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Pacific Islands Monthly, 17 February 1945Vol. XV, No. 7

Fiji Buying Prices

p. 50 · Read in the full issue

Suva, January

r P HE following, taken from the “Fiji Times.”

A shows the prices current in Suva on the tufL men *?° ned - 1116 Prices, of course, are given m Fiji currency, which is 12% per cent, below sterling, and 12y 2 per cent, above Aus tralian.

Copra (Plantation Grade) 4? on Copra (FMS Grade) .. .. ' "

Copra Sacks, each .. £lB/10/- Kerosene, per gallon ...

Flour, per sack, 32/6; per lb ' oh Sharps, per 140 lb. sack . oa/n Sharps, 5 lb. ..

Barbed Wire ...

Pearl Shell, per ton .. o!: Beche-de-mer (best quality) about lb " “ 6 d (raW ab ° Ut " " 4d Trocas Shell, per ton ' £ gg