Fiji Buying Prices
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Suva, May 17
HpHE following, taken from the “Fiji Times,”
J- 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 12V 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 ... V- Sharps, per sack Sharps, 5 lb ... 1/- 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 ... £^0