Fiji Buying Prices
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Suva, March 18
npHE 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 12V2 per cent, below sterling, and 12 V 2 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 £5O Kerosene, per tin (4 gallon) 15/1 Per case 30/2 1 gallon tin 3/11 Flour, per sack 25/9 Flour, 5 lb {/- Sharps, per sack 20/4V 2 Sharps, 5 lb 1/- Barbed Wire £3l Turtle Shell, per lb 3/6 Pearl Shell, per ton £l4 Beche-de-mer (best quality) about lb. . . 6d.
Beche-de-mer (raw fish) about 1 lb. .. 4d.
Turtle Hooves, per lb 3d.