Fiji Buying Prices
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Suva, December 11 'T'HE following, taken from the “Fiji Times,”
A shows the prices current in Suva on the date mentioned. The prices, of course, are given in Fiji currency, which is 12 Vz per cent, below sterling, and 12Vz per cent, above Aus tralian.
Copra, first grade, per ton £l6 Copra, second grade, per ton £l5 Coconut Charcoal, per ton £l2 Copra Sacks, per doz. in bale lots . . . . 16/11 Each 1/6 Trocas Shell, per ton £33 Kerosene per lb. (4 gallon) 15/1 Per case 30/2 1 gallon tin 3/11 Flour, per sack 25/9 Flour, 5 lb i/_ Sharps, per sack 20/4V 2 Sharps, 5 lb 1/.
Barbed Wire, per ton £3l Turtle Shell, per lb 3/6 Pearl Shell, per ton £l4 Beche-de-mer (best quality) about lb. . . 6d Turtle Hooves, per lb 3d Beche-de-mer (raw fish) about 1 lb. .. 4d