Fiji Buying Prices
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Suva, 25/3/44
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 12y 2 per cent, below sterling, and 12y 2 per cent, above Aus tralian.
Copra (Plantation Grade) .. £16/12/6 Copra (F.M.S. Grade) .. £15/12/6 Coconut Charcoal, per ton ... £ 12 Copra Sacks, each :. 2/- Kerosene, per gal ... 3/4 Flour, per sack .. .. 25/9 Flour, 5 lb Sharps, per sack Sharps, 5 lb Barbed Wire £50 Pearl Shell, per ton ... £14 Beche-de-mer fbest quality) about lb. .. 6d.
Beche-de-mer (raw fish) about lb. ... 4d.
Turtle Hooves, per lb 3d.
Trocus Shell, per ton £80