Passages Aboard The
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“Nimanoa”
NOTICE in a recent Western Pacific Gazette gives details of the passenger fares and freight rates which are being charged by the Resident Commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands for ser
vice aboard the Administration ship, “Nimanoa.” The latter runs fairly re gularly between the Colony and Suva.
The passenger fares are, for Europeans, 15/- per day (but wives of European public officers, accompanying their hus bands, half rate); natives, 5/ per day.
Freight rates have been fixed at £3 per ton between Islands of the Gilbert and Ellice Groups, including Ocean Island; and at £3 per ton between the Ellice Group and Fiji. To and from all other places the freight is £6 per ton.