Higher Prices
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For Samoan Cocoa Beans
From Our Own Correspondent.
APIA, March 14. of Samoan cocoa beans are report ed to be at better rates and more satis factory than before, especially on the Lon don market where sales were recently effected at £45 per ton and better. There is also a fair demand for Samoan cocoa beans from Australia.
Unfortunately, the present season is a very bad one for cocoa planters, as plan tations have suffered severely from the heavy rains during January, which caused the cocoa pods to turn black. Losses are serious, and very little cocoa has been har vested during February and March, so that planters are prevented from taking advantage of the good prices.
Mr. W. Kiesewetter, a well-known Islands identity in the Central Pacific, died at the age of 70 at Lotopa, Apia district, Western Samoa on March 14.
Mr. Kiesewetter, who was a native of Germany, had been a trader for many years in Tonga, American Samoa, and Western Samoa.