Fiji Gold
p. 24 · Read in the full issue
7,000 Ounces Every Four Weeks
THE gold industry seems now to be very firmly established in Fiji.
There is a clean-up at the mines every four weeks, and the average is 4,000 ounces from the Emperor mine, and 3,000 ounces from Loloma.
The last four-weekly period reported showed a total production for the two mines of 7,419 ounces, and this packet, shipped recently by the “Aorangi”, was worth in Fijian currency £61,825.
The Fijian Government officials, who assisted in many practical ways in the establishment of the gold industry, now rub their hands and chuckle. They have good reason. Fiji collects from the gold exported a royalty of 6 per cent., so that the Government revenue from this source alone is now equal to between £3,500 and £4,000 per month.