Fiji Buying Prices
p. 62 · Read in the full issue
Suva, March 21
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 12V 2 per cent, below sterling, and 12V 2 per cent. above Australian.
On January 28, the price for plantation grade copra was reduced to £ 18/5/6 per ton.
This price was decided upon by the Copra Committee. (These prices represent the price per ton paid to producers.)
Copra (Plantation Grade) .. .. .. .. £18/15/6 Copra (FMS Grade) Copra sacks, each Kerosene, per gallon 3/4 Flour, per 150 lb. sack 37/4V2 Flour, per 4 lb Sharps, per 140 lb. sack 34/10V2 Sharps, 4 lb 1/1 Barbed Wire, ton lots Trocas Shell, per ton £85 Benzine, per gallon 2/7V2