Cocoa And Copra Shipments
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From Our Own Correspondent
Apia, Feb. 21.
DURING the last few weeks the cocoa market has again been steadily rising and sales have been effected at from £270 to £3OO stg. f.o.b. per ton to England, Australia, New Zealand, Italy and {Holland for Ist grade, sun or hot air dried.
The Meadowbank which arrived in Apia on February 23 is loading 1,400 tons of copra for the British M.O.F. and over 400 tons of cocoa for the English and Continental market. Several small con signments of cocoa will be shipped by the Matua scheduled to leave Apia on February 27. Altogether abut 500 tons of cocoa beans, the bulk of the December/January crop are being shipped by two overseas vessels and there will be only small ship ments going forward during the next few months.
Mr. W. J. S. Brabant has been pro moted to the post of Senior Accountant in the Accountant-General’s Depart ment, Fiji.