The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930

Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 September 1954Vol. XXV, No. 2

Exchange Rates

p. 162 · Read in the full issue

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

Samoa.—Through Bank Of Nz.

tralia on Samoa, basis £lOO Sa;

B. £ A123/12/6; S. £Ai24/10/9. Sai

London, basis £lOO London: B. £lOOl S. £lOl/10/-. Samoa-NZ, basis £lOO B. £100; S. £lOO/10/-. Samoa-Flji, £lOO Samoa: B. £111; S. £llO.

Papua - Ng.—Commonwealth Bj

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

Bsi.—Commonwealth Bank (Br

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

FR. PACIFIC COLONIES.—Pacific frs most valuable of the three franc gn in French Union, are used in New 0 donia, New' Hebrides, and Fr. Gees FRENCH BANK (Comptoir Nati D’Escompte de Paris) in Sydney qv (nominally): 145.78 Pac. fr. to £A( 176.72 Pac. fr. to £Stg.; 64.70 Pac; to US $.