Islands Produce

Coffee

The following quotations were obtained on July 17; — Robusta, f.a.q., imported from Java on firm conversion of exchange, c.i.f., prompt shipment Sydney, per cwt., 40/4; Robusta, as above, based on 9 gulden to Australian £, fluctuations at date of shipment on buyers’ account; shipment July-Dee., 1934, 33/3.

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

Sydney, April shipment, per cwt., 66/9.

Longberry Harrar, April shipment No. 1, 60/-.

Importers of Robusta coffee from Java pay the following charges: As above, per cwt., 40/4; re mitting per cent, exchange, 10/1; duty, 4d. per lb., 37/4; primage, 10 per cent., 4/-; landing charges, 1/-; total, 92/9 per cwt., equal to 9.8 d. per lb., landed cost. Coffee imported from Papua and New Guinea is free from exchange and duty equal to 47/5 per cwt.

Kapok

Based on an exchange conversion of 9 gulden to the Australian £, the Australian c.i.f. prices current during July were: Prime Samarang, 4¼d. per lb; prime Japara, 434 d. per lb.

Cocoa

Quote No. 1: Cocoa beans, £31 to £34 per ton.

Quote No. 2: Accra, good fermented, 26/- per cwt., c.i.f., Sydney.

Ivory Nuts

No. 1 Quotation: £8/10/- per ton, f.o.b., Sydney.

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

Trocas Shell

Quotations for trocas shell obtained in Sydney from two different sources were:

Green Snail Shell

Good quality green snail shell was quoted in Sydney in mid-July at £26 per ton.

Cotton

The London c.i.f. prices of cotton as quoted in the Sydney Morning Herald during the past month were: June 22, 6.46 d. per lb, July ship ment; June 29, 6.56 d. per lb., July shipment; July 6,6.38 d. per lb., August shipment; July 13, 6.79 d. per lb., August shipment.

Rice

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

Australian table rice, packed in 56lb. bags, £15/10/- per ton.

Mr. L. V. Waterhouse, technical direc tor of Bulolo Gold Dredging Ltd., will be a passenger for the New Guinea goldfields by the next Macdhui.

(a) Trocas shell, No. 1 grade £91 Trocas shell, No. 2 grade £76 Trocas shell, No. 3 grade £61 (b) Trocas shell, No. 1 grade £83 Trocas shell, No. 2 grade £71 Trocas shell. No. 3 grade £58 All quotes are f.o.b., and on the Australian £.