The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930

Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 October 1954Vol. XXV, No. 3

Exchange Rates

p. 170 · Read in the full issue

FlJl.—Through BANK OF NSW, BANK and BANK OF NZ. Australia or basis £lOO Fiji; Buying, £ All 1/2/6; Se £AII3. Fiji-London, basis £lOO Loi 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. Sa

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

Papua - Ng.—Commonwealth I

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

Bsl—Commonwealth Bank (B)

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

FR. PACIFIC COLOnpES.—Pacific fi most valuable of the three franc g in French Union, are used in New donia, New Hebrides, and Fr. 0« FRENCH BANK (Comptoir Nat D’Escompte de Paris) in Sydney q (nominally): 145.78 Pac. fr. to £j 176.72 Pac. fr. to £Stg.; 64.70 Pa to US $.