POSITION OF STERLING.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 72, 24 February 1937, Page 16

POSITION OF STERLING.

LONDON, Feb. 22. The following moan closing rates on foreign exchanges wero current to-day compared with par: — Feb. 22. New York, dol. to £ ... 4.895-16 Montreal, dol. to £ 4.89 J Paris, francs to £ 105 9-64 Brusels, bel. to £ 29.02 Geneva, francs to £ 21.44 Amsterdam, florins to £ 8.935 Berlin, marks to £ 12.165 Stockholm, knr. to £ ... 19.395 Copenhagen, knr. to £ . 22.40 Oslo, knr to £ 19.90 Vienna, schgs. to £ 26.50 Prague, knr. to £ 140 5-16 Hel’fors, marks to £ ... 226.50 Madrid, pes. to £ 77*. Lisbon, esc. to £ 1103-16 Milan, lire to £ 95 Athens, dracli. to £ *547j Bucharest, lei to £ . * A7n Belgrade, din. to £ . Rio de J., p. to mil. B. Aires, ■ p. to peso M. Video, p. to peso Calcutta, p. to rup 13 9-64 Shanghai, p. to dol 14j Hong-Kong, p. to dol. . 14 15-64 Yokohama, p. to yen ... 14 Batavia, florins to £ ... 8.895 tSellers, official. 'Sellers. JPar, 8.23 31-32 since dollar devaluation on February 1, 1934. *670 213 14i +39? Par. a 4.866 4.866 124.21 48.611 25.225 12.107 20.43 18.159 18.159 18.159 34.585 164.25 193.23 25.225 110 92 375 813.60 276.31 5.899 47.62 51 13 24.582 12.107

Sheep worrying is at present causing causing considerable loss and annoyance to farmers in the Whakatane, district. Last week two farmers suffered losses, one having seven good ewes killed on one of his properties, and another having five killed and two badly worried. Maori dogs are blamed for the depredations, and there is little hope of recovering financial losses.