The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930

Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 November 1954Vol. XXV, No. 4

Exchange Rates

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FlJl—Through BANK OF NSW, AN2 BANK and BANK OF NZ. Australia on Fiji basis £lOO Fiji; Buying, £Alll/2/6; Selling £AII3. Fiji-London, basis £lOO London B. £llO/12/6; S. £ll2. NZ-Fiji, basis £10( NZ: B. £lll/11/9; S. £llO/4/3.

SAMOA.— Through BANK OF NZ. Aus tralia on Samoa, basis £lOO Samoa B. £ A123/12/6; S. £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-Fiji, basi £lOO Samoa: B. £111; S. £llO.

Papua - Ng.—Commonwealth Ban!

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

Bsi.—Commonwealth Bank (Brand

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

FR. PACIFIC COLONIES.—Pacific francs most valuable of the three franc group in French Union, are used in New Gale donia, New Hebrides, and Fr. Oceania FRENCH BANK (Comptoir Nationa D’Escompte de Paris) in Sydney quote (nominally): 140 Pac. fr. to £Aust. 168 Pac. fr. to £Stg.; 63 Fac. fi to US $.