asked the Taoiseach if he will state the names of the companies the ordinary stocks and shares of which are taken into account in calculating the price index numbers set out in number 35 Economic Series; and whether a straight or loaded average of such prices is taken.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Price Index: Companies Stocks and Shares.
1.
I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to circulate in the Official Report a statement giving the names of the companies the ordinary stocks and shares of which were taken into account in calculating the price index number of ordinary stocks and shares in January, 1959. This list is amended from time to time. In January of each year the list of companies is revised and if the stock or shares of any company have not been dealt in during the previous 12 months the company is excluded from the list. When there is a new quotation for the stock or shares of the company it is again inserted in the list.
In compiling the index for each month the amount of stock or shares issued in respect of each company is valued at the corresponding price shown in the stock and share list issued by the Dublin Stock Exchange for the beginning of that month. The resulting figures for the values of stocks and shares of all companies are aggregated and divided by the corresponding aggregate for the previous month. The ratio of the two aggregates is multiplied by the index for the preceding month in order to obtain the current index. In computing the aggregates adjustments have to be made for new capital issues and for bonus issues in order to obtain corresponding aggregates for each pair of two succeeding months.
Following is the statement:—
The names of the companies the ordinary stocks and shares of which were taken into account in calculating the Price Index Number of Ordinary Stocks and Shares in January 1959.
Banks:
Bank of Ireland.
Munster and Leinster Bank, Ltd.
Royal Bank of Ireland, Ltd.
Breweries and Distilleries:
Cairnes Ltd.
Power John & Son, Ltd.
Smithwicks Brewery (Holdings), Ltd.
Financial Trusts, etc.:
Industrial Credit Co., Ltd.
Insurance Corporation of Ireland, Ltd.
Irish National Insurance Co., Ltd.
New Ireland Assurance Co., Ltd.
Irish Investment Co., Ltd.
Gas:
Alliance and Dublin Consumers' Gas Co.
Bakery and Milling:
Bolands, Ltd.
Ranks (Ireland) Ltd.
Drapery Companies:
Arnott & Co., Dublin, Ltd.
Cannock & Co., Ltd.
Crowe Wilson & Co., Ltd.
McBirney & Co., Ltd.
Switzer & Co., Ltd.
Todd Burns & Co., Ltd.
Commercial, Industrial, etc.:
Arklow Pottery, Ltd.
Associated Properties, Ltd.
Bacon Co., of Ireland, Ltd.
Batchelors Limited.
Blackwater Cottons, Ltd.
Bradmola Mills, Ltd.
Braids, Ltd.
Brooks Thomas & Co., Ltd.
Burke (Edward & John), Ltd.
Butlins Irish and Continental Holidays Ltd.
Cahill (P.C.) & Co., Ltd.
Carroll (P.J.) & Co., Ltd.
Cement, Ltd.
Central Hotel Co., Ltd.
Clondalkin Paper Mills, Ltd.
Commercial Buildings (Dublin) Ltd.
Crean (J.) & Son (1936) Ltd.
Dickens Leather Co., Ltd.
Dockrell (Thomas) Sons & Co., Ltd.
Dolphin Hotel & Restaurant Co., and Michael Nugent, Ltd.
Dublin Artisans' Dwellings Co., Ltd.
Dublin (South) City Market Co.
Ever Ready (Ireland), Ltd.
General Textiles, Ltd.
Goodbody (J. & L. F.), Ltd.
Goulding (W. & H. M.), Ltd.
Greenmount and Boyne Linen Co., Ltd.
Gresham Hotel Co., Ltd.
Halliday (John) & Sons, Ltd.
Hammond Lane Foundry Co., Ltd.
Helys, Ltd.
Independent Newspapers, Ltd.
Irish Cinemas, Ltd.
Irish Civil Service Permanent Building Society.
Irish Dunlop Co., Ltd.
Irish Glass Bottle Co., Ltd.
Irish Oil and Cake Mills, Ltd.
Irish Ropes, Ltd.
Irish Shoe Supplies (1946), Ltd.
Irish Tanners, Ltd.
Irish Wire Products, Ltd.
Irish Worsted Mills, Ltd.
Jacob (W. & R.) & Co., Ltd.
Kapp & Petersons, Ltd.
Killeen Paper Mills, Ltd.
Leethems (Ireland), Ltd.
Lincoln & Nolan (Holdings), Ltd.
Martin (T. & C.), Ltd.
Masser-Waterford Ironfounders, Ltd.
May Roberts (Ireland), Ltd.
McKenzie (Thos.) & Sons, Ltd.
Merchants Warehousing Co., Ltd.
Metal Products (Cork), Ltd.
Mooney (J.G.) & Co., Ltd.
Moore (Hugh) & Alexanders, Ltd.
Plunder & Pollak (Ireland), Ltd.
Polikoff (Ireland), Ltd.
Pye (Ireland), Ltd.
Rawson (John) & Sons (Ireland), Ltd.
Roadstone, Ltd.
Salts (Ireland), Ltd.
Seafield Fabrics, Ltd.
Shelbourne Hotel, Ltd.
Silvermines Lead & Zinc Co., Ltd.
Smyth & Co., Ltd.
Solus Teoranta (Light, Ltd.).
Springs, Ltd.
Stephens Green Cinema, Ltd.
Sunbeam Wolsey, Ltd.
Swift Brook Paper Mills, Ltd.
Thom (Alex) & Co., Ltd.
Thwaites (A. & R.) & Co., Ltd.
Torc Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Unidare, Ltd.
Walkers, Ltd.
Watson (Joshua) & Co., Ltd.
Williams & Woods, Ltd.
Williams (H.) & Co., Ltd.
Would the Parliamentary Secretary mind explaining that more simply? Could he tell me whether the list he is now circulating is the revised list as of January, 1959 or the list from January of last year?
January 1959.
Thank you.