Fiji Prices Compared

By In “Agricultural

Journal Of Fiji"

THE following table shows the average London prices per ton of fair, mer chantable, sun dried F.M.S. copra in four different copra-producing countries, and should prove of interest to readers in this Colony as indicative of the intrinsic value of the Fiji product compared with that of the countries specified:—

Thus, the table shows that during the last five years when depressed prices were ruling, Fiji copra (P.M.S.) was valued at an average of 15/9 per ton less than Rabaul copra and £l/3/10 less than Malayan copra.

Mr. and Mrs. G. Bish, who were mar ried in Auckland in 1889, and who went to reside in Fiji in 1902, celebrated the golden anniversary of their wedding at Lami, in Fiji, near Suva, in November.

Mr. Bish, over 30 years ago. was a mem ber of the staff of the Fiji shipbuilding and engineering works; and later he took over the engineering section of the busi ness and entered into business on his own account as Messrs. Bish Ltd. This well known engineering firm is still op erating in Suva and although Mr. Bish is now 75 years of age he enjoys good health and takes an active share in its

management.

Year.

Straits Settlements. £ s d Philippines. £ s d New Guinea. £ s d Fiji £ s d 1934 . . . . 9 6 0 7 19 10 8 13 5 8 1 5 1935 . . . . 12 17 5 11 17 7 12 9 0 11 7 0 1936 . . . . 15 13 4 14 14 4 15 6 3 14 10 0 1937 . . 17 4 9 16 6 0 16 17 8 16 5 2 1938 . 10 9 7 9 11 3 10 3 11 9 8 0 Totals . 85 11 1 60 9 0 63 10 3 59 11 7 Aver. . 13 2 2 12 1 10. 12 14 1 11 18 4