THE WORLD OF COMMERCE

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12528, 18 August 1926, Page 8

THE WORLD OF COMMERCE

WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE YESTERDAY’S QUOTATIONS. (3.15 p.m. Call.) Yesterday’s closing quotations for premiurns of investment and mining stork, as advised by the Wellington Stock Exchange, are as follow :

Sales reported.—New Zealand Breweries (bonds), «£j 5s dd; New Zealand Breweries, «£2 16s. j SALES IN OTHER CENTRES Pe** i-*rosx Association AUCKLAND, August 37. I Sales on ’Change.—National Bank. j£6 | 15s 9d; Grand Junction, 2s fid; Kawarau. ; Cs sd; 41 per cent. War Linn (1938), «£9S 12s Od. Sale rejxnted.—Waihi. 19s srl Sales.—Bank of New South Wales, *£44 15s, ,£44; Taranaki Oil. 31s 5d ; Albumin, 4s 2d, is 3d; Kawarau, 6s fid; Majestic, lo 3d; Waihi. 19s sd: Grand Junction, CHRISTCHURCH, August 17. Sale renorted.— Bank of New Zealand, 63 s 9d. i Sales on 'Change.—New Zealand Government. 5] per cent. Inscribed Stock (1933 k, c£99 32s 6d; National Bank of Now Zealand, .£6 16s; Union Bank. .£ls; Hud-dart-Parker, 455; British Tobacco, 50s 9d; Mount Lvell, 25s 9d; Bank of New Zealand, 61s 9d. Sales reported: English, Scottish, and A. Bank. r£B 2s; N.Z. Breweries, 55s 6d: British Tobacco (ord.), 50s 9d: Bank of New South Wales (cum. divA *£44 12s 6d. DUNEDIN, August 17. Sale.—Dominion Rubber, 51s. Sales.—Mount Lyell. 25s 10d; St. Bath* aus (A issue). 2s discount INVERCARGILL. August 17. Sale reported: New Zealand Milk Pro* duets, 335. FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES Australian and N.Z Cable Association# • (Received August 17, 11.30 p.m.) LON lit - )N. August 16, Foreign rates of exchange, compared with par rates, or as averaged first half of 1914, are:

£ & d. £ s. d. Government Loans— Inscribed Stock (1938) — 96 15 0 Inscribed Stock (1033) — 99 12 6 War Bonds (1941) — 96 15 0 War Bonds (1938) 96 7 6 War Bonds (1930) 97 7 6 "War Bonds (1933) 99 7 6 P.O. Inscribed Stock (1927) 9$ 15 0 P.O. Bonds (1927) 98 15 0 Debentures— Wn. Pacing Club 03 10 0 _ N.Z. Breweries (bonds) 1 5 6 1 5 10 Banks— Australasia 14 4 0 National of N.Z 6 16 6 New South Wales *45 2 New Zealand 3 1 6 Union of Australia ... 15 1 6 Financial— Goldsbrough Mort 2 8 0 — Equitable Building ... 9 0 0 — N.Z. Guarantee Corp. (ord., 8s) 0 9 10 — Wn. Invest, Mortsra.ee and Deposit' 0 8 9 — N.Z. River Plate 1 3 0 — Wn. Invest. T. and A. 0 10 4 W n. Trust Loan 6 6 0 — AVn. Deposit and MortBago 0 9 6 0 10 i Wright - Stephenson (ord.) — 1 7 0 Gas— Wellington (ord.) 1 6 6 — Insurance— New- Zealand 1 19 3 — National 4 0 0 — Meat Preserving— N.Z. R e f r ig e rating (10s) 0 6 6 0 7 3 Gear — 1 IS 9 Transport— Huddart-Parkor (ord.) 2 5 6 Union Steam <,pref.) .... .1 0 *2 — Woollen— Wellington (pref.) *6 10 0 — Coal— Westport 1 16 0 — Westport - Stockton tpref.) 0 4 0 Waipa 0 13 6 — Timber— Levland O’Brien — 2 4 6 National — 0 17 6 Breweries— Crown 0 19 0 Manning and Co 1 19 0 — N.Z. Breweries 2 15 0 Staples and Co 1 16 10 1 17 6 Ward and Co — 2 4 0 Miscellaneous— Burns, Philp and Co. — 1 17 9 D.IC. (pref.) 1 0 6

E!ol1 roly tie Zinc (pref.) *1 16 3 — Howard Smith 1 12 3 — Newton Kin? (pref.) ... 0 n 9 — Wairarnpa Far mers* (pref.) 0 16 6 0 17 a Minin? — Kawarau 0 6 5 — *Cum div.

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