The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930

Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 June 1956Vol. XXVI, No.11

Exchange Rates

p. 170 · Read in the full issue

FlJl.—Through BANK OF NSW, ANI BANK and BANK OF NZ. Australia o Fiji, basis £lOO Fiji: Buying, £Alll/2/fi Selling, £ All 3. Fiji-London, basis £lO London: B. £llO/12/6; S. £ll2. NZ-Fiji basis £lOO NZ; B. £lll/11/9; S. £llO/4/;' SAMOA.—Through BANK OF NZ. Aus tralia on Samoa, basis £lOO Samos B. £ A123/12/6; S. £AI24/10/9. Samoa; London, basis £lOO London: B. 100/7/6 S. £lOl/10/-. Samoa-NZ, basis £lOO NZ B. £100; S. £lOO/10/-. Samoa-Fiji, basi; £lOO Samoa: B. £111; s. £llO.

Papua - Ng.—Commonwealth Bant

(Port Moresby, Lae, Rabaul, Kavieng Madang), BANK OF NSW (branches; Pf Moresby, Lae, Bulolo, Rabaul, Madang Samarai, Goroka; agencies: Wau, Boroko Kokopo) and ANZ BANK (Port Moresbyv quote exchange rate Australia-Papua-NGc 10/- per £ 100.

Bsi.—Commonwealth Bank (Brancc

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

FR. PACIFIC COLONIES.—Pacific franca; most valuable of the three franc groupq in French Union, are used in New Calea donia, New Hebrides, and Fr. Oceania* FRENCH BANK (Comptoir Nationa D’Escompte de Paris) in Sydney quotes* Selling 140 Pac. fr. to £Aust.: 177 Pao fr. to £ Stg.; 63 Pac. fr. to US $.