The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930

Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 March 1956Vol. XXVI, No.8

Exchange Rates

p. 162 · Read in the full issue

Fiji. —Through Bank Of Nsw, Am

BANK and BANK OF NZ. Australia on Fli basis £lOO Fiji: Buying. £Alll/2/6; Beilin. £ AJI3. Fiji-London, basis £lOO Londoo B. £llO/12/6; S. £ll2. NZ-FiJl, basis £ll NZ: B. £lll/11/9; S. £llO/4/3.

SAMOA.—Through BANK OF NZ. Am tralia on Samoa, basis £ 100 Samoo B. £ A123/12/6; S. £AI24/10/9. Samoo London, basis £lOO London: B. £lOO/7/0 S. £lOl/10/-. Samoa-NZ, basis £lOO NH B. £100; S. £lOO/10/-. Samoa-Fiji, ba!£ £lOO Samoa: B. £111; S. £llO.

Papua - Ng.—Commonwealth Bam

(Port Moresby, Lae, Rabaul, Kavien Madang), BANK OF NSW (branches: E Moresby, Lae, Bulolo, Rabaul. Madan, Samarai, Goroka; agencies; Wau, Borolc Kokopo) and ANZ BANK (Port Morestf; quote exchange rate Australia-Papua-NK 10/- per £lOO.

Bsi.—Commonwealth Bank (Brann

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

FR. PACIFIC COLONIES. —Pacific framr most valuable of the three franc grouu in French Union, are used in New Cafa donia. New Hebrides, and Fr. Ocean:n FRENCH BANK (Comptoir Natiom.

D’Escompte de Paris) in Sydney quote} Selling 140 Pac. fr. to £Aust.: 180 P£ c fr. to £Stg.; 63 Pac. fr. to US $.