EXCHANGE RATES
, I I The New Zealand dollar; I lost ground last week to I .sterling, and currencies! .‘aligned to it. but gained on! Australian. Canadian, and -United States dollars and the Jyen. ! Pacific currencies, Pakistani rupees, Hong Kong dollars, and South African rand ! also weakened against the New Zealand dollar. However, all European currencies with the exception of | the lira, and the remainder [of Asian currencies were marked up against our dollar. Demand selling rates of on Friday, on the basis to SNZI.OO as advised iby the National Bank were: Australia /dollar! .. 0.9743 Austria (schilling) .. 26.9610 ; Belgium (franc) .. 56.0830 (Canada (dollar) .. 1.3946 [China (reumibni) .. 2.8200 (Denmark (crown) .. 8.6970 Fiji (dollar) .. 1.1480 I France (franc) .. 6.9740 C.F.P. (franc) .. 126.8510 Greece (drachma) .. 42.6380 Hong Kong (dollar) .. 7.2580 India (rupee) .. 11.2870 Italy (lira) .. 913.3000 Japan (yen) .. 402.8200 Malaysia (dollar) .. 3.4030 Netherlands (guilder) .. 3.8370 Norway icrowni 7.9220 Pakistan (rupee) 14.3050 Portugal (escudo) .. 35.8370 Singapore (dollar) .. 3.4540 [South Africa (rand) .. 0.9621 Spain (peseta) .. 84.0120 ! Sri Lanka (rupee) .. 9.4350 Sweden (crown) .. 6.3230 Switzerland (franc) .. 4.3380 U.S.A, (dollar) .. 1.4457 West Germany (mark) .. 3.6270 Western Samoa ( tala) .. 0.8752 Discount rates on London on the basis to £l.OO were: Selling $1.6431; T.T. buying $1.6306: O.D. air $1.6101; O.D. ‘sea $1.5687: notes $1.5413.
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33515, 22 April 1974, Page 10
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