West Samoa Exports

Western Samoa’s Annual Report, pub lished in Wellington in mid-August, gave the Territory’s imports for the 1951 financial year as £1,200,000 —£100,000 up on the previous year—with exports up by £418,000.

The 14,000 tons of copra exported in 1950 was this year exceeded by 600 tons, though shipping, rather than increased production, was responsible for this.

Cocoa exports were up by 1,300 tons on the previous year’s 1,900 tons exported, and exceeded the previous all-time 1949 record by 318 tons.

Deepest ocean deep has recently

been discovered off Guam. It is seven miles down.