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Pacific Islands Monthly, 15 December 1941Vol. XII, No. 5

Coconut Conversion Table

p. 13 · Read in the full issue

2Vz lb. of copra 4 to 5 nuts. 1 litre of oil (194 pints) = 7 to 8 nuts (home-made oil requires more). 1 litre of oil weighs 920 grams, OV2 lb. of copra produce 194 pints of oil. 2V2 lb. of desiccated coconut = 5 nuts.

Average quantity of tuba (coconut toddy) obtained per tree daily = 0.67 litre (say 1 pint). 1,000 nuts produce 160 kilograms (4 cwt.) of shells. 1 ton of nuts = 890 whole nuts or 1,200 husked nuts. 18,900 nuts yield 1 ton of charcoal. 6,600 nuts yield one ton of spinnable coir fibre. —“Manila Coconut Journal.”