Samoan Cocoabeans
p. 51 · Read in the full issue
THOUGH the price offered by overseas buyers for Samoan cocoa-beans is from £125 to £135, Apia shippers have still to fill contracts with an fob price of £95 per ton.
When these contracts expire the new cocoa price for first grade cocoabeans will probably be about £ll6 per ton —an in crease to the Samoan planter of about £3O against the rate he is receiving “on the plantation” at present.
The French Colonial Ministry is asking the Pacific Colonies, including Tahiti, for information as to the possibilities for young Frenchmen who wished to emigrate.
It is realised that the possibilities in Tahiti are limited.
New Zealand occupation troops for Japan, numbering 2,500 called in on Suva en route to Tokio on August 5. They were all aboard the transport “Chitral” and had had a stormy passage from New Zealand.