COMMERCE & MINING

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9812, 8 November 1917, Page 2

COMMERCE & MINING

WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE. YESTERDAY’S QUOTATIONS.

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. ,y Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright Australian anti N-Z. Cable Asaociattan, (Received November 7, 9.20 p.m.) LONDON, November 7. Quotations on tho Stock Exchange yesterday included the following:—Bankot Australasia, .£lls X2s 6d; Bank of New South Wales, £34 17s 6d; Union Bank, £sl 2s 6d; Bank of New' Zealand 4 pei cent, guaranteed stock, £77 12s 6d; New 1 Zealand Loan and Mercantile. Agency, 4 par cent, debentures, £69. NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY. press Association.‘ DUNEDIN, November 7. The annual report of tho National Insurance Company shows a balance ot £90,063. An interim dividend of 10s dd - per share has been declared. The directors may recommend a further-dividend of 10s 3d per share. The directors added £30,000 to the reserve fund and propose to carry forward £35,063. LIVE STOCK SALES AUCTIONEERS’ REPORTS. Loan and Mercantile Agency. At. the Levin yards on Tuesday we offered a fair entry of sheep' and cattle bo a small attendance of buyers. Quotations: Woolly hoggets 33s 9d, shorn lnoggiets 29s ed to Site, light store cows £8 7s 6 to £7, ooiwis and oalvea £9 12a 6d. email yearling heifers £4 bo £4 13s. yearling steers (inferior) £5 7s, springing heifers £8 12s Od bo £ll. Press Association. DUNEDIN, November 7. At the Burnside market 232 fat oat- ■ itle were yarded, a larger on-try than for. a few weeks. The graziers are operating for unfinished, keeping the market rfirm, about 15s below last week’s values. Prime bullocks £l9 to £24 10s, extra £27, medium £l6 to £lB 10s, light -unfinished £ls 10s, prime heifers £l7 10s 3 to £l9 10s, extra £2l 2s 6d, medium to good £l4 to £l6 ss, light aged £lO 10s to £l3 10s. , ■ ; , " , Sheep—l76l penned, which proved short of requirements; prices quite as firm as last week. Prime wethers 50s 0d to 555, extra 55s 9d to 60s, good 45s to 495, lighter 40s to 445, sho.ru SBs 3d to 38s 9d, prime ewes 48s to 545, extra heavy 59s Gd, good 40s to' 465. others 38s. Lambs—B2 penned, prices for all but; exceptionally , good declined 3s .to 4a } ■best 80s 3d, medium good 265, WELLINGTON CUSTOMS.- v -d The Customs revenue received at .Wellington yesterday totalled £3449 Ss Id.

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