Trade Balance
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W. Samoa’s Favourable Trade Balance
From Our Own Correspondent APIA, January 25.
IOR the calendar year 1951, Wes tern Samoa had a favourable trade balance of £527,244, Stg.
Cocoabeans topped the list of ex erts with a value of £801,001; copra is second, with a value of 81,172; and bananas third with value of £53,376.
The figures show the healthy ate of Western Samoan finances it show also, that the Territory is tally dependent on two products cocoa and copra.
A little less than half of the jrritory’s cocoa went to the tiited States in 1951. Almost all the copra went to the United ingdom and the bananas to New ;aland.
Mr. Jack Keenan, ADO, Madang ls been promoted to District Com issioner, Kavieng. Mrs. Keenan is gone South for medical reasons.
Mr. Laurie Brooks, formerly of e meteorological station at Dniara, BSI, fcas been transferred Macquarie Island.