Reconditioning Copra
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Decision of Fiji Production Board
fT\HE Fiji Supply Production Board JL has decided that, in future, all copra graded at 40 points or less, under the grading system now in opera tion, will be reconditioned at the expense of the owner and then re-graded.
Reconditioning is estimated to cost not more than 12/- a ton and the re-grading fee will be £1 a ton. Reconditioning includes drying, sieving, picking over and re-bagging after re-grading- Any copra which the grader considers cannot be re conditioned will be rejected as unsale able.
This procedure has the approval of the majority of the Copra-Advisory Commit tee and the scheme came into operation on March 31, 1944. There has been evi dence, recently, the Production Board alleges, of undue carelessness in copra drying.