FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 28, 3 February 1937, Page 14

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

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

The above rates'are for<on-demand transactions. The £1 is £1 in New Zealand currency. The rates are subiect 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 I in London. 10 1 in Australia. t 0 IB 1% in U.S.A. 010 1"; in Canada ' - 0 i:: r' in France. ■ 0 10 V.U ill Italy. 0 !1 CM in Germany. 0 .11 t) in Java. 1 S 2 in Japan.

Buying. Selling.' New Zealand on £ 5. d. £ s. d. London—£N.Z. to - stg. 100 123 10 0 124 8 9 Australia—£ A to £N.Z. 100 101 0 0 100 10 0 Fiji— £F to £N.Z. 100 . !IO 7 6 Sil 0 0 New York—Dollars to £ N.Z. 1 3.fi7-;s 3.03 Vi Mnnlreal—Dollars to £ X.Z. 1 3.9T r;s 3.!>3% Austria— Sclilllliigs to £ N.7,. I •■• - 2°-M BelThim— Bclgas to £ N.Z. 1 — 23-223 CzediuslovaKisi - Crowns to £N.Z. 1 - 111.93 Denmark—Kroner to £ N /,. 1 18.263 17.BOS Prnnco —Francs to £S\Z, 1 — SI.27 Germany—Relehmarks to £K.Z. 1 — 0.718 Holland—Florins' to £ _ N.Z. I — •ltl Italy-Mre to EN.K. I." — ''!••'<> j.jk_r.or.n.__to_£N.Z. _ . Norway—Kroner to £ N.B, 1 18.241 13.001 Sweden—Kronor to £ XZ I 13.313 15.500 SwllOTrtand-TYnncs to £ N.Z. 1 — li.llS NmuiR'a—Francs to £ X.Z. 1 — S2.02 Paiwete —Francs to £ X.Z. 1 — 83-07 Horn; Konc—N.Z. pence to 1 dollar 18 17-01 IS 25-32 Inilla and Ceylon—N.Z. pence to 1 rupee .- 22-; a .143-01 Japan—N.Z. pence to 1 yen — 11 (-16 Shaucliiii —N.Z. pence to ] dollar 17 27-32 IS 23-04 SinKii'wro —N.Z. pento to 1 dollar 34% 33 3-16 Chi'fnn N.Z. pence to 1 dollar .'..' 1713-10 . 18 13-32