Proclamation No. 151, s. 1949

MALACAÑANG
Manila

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

Proclamation No. 151

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