Industry
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Samoan Cocoa Industry Good Prices But Small Crops
From Our Own Correspondent APIA, January 1.
THE main cocoa crop of this year has been picked and is much smaller than of last year. On many plantations it amounts in fact to only half of normal.
So far the trees are flowering ex tremely well, which promises for a good first crop next year. Fortunately, the cocoa price continues to be good and even to improve in all our markets.
There is a fair demand and a recent sale in London brought £90 per ton for for first-class washed.
Mr. Patterson, of Magia Plantation, who a few months ago lost his cocoa dryer by fire, has disposed of the lease of his plantation to Mr. Miedicke, who is resigning his position as Chief Eng ineer of the Administration. Mr. Pat terson is at present lying sick at Apia
Hospital,
Thefts from the European cocoa plantations have for a long time pre sented a serious problem to the plant ers, but are now diminishing.