SUGAR DUTY DOUBLED
Reed. 9.3 a.m. CAPETOWN, Wed. It is announced that the duty on sugar which is at present 4s 6d plus a suspended duty of 3s 6d a hundred pounds, is to be doubled. RATES OF EXCHANGE LONDON. Wednesday. Beginning today, the following will be thf? rates quoted by the associated Australian and New Zealand banks for buying documentary bills and selling drafts on New Zealand: Buying. Selling. .£ s. cl. £ s. d. On demand 93 10 0 96 12 6 30 days 94 IS 9 60 clays 94 “ 6 90 days 93 16 a ~~ Telegraphic ransfer 9. 0 0 FOREIGN EXCHANGES British Official Wireless RUGBY, Tuesday. The following rates on foreign exchanges are current today, conipared with the cabled quotations on March 13 and par:—
Mar. IS Montreal, dol. .. 4.S6 7-S New York, dol. .. 4.S6 1-S Paris, fr 324.30 Mar. 13 Far. 1.S7 1-S 4.S66 4.S6J 4.S66 124.25 124.21 • is. htlgu .. » s v ', Geneva, fr 25.125 Amsterdam, fl. .. 12.12 3-S Romo, lire .. .. 02.875 Berlin, r.m 20.3S5 54.SS5 35.00 , finiVs li'.io §5:JS Stockholm, kr. .. IS.11 Oslo, kr 18.17 Copenhagen, kr. . IS.165 Vienna, sell 34.525 18.11 IS.159 18.17 IS.159 18.165 IS.159 34.525 34.585 Prague kr . 164 1-S Helsingfors, mark 193 1-8 Madrid, pes 38.60 Lisbon, escu IDS.30 Athens, dr 37.» Ruknrest, lei. .. SIS 1935 19 2! 23 39.75 25.225 108.30 g?i m R. de Janeiro, mil. 5 25-32 Buen. Ayres, do.. 413 a leutta rupee 17 13—16 5 11-16 — 41 7-S 47.57d 17°7-3° lSd Shanghai, tael .. 223 Hong Kong, dol. . 3 73 Yokohama, yen . 24 3-8 t?i ‘ = 24 3-8 24.5Sd
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 926, 20 March 1930, Page 10
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