War Conditions on Norfolk

Island

INDUSTRIAL activities on Norfolk Island have been adversely affected by war conditions. In the year ended June 30, 1942, the principal exports were:—

Total exports, worth £7,404, represented a decrease of nearly 50 per cent, com pared with the years immediately before the war.

Since June, 1942. a smaller area than heretofore is under cultivation. The passionfruit plantations have not been enlarged, and some have been allowed to die out. The areas usually planted with beans have been much reduced, with a resultant substantial reduction in the quantity of seed produced for the Sydney market.

Bean seed £ . .. 3.453 Hides ... 270 Lemon juice . . . 216

Passionfruit pulp .. .

. .. 2.222