The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930

Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 February 1952Vol. XXII, No. 7

Exchange Rates

p. 138 · Read in the full issue

The following exchange rates ex Sydney in February:— FlJl.—Through Bank of NSW and of NZ.—Australia on Fiji basis Fiji: Buying. £Alll/2/6; Selling, i Fiji-London, basis £lOO London: mg, £llO/12/6; Selling, £ll2.

NZ-Fiji, basis £lOO NZ; Bi £lll/11/9; Selling, £llO/4/3.

SAMOA.—Through Bank of NZ.tralia on Samoa, basis £lOO Si Buying, £AI23/12/6; Selling, £AI24 Samoa-London, basis £lOO Lo Buying, £lOO/7/6; Selling, £lOl/10/ Samoa-NZ, basis £lOO NZ: B £100; Selling, £lOO/10/-.

Samoa-Fiji, basis £lOO Samoa: Bi £111; Selling, £llO.

PAPUA - NG.—Commonwealth (branches P. Moresby, Lae, Rj Madang) and Bank of NSW (P. Mo: Lae, Rabaul) quote exchange rate tralia-Papua-NG as 10/- per £lOO.

BSl.—Commonwealth Bank (branc Honiara) quotes exchange rate tralia-BSI as 10/- per £lOO.

FR. PACIFIC COLONIES.—Pacific fl most valuable of the three franc g in French Union, are used in N. donia, N. Hebrides, and Fr. Oce French Bank in Sydney quotes (nc ally): 141.75 Pac. fr. to £Aust.; 1 Pac. fr. to £Stg.; 64 Pac. fr. to US