French Oceania Mop:
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Price And Yield Up
French Oceania’s mother-of pearl shell fisheries in the Tuamotu atolls produced 857 metric tons (843 long tons) during 1955; average price per long ton was about £ASB2.
Average haul over 10 years has been 688 metric tons, and average price about £A3OO per long ton.
Greatest yield was 930 metric tons m 1946; smallest, 362 metric tons in 1948. The 1955 price showed a sharp increase over* the previous year when the average price realised was about £A3B9 per long ton.