Fiji Buying Prices
p. 42 · Read in the full issue
Suva, Nov. 25 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 x / 2 per cent, below sterling, and 12V 2 per cent, above Aus tralian.
Copra, first grade, per ton .. .. £ 16/12/6 Copra, second grade, per ton .. .. £l5/12/6 Coconut Charcoal, per ton £l2 Copra Sacks, per doz. in bale lots .. .. 30/- Each 2/7 Trochus Shell, per ton £7O Kerosene, per tin (4 gallon) 15/1 Per case 30/2 1 gallon tin 3yil Flour, per sack 25/9 Flour, 5 lb 1/.
Sharps, per sack 20/4Vfe Sharps, 5 lb l/_ Barbed Wire £3l Pearl Shell, per ton £l4 Beche-de-mer (best quality) about lb. .. 6d.
Bech-de-mer (raw fish) about 1 lb. 4d.
Turtle Hooves, per lb 3d.