Macrobertsons Now In
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N. Guinea
Mr. Geoffrey R. Brewer,
world-purchasing director of Macßobertson Pty. Ltd., which recently acquired a cocoa planta tion in New Guinea, said on his return to Sydney in February, after visiting the 1,050-acre Markham Valley property, that the company should be able to produce cocoa there at £l5O per ton. When fully developed the plantation should produce about 200 tons per annum —a fraction compared with Aus tralia’s total annual requirements of about 13,000 tons. Only 15 acres are now planted, but another 100 acres has been cleared and planted with shade trees, and a further 200 acres is in process of being cleared.