Fiji Buying Prices
p. 41 · Read in the full issue
Suva, July 17
THE following, taken from the “Fiji Times,” 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 12 Vz per cent, above Aus tralian.
Copra, first grade, per ton .. .. £16/12/6 Copra, second grade, per ton .. .. £ 15/12/6 Coconut Charcoal, per ton £12 Copra Sacks, per doz. in bale lots .. .. 16/11 Each Trochus Shell, per ton £70 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 Sharps, 5 lb 1/- Barbed Wire £31 Pearl Shell, per ton £14 Beche-de-mer (best quality) about lb. 6d.
Beche-de-mer (raw fish) about 1 lb. 4d.
Turtle Hooves, per lb 3d.