Exchange Rates
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Rubber
Plantation
Papuan Rubber Prices Under Australian Government Control—Payable on Plantation or Nearby Port, per lb., Australian Currency:
London Para.
Smoked Price on— per lb. per lb.
January 6. 1933 4 3 / 4 d 2.43o July 7 . .. 5%d 3.71d January 5, 1934 4V 4 d 4.28d July 6 5Vad 7.06d January 4, 1935 5d 6%d July 5 .. . 5d 7%d January 3, 1936 6 3 / 4 d 6%d June 5 9d 7V 4 d January 8, 1937 1/2 lOVad June 4 lid 9%d January 7, 1938 7V 4 d 7d July 1 6 3 / 4 d 7V 4 d January 6, 1JT39 7d 8Vsd July 7 7%d 8V 4 d January 5. 1940 . 13d 11.6%d July 5 .. . 15d 12 3 / 4 d January 3, 1941 . 13d 12.47y a d April 4 15d 14V#d June 6 16*/sd 13.5%d 4ugust 1 17d 13Vid October 10 —Price officially fixed at 13%d
Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 September, 1943 . 1/6 V 2 1/4 1/2 September, 1944 . 1/6% 1/5% 1/3% July, 1944 • .. . 1/4 % 1/3 % 1/1 %