Ivory Nuts

Islands Produce

Coffee

The following quotations were obtained on April 17: Robusta, f.a.q., imported from Java on firm conversion of exchange, c.i.f., prompt shipment Sydney, per cwt., 44/6; Robusta, as above, based on 9 gulden to Australian £, fluctuations at date of shipment on buyers’ account; shipment April-Dee., 1934, 37/6.

Arabian (Aden), Hodeidah No. 1 (pure), c.i.f.

Sydney, April shipment, per cwt., 71/-.

Longberry Harrar, April shipment No. 1, 64/-.

Importers of Robusta coffee from Java pay the following charges: As above, per cwt., 44/6; re mitting 2554 per cent, exchange, 11/1; duty, 4d. per lb., 37/4; primage, 10 per cent., 4/5; landing charges, 1/ -; total, 98/4 per cwt., equal to 10y 2 d. per lb., landed cost. Coffee imported from Papua and New Guinea is free from exchange and duty equal to 47/2 per cwt.

Kapok

Based on an exchange conversion of 9 gulden to the Australian £, the Australian c.i.f. prices current during April were: Prime Samarang, 424 d. per lb.; Prime Japara, per lb.

Cocoa

Quote No. 1; Cocoa beans, £25 to £32 per ton.

Quote Not 2: Accra, good fermented, 26/- per cwt., c.i.f., Sydney.

Ivory Nuts

No. 1 Quotation: £7 per ton, f.o.b., Sydney.

No. 2 Quotation: £8 to £9 per ton, f.o.b., Sydney.

Trocas Shell

Quotations for trocas shell obtained in Sydney from two different sources on April 17 were: (a) Trocas shell, No. 1 grade £96 Trocas shell, No. 2 grade £B3 Trocas shell. No. 3 grade £69 (b) Trocas shell, No. 1 grade.. £96 Trocas shell, No. 2 grade £B2 Trocas shell, No. 3 grade £6B All quotes are f.o.b., and on the Australian £.

Green Snail Shell

Good quality green snail shell was quoted in Sydney in mid-April at £24 to £25 per ton.

Cotton

The London c.i.f. prices of cotton as quoted in the Sydney Morning Herald during the past month were: March 16, 6.26 d. per lb., April ship ment; March 23, 6.46 d. per lb.. April shipment; March 30, 6.11 d. per lb., April shipment; April 6, 6.11 d. per lb., May shipment; April 13, 6.1 d. per lb.; May shipment.

Rice

Rangoon rice, packed in 100lb. or 200lb. bags, £10/10/- per ton, f.o.b. Sydney.

Australian table rice, packed in 561 b. bags, £15/10/- per ton.