FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

Evening Post, Issue 37, 12 August 1936, Page 12

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

Closing sight rates as quoted by the w nk °£Ne^ South Wale \ weugg^jf •today, for buying and selling foreW currencies based on -■ New ZeafaSrV currency, are as follows:-- ealand ■ Buying. Selling. New Zealand on °Q £T £ Ondemand. London-KN.Z. to £ stg. 4 £ S" d" A^wto-fiifi- mi° ° 124 8 • fcew York — Dollars to ' HonVeal-Dollars"to"£ "°T% 4031' 4 Austria—Schilling's" to" £ 40 71 '~"' 4t03'4 N.Z. 1.- ~ ■ _ n n _ Belgium—Belgas "to "s ■ N.Z. 1 . 9 j „,. Czechoslovakia — Crowns " ' to £N.Z. 1 _ • 9cr o Denmark—Kroner to £ N.Z. 1. 15.2G3. 17.003 France—Francs to £ *z- 1 ' -^ 61.04 Germany—Reichmarks to £N.Z. 1 _ 9.903 Holland—Florins to £ N.Z. 1 _ 5 . 59r Java—Florins to £N.Z. 1. ..'. — ' S.BSS Nonvay—Kroner to £ N.Z. 1. '. 4G.213 15.903' Sweden—Kronor to £ N.Z. 1 10.545 15.D00 Switzerland—Francs to £N.Z. 1 — 12.253 Noumea —Franca to £ N.Z. 1: .....: — 59.09 Papeete—Francs to £ • N.Z. 1 — 59.51 Hong Kong—N.Z. pence to 1 dollar 1757-01 . IS Gl-G4 India anfl ■ Ceylon—X.Z. pence to 1 rupee .... 22 3-M 22% Japan—N.Z. pence to 1 yen — 17 30-64 Shanghai—N.Z. penco to 1 dollar ITVi IS 2T-64 Singapore—N.Z. pence to 1 dollar 34 13-04 3515-32 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:—• £ a. d. 0 10 1 In London, 1 0 1 iv Australia. 0 16 C« in U.S.A. 0 16 CVi in rannda. ft 9 10 In France. 0 9 fl in Oermany. ' 0 9 8,4 in Java. 1 T 10* iin Japan. JAVA EXCHANGE. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Received August 12, 10 a.m.) BATAVIA, August 11. Sterling exchange, 7.36 guilders to £1. • The rate on Augusfc 10 wa»-$.36£.

. . Horning Call. Buyers. SelleiB. £ s. d. £ s. d. N.Z.'Govt. Loans— 3V4 p.c. Inscr. Stock, 15/3/193943 .102 17 6 — 3% p.c. Iuscr. Stock, 15/9/1939-43 ....... 102 17 6 — 3% p.c. Inscr. Stock, 15/11/1938-52 102 17 G — 3% p.o. Inscr. Stock, 15/5/1939-52' 102 17 6 — 3% p.c. Inscr. Stock, ■15/11/1941-52 102 17 G — 3% p.c. Inscr. Stock, ~15/5/19«-52 102 17 G ~ 4 p.c. Jnser. Stock, 15/1/1937-40 ..;..... 101 5 0 — 4 p.c. Inscr. Stock, 15/2/1943-46 105 0 0 105 17 G 4 p.c. Inscr. Stock, 15/4/1946-49 — 105 15 0 4. p.c. .Inscr. Stock, 15/6/1052-55 105 0 0 105 i5 0 4 u.e; BonJs, 15/1/ 1937-40 ;.-., 101 5 0 — 4 p.c Bonds, 15/2/ ■ 1943-46 105 0 0: — 4 p.c. ' Bonds, 15/G/ 1952-55 105 0 0 105 17 6 BanksAustralasia -_ . 11 is g National of N.Z 3 19 3 4 0 Nat. of A'asia (£5) .. 0 1G 0 7 2 0 New South Wales 32 7 ' G — New Zealand — 2 0 0 New Zealand D Long Term ..- — 19 0 Union of Aust 9 5 0 -— FinancialEquitable Bldg. Co. .. 0 10 0 — Goldsbrough, Mort, & Co in 3 _ N.Z. Guarantee Corp. — 0 5 9 Wston. Invest. T. & ■ - A : * 0 9 0 — Newton King (pref.) 0 5' 6 -— Wilcox Mofflin 0 12 0 0 13 0 GasWellington (old.) ... — 1 ]9 6 Feilding — OSG InsuranceNew Zealand — 3 2 9 Meat PreservingGear Meat " 01G 3 0 19 0 N.Z. Kef rig. (10s) ... — 0 9 10 Transport— Huddart - Parker (pref.) — 18 6 P. and O. Defd. Stk. 18 3 — WoollenBond's Hosiery Mills — 10 0 Oamaru _ j ■ q 9 Prestige, N.Z. (pref.). — 1 4 0 j Wellington' (ord.) ..* —' 6 11 0 Wellington-(pref.)•.-.* C'7 6' 0 12 6 Coal— I Westporfc — 13 3 Kenown (ord.) 0 12 3 Renown (pref.) — 0 3 3 Timber— ga".ri ' — 1 4 10 National — 0 14 G ~Rotoiti — 0 G 3 Taupo Xotara (ord.) • — 0 11 0 Breweries— Staples and Co. ...... 1 14 2 — I Tooth and Co — 2 13 3 Tui. 2 9 6 " — . ' Miscellaneous — Anthony Hordern ... 0 18 G 0 33 0 Aust. Glass 4 11 G 4 13 0 Brit. Tobacco (Aust.) 2 0 0 2 0 1 Broken Hill Pty. ....- 313 9 3 14 ' 0 Broken Hill Pty. (contrib.) 2 13 9 2 15 0 Consol. ' Brick and Pipe 0 9 0 0 10 0 Dunlop-Peidriau 0 18 3 0 18 S lilectro. Zinc (ord.)* —■ 2 1 G Electro. Zinc (8 per cent part .pref.) ..* _ 2 -3 !) G. J. Colea 3 19 0 4 10 N.Z. Newspapers ]]!)(! — Procera Bread (ord.) 15 0 1 11 6 Procei-n Bread (veuCT der) 1 r> 0 1 11 G Sharland & Co,(ord.) — 110 Taranaki Oil .... 0 08 0 1 1 Wilson's - (N.Z.) Cement — 2 0 0 Hume Pipe ...: — 109 C. M. Banks (pref.) 0 10 0 — Mining— Big River ' 0 2 0 Brian Boru , — 0 0 5 Golden Sands — 0 2 9 King Solomon 0 10 — Maori Gully — • 0 0 10 Skippers 0 0 3 — Waihi Investments . — 0 10 6 Worksop Extd * — 0 2 4 Neinona — 0 v 2 0 Australian— ■ Mount'Lyell 1 8^) 110 0 Mount Morgan ' 0 13 10 0 14 0