Then—And Now

A WELL-KNOWN Sydney firm dug into its books the other day, and pro duced the following records of sales ac tually made in September, 1919 (just after the Great War) and compared them with prices in August, 1939 (just be fore the start of the Hitler War).

The same records show that, in April, 1920, copra was £42 and trocas £lOB TO per ton.

Our Samoan correspondent, writing at the end of September, says that, owing to an ample rainfall, the cocoa crop this year will be a very good one. The copra output for this year may be a record, and very large quantities of copra are stored in Apia, awaiting shipment.

September, August, 1919. 1939.

Copra, per ton .. £36 10 0 £10 12 6 Cocoa, per ton .. 90 0 0 30 0 0 Trocas, per ton .. 84 0 0 80 0 0 Ivory nuts, ton . 18 0 0 7 0 0