Islands Produce

Cocoa

Revised prices for New Hebrides cocoa beans have been announced by the Cocoa Chocolate and Confectionery Committee as follows: Present stocks, £55 (Australian), per ton, f.o.b.

Future stocks, £4l/10/- per ton, f.o.b.

Selling prices, d/d Sydney, Melbourne or Hobart: — Future stocks, £53/5/-.

Present stocks, £6B/15/-.

Accra: £69/10/- (on wharf, Sydney, all charges paid).

New Guinea cocoa beans: No quotations.

Western Samoa: Last sale reported, Ist quality, £BO (f.0.b., Apia).

Trochus Shell

There were sales of trochus shell in the week ending February 15 at the slightly reduced price of £lO7 per ton.

All other lines of Islands produce were un changed at last month’s rates as under: —

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.l.f.

Sydney). Robusta, £63 per ton (c.i.f. Sydney).

New Hebrides: Robusta, £63 per ton (c.i.f.

Sydney).

Mysore: £240 (c. & f. Sydney).

New Guinea and Papuan; No firm quotations available.

Java: No quotations.

Vanilla Beans

White Label, 15/6 per lb.; Green Label, 13/per lb.; c. & f. Sydney (Aust. currency).

Kapok

Market for Javanese kapok has been suspended, Indian kapok is being quoted for Indent at 1/6 per lb, c.i.f. stg.

Cotton

Government controlled. Stocks being made available to manufacturers at following rates;— For spinning and weaving yarns, 14y 2 d. per lb.; cordage making, ll 3 Ad. per lb.; condenser yarn, 12d. per lb.

Ivory Nuts

No firm quotations available.

Rice

No quotations,

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.