EXCHANGE RATES,

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 237, 7 October 1933, Page 4

EXCHANGE RATES,

THE AMERICAN DOLLAR,

(Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, October 6. The American dollar is quoted at 4.75 1 /i to the pound sterling. CUSTOMS ASSESSMENTS. Rates of exchange ruling at the announced dates of departure of the vessels named are shown in the following table. Tliey 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*: — Canadian Conqueror, Canada, dollars 4.76 City of Singapore, America, dollars 4.56 Waiherao, America, dollars 4.79 Golden Cloud, America, dollars .... 4.75 Brisbane Maru, yen 14 3-3 0 Sydney Maru, Japan, yen *14Jd Sydney Maru. Hongkong, dollar ... *155 Mariposa, Canada, dollars *4.78 Mariposa, America, dollars * 1.81 LOCAL DOLLAR RATES. Current dollar exchanges, as quoted by the New Zealand banks, are as under, compared with previous quotations:— C.S. DOLLARS TO £1. Sept. 23. Sep. 26. Oct. 2. Oct. 3. Buying . . 4.89 4.84 4.83 4.58 Selling .. 4.09 4.04 4.03 4.0S CANADIAN DOLLARS TO £1. Sept. 23. Sep. 20. Oct. 2. Oct. 3. Buying .. 5.01 4.94 4.94 497 Selliug .. 4.81 4.74 4.76 4.77 JAVA RATE. Batavia, 7.65 florins,