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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 March 1952Vol. XXII, No. 8

Exchange Rates

p. 138 · Read in the full issue

The following exchange rates existJ Sydney in March;— FlJl.—Through Bank of NSW and B.” of NZ.—Australia on Fiji basis £3 Fiji: Buying, £Alll/2/6; Selling, £A f Fiji-London, basis £lOO London: B 3 ing, £llO/12/6; Selling, £ll2.

NZ-Piji, basis £lOO NZ: Buyi’ £lll/11/9; Selling, £llO/4/3.

SAMOA.—Through Bank of NZ. —A tralia on Samoa, basis £lOO Sann Buying, £ A123/12/6; Selling, £AI24/1(J Samoa-London, basis £lOO Lond) Buying. £lOO/7/6; Selling, £lOl/10/-.; Samoa-NZ, basis £lOO NZ: Buy^ £100; Selling, £lOO/10/-.

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

PAPUA - NG. —Commonwealth BJ (branches P. Moresby, Lae, Rab;c Madang) and Bank of NSW (P. Mores?

Lae, Rabaul) quote exchange rate A tralia-Papua-NG as 10/- per £lOO.

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

FR. PACIFIC COLONIES.—Pacific fra:* most valuable of the three franc grro in French Union, are used in N. CZ donia, N. Hebrides, and Fr. Oceai* French Bank in Sydney quotes (nom ally): 141.75 Pac. fr. to £Aust.; 178' Pac. fr. to £Stg.; 64 Pac. fr. to US S.S