Fiji Buying Prices
p. 74 · Read in the full issue
Suva, January 2
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 12Vi per cent, below sterling, and 12 Vi per cent. above Australian.
Copra (Plantation Grade) £l9/7/6 Copra (F.M.S. Grade) £l7/17/6 Copra sacks, each 2/7 Kerosene, per gallon 3/4 Flour, per 150 lb. sack 34/3 Flour, per lb 3d.
Sharps, per 140 lb. sacks 31/10Vi Sharps, 1 lb. 3d.
Barbed Wire, ton lots £4O Trocas Shell, per ton £B5 Benzine, per gallon 2/10 (Note: On Dec. 1 the buying price of copra at Suva and Levuka was decreased by 12/6 per ton for both grades. These prices represent the price per ton paid to producers.)