Fiji Gold Production
p. 91 · Read in the full issue
At High Level
From Our Own Correspondent SUVA. Sept. 25.
THE value of Fiji’s mineral production in 1949 totalled £1,174,193, according to the Fiji Mines Department’s an nual report. Gold accounted for £1.127,073, silver £6,581, manganese £1,200 and quar ried products £39,069.
of the 1)303 P ersons employed directly in mining, 922 were Fijians, 189 part- Europeans, 114 Indians and 78 Europeans.
Between 1932 and 1949 the total value of gold produced in Fiji has been £10,716,117.
In 1932 the royalty on exports of gold ancl sil ver was £l6 and the total revenue £lO9. In 1949 royalty amounted to £25,494 and total revenue £26,008.
The report states that in 1949 there was a shortage of suitable Fijian and part- European workers at Vatiikoula and dif ficulty in recruiting European techincal staff from New Zealand and Australia.