Market Quotations
pp. 53-54 · Read in the full issue
London Copra Price
Straits copra, sun-dried, was quoted by “The Economist” at £l2/10/- per ton, c.i.f., in Lon don, throughout the first quarter of 1941.
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Mr. J. Annan, artisan in the Papuan Public Works Dept., is now on long leave, prior to retirement.
Mr. Eric Ramsden, the well-known secretary of the Pacific Islands Society, of Sydney, suffered a serious nervous breakdown in January, and was a patient for some time, in Wootten private hos pital. He is now convalescent.
January 7, 1938 7d July 1 • . 7V*d December 2 8d January 6, 1939 . . 8Vad July 7 . . sy 4 d December 1 12d . ny,d January 5, 1940 13d n.6y B d July 5 15d . . 12 3 / 4 d December 6 . . 13d 12d January 3, 1941 13d 12.47 7 /ed February 7 13d 12.5 5 /ed March 7 15d 13 5 /sd April 4 15d 14*4d May 2 l6Vzd 14.0 5 /ed June 6 16V 2 d 13.5 5 /sd July 4 17d 13 7-16d August 1 .. ■. 17d 13V 2 d September 5 .. . 13%d October 6 . . 13 ll-16d October 10—Price officially fixed at . 13 3 / 4 d
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Copra
South Sea, Plantation, Sun-dried Hot-air Dried, London to London Rabaul Price on— Per ton, c.i.f.
Per ton c I.f.
January 1, 1932 £14 0 0 £14 15 0 June 17 .. .. £13 2 6 £13 5 0 December 16 . . £14 2 6 £14 5 0 January 6, 1933 £13 0 0 £13 12 6 June 30 .. .. £10 17 6 £11 0 0 December 1 £8 12 6 £9 0 0 January 5, 1934 £8 0 0 £8 7 « June 15 .. • • £8 0 0 £8 12 6 December 28 . . £9 0 0 £9 12 6 January 4, 1935 £9 5 0 £10 5 0 June 7 .. .. £11 15 0 £12 7 6 December 6 . . £12 17 6 £14 0 0 South Sea South Sea Plantation Smoked to Genoa Sun-dried !
Hot-air Dried London and Marseilles, to London.
Rabaul.
Price on— Per ton, c.i.f. Per ton, c.: i.f. Per ton, c.i.f.
Jan. 3. ’36 £13 2 6 £13 15 0 £14 0 0 Mar. 6 . . £11 15 0 £13 15 • £13 0 9 June 5 . . £11 10 0 £12 0 0 £12 17 6 Sept. 4 . . £13 2 6 £13 10 0 £14 12 6 Dec. 4 . . £19 7 6 £19 7 6 £20 7 6 Jan. 8. '37 £22 12 6 £22 12 6 £23 12 6 Mar. 5 . . £19 0 0 £19 5 0 £20 0 0 June 4 . . £15 15 0 £15 12 6 £16 12 6 Sept. 3 . . £13 5 0 £13 5 0 £14 0 0 Dec. 3 . . £12 10 0 £12 12 6 £13 7 6 Jan. 7, '38 £12 12 6 £12 15 0 £13 13 8 Mar. 4 . . £10 17 6 £11 0 0 £12 0 0 June 3 . . £9 15 0 £9 15 0 £10 13 « Sept. 2 . . £9 10 0 £9 10 0 £10 10 0 Dec. 2 . . £9 5 0 £9 5 0 £10 3 e Jan. 6, '39 £9 12 6 £9 15 0 £10 10 0 Peb. 3 . . £9 10 0 £9 12 6 £10 10 0 Mar. 3 . . £10 0 0 £10 2 6 £11 0 0 Apr. 6 . . £9 12 6 £9 15 0 £10 12 6 May 5 . . £10 0 0 £10 5 0 £11 0 0 June 2 . . £10 7 6 £10 10 0 £11 7 1 July 7 . . £9 2 6 £9 7 6 £10 5 0 Aug. 4 £9 2 6 £9 5 0 £10 5 0 Sept. 1 . . £9 10 0 £9 12 6 £10 12 6 Sept. 8.—Not quoted—outbreak of war.
Sept. 15 to 29.- -Not quoted.
Oct. 6 . . £11 15 0 [unquoted] £12 15 0 Oct. 12.—Fixed price based on £12/7/6 per ton. c.i.f., London, for plantation hot-air dried.
Jan. 8, 1940, to April 20, 15‘40. — -Fixed price for plantation hot- •air dried, £13/5/- per ton, c.i.f., London.
April 20, 1940.- -Fixed price for plantation hotair dried. £12/17/6 per ton, , c.i.f., London.
Since then, quotations nominal. as above.
Rubber
Plantation London Para.
Smoked.
Price on— per lb. per lb.
January 6, 1933 4 3 Ad .. 2.43d July 7 3.71d December 8 ,. . 4%d .. 4.0 5 /ad January 5, 1934 4V«d .. 4.28d July 6 5Vad .. 7.06d December 28 . . 5d .. 6>/4d January 4, 1935 5d .. 6%d July 5 5d .. 7 7 /«d December 6 6 3 /«d .. 6%d January 3, 1936 6 3 /«d .. 6%d June 5 9d .. 7V 4 d December 4 .. . 1/- .. 9 l-16d January 8, 1937 1/2 .. lOVad June 4 lid .. 9 5-8d December 3 .. 7Vad .. 7Vad
Rev. John Gilkison, London Missionary Society worker at Mailu. Papua, died from blackwater fever on February 7. He went to the Territory for the LMS three years &gO.