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[ PROCLAMATION NO. 151, October 15, 1949 ]
AMENDING PROCLAMATION NO. 134, DATED JULY 19, 1949, BY PUBLISHING THE LATEST VALUES OF CERTAIN FOREIGN CURRENCIES FOR PURPOSES OF THE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF CUSTOMS DUTIES.
Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Finance and pursuant to the provisions of Republic Act No. 77, I hereby amend Proclamation No. 134, dated July 19, 1949, by publishing the latest values of certain foreign currencies for purposes of the assessment and collection of customs duties, as follows:
Country
Unit
Equivalent in U. S. currency
Value in P.I. currency
1. Australia
Pound
$2.24
?4.48
2. Belgium
Franc
.02
.04
3. Bolivia
Boliviano
.240
.0480
4. British East Africa
Shilling
.1406
.2812
5. Canada
Dollar
.909091
1.818182
6. Columbia
Peso
.5150
1.030
7. Denmark
Krone
.1448
.2896
8. Dutch Guiana
Guilder
.5335
1.0670
9. Egypt
Pound
2.87
5.74
10. Finland
Markkas
.00431
.00862
11. France
Franc
.0028
.0056
12. Greece
Drachmas
.00006
.00012
13. Hongkong
Dollar
.1750
.3500
14. India
Rupee
.21
.42
15. Mexico
Peso
.1158
.2316
16. Netherlands
Guilder
.5325
1.0650
17.Netherlands West Indies
Guilder
.5325
1.0650
18. New Zealand
Pound
2.80
5.60
19. Norway
Krone
.1400
.2800
20. Palestine
Pound Sterling
4.04
8.08
21. Poland
Zlot
.04
.08
22. Portugal
Escudo
.0348
.0696
23. Straits Settlement
Silver Dollar
.3250
.6500
24. Sweden
Kroner
.1930
.3860
25. Switzerland
Franc
.2340
.4680
26. Union of South Africa
Pound
2.80
5.60
27. United Kingdom
Pound Sterling
2.8025
5.6050
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.
Done in the City of Manila, this 15th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fourth.
ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines
By the President:
TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary