Copra Production
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IT was stated, recently, that the pro duction of copra in the South Pacific was about 200,000 tons annually. Our readers may be interested in the follow ing figures, showing the annual output of the different territories. They are taken from the last edition of the “Pacific Islands Yearbook”.
Territory.
Tons.
New Guinea .. .. 76,409 Papua .. . . 13,600 Solomon Islands . . . . 25,074 New Hebrides . . . . 10,424 New Caledonia . . . . 10,000 Gilbert & Ellice Is . . . . 5.368 30,001 r Tonga 12,287 Samoa, Western 13.340 Cook Islands 1,628 Tahiti .. . . 22,520 Total . . .. 220.651