Islands Produce

THE recent arrival in Australia of a substan tial shipment of Accra cocoa beans has eased to a large extent the demand on the limited supply of New Hebrides beans which have been coming to hand; the price of the Islands product, however, remains unchanged.

This applies also to all general lines of Islands produce, which remain firm at the following approximate rates ruling in mid-April:-

Cocoa

New Hebrides: £7O (in store, Sydney).

Accra: £75 (in store, Sydney).

New Guinea cocoa beans: No quotations.

Western Samoa: Last sale 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, £Bl per ton (c.i.f.

Sydney). Robusta, £6B per ton (c.i.f. Sydney).

New Hebrides: Robusta, £6B per ton (c.i.f.

Sydney).

Kenya and Mysore: £B5 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: 26/- per lb., C. & F., Sydney.

Green Label: 21/ -per lb., C. & F., Sydney.

Kapok

Indian kapok is being quoted for indent at 1/6 per lb. c.i.f. stg.

Market for Javanese kapok has been suspended.

Cotton

New Caledonia: Quote No. 1: 9V2d. to 12d. lb. (c.i.f., Sydney). Quote No. 2: lOVad. to 12d. (c.i.f., Sydney).

Ivory Nuts

No firm quotations available,

Trochus Shell

F.a.q., £lO3 per ton, in store, Sydney.

Rice

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

Green Snail Shell

F.a.q., £lO3 per ton, in store, Sydney.

Pearl Shell

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