STOCKS AND SHARES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16040, 5 October 1915, Page 5

STOCKS AND SHARES.

BUSINESS DONE YESTERDAY

Business for the week opened quietly on the sharemarket yesterday. In standard stocks New Zealand Insurances were in demand at £5 13s 6d and £5 14s, but sellers held for £5 18s. National Insurances found sales at (44s 9d). South British Insurances hardened, buyers quoting 92s fid and sellers asking 955. Waihis were looked for at 37s 9d, but sellers wanted 38s 6d. Sellers quoted 22s 3d for Waihi Grand Junctions and buyers were prepared to give 21s 9d. Talismans were available at 19s, and buyers quoted 18s 3d and 18s 6d. AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. Friday's closing sales. £ s. d National Insurance— call (44s 9d) — Occidental Consolidated— call. lid ... ... ... ... ... — T1 ? fienres shown in parentheses indicate reported sales as distinguished from the sales made at the calls.]

CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. Dividends: Milne and Choyce. 8 p.c. per ann. Oct. 7 Bank of Australasia. 17 p.o. per ann. Oct. 8 Talisman Consolidated ... 0 0 9 Oct. a

SOUTHERN EXCHANGES. [BY TELEGRAPH.— PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Monday. No Stock Exchange sales were recorded. Closing quotations : Mining stocks— Murray's Freehold, sellers, £1 ss; Talisman, buyers, 183 3d; Waihi, sellers, 38s 6d; Grand Junction, sellers, 22s 3d; Waitangi, sellers, lOd. Investment stocksNational Bank, buyers, 995; Bank of New Zealand (old), sellers, 2065; Christchurch gas, buyers, 148s 6d, sellers 150s; Wellington Gas (pref.), sellers, 20s; Gear Meat Company (£1 paid), sellers 87s; Wellington Meat Export Company (£2 12s 6d paid), sellers, 575; Union "Steam ship (ord.), buyers, 23s 6d; Union Steam Ship (pref.), buyers 19s lid; Kaiapoi Woollen (ord.), buyers, 100s; Kaiapoi Woollen (pref.), buyers, 655; Golden Bay Cement, buyers 19s, sellers 19s 9d; Manning and Company, buyers, 955; NewZealand Consolidated Dental, buyers, 20s ; New Zealand Drug Company, sellers', 45s ; New Zealand Paper Mills, buyers, 16s 6d; Ward and Company, buyers, 105s. Dunedin, Monday. Stock Exchange quotations: Mining stocks—Blackwater, buyers 15s, sellers 18s; Talisman, buyers 18s, sellers 19s 3d; Waihi, buyers £1 7s 9d, sellers £1 8s 9d ; Waihi Grand Junction, buyers £1 Is, sellers £1 2s 3d; Mount Lyell, buyers £1 3s, sellers £1 4s. Investment stocks— National Bank, buyers, £4 19s, sellers £5 Is ; Bank of Australasia, buyers £114 ; Bank of New Zealand (old), buyers £10 3s, sellers £10 6s 6d ; Union Bank, buyers £51, sellers £51 16s; National Insurance, buyers £2 4s 6d ; New Zealand Insurance, sellers £5 16s; Standard Insurance, buyers £1 lis 6d, sellers £1 12s 6d; Union Steam (ord.), sellers £1 3s lOd, (pref.), buyers, £1; Westport Coal, buyers £1 8s 9d, sellers £1 9s 6d; Westport-Stockton, buyers ss; New Zealand Drug (£2), sellers, £2 3s 6d; Auckland Trams (ord.), buyers £1 Is 3d, sellers £1 Is 6d ; Whitcombe and Tombs ex div., buyers, £5 10s; Wright, Stephen- i son (ordinary), buyers £7 ss.

CLOSING QUOTATIONS. Sellers. .Buyers. BANKS- £ "• d ' £ 8 - d - New Zealand ... ... 10 10 0 10 2 6 Aew Zealand, f.p. ... _ 16 2 6 INSURANCE— New Zealand .- ... 6 18 0 5 14 0 National 2 4 3 South British ... 4 15 0 4 12 6 FINANCIALN.Z. and River Plate — 3 0 0 COAL Nort. Coal. io s paid 0 8 0 aaupin Mines. Ltd. 0 16 0 — Westport __ 18 9 Westport-Stockton ... — 0 5 1 GAS— Auckland 19 6 18 9 Auckland, con. ... 0 15 0 0 14 3 "laoorne . .... _ l 14 0 Whangarei ... '.'.'. 1 10 0 SHIPPING— Northern Steam, p.u. 0 14 6 0 13 9 JNortnem Steam, con. 0 6 9 ■) 6 (5 Union S.S. Co.. pref. _ 10 0 Union S.S. Co.. ord. - 13 6 TIMBER— Kauri Timber, con. 0 15 6 — Parker. Lamb. Ltd. 12 0 — 1 romier Joinery Co. 0 19 0 — WOOLLEN— Kaiapoi, ord. ... 6 4 0 MISCELLANEOUS— Auck. Trams, pref.... 10 0 — Auck. Trains, rd - -116 113 N.Z. Portland Cement — 0 9 9 .Paper Mills ... 0 17 3 0 16 6 1 hUlipDs ? nd , Impey — 13 6 Sharland & Co., ord. — 12 C Union Oil _ 116 Wilsons Cement, pref. 15 0 — Wilsons Cement, ord. 14 3 13 0 MINING— New Sylvia ...... 0 0 8 0 0 4 Occidental Consol. ...010 00 10 Waitangi Consol. ... 0 0 8 Watchman 0 0 5 — Blackwatcr ... ... 0 17 3 0 13 0 Ross Goldfields ...0 16 _ Hauraki Reefs, con. 0 0 10 — Golden Belt 0 2 3 Rising Sun .. ... _ 0 0 6 Talisman Consol. ... 0 19 0 0 18 6 w'-l 1 - tf\ „-, - 1 18 6 1 17 9 Waih; Extejded ...0 0 — Wafhi Grand Juno. 12 3 119 VVaihi-Paeroa G. Co. 0 12 6 — New Waitaia ... 0 0 5 0 0 2}