The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930

Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 August 1955Vol. XXVI, No.1

Exchange Rates

p. 170 · Read in the full issue

FlJl.—Through BANK OF NSW, BANK and BANK OF NZ. Australia on i basis £lOO Fiji: Buying, £Alll/2/6; Sell; £ All 3. Fiji-London, basis £lOO Lone B. £llO/12/6; S. £ll2. NZ-Fijl, basis ; NZ: B. £lll/11/9; S. £llO/4/3.

Samoa.—Through Bank Of Nz.

tralia on Samoa, basis £lOO Sau

B. £ A123/12/6; S. £Ai24/10/9. Sau

London, basis £lOO London: B. £IOO,C S. £lOl/10/-. Samoa-NZ, basis £lOO ( B. £100; S. £lOO/10/-. Samoa-Fiji, 1 £lOO Samoa: B. £111; S. £llO.

Papua - Ng.—Commonwealth Be

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

Bsl—Commonwealth Bank (Brt

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

FR. PACIFIC COLONIES.—Pacific frn most valuable of the three franc gnj in French Union, are used in New » donia. New Hebrides, and Pr. Oceo FRENCH BANK (Comptoir Natl.

D’Escompte de Paris) in Sydney quu Selling 140 Pac. fr. to £Aust.: 180 ( fr. to £Stg.; 63 Pac. fr. to US $.