The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930

Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 November 1953Vol. XXIV, No. 4

Exchange Rates

p. 160 · Read in the full issue

FlJl.—Through BANK OF NSW BANK and BANK OF NZ. Australia x oasis £lOO Fiji: Buying, £ AIII/2/6; :; £AII3. Fiji-London. basis £lOO U B. £llO/12/6; S. £ll2. NZ-Fiji, basß, NZ: B. £lll/11/9; S. £llO/4/3.

SAMOA.— Through BANK OO Australia on Samoa, basis £lOO

B. £ A123/12/6; S. £Ai24/10/9.

London, basis £lOO Londonc £lOO/7/6; S. £lOl/10/-. Sam basis £lOO NZ: B. £100; S. £IU Samoa-Fiji, basis £lOO Samoa: 8..£ S. £llO.

Papua-Ng—Commonwealth

(branches Port Moresby, Lae, I Madang), BANK OF NSW (branclric Moresby, Lae, Bulolo, Rabaul, M/L agency: Wau) and ANZ BANK 2 Moresby) quote exchange rate Au,n Papua-NG: 10/- per £lOO.

Bsi.—Commonwealth Bank (I

at Honiara) quotes exchange ratdj traiia-BSI: 10/- per £lOO.

Fit. PACIFIC COLONIES.—Pacific o most valuable of the three franc o in French Union, are used in New donia, New Hebrides, and Fr. OO FRENCH BANK (Comptoir N/.

D’Escompte de Paris) in Sydney (nominally): 140 Pac. fr. to £Ausjl Pac. fr. to £stg.; 64 Pac. fr, to UIU