The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930

Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 August 1953Vol. XXIV, No. 1

Exchange Rates

p. 152 · Read in the full issue

Fiji.— -Through Bank Of Nsw, Anz

BANK and BANK OF NZ. Australia on Fill basis £lOO Fiji: Buying, £Alll/2/6; Selling’ £ All 3. Fiji-London, basis £lOO London-’

B. £llO/12/6; S. £ll2. NZ-Fijl, basis £lOO 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-Flji, basis £lOO Samoa: B £lii : S. £llO. '

Papua-Ng.—Commonwealth Bank

(branches Port Moresby, Lae Rabaul Madang). BANK OF NSW (Port Moresby"

Lae, Rabaul) and ANZ BANK (Port : Moresby) quote exchange rate Australia-• Papua-NG: 10/- per £lOO.

Bsi.—Commonwealth Bank (Branch!

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

FR. PACIFIC COLONIES.—Pacific francs most valuable of the three franc in French Union, are used in New Cale donia, New Hebrides, and Fr. Oceania FRENCH BANK (Comptolr National i D’Escompte de Paris) in Sydney quotes* (nominally): 140 Pac. fr. to £Aust • 176< Pac. fr. to £stg.; 64 Pac. fr. to US $