Fiji Gold
p. 22 · Read in the full issue
Shipments From Loloma And Emperor
From Our Own Correspondent.
SUVA, July 5.
SEVERAL large shipments of gold have been made from the Emperor and Loloma gold mines recently, that on June 23 being the largest to date. The figures are as follows: May 27, by “Niagara”—Total 6,623 ofc. fine gold, of a value of £51,333, Fiji currency. This was divided among the two mines as follows:—Emperor— -4,443 oz. bullion (equal to 3,932 oz. fine gold) and 288 oz. of silver; Loloma— -3,236 oz. bullion (equal to 2,691 oz. fine gold) and 486 oz. silver.
June 23, by “Aorangi”—Total 6,749 oz. fine gold of a value of £53,415, Fiji currency. This was made up as follows: Emperor—4,774 oz. bullion (equal to 4,177 oz. fine gold) and 443 oz. silver; L010ma—3,125 oz. bullion (equal to 2,572 oz. fine gold) and 516 oz. silver.
Miss E. M. Pateman, of the Ronorono Girls’ School conducted by the London Missionary Society in the Gilbert Islands, arrived in Suva, Fiji, recently from Bern on board the L.M.S. schooner “John Williams V”. She was on her way to England to spend furlough.