FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 52, 29 August 1936, Page 12

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

_ Closing sight rates as quotea t>v the ESP * °$ New S-outh Wales- Wellington! today, for buying and selling foreign currencies, * based on New Zealand currency, are as follows:— ■" Buying. Selling. Kew Zealand on °D s^dl °VTJ Londo n _ £x . z . ,„ £ stg _ fc 8- <*• - s. d. Au S 0 t 0ra..a-£A-i;-£X.z. 1231° ° 1M» 9 ■ni-£Fi"£jf.X-io6"lo,}-;-o 6 »j| ll{ » New York- - Dollars to Aurtri^ciiVunWVofi 4: 08 4-03% X.Z. 1. _ ,„ „„ Belgium— Belgas. to £ • N.%. 1 —~- og gny • Czechoslovakia — Crowns '■ ■ to S-^T.Z. 1 — og on Denmark—Kroner to £ Germany—Re'lchmarks ' to ~ 61'16 £X.Z. 1 __ 9 9T5 Hollnnrt—Florins to £ \ £X-Z. 1. .-. _ . 5 . 903 Java—Florins to £N.Z. Norway—Kroner to £ , K-z- 1 18.241 15.901 bwcdcn—Kronor to £ XZ- 1 15.845 15.500 Switzerland—Francs to .K.Z.I. ...: _... 12.SOI Noumea—Francs to fl ■ £X-Z. 1 , — 59.81 Papeete—Francs to £ _N-Z. 1. _ 59,95 Hong Kong—X.Z. pence to 1 dollar 17 5'9-Gl IS 63-64 India and Ceylon—N.Z. pence to 1 rupeo .... 22 3-64 22% Japan—N.Z. pence to 1 yen ; — < 17« Shanijhal—N.Z. pence to' -~ 1 dollar ■•■.;■ 1TT-32 18 25-64 Singapore—N.Z. pence to 1 dollar ., T 34 15-64 ■. 35 15-32 The above rates are for on demand transactions. The £ 1 is £ 1 . in New Zealand currency. The rates are subject to alteration without notice. Based on the figures quoted by the Bank of New South Wales the New Zealand pound, compared with its original par value, is equivalent to approximately:— . £ s. d. 0 16 1 In London. 1 0 1 In Australia. ■ . ■ , 0 16 7 in U.S.A. 0 16 7 in Canada. 0 9 10 .In France. ■ 0 9 9 in Germany. 0 9 S in Java. 1 1 10% in Japan. ■