South Sea Copra Grades
p. 55 · Read in the full issue
AT present, when all matters relating to copra-grading and prices are the subject of earnest consideration in all territories in the South Pacific, it may be useful to set out clearly the method which has been followed in the past in describing South Pacific copra.
Up to the outbreak of war, the London Copra Association always used a com mercial journal called ‘‘The Public
Ledger” for its quotations, and on Sep tember 1, 1939 (immediately before the war), it described South Pacific copra thus: —
Hot-air-dried Crown Estates, Samoan £11 2 6 Plantation South Sea FMS.
Rabaul 10 15 0 South Sea Plantation FMS .. 10 0 0 South Sea FMS 9 15 0 South Sea Mixed 9 10 0 South Sea Mixed Kiln Dried . 9 10 0