EXCHANGE RATES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 276, 21 November 1932, Page 4

EXCHANGE RATES.

FOREIGN QUOTATIONS. STERLING SLIPS FURTHER. (British Official Wireless.) (Received 11 a.m. 7 RUGBY, November 19. Foreign exchanges on London to-day, compared with rates previously quoted N'iv 19. Nov. 18. Par. Montreal, dol. . 3.775 3.78 4.BtW New York, dol. 3.30.) 4.8*>6 Paris, franc .. 83 15-16 84.025 124.21 Brussels, belga 23.755 23 27-32 35 Geneva, fr. ... 17 3-32 2 Amsterdam, fl. 8.185 B.L2u 1-.107 Milan, lire 64.25 64.5 '"-'jS Berlin, r.m. ... 13.825 13.9 20.43 Stockholm, kr. 18.825 18.825 18.159 Copenhagen, kr. 19.35 19.25 IS.IoO Oslo, kr? ..... 19.625 19.625 18.159 Vienna, sch. .. 28 2S 34.585 Prague, kr. .... 111 111.37 d 164.-5 Helsingfors. mk. 230 230 129.23 Madrid, pes. .. 40,25 ,7^ Lisbon, escu. .. 109 109 110 Athens, dr. ... 580 580 3i5 Bucharest, lei . 567.5 555 813.6 Rio, mil 5.375 5.5 5.9 d Montevideo, dol. 30 30 Did Bombav, rupee 1813-1 ClB 7-3- lSd Shanghai, taels 21.625 2111-16 • Hongkong, dol. 10 0;1« o. -o Yokohama, yen 14.u 1411-16 -4.5S Batavia, fl. ... — Warsaw, zlotls — 29.62 Belgrade .... — 24u -iG.3I All quotations are for cable transfers. •Determined on the price of silver.

CUSTOMS ASSESSMENTS,

Rates of exchange ruling at the announced date of departure of the vessels named are shown in the following table. They are subject to confirmation by the Customs Department when the exact time of departure is learned on the arrival of the vessels in New Zealand, finally declared being marked Canadian Leader, Canada, dollars . 3.68£ City of Adelaide, America, dollars . 3.291 Golden Coast, America, dollars ... 3.30| Port Hunter, America, dollars .... 3.283 Aorangi, Canada, dollars 3.77 Melbourne Maru, Japan, yen lO.oOd DOLLARS TO £1. Current dollar exchanges as quoted by the New Zealand banks are as under, compared with previous quotations:— U.S. DOLLARS TO £1. Nov. 9. Nov. 12. Nov. IG. Nov. 21. Buying ... 3.40 3.42 3.42 3.40 Selling ... 3.20 3.22 3.22 3.20 CANADIAN DOLLARS TO £1. Nov. 0. Nov. 12. Nov. 16. Nov. 21. Buying ... 3.00 3.82 3.88 3.80 Selling ... 3.70 3.62 3.bS 3.69 The rates quoted are for the conversion of dollars into English currency or English currency into dollars. Exchange is charged or allowed on drafts or bills drawn in dollars in the same way as if drawn in English currency.

ONE POUND IS WORTH? One pound in Auckland to-day is worth approximately: — 18/ in London. 12/3 (2 dollars 86 cents) . . in New York. 1!/ (3 dollars -l cents) ... in Montreal. 12/3 (7C4 francs) in Paris. 12/4 (12J marks) in Berlin. 30/1 (13| yen) in Yokohama. 12/3 (7J florins) In Batavia. 22/9 In- Sydney.