The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930

Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 April 1954Vol. XXIV, No. 9

Exchange Rates

p. 154 · Read in the full issue

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

Samoa.— Through Bank Of Nz

Australia on Samoa, basis £lOO Samoa B. £ A123/12/6; 8. £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-Fijl, basis £lOO Samoa: B. £111; S. £llO.

Papua-Ng.—Commonwealth Bank

(Port Moresby, Lae, Rabaul, Kavieng, Madang), BANK OF NSW (branches: Pt Moresby, Lae, Bulolo, Rabaul, Madang, Samarai; agency: Wau) 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 group? in French Union, are used In New Cale donia, New Hebrides, and Fr. Oceania.

FRENCH BANK (Comptoir National D’Escompte de Paris) in Sydney quotes (nominally): 145.78 Pac. fr. to £Aust.; 176.72 Pac. fr, to £Stg.; 64.70 Pac. fr. to US $.