EXCHANGE RATES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 18, 23 January 1933, Page 4

EXCHANGE RATES.

FOREIGN QUOTATIONS. !> STERLING, STEADY. (British Official Wireless.) (Received 11.30 a.m.) RUGBY, January 21. Foreign exchanges on London to-day, compared with rates previously quoted:— v Jan. 21. Jan. 20. Par. Montreal, dol. . 3.84 3.845 4.866 86 1212T ast-tS** "P % Amsterdam, . fl. §-35" Milan, lire .... 60.62» <x> 9-16 9-.46 Berlin, 14.120 14.870 , -0.43 Stockholm, kr. 1811-32 18 11-32 18.159 Copenhagen, kr 19-875 . 19 15-16 18.159 Osfo kr! ...... 1915-16. 19.5 18.159 Vienna sch.". 29 29 34.585 Fragile! 1it..... 113.375 113 164.25: Helsingfors, mi. 227 227 129.23 Madrid, pes. .. 41 1-32 40 10-I6 -o—l Lisbon, esctu •• HO 110 110 Athens, dr. ... 6£2.5 6_«> 375 Bucharest, lei 56<.» _ u6o ™ Kio. mil 5.310 . 5.8i5 5.9 a B. Ayres, dol. 42.5 42.5 47 (Kd Montevideo, do«. 34 _ ..0 51d Bombay, rupe© 18 y-32 18 5-o- loci Shanghai, taels 20 3-16 20 3-16 * Hongkong, dol. lo 9-16 10.6-0 , Yokohama, yen 14lu-16 I4.s<a -i.os All quotations are for cable transfers. •Determined on the price of silver. South African pound, 99 17/6 to £100 17/6 per £100 sterling. DOLLAR TO POUND. Current dollar exchanges as quoted by the New Zealand banks are as under, compared with previous quotations:— U.S. DOLLARS TO £1. Jan.9. Jan. 16. Jan. 19. Jan. 21. Buying . • 3.44 3.45 3.44 3.4u Selling .. 3.24: 3.24 3.24 3.25 CANADIAN DOLLARS TO £1. Jan.9. Jan. 16. Jan. 19. Jan. 21. Buying .. 3.87 3.59 3.94 3.94 Selling .. 8.07 3.09 3.74 3.74 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. 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 arrival of the vessels in New Zealand, finally declared rates being marked*: — <Mty of Bagdad, America,, dollars . 3.31J Colden Harvest, America, dollars .. 3.32J Canadian Victor, Canada, dollars . i 3.82 Aorangl, Canada; dollars ......... 3.761 Brisbane Maru, Japan,,yen ....... 15d Hauraki.. America, dollars 3.352Ardenvohr, America, dollars 3.35 fimterey, America, dollars ......< 3.354 -