FOREIGN EXCHANGES

Southland Times, Issue 22916, 15 June 1936, Page 3

FOREIGN EXCHANGES

(British Official Wireless.) (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) Rugby, June 12. The following mean closing rates of foreign exchanges were quoted to-day compared with par:—

NEW ZEALAND CURRENCY BASIS. The Bank of New South Wales, Dunedin, announces the following rates of foreign exchange on a New Zealand currency basis: on Buying Selling

Par. To-day. Paris, fr. to £ 124.21 76 27-32 New York, dol. to £ 4.886 5.03 1-16 Montreal, dol. to £ 4.886 5.04 Brussels, belgas to £ 35 29.751 Geneva, fr. to £ 25.221 15.68 Milan, lira to £ 20.43 63J Berlin, rink, to £ 24.42 21.50 Stockholm, kr. to £ 18.159 19.391 Copenhagen, kr. to £ 18.159 23.391 Oslo, kr. to £ 19.159 19.90 Vienna, schgs. to £ 34.585 26} Prague, kr. to £ 164.25 121J Helsingfors, m. to £ Madrid, pesetas to £ 103.23 227 22.2215 36j Lisbon, escudos to £ 110 110.} Athens, dr. to £ 875 533 Bucharest, lei to £ 318.6 677 Belgrade, dinars 275.31 222 Rio de Janeiro, p. to milreis 8.892 44 Buenos Aires, p. to dol. 45.577 15 Montevideo, p. to dol. 57 38? Bombay, p. to rupee 10 164 Shanghai, p. to dol. — .'I 13-32 Yokohama, p. to yer i 24.57 14 1-16 Batavia — 314

London— £N.Z. to £100stg T.T. 124 124/10/Fiji— O.D. 123/10/- 124/8/9 £F to £100 N.Z. T.T. 90/7/6 89 New York— O.D. 90/7/6 89 Dollars to £1 N.Z. T.T. 4.06 5-8 4.03 Montreal— O.D. 4.07 7-8 4.03% Dollars to £1 N.Z. T.T. 4.07% 4.04 Austria— Schillings to £1 O.D. 4.08% 4.04% N.Z. T.T. — 20.88 Belgium— O.D. — 20.90 Belgas to £1 N.Z. T.T. — 23.768 Czechoslovakia — O.D. — 23.779 Crowns to £1 N.Z. T.T. — 96.51 Denmark— O.D. — 96.56 Kroner to £1 N.Z. T.T. 18.203 17.893 France— O.D. 18.263 17.903 Francs to £1 N.Z. T.T. — 61.12 Germany— Reichmarks to £1 O.D. — 61.16 N.Z. T.T. — 9.966 Holland— O.D. — 9.971 Francs to £1 N.Z. T.T. — 3.932 Italy— O.D. — 5.936 Lire to £1 N.Z. T.T. Java— O.D. — —• Florins to £1 N.Z. T.T. — 5.890 Norway— O.D. — 5.894 Kroner to £1 N.Z. T.T. 16.183 15.893 Sweden— O.D. 16.243 15.903 Kroner to £1 N.Z. T.T. 15.785 15.490 Switzerland — O.D. 15.845 15.500 Francs to £1 N.Z. T.T. — 12.419 I.oumea— O.D. — 12.424 Francs to £1 N.Z. T.T. — 59.75 Papeete— O.D. — 59.81 Francs to £1 N.Z. T.T. — 59.90 Hong Kong— N Z. pence to 1 O.D. — 59.96 dollar T.T. 18 7-16 19 15-16 India and Ceylon— N.Z pence to 1 O.D. 18 11-32 19 29-32 rupee T.T. 22 9-64 22 57-64 Japan— N.Z pence to 1 0.0. 22 3-64 22 7-8 yen T.T. — 17 21-32 Shanghai— N.Z. pence to 1 O.D. — 17 41-64 dollar T.T. 17 5-32 18 17-32 Singapore— N.Z. pence to 1 O.D. 16 31-32 18 33-64 dollar T.T. 34 7-16 35% O.D. 34% 35 31-64