Pearlshell And Trochus
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The Australian Department of Com merce reports that for the seven months of the financial year ended January 31 the exports of pearlshell from Australia amounted to 1,202 tons, with a value of £145,754, as compared with 1,035 tons valued at £150,129 for the corresponding period in the previous year.
Exports of trochus shell for the seven months totalled 255 tons, valued at £22,113, as against 303 tons, with a value of £22,659, for the same period in the preceding year.