Fiji Buying Prices
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Suva, January 22
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 12 V 2 per cent, below sterling, and 12 Vz per cent. above Australian.
Copra (Plantation Grade) £l9/7/6 Copra (FMB Grade) £lB 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 31/10 V 2 Sharps, 1 lb 3d.
Barbed Wire, ton lots £4O Trocas Shell, per ton £B5 Benzine, per gallon 2/10 On January 28, the price for plantation grade copra was reduced to £lB/5/6 per ton.
This price was decided upon by the Copra Committee. (These prices represent the price per ton paid to producers.)