STOCK EXCHANGES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22345, 17 February 1936, Page 5

STOCK EXCHANGES

SATURDAY'S SALES f RETURN ON INVESTMENTS Following is a list of Saturday's transactions on the New Zealand Stock Exchanges and the yield at the quoted price. Tho exchange premium on dividends payable in sterling is included. Tho yield on 4 per cent. Government loans includes redemption and on 3J per cent loans is for interest alone, covering only the tax-free period. AUCKLAND EXCHANGE Sale Price Rise or Yield £' s d Fall £ a d Bank N.Z. .. 2 9 3 -3d 4 1 3 Westport Coal 1 3 6 -Hid 4 5 1 Auckland Gas 1 5 9 -fid 4 5 5 Kauri Timber 1 410 +KI 5 0 8 A nth. Hordern 1 1 2+4 d Col. Sugar . 42 15 0 -15s 217 2 Farm. Trading 0 8 3 -Hd 417 0 Farm. Felt. 1 0 3 -4d 5 8 4 North. Roller 17 6 AVoolworth's (N.Z., 2nd pf.) 15 9 -2s 5 8 7 WELLINGTON EXCHANGE Salo Price Yield £ad £ s d Bauk N.Z 2 9 6 4 0 10 Mortgage Corp. .. 0 410 413 0 Colonial Sugar . . 42 17 6 2 18 4 Hume Pipe (Aus.) 017 9 *5 12 8 Unofficial List.—John Fuller (Ist niort. deb.), £9O; AVestland Breweries, lis; 'Woolworths (Syd.), i! 6 Is, £6 Is 6d. £6 2s. CHRISTCHURCH EXCHANGE Stock, 15/2/46, 4 ..104 12 6 313 7 Com. Bank Aus. .. 019 6 219 10 Ditto . . .. 0 19 7 2 19 7 Consol. Brick .. 010 9 Cr. J. Coles . . . . 3 1-1 6 3 G 8 Hume Pipe (Aus.) 017 11 *5 11 S Ditto . . . . 018 0 *slll Woolworths (N.Z.) .. 5 10 6 2 6 5 Also.—Broken Hill Proprietary (5s paid), 29s lid. Unofficial list: "Woolworths iSvd.), £0 2s Od, £6 2s 3d (2), £6 2s. £6 Is 9d. •Based on interim dividend at rate per annum. THE MINING MARKET i INCREASED TURNOVER MARTHAS LOSE 3D Better business was done in the mining market on the Auckland Stock Exchange on Saturday. Marthas lost 3d in a sale at 20s 3d. King Solomons were in demand and two transfers were made at slightly higher levels. Mount Morgan Developments also moved up, levels being lifted ljd. The first sale this year of Tavuas was made at 2s lid.

SATURDAY'S BUSINESS Following is a. list of Saturday's transactions in mining shares on New Zealand Stock Exchanges: AUCKLAND EXCHANGE Sale Price Rise or Yield £ s d Fall £ s d Martha .. 10 3 -3d *6 2 0 Also: King Solomon, 3s 7d (2); Mount Morgan Development, -Is l'/ad; Tavua, 2s lid. WELLINGTON EXCHANGE Sale Price Yield £sd £ s d Martha .. .. 10 4 *G 1 6 CHRISTCHURCH EXCHANGE Mount Lyell (4) .. 1 3 5 22 8 Also.—Addison's Flat, 2s; Rawang Tin, 9s Id; "Worksop Extended, 2s. DUNEDIN EXCHANGE Kinjr Solomon, 3s s}d (2), 3s 6d. *J3ased on interim dividend at rat® per annum. NATIONAL MORTGAGE NO CHANGE IN DIVIDEND NET PROFIT FOR YEAR LOWER LONDON, Feb. 15 The accounts of the National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand show a net profit of £17,454. The directors have declared an unchanged final dividend of 5 per cent. The net profit in 1934 was £22.385, in 1933 £18,420, and in 1932, £17,005. SYDNEY EXCHANGE SATURDAY'S BUSINESS SYDNEY, Feb. 15 Sales on the Sydney Stock Exchange to-day included: —Commonwealth bonds: 3 per cent, 1948, £94 15s; 3J per cent, 1948, £99 2s 6d; 3 3-8 per cent, 1949, £9B 15s; 4 1)0? cent, 1941, £lO2 16s 3d; 1953, £lO4 2s 6d; 1959, £lO5 2s 6d; 1961, £lO5 17s 6d. Tooth's Brewery, 55s 6d; British Tobacco, 42s (3d; Colonial Sugar, £43 ss. PRICES OF METALS COPPER SLIGHTLY FIRMER (Received February 10, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 15 Following were yesterday's quotations on the London metal market, compared with those of February 13: Feb. 14 Feb. 13 Per ton Per ton £bd £ s d Copper, stan., spot .. 35 10 7i 35 3 1J Copper, stan., 3 mos. .. 35 18 ]j 35 10 74 Copper, electrolytic .. 39 10 0 30 5 0 , to to 40 0 0 39 15 0 Copper, elect., wire bars 40 0 0 39 15 0 Lead, soft, spot . . 15 IB 9 15 13 9 Lend, soft,, forward 1(5 1 3 15 10 3 Spelter, spot . . 14 13 9 14 12 C Spelter, forward .. 15 1 3 14 17 IS Tin, man., spot .. 207 5 0 208 2 G Tin, titan., 3 mos. .. 201 7 6 201 7 6 Quotations for other metals, with last week's prices in parentheses, are:—Pig iron: Home trade, £3 10s (£3 10s); export, £3 10s (£3 Is 6d). Antimony: British, £72 10s (£72 10s); foreign, £SO 10s (£47 15s). Molybdenite, £1 14s 6d (£1 14s 6d) a unit. Wolfram, £1 15s (£1 15s) a unit. BRITISH WAR LOAN British Wireless RUGBY, Fob. 14 War loan, 3} per cent, is quoted today at £lO6 15s, compared with £lO6 10s yesterday,

• Closing quotations were :— Buyers Sellers £ s d £ s d Alexander (15s paid) 0 12 G -Bis River .. 0 2 0 Blackwater 1 9 0 1 11 0 Consolidated Gold. . . 0 12 G 0 1G 0 Gillespie's Beach 0 0 9 0 1 0 Golconda Holdings .. — 0 1 7 Golden Dawn 0 3 0 0 3 G Goldfields Dredging. . 0 0 ' 3J 0 0 5 King Solomon 0 3 5 0 3 8 Komata Beefs — 0 G 0 Martha 1 0 1 1 0 4 Mataki Gold Dredg. 0 1 10 0 2 0 N.Z. Crown Mines . . 0 2 0 0 2 6 Okarito — 0 5 0 Skippers 0 0 3 0 0 4 Talisman Dubbo 0 10 6 0 11 0 "Waihi Investments & JKxploration 0 13 6 0 14 6 Waihi Grand June. 0 3 7 0 4 0 Australia and FijiBroken Hill South .. 5 13 6 _ Kainpong Lanjut .. 1 2 0 — Kuala Kampar .. 0 14 3 0 15 6 Loloma .. .. 1 4 0 1 6 0 Mount Kasi .. .. — 0 13 0 Mount Lyell 1 3 2 — Mount Morgan (cum rights) — 0 18 3 Mt. Morgan Develop. 0 3 9 0 4 G Placer Development 5 5 0 5 8 G Kawaag 0 9 0 — Tavua Gold Dev. .. 0 2 6 0 3 0 Upper Watut 0 7 6 —