The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930

Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 April 1955Vol. XXV, No. 9

Exchange Rates

p. 170 · Read in the full issue

FlJl.—Through BANK OF NSH BANK and BANK OF NZ. Australia basis £lOO Fiji: Buying, £Alll/2/6; £AII3. Fiji-London, basis £lOO I B. £llO/12/6; S. £ll2. NZ-Fiji, basi NZ: B. £lll/11/9; S. £llO/4/3.

Samoa.—Through Bank Of Nz

tralia on Samoa, basis £lOO

B. £ A123/12/6; S. £Ai24/10/9.

London, basis £lOO London: B. £'.

S. £lOl/10/-. Samoa-NZ, basis £1 B. £100; S. £lOO/10/-. Samoa-Fij £lOO Samoa: B. £111; S. £llO.

Papua - Ng.—Commonwealth!

(Port Moresby, Lae, Rabaul, R Madang), BANK OF NSW (branch Moresby, Lae, Bulolo, Rabaul, V.

Samarai; agency: Wau) and ANZ! (Port Moresby) quote exchange Australia-Papua-NG: 10/- per £lOl

Bsl—Commonwealth Bank

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

Fr. Pacific Colonies.—Pacific;

most valuable of the three franc in French Union, are used in Nev donia, New Hebrides, and Fr. C FRENCH BANK (Comptoir N D’Escompte de Paris) in Sydney Selling 140 Pac. fr. to £Aust.; 1J fr. to £Stg.; 63 Pac. fr. to US $.