The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930

Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 September 1953Vol. XXIV, No. 2

Exchange Rates

p. 154 · Read in the full issue

FlJl.—Through BANK OF NSW, AM BANK and BANK OF NZ. Australia on Fir basis £lOO Fiji: Buying, £ All 1/2/6; Sellin £AII3. Fiji-London, basis £lOO Londoc B. £llO/12/6; S. £ll2. NZ-Fiji, basis £ll NZ: B. £lll/11/9; S. £llO/4/3.

SAMOA.— Through BANK OF I* Australia on Samoa, basis £lOO Samcp B. £ A123/12/6; S. £AI24/10/9. Samm London, basis £lOO London: £lOO/7/6; S. £lOl/10/-. Samoa-!* basis £lOO NZ: B. £100; S. £ 100/10,( Samoa-Fiji, basis £lOO Samoa: B. £l3.

S. £llO.

Papua-Ng.—Commonwealth Bam

(branches Port Moresby, Lae, Baba* Madang), BANK OF NSW (Port Moresif; Lae, Rabaul) and ANZ BANK (Pc' Moresby) quote exchange rate Austral:!

Papua-NG: 10/- per £lOO.

Bsl—Commonwealth Bank (Brain

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

FR. PACIFIC COLONIES.— Pacific fram most valuable of the three franc grove in French Union, are used In New Cae donia. New Hebrides, and Pr. Occam FRENCH BANK (Comptoir Nation D’Escompte de Paris) in Sydney quoo (nominally): 140 Pac. fr. to £Aust.; !

Pac. fr. to £stg.; 64 Pac. fr. to US $..