Exchange Rates
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FlJl.—Through BANK OF NSW, .
BANK and BANK OF NZ. Australia on basis £lOO Fiji: Buying. £Alll/2/6; Sell £AII3. Fiji-London, basis £lOO Lorn B. £llO/12/6; S. £ll2. NZ-Fiji, basis i NZ: B. £lll/11/9; S. £llO/4/3.
SAMOA.—Through BANK OF NZ. i tralia on Samoa, basis £lOO Sac
B. £ A123/12/6; S. £Ai24/10/9. San
London, basis £lOO London: B. £lOO/ S. £lOl/10/-. Samoa-NZ, basis £lOO B. £100; S. £lOO/10/-. Samoa-Fiji, b £lOO Samoa: B. £111; S. £llO.
Papua - Ng.—Commonwealth Ba
(Port Moresby, Lae, Rabaul, Kavii Madang), BANK OF NSW (branches:: Moresby, Lae, Bulolo, Rabaul, MadJ Samarai; agency: Wau) and ANZ BA (Port Moresby) quote exchange Australia-Papua-NG: 10/- per £lOO.
Bsl—Commonwealth Bank (Bra
at Honiara) quotes exchange rate I tralia-BSI: 10/- per £lOO.
FK. PACIFIC COLONIES.—Pacific fra most valuable of the three franc gro in French Union, are used in New C donia, New Hebrides, and Fr. Oceas FRENCH BANK (Comptoir Natii D’Escompte de Paris) in Sydney quo Selling 140 Pac. fr. to £Aust.; 180 fr. to £Stg.; 63 Pac. fr. to US $.
The Norwegian steamer Gora has been chartered by the Nio Co., at Noumea, for 15 months t will carry nickel ore from the m ing centres to the smelters Noumea between voyages to M tralia for coal and coke.