W. Samoa To Abolish
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Empire Preference
From Our Own Correspondent APIA, October 16.
A Select-Committee Of The
Legislative Assembly of Western Samoa has just terminated its investigations into the advisability, or otherwise, of abolishing the present Preferential Tariff for British goods and has recommended, to the Legislative As sembly, the abolition of the existing preference which works mainly against goods imported from the USA.
Unfortunately, after the devaluation of the £ in relation to the Dollar, the Cus toms authorities here have adopted the new conversion rate of $2.80 to £1 for cus toms purposes, so that the effect of a flat rate on imports from all countries of foreign origin, including the USA, is completely nullified. Large cargoes of USA and Canadian goods arrived in the beginning of October by the steamers Thorscape and Alamada (via Pago Pago).