The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930

Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 July 1956Vol. XXVI, No.12

Exchange Rates

p. 174 · Read in the full issue

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

SAMOA.—Through BANK OF NZ. Aus tralia on Samoa, basis £lOO Samoa: B. £AI23/12/6; S. £AI24/10/9. Samoa- London, basis £lOO London: B. £lOO/7/6; S. £lOl/10/-. Samoa-NZ, basis £lOO NZ: B. £100; S. £lOO/10/-. Samoa-Fiji, basis £lOO Samoa: B. £111; s. £llO.

Papua - Ng.—Commonwealth Bank

(Port Moresby, Lae, Rabaul, Kavieng, Madang), BANK OF NSW (branches: Pt.

Moresby, Lae. Bulolo, Rabaul, Madang, Samarai, Goroka; agencies: Wau, Boroko, Kokopo) and ANZ BANK (Port Moresby) quote exchange rate Australia-Papua-NG -10- per £inn

Bsl—Commonwealth Bank (Branch

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

FR. PACIFIC COLONIES,—Pacific francs, most valuable of the' three franc groups in French Union, are used in New Cale donia. New Hebrides, and Fr. Oceania.

FRENCH BANK (Comptoir National D’Escompte de Paris) in Sydney quotes: Selling 140 Pac. fr. to £Aust.: 177 Pac fr. to £Stg.; 63 Pac. fr. to US $