Record Shipments Of
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W. Samoan Cocoa
From Our Own Correspondent APIA, December 10.
THE SS Maplehank in Apia, has loaded a record shipment of Samoan produce for the United Kingdom—about 3,900 tons of copra and about 800 tons of cocoabeans are to be shipped and the total value of the shipment is estimated to be in the neighbourhood of £500,000.
In addition, the motor ship Thorsisle, of the Pacific Islands Transport Line, in early December, loaded an additional 300 tons of cocoa-beans for the USA market.
These large shipments will probably clear Apia sheds before the end of the year.
Top price for Samoan cocoabeans was obtained a few days ago when a small parcel of Samoan Ist grade was sold to New Zealand buyers at £3OO per ton f.o.b. (In the New Year, cocoa rose to £4OO Stg. in London— an all-time record. See elsewhere this issue).
Eight Western Samoan Boy Scouts, in charge of Scoutmaster Williamson, attended a “jamborette” in Christchurch, NZ, in January.
The trip was financed by public sub scription subsidised by the Govern ment on a £ for £ basis.