The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930

Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 October 1952Vol. XXIII, No. 3

Exchange Rates

p. 138 · Read in the full issue

FlJl.—Through BANK OF NSW ano, BANK OF NZ. Australia on Fiji, basii £lOO Fiji; Buying, £Alll/2/6; Selling! £ All 3. Fiji-London, basis £lOO Londonx B. £llO/12/6; S. £ll2. NZ-Fiji, basis £10(K NZ: B, £lll/11/9; S. £llO/4/3.

Samoa.— Through Bank Of Nzs

Australia on Samoa, basis £lOO Samoa!

B. £ A123/12/6; S. £AI24/10/9. Samoa-j London, basis £lOO London: BE £lOO/7/6; S. £lOl/10/-. Samoa-NZS basis £lOO NZ: B. £100; S. £lOO/10/-.- Samoa-Fiji, basis £lOO Samoa: B. £111;J S. £llO.

Papua-Ng.—Commonwealth Bank*

(branches Port Moresby, Lae, Rabaul,!

Madang) and BANK OF NSW (Port-; Moresby, Lae, Rabaul) quote exchange; rate Australia-Papua-NG: 10/- per £lOO.O

Bsl—Commonwealth Bank (Branchi

at Honiara) quotes exchange rate Aus-< tralia-BSI: 10/- per £lOO.

FR. PACIFIC COLONIES.—Pacific francs,a most valuable of the three franc groupsc in French Union, are used in New Cale-~: donia, New Hebrides, and Fr. Oceania.!

FRENCH BANK (Comptoir D’Escompte de Paris) in Sydney quotes: (nominally): 140 Pac. fr, to £Aust.; 1755' Pac. fr. to £stg.; 64 Pac. fr. to US $.