Fiji Rubber
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Production for New Zealand
AS a result of consultations between the Governments of Fiji, United Kingdbm, Australia and New Zea land, it has been agreed that Fiji will export all its raw rubber to New Zealand.
The Dominion Ministry of Supply has appointed W. R. Carpenter & Co. (Fiji), Ltd., to act on its behalf as buying and shipping agents for this purpose.
Delivery will be taken at the Carpen ter store in Suva, and all raw rubber of satisfactory quality will be paid for at the controlled prices of 2/3 and 1/9 per pound (Fiji currency) f.o.b. for sheet and scrap rubber respectively. Export tax and wharfage payable to the Customs will be deducted from these prices. All rubber delivered must be satisfactorilv packed.
It is hoped that these new export and purchase arrangements will stimulate production.
The export of Fiji rubber, once import ant, had fallen to 6.855 lb. in 1929 and 339 lb. in 1933. But. since then, all the old trees have been tapped. In the last recorded year, 1942, the production was 131,294 tons worth £1,761,055.