Price of Seychelles Copra
p. 59 · Read in the full issue
to “Crown Colonist,” of August 27, the’ price of copra in the Seychelles Islands (Indian Ocean) had just been increased by £7 per ton to £2B per ton. The currency is sterling, and it is presumed the price means f.o.b. at the chief Seychelles port.
Mrs. Carrie Amelia Kirkwood, widow of the late Mr. Richard Kirkwood, of Suva, died in Auckland on September 26. She was one of the early pioneers of Suva.
Mr. Kirkwood came to the Colony in the eighties for James McEwan & Co., but later he joined the Civil Service and was Government Auditor at the time of his retirement.