Signs of Slow Recovery
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New Hebrides
Trade
Mr. J. E. Savage, superintendent of the Stores Branch of the Treasury Depart ment in the New Guinea Public Service, left for Rabaul by the Tanda from Sydney on October 14, after a holiday visit to Melbourne with his wife. They will con tinue on to the East in the Tanda.
Mrs. O. T. Bezar, wife of Mr. P. G.
Bezar, of Nausori, Fiji, a well-known member of the firm of Morris, Hedstrom, Ltd., died at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Auburn, Sydney, on September 13. The deceased lady had lived for many years on the west coast of Fiji, and especially at Nadi and Sigatoka, where she was widely known and highly respected. An Australian by birth, she was a member of the Shiel family. She was born at Cootamundra, New South Wales, where her people were early pioneers, and well-known on the Snowy River. Her aged mother pre-de ceased her by only about a fortnight.
/COMMERCIAL statistics for the year 1935, for the Condominium of the New Hebrides, have just been published. The following is a summary. All values are in francs: — Total for year
Imports
French.
F rancs. 6,352,764 British.
Francs. 2,309,186 including— Beer 87,835 35,496 Benzine 144,612 16,498 Petrol . . 104,601 31,416 Biscuits 38,815 32,683 Conserves 84,686 47,818 Cigarettes 35,907 27,422 Cement 68,499 28,891 Motor-oil 180,806 61,426 Alcohol 198,410 54,226 Condensed Milk . . 69,450 21,172 Kerosene 104,601 31,416 Rice 344,685 160,594 Sugar 144,622 43,645 Tobacco 219.661 99,987 Copra sacks ... 186,476 51,680 Flour 199,954 60,481 Building Mat’l. . . . 462,627 45,406 Boats, etc. . 362,540 155,144 Tea ... 52,017 29,672
Exports
3 153 495 124 288 „ beans 1,31L684 Copra 4,180,524 453,233 Cotton raw 766 „ ginned Coconuts 61,419 10,967 6,868 Cotton Seed Wool 4,224 34,876 Maize 21 208 Hides 20^291 1,220 Castor Seed 5 167 Sandalwood 49,691 78,099 Trochus . . . . 158,405 96,673 Burghaus 13,482 957 Beche de mer 2,086 1,165 Total 9,136,735 683,560 The totals in previous years were: — 1924
Imports
French.
Francs. 6,249,502 British.
Francs. 1,679,824 1927 30,359,348 7,961,070 1929 30,110,620 7,093,723 1933 7,043,826 3.563,689 1934 6.493.632 2,980,244 1935 6,352,764 2,309,186 1924
Exports
18.002,173 5,194,894 1927 39.290.328 10,065,262 1929 28,529,544 6,936,349 1933 7,628,085 1,280,051 1934 6,493,632 2.930,244 1935 9,136,736 683,560