The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930

Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 April 1953Vol. XXIII, No. 9

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. £ All 1/2/6; Sellinfl £AII3. Fiji-London, basis £lOO London; B. £llO/12/6; S. £ll2. NZ-Fiji, basis £ 10C 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-NZj basis £lOO NZ: B. £100; S. £lOO/10/1 Samoa-Flji, basis £lOO Samoa: B. £111; S. £llO.

Papua-Ng.—Commonwealth Bans

(branches Port Moresby, Lae, Rabaul, 1 Madang) and BANK OF NSW (Port Moresby, Lae, Rabaul) quote exchangl rate Australia-Papua-NG: 10/- per £IOOJ

Bsi.—Commonwealth Bank (Brancl

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

FR. PACIFIC COLONIES.— Pacific franc} most valuable of the three franc group! in French Union, are used In New Cale donia, New Hebrides, and Fr. Oceaniaii FRENCH BANK (Comptoir Nations D’Escompte de Paris) in Sydney quote (nominally): 140 Pac. fr. to £Aust.; 178 Pac. fr. to £stg.; 64 Pac. fr. to US $.