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Pacific Islands Monthly, 17 April 1945Vol. XV, No. 9

Fiji Buying Prices

p. 50 · Read in the full issue

Suva, March 14

r T'HE following, taken from the “Fiji Times,”

A shows the prices current in Suva on the date mentioned. The prices, of course, are given in Fiji currency, which is 12% per cent, below sterling, and 12% per cent, above Australian.

Copra (Plantation Grade) x> on Copra (P.M.S. Grade) “ p\ nn n, Copra sacks, each ... " i. 18/10/ Kerosene, per gallon ' ’ ‘ ’ , Flour, per sack ' ' ‘ w ', a Flour, per lb 3 % 6 Sharps, per 140 lb. sacks ‘ 2 6/- Sharps, 5 lb Barbed Wire, ton lots " “ Trocas Shell, per ton .. .. pit Benzine, per gallon ” ** 3/10 Benzine (bowser), per gallon .. ” 0/0