Fiji Buying Prices
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Suva, March 5 'X'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 12V 2 per cent, above Australian.
Copra (Plantation Grade) £lB/5/6 Copra (FMB Grade) £ig Copra sacks, each ” 2/7 Kerosene, per gallon . ’ ” 3/4 Flour, per 150 lb. sack 37/4% Flour, per lb 33 Sharps, per 140 lb. sack 34/iovi Sharps, 4 lb Barbed Wire, ton lots £4O Trocas Shell, per ton £gs Benzine, per gallon 2/7y 2 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.)