 6d‘; New Zealand Stock (1949-52), 4 per cent., £lO5 15s. Unlisted: Una Hill. Is 7d. Noon call: NewBonds (1943-46), 4 per cent., £lO3 ss; New Zealand Stock (1940-43), 4 per cent., £IOT 15s, £lOl 17s 6d. Christchurch. Whitcombs : and Tombs, 62s 6d. Reported: Westport Coal (late.Wednesday),-255.

LONDON, April 25. (Received April 26, at 11.50 a.m.) New York, dollar to £1 .. ... 4.03 Paris, franc to £1 ... 1764 Amsterdam, florins to £1 .. ... 17.90 Montrealy dollar to £1 •• ... 4.46 Switzerland, franc to £1 .. ... 18.90 Stockholm, kroner to £1 .. ... 540 Athens, drachmae, to £1 • ••• 7b.65 Lisbon, escudo to £1 ... 18.80 Kobe, .pence to yen ... 16 7-64 Hongkong. pence to dollar ... 14 29-32 Shanghai, pence to dollar .. •** 44 Brussels, belgas to £1 ... 23.825 Rome, lire to £1 . ... 24.175 Tokio, pence to yen ... .. ... 24.37 Copenhagen, kroner to £1 Oslo, kroner to £1 ... .. ••• — Milan, lire to £1 ... 86.75 Argentine, pesos to £1 . ... 68.00 STOCK INDICES. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, April 25. (Received April 26, at 11.45 a.m.) Stock Indices Compiled by the ‘ Financial Times.' October 15, 1926 = 100. Govt. Securi- Home Indus- Gold ties. rails. trials. mines. Feb. i ... 108.8 52.9 96.5 190.9 Feb. 29 ... 110.0 65.3 101.5 196.3 March 1 109.9 54.1 101.6 195.9 March 7 109.7 56.1 102.2 195.3 March 14 109.0 55.8 98.8 194.5 March 29 108.3 55.4 ' 97.8 195.4 April 1 i 108.6 55.4 98.2 196.1 April 2 108.7 56.0 98.6 196.3 April 3 108.6 56.2 99.2 196.6 April 4 108.7 55.8 98.5 196.5 April 5 iUti.y bti.i 99.0 197.2 April 8 108.8 56.1 99.1 198.5 : April 9 108.2 55.3 97.9 195.3 April 10 107.8 54.6 97.0 193.6 April 11 108.3 55.3 98.1 197.1 April 12 108.2 54.7 97.6 195.1 -April 15 108.2 54.6 97.7 196.4 April 16 108.1 54.2 98.1 196.1 April 17 108.2 54.8 97.5 195.1 April 18 108,3 53.6 97.1 193.6 April .19 108.5 53.5 96.8 193.6 ’ April 22 108.7 53.5 96.5 195.2 April 23 108.7 54.1 96.7 196.7 April 25 110.1 55.8 97.1 198.8 CONSOLS AND STOCKS. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, April 25. (Received April 26, at 12.30 p.m.) Consols, 1 2 4 ... . ... £74 .0 0 Funding Loan, 4, 1960-90 ... 110 10 0 •War Loan, 34, 1952 ... 99 10 0 Conversion Loan, 64, 1916 , . ... 100 10 0 Victory Bonds, 4 . ... 109 15 0 Commonwealth, 5, 1945-48 • . ... 105 10 0 Commonwealth, 4, 1943-48 . . ... 100 15 0 Commonwealth, 34; 1948-53 ... 100 0 0 Commonwealth, 34, 1956-61 ... 93 2 6 Commonwealth, 3. 1955-58 . . ... 89 2 6 New South Wales, 34, 1935-50 ... 98 5 0 Victoria, 3, 1929-49 ... . . ... 95 0 0 Victoria. 41. 1940-60 ... , , ... 101 10 0 Victoria, 5, 1945-75' ... . . ... 104 10 0 Queensland, 3, 1942-47 . , ... 96 15 0 Queensland, 5, 1940-60 .. .. 101 0 0 South Australia, 3, 1916 (opt.) 7 .2 6 South Australia. 5, 1945-75 ... lUb 7 6 West Australia, 4, 1942-62 100 0 0. Tasmania, 4,' 1940-50 ... . . ... 100 10 O ' New Zealand, 44, 1948-58 .. . ... loo o: o ' New Zealand, 3, 1948 . ... 95 15 0 BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN. ' Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, April 25. (Received April 26, at noon.) The following is the Bank of England return —Issue Department.— Note issue in circulation ... ... £537,100,000 Bank departments ... 43,100,000 Government securities ... 565,400,000 Other securities 3,100,000 Silver coin ... .. ... 500.000 ■—Banking Department.— Rest ...‘ ... 3,100,000 Public depdsits ... 40,700,000 Bankers’ deposits ... 103,500,000 ... 40,600,000 Other amounts ... ... .. Government securities - ... ... 130,600,000 Discounts and advances ... ... 4,900,000 ... ’ 22,800,000 Other securities Notes and coin ... 44,100,000 Ratio of reserves to liabilities is 23.85 per cent. The Bank of England discount rata is 2 per cent. i