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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 February 1964Vol. 35, No. 2

Exchange Rates

p. 125 · Read in the full issue

FlJl.—Through BANK OF NSW, ANZ ANK and BANK OF NZ. Australia on iji, basis £lOO Fiji; Buying, £Alll/2/6; elling, £ All 3. Fiji-London, basis £lOO ondon: B. £llO/15/-; S. £ll2. NZ-Fiji, asis £lOO NZ: B, £lll/11/9; S. illO/4/3.

SAMOA.—Through BANK OF NZ. Aus •alia on Samoa, basis £lOO Samoa; T. . B. £AI23/12/6; S. £AI24/10/9. Samoa ondon, basis £lOO London: B. £99/7/6; . £lOl/10/-. Samoa-NZ, basis £lOO NZ: . £100; S. £lOO/10/-. Samoa-Fiji basis >lOO Samoa: B. £111; S. £llO.

NORFOLK IS. —Commonwealth Bank uotes exchange rate Australia-Norfolk sland: 5/- per £AIOO.

Papua-Ng. Commonwealth Bank

Pt. Moresby, Lae, Rabaul, Goroka, Bulolo, lavieng, Madang, Wewak), BANK OF fSW (branches; Port Moresby, Lae, Bulolo, (abaul, Madang, Samarai, Goroka, gencies: Wau, Boroko, Kokopo), ANZ iANK (Port Moresby, Lae, Rabaul) and

(Ational Bank Of A/Asia. Port

loresby, Lae) quote exchange rate lUstralia-Papua-NG; 10/- per £AIOO.

French Pacific Colonies.—Pacific

rancs (CPF) are used in New Cale onia, New Hebrides, and Fr. Polynesia.

'RENCH BANK (Comptoir National FEscompte de Paris, Sydney), in Nov., 963, quoted; Selling, Noumea, 196 Pac. rancs to £ Aust.; Papeete 196 (nom.) •ac. francs to £ Aust.; 247 Pac. francs o £ Stg., 96.5 Pac. francs to US $; loumea 18 Pac. francs to 1 French ranc (conversion rate: 1 Pac. franc quals 0.055 French franc), Paris-London; Selling 13.711 francs to £Stg.