The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930

Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 January 1954Vol. XXIV, No. 6

Exchange Rates

p. 162 · Read in the full issue

FlJl.—Through BANK OF NSW, ANIi BANK and BANK OF NZ. Australia on Fiji oasis £lOO Fiji: Buying, £Alll/2/6; Selling £ All 3. Fiji-London, basis £lOO Londom B. £llO/12/6; S. £ll2. NZ-Fiji, basis £10) NZ; B. £lll/11/9; S. £llO/4/3.

SAMOA.— Through BANK OF N 2 Australia on Samoa, basis £lOO Samos B £ A123/12/6; S. £AI24/10/9. Samoa* London, basis £lOO London: H £lOO/7/6; S. £lOl/10/-. Samoa-NS basis £lOO NZ: B. £100; S. £lOO/10/-' Samoa-Fiji, basis £lOO Samoa: B. £lll S. £llO.

Papua-Ng.—Commonwealth Bani

(Port Moresby, Lae, Rabaul, Kavieng.

Madang), BANK OF NSW (branches: P( c Moresby, Lae, Bulolo, Rabaul, Madang, Samarai; agency: Wau) and ANZ BANI (Port Moresby) quote exchange ratf Australia-Papua-NG: 10/- per £lOO.

Bsi.—Commonwealth Bank (Branch

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

FK. PACIFIC COLONIES.—Pacific francio most valuable of the three franc groupi in French Union, are used in New Gala donla, New Hebrides, and Fr. Oceania) FRENCH BANK (Comptoir National D’Esoompte de Paris) in Sydney quote; (nominally): 140 Pac. fr. to £Aust.; 175* Pac. fr to £stg.; 64 Pac. fr. to US $.