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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 May 1973Vol. 44, No. 5

Exchange Rates

p. 114 · Read in the full issue

FlJl.— Through Bank of NSW, ANZ Bank, Bank of NZ, bank of Baroda, First National City Bank. Sterling £ on Fiji $, buying £1 = $F1.9750, selling £1 = 5F2.00. Aust. $ on Fiji $, buying $A0.8735 = SFI, selling $A0.8907

= Sfi.

WESTERN SAMOA.— Through Bank of Western Samoa, controlled from NZ, SWS. Tala 1 = $ A 1.1424 (buying), $A1.1597 (selling).

Norfolk Is., Papua New Gulnea.—Aus

tralian currency used; no exchange payable in transactions with Australia, FRENCH 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 April 11, quoted: Selling, Noumea and Papeete, Pac francs to the sAust., 116.21 (commercial —export and import trans actions), 115.80 (financial) —nearly all other transactions). Paris-London: Buying 11.2500 francs to the £ (commercial); 11.2300 francs to the £ (financial). Also £ equals 204.1818 (buy ing), 204.5454 (selling) Pac. francs; 5.50 CFP to 1 metropolitan franc.

Banks should be approached for daily quotes.