Islands Produce

THE Sydney market for Islands produce continues to show little activity. Most lines have now been brought under Government control. The following nominal quotations were obtained in mid-July:—

Cocoa

New Hebrides: Quote No. 1: £7O (in store, Sydneyi. Quote No. 2: £65 to £7O (c.i.f.).

Accra: £75 (in store, Sydney).

New Guinea cocoa beans: No quotations.

Western Samoa: Sales reported, Ist quality, £BO (f.0.b.. Apia).

Coffee

No purchases are now permitted without the consent of the Tea and Coffee Control Board, to whom all offers must first be submitted.

Nominal quotations as follows: — New Caledonian: Arabica, £74 per ton (c.i.f.

Sydney). Robusta, £s£ per ton (c.i.f. Sydney).

New Hebrides: Robusta, £5B to £6O per ton (c.i.f. Sydney).

Kenya and Mysore: £BO per ton (c.i.f. stg. and War Risk Insurance).

New Guinea and Papuan: No firm quotations available.

Java: No . quotations.

Vanilla Beans

White Label: 31/6 per lb., C. & F., Sydney.

Green Label: 26/- per lb., C. & F., Sydney.

Kapok

The market for Javanese kapok has been suspended since the Japanese occupied Dutch East Indies.

Cotton

New Caledonia: Quote No. 1: 9V 2 d. to lOd. lb. (c.i.f., Sydney). Quote No. 2: 9d. to OVad. (c.i.f., Sydney).

Ivory Nuts

No firm quotations available.

Trochus Shell

Last sales in Sydney were as follows: —“A” grade, £7O per ton; “B”, £69; “C”, £59.

In Suva, Fiji, in May, trochus was quoted by Suva merchants at £33.

Rice

As a result of war conditions in the Far East, the market for Rangoon rice has been suspended.

Green Snail Shell

No firm quotations available.

Pearl Shell

Government-controlled price:— “B” Class, £2OO per ton. “C” Class, £l9O per ton. “D” Class, £135 per ton.