Exchange Rates

The following exchange quotations, gathered in Sydney, show the rates existing in Sydney on December 18:

Fiji—Through Bank Of N.S.W.

And Bank Of New Zealand

Australia on Fiji on basis of £lOO Fiji: Buying £Alll/2/6, selling £AII3.

Fiji-London on basis £lOO London:

Direct Telegraphic Transfer

Selling Rates

Quoted by

Bank Of New South Wales

in Australia

Western Samoa—Through

Bank Of N.Z.

Exchange, Australia on Western Samoa, basis £lOO Samoa—buying £AIOO, selling £AIOO/10/-.

Exchange, Samoa on London, basis £lOO in London; —

New Caledonia—Through

French Bank

Drafts, Sydney-Noumea and Noumea-Sydney, are on the basis of current rate of exchange on Paris, less 1J per cent, either way. As quoted by the Comptoir National, in Sydney, and the Bank of Indo-Chine, Noumea: On December 18, when the Australian £ was nominally worth 85.84 francs. £lOO Australian would purchase a credit in Noumea of 8,584 francs.

New Guinea And Papua

Through Commonwealth

Bank

From Australia, Pt. Moresby, £1 per cent.; on Rabaul 10/- per cent.—Other New Guinea districts £1 per cent.

From Rabaul on London, same as Australia on London: — Buying: T.T. £AI2S equals £stg. 100.

Selling: T.T. £AI2S/10/- equals £stg. 100.

Through Bank Of N.B.W.

Australia, on Papua, £1 per cent, premium each way, equivalent to commission of £1 per cent.; Australia, on Rabaul, 10/- per cent, premium.

Papua and New Guinea on London: Same aa Australia on London and rice versa.

Buying. Selling.

Telegraphic transfer .. £110 15 0 £112 0 0 On demand £110 12 6 £111 17 6

Australia on Papeete Francs to £ Australian Average for week ended 30/11/36 .. 82.59 Average for week ended 7/12/36 .. 82.60 Average for week ended 14/12/36 .. 82.59 Australia on Noumea Francs to £ Australian Average for week ended 30/11/36 .. 82.74 Average for week ended 7/12/36 .. 82.75 Average for week ended 14/12/36 . . 82.74

Buying. Selling.

Telegraphic transfer £125 0 0 On Demand .. .. £123 0 0 124 17 < 30 days ... 122 15 0 124 15 0 60 days 122 10 0 124 12 t 90 days 122 5 0 124 10 0 120 days 122 0 0 124 7 6