The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930

Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 August 1956Vol. XXVII, No. 1

Exchange Rates

p. 170 · Read in the full issue

FlJl.—Through BANK OF NSV BANK and BANK OF NZ. Austi Fiji, basis £lOO Fiji: Buying. £A« Selling, £ All 3. Fiji-London. basic London: B. £llO/12/6; S. £ll2. basis £lOO NZ: B. £lll/11/9: S. £3 SAMOA.—Through BANK OF Nil tralia on Samoa, basis £lOO

B. £ A123/12/6: S. £Ai24/10/9.

London, basis £lOO London; B. £3 S. £lOl/10/-. Samoa-NZ, basis £' B. £100; S. £lOO/10/-. Samoa-FIl £lOO Samoa: B. £111: 8. £llO

Papua - Ng.—Commonwealth

(Port Moresby, Lae, Rabaul. 1 Madang, Wewak), BANK OF) (branches: Port Moresby. Lae, Rabaul, Madang, Samarai, agencies: Wau, Boroko, Kokopo) a: BANK (Port Moresby) quote e* rate Australia-Papua-NG; 10/- pea

Bsi.—Commonwealth Bank

at Honiara) quotes exchange ras tralla-BSI: 10/- per £lOO.

Fr. Pacific Colonies,—Pacific:

most valuable of the three frano in French Union, are used in Nea donla. New Hebrides, and Fr. • FRENCH BANK (Comptoir D’Escompte de Paris) in Sydney 1 Selling 140 Pac. fr. to £Aust.: 1 fr. to £Stg.; 63 Pac. fr. to US $..