The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930

Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 March 1953Vol. XXIII, No. 8

Exchange Rates

p. 138 · Read in the full issue

FlJl.—Through BANK OF NSW, AN2 BANK and BANK OF NZ. Australia on Fiji basis £lOO Fiji; Buying, £Alll/2/6; Selling £ All 3. Fiji-London, basis £lOO London; B. £llO/12/6; S. £ll2. NZ-Fiji, basis £ lOC NZ: B. £lll/11/9; S. £llO/4/3.

Samoa.— Through Bank Of Nz,

Australia on Samoa, basis £lOO Samoa; B. £ A123/12/6; S. £AI24/10/9. Samoa- London, basis £lOO London: B, £lOO/7/6; S. £lOl/10/-. Samoa-NZ, basis £lOO NZ: B. £100; S. £lOO/10/-.

Samoa-Fiji, basis £lOO Samoa: B. £ ill; 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.

Bsl—Commonwealth Bank (Branch

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

FR. PACIFIC COLONIES.—Pacific francs, most valuable of the three franc groups In French Union, are used in New Cale donia, New Hebrides, and Fr. Oceania.

FRENCH BANK (Comptoir National D’Escompte de Paris) in Sydney quotes (nominally): 140 Pac. fr. to £Aust.; 175 Pac. fr. to £stg.; 64 Pac. fr. to US $.