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N.Z. Enlarges Quota for Samoan Bananas

From Our Own the Legislative Council of Samoa on November 16, the Administrator (Brigadier-General Hart) dealt with the banana industry. The Administration, he said, after negotiations with the New Zealand Government, had been successful in securing an increase in the quota of Samoan bananas allowed to enter the Dominion. The increase, he stated, will amount to about 50 per cent, over the exports of the current year, It has been arranged, he continued, to have one of the Union Company’s cargo steamers call at Apia on her way back from Vancouver, to lift an additional 4000 cases of bananas during the months January to April, and 3000 cases from May to September, increasing to 4000 cases again in October to December. This fruit will be delivered to the Auckland market. The new schedule will start with the arrival of the Waikawa on January 19 Banana production by native and Euro pean growers has steadily expanded, so that hitherto fruit has been offered largely in excess of the limited freight facilities offered by the Maui Pomare. It is anticipated that there will be no diffi culty in obtaining supplies of bananas to meet the new requirements.