Copra sacks, each ' ’ ‘ ‘ 2/7
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Fiji Buying Prices
Suva, April 17
r T'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 12y 2 per cent, below sterling, and 12 Vz per cent. above Australian.
Copra (Plantation Grade) £lB/15/6 Copra (FMS Grade) £ig Copra sacks, each ' ’ ‘ ‘ 2/7 Kerosene, per gallon " 3/4 Flour, per 150 lb. sack 37/4 y 2 Flour, per 4 lb 1/1 Sharps, per 140 lb. sack 34/10% Sharps, 4 lb \/\ Barbed Wire, ton lots £4O Trocas Shell, per ton £B5 Benzine, per gallon 2/6 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.)