EXCHANGE RATES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 65, 17 March 1934, Page 4

EXCHANGE RATES.

! FOREIGN QUOTATIONS. (British Official Wireless.) (Received 32.15 p.m.) RUGBY, March 10. Foreign excliangcs on London to-day, compared with rates previously qnoted :—

DOLLAR AND FRANC. J (Received 10 a.m.) 1 LONDON, March 10. 1 The American dollar is quoted at 5.09 Vi < dollars to the pound sterling and the , franc at 77%. * i LOCAL DOLLAR QUOTES. * Current dollar exchanges, as quoted by J the New Zealand banks, as as under, [ compared with previous quotations:— c U.S. DOLLARS TO £1. £ Ifeb. 20. Mar. 3. Mar. 10. Mar. 17. Buying .. 5.17 5.17 5.18 5.19 Selling .. 4.97 4.97 4.9S . 4.99 CANADIAN DOLLARS TO £,». Ifeb. 2G. Mar. 3. Mar. 10. Mar. 17. Buying .. 5.20 5.19 5.19 5.20 Selling .. 5-00 4.99 4.99 5.00 CUSTOMS ASSESSMENTS. Kates of exchange ruling at the announced dates of departure of thej vessels named as 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*:— Niagara, Canada, dollars G.OOJ Citv of Canberra, America, dollars S.OSJ Golden Coast, America, dollars ... S.OGi Sydney Maru, Ja-pan, yen 14 3-10 Wairuna, America, dollars 5.081 Wairuna, America, dollars S.OSJ Canadian Conqueror, Canada, dols. 5.10 Mariposa, America, dollars D.O7J 6

Mar. 1G. Mar. 15. Tar. Montreal, dol. 5.00 J 5.093 4.800 New York, dol. 5.0SJ 5.OS)* f.SM, I'nrls, franc .. 13-32 1 -i— 1 Brussels, lielga -l-S4i o- no Geneva, franc . l~i.ii -r;J-r—_ Amsterdam, 0. . 7.57 '- : 'i „„ Milan, lire .... 50 1.1-32 i 1 !! Jo",' 2a 11' Berlin, r.m 12.835 20.4.» Stockholm. kr. 10.301 1U.39} 18.1 HO Copenhagen, kr. 22.40 "■.'M! 18.15.) Oslo, kr 19-00 10.00 18.1.>9 Vienna, scli. .. 2S -'8 _ Prague, kr. ... 122. iu llelsingfors. mlt. 22(i.o0 MP'S?, Madrid, pes. .. 37 11-32 .U MO Lisbon, escu. .. Jfljl.Siu 109.8 <5 110 . Athens, dr. ... 035 530 •!<■> Bucharest, lei . 510 uio J?",?, Rio, mil 4.125 4.123 »••<< B. Ayres, dol. . 30.50 30.50 M'video, dol. .. 38.125 38 Bombay, rupee IS 3-32 1."?° i Shanghai, taels 10.25 10.50 Hontrkoner. dol. 18.25 18 i-io Yokohama. yen *4 3-16 34 3-10 24..>8 Bfttavia, fl. ... 7.33 Yi'Vo Warsaw, zlotys y -J- 0 " Belgrade, din. . 225 2-3 -ju.ol All quotations are for cable transfers. ♦Determined on tiie price of silver.