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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 April 1972Vol. 43, No. 4

Exchange Rates

p. 105 · Read in the full issue

FIJI.— - Through Bank of NSW, ANZ Bank Bank of NZ, Bank of Baroda, First National C'ty Bank. Sterling £ on Fiji $, buying £1 = SF2 085; sellingi £1 = $2.11. Aust. $ on Fiji b $ u F Y |n g 5A1.0117 = SFI, selling 5A1.0288 WESTERN SAMOA.—Through Bank of Western controlled from NZ, seller $A1.2470 to SWS Tala 1.

Norfolk Is., Papua New Gulnea.—Aus

tralian currency used; no exchange payable in transactions with Australia.

,™NCH PACIFIC COLONIES.—Pacific francs

CFP) are used in New Caledonia, New Hebrides (Jointly with Australian dollars), Wallis and Futuna Is., and Fr. Polynesia. French Bank, Sydney, on Mar. 22, quoted: Selling, Noumea and Papeete, 105.73 Pac. francs to the sAust.; Pans-London: Buying, 13.2125 francs to the n ,C cJ.T e l rcial and im P ort transactions). 12.9025 francs to the £ (financial —nearly all other transactions). Also £ equals 240 (buying) 239.8181 (selling) Pac. francs; 5.50 CFP to 1 metropolitan franc.

Banks should be approached for daily quotes.