Fiji Buying Prices
p. 46 · Read in the full issue
Suva, April
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 V2 per cent, below sterling, and 12V2 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 Flour, per sack .. .. 25/9 Flour, 5 lb Sharps, per sack 24/6 Sharps, 5 lb Barbed Wire Pearl Shell, per ton ... £14 Beche-de-mer (best quality) about lb. .. 6d.
Beche-de-mer (raw fish) about lb. ... 4d.
Turtle Hooves, per lb 3d.
Trocus Shell, per ton £80