FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 19, 23 January 1937, Page 6

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

Closing sight rates as quoted by the Bank of New South Wales. Wellington, today for buying and selling foreign currencies, based 011 New Zealand currency, are as follows: —

On tic/wind. On rlernaricl. I Ku}iii£. Selling Now Zealand on £ b. cl. £ s. d. London—£N.Z. to £ stg. 100 1-3 10 0 121 8 0 Ausiralia—£A to £N.Z. ioo i"i » o ioo in o t Fiji —to £X.Z. 100 . 00 7 G B'J 0 0 . Xew York —Dollars lo VX.%. I ».M!i 1 Montreal—Dollars to £ N.z. l :).!isu s.iii Austria —Schillings to £ N.Z. 1 — - lll,L I Belgium— Heluas to £ X.Z. 1 -- - :1 -<• 1 Czechoslovakia — Crowns 1 to £N. r /.. 1 — 11:101 ; Denmark—Kroner to £ , N.Z. 1 IS.iCJ li..>oJ France — Franca to £ N.Z. 1. — Germany—Jlctchsmarlis to £.\.Z. 1 — i Holland —Florins 1c ■*. -, ,n ' N.Z. " ■ Italy—liirc to £NY/. 1. 1 '•'' b ' •lava—Florins to £N.Z. . tJ no™ wm 15 001 < S^ n ~ Kr °. nOT ... t . 0 ...® 13.843 15.300 I Switzerland—Francs to £ ,-na N.Z. 1 • - ,1118 1 Noumea —Franca to £ 0 I N.Z. 1 — N -' J - j Papeete—Francs t0 fc _ HKteSS «« » »■" ; India and Ceylon—N.Z. pence to 1 rupeo " *■> i laiian—N.Z. pence to 1 ; ven J " SliauKhnl—N.Z. Pence to 1 dollar 11 1S ' 3 ; Singapore—N.Z. penCe to . I dollar H-04 I.S-M Chefoo —N.Z. ponce to is 33-0-1 ' 1 dollar '' u ' The above rates are for on demand transactions. The £1 is £1 in New Zealand currency. The rates arc sub- - ject to alteration without notice. Based on the figures quoted by the Bank of New South Wales, the New Zealand pound, compared . with Us original par value, is equivalent to ■ approximately:— s s. d. „ 0 16 1 In J.onaon. 1 0 j in Australia. 0 1(5 l?i i" U.S.A. i II k; 2 in Canada. 0 l.'l C% In France. 0 18 I>£ In Italy. II 9 (i in Germany. / 0 11 8% In .lava. 1 3 l'.i i» Japan. WORKSOP EXTENDED. The Worksop Gold Dredging Company's official return, for the period ended January 21 is:—Yield, 7bot, hours, 154; yardage, 12,000. PRICES OF EGGS. The prices of eggs on the Wellington wholesale market today were quoted at Is 7d and Is 8d a dozen for ■ first grade and Is 9d for super, the same as on Thursday.