Islands Produce

MOST lines are under Governmental control, cotton being the latest commodity to be embraced by that authority and withdrawn from the free trading market. We have been advised that the Government is permitting sales to manufacturers at the following rates:— Cotton for spinning and weaving yarns, 14V 2 d. per lb.; cordage making, ll 3 / 4 d. per lb.; con denser yarn, 12d. per lb. (in store, Sydney).

The market for the limited supply of other produce coming to hand remains steady, at the following nominal rates listed in mid-June:—

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. & P., Sydney.

Kapok

Market for Javanese kapok has been suspended.

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

Ceylon coconut fibre is quoted at £3O per ton, in stare, Sydney.

Cotton

No quotations available. See above.

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.