Fiji Buying Prices
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Suva, Dec. 20
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 12Va per cent, below sterling, and 12*/ 2 per cent, above Aus tralian.
Copra (Plantation Grade) £l6/12/6 Copra (F.M.S. Grade) £l5/12/6 Coconut Charcoal, per ton £l2 Copra Sacks, bale lots, per doz 30/- Copra Sacks, each ’ 2/7 Kerosene per tin (4 gal.) 15/1 per case 30/2 1 gallon tin .. 3/11 Flour, per sack 25/9 Flour, 5 lb 1/- Sharps, per sack 20/4y 2 Sharps, 5 lb -1/- Barbed Wire £3l Pearl Shell, per ton £l4 Beche-de-mer (best quality) about 1 lb. .. 6d.
Beche-de-mer (raw fish) about 1 lb 4d.
Turtle Hooves, per lb 3d.
Trocus Shell, per ton .../. £7O