Western Australian Consolidated Acts

DECIMAL CURRENCY ACT 1965 - SECOND SCHEDULE

section 5(5)

Part A

Equivalents Specified in the Commonwealth Currency Act

One sovereign or pound . . . . . .         =         Two dollars.

One shilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         =         Ten cents.

One penny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         =         Five-sixths of a cent.

Part B

Examples of Percentages

Expressed in Old Currency	Equivalent expressed in New Currency
Five pounds per centum	Five per centum
Five pounds seven shillings and six pence per centum	Five and three-eighths per centum
Twelve and one-half pounds per centum	Twelve and one-half per centum

Examples of Proportions

Expressed in Old Currency	Equivalent expressed in New Currency
Three-eighths of a penny in the pound	Five thirty-seconds of a cent in the dollar
One halfpenny in the pound	Five twenty-fourths of a cent in the dollar
One penny in the pound	Five-twelfths of a cent in the dollar
Two pence in the pound	Five-sixths of a cent in the dollar
Three pence in the pound	One and one-quarter cents in the dollar
Six pence in the pound	Two and one-half cents in the dollar
Eight pence in the pound	Three and one-third cents in the dollar
One shilling in the pound	Five cents in the dollar
One shilling and three pence in the pound	Six and one-quarter cents in the dollar
Two shillings in the pound	Ten cents in the dollar