The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930

Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 May 1955Vol. XXV, No. 10

Exchange Rates

p. 162 · Read in the full issue

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

Samoa.—Through Bank Of Nz.

tralia on Samoa, basis £lOO Sax

B. £ A123/12/6; S. £Ai24/10/9. Sax

London, basis £lOO London: B. £lOO9 S. £lOl/10/-. Samoa-NZ, basis £IOOC B. £100; S. £lOO/10/-. Samoa-Fiji, £lOO Samoa: B. £111; S. £llO.

Papua - Ng.—Commonwealth B 8

(Port Moresby, Lae, Rabaul, Kaw Madang), BANK OF NSW (branchesa Moresby, Lae, Bulolo, Rabaul, Maoj Samarai; agency: Wau) and ANZ Ba (Port Moresby) quote exchange Australia-Papua-NG: 10/- per £lOO.

Bsi.—Commonwealth Bank (Bn

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

FR. PACIFIC COLONIES.—Pacific in most valuable of the three franc gi' in French Union, are used in New 1 donia, New Hebrides, and Fr. Oces FRENCH BANK (Comptoir Natt fr. to £Stg.; 63 Pac. fr. to US $.

D’Escompte de Paris) in Sydney qm Selling 140 Pac. fr. to £Aust.: 180 *