Produce Prices

(Unless otherwise stated, quotations are in Australian currency. Australian dollar (June 20) ■quals New /eafand, $1,002 (buying), $0.9980 pclling); F'|. $0.9711, $0.9510; Western 50.8019; US, $1.1934, $1.1886 * S ?D 4 r" P ' 45 /. 791 . "P; Pencil Pacific, 09.63 FP francs, (buying only); Tonga, $l.

Copra

Copra industries are controlled through copra oards in NG, the Solomons, the GEIC, both amoas, Fiji, Tonga and the US Trust Territory ew Hebrides, the Cooks, French Polynesia and ew Caledonia don t have boards and copra is JVers or ufed V Stl by 9roWerS overseas he board ' with Planters' dlstnbut ‘on and sales and pays anters. Shipments are made to UK, European foil mil ° Australia and Japan, and coco it oil mills on New Britain. ita!r t rirS 3 pH CeS tin d '3 eliVered main ports ' were: 't-air dried, $lO3 per ton; FMS, $lOO per c'i .i Sm °Tu' dr / ed/ $9B P er ton. ' Pe nr. : rJ he oard fixes P rices on Philippines etc' f u kl - n i mto account freight, taxes, selling sts shrinkage etc Prices recently were 9 * 7 9 rade ' $67; 2nd grade, $57, CAS, WESTERN SAMOA: - The board makes pay msUnd^llffh 5 thr ° U9h if u a 9ents —local ms— and sells the copra on the open market a portion to Abels Ltd. NZ Recent lst quality, $84.10; '2nd' qSaTy! ic°h NG sendT ft" £ pr £ iS So,d 1° the board icn sends it to Europe and the open P to growers were Ts6o grade, and Ts4B 2nd grade, ner ton iOLOMON K 2 C Ah n f °L Ce Until Jul V 31 • iOLOMON IS.:— All production through board T Phi, i ppines rates. 9 Output s to the UK, Japan, Australia and the rest s7? n 9nH rket ‘w Rec l^ f prices were; Ist ° 75 ic. 2 n nd grade ' s7l '" 3rd grade, $6l BSIP ports (Honiara, Yandina and '™TZ D Z'£~ 2i ‘ per lb ■"*»» !wc t J EBP,DES: Copra sold direct by e on Anri?"?! and {T n - official ma rket , , April 15 was $3O. Marseilles 76.50 ch francs (per 100 kilos) May 5.

COOK IS.;—Copra goes to Abels, Ltd., of Auckland, who operates NZ's copra crushing mill. Prices for July to September, packed, shipping weights f.0.b., were fixed at SNZIOO 09 Ist grade, hot-air dried, $NZ97.95 Ist grade, sun-dried, and $NZ96.33 standard grade

Us Trust Territory; $102.50 (Grade 11

$92.50 (grade 2), $85.50 (grade 3), delivered district centres; $9O (grade 1), $BO (grade 2), $7O (grade 3), picked up outer islands.

Other Produce

BECHE-DE-MER. Chang Sing Loong Co., Suva, quote 45c (4 in. to 10 in.).

Honiara.—Live slugs, over six inches, black run mec ° C c ? ther colours — l2 for 10c. ™ CH a- I ™ Solomon . s ' Hon 'ara, Tabasco, grade dried 12? pe? uT ' b; '° n 9 red - 9rade nr;^? COA rr lslands . rates are based on Ghana prices. Ghana price on June 16 (May/July shipment) was spot £stg.246 ton, c.i.f; UK Continent. ' June 16, Quote No. 1= n store Rabaul, export quality, $440 per ton, delivered ex wharf Sydney, $5lO. Quote No. 2: Best quality in store NG ports, $440 (July/August shipment).

Solomons.—4 cents a lb delivered to a cents a lb at buying points.

PNG C J „ une 16/ 9°°d quality, A grade 42c per lb; B grade, 38c ; C grade, 36c; Y grade, 36£c (ex-store Sydney).

W Samoa.— Recently, WSTEC ground and dried beans, 49 sene per lb (wholesale) CROCODILE SKINS.-Honiara! $1.89 to $2 25 per sq. m.

Green Snail Shell.—S3So A Ton F.O.B.

(nominal). fo P b APUAN GUM.—Graded gum $215 per ton, PASSIONFRUIT.—Cook Islands, Islands Foods fruit PayS growers NZ2 ‘ sc P er lb for good PAPAW.—Cook Islands, Island Foods Ltd Pa p S FANTItc erS NZ2 DMr Per c lb i for 900 d fruit rpr«nti NUT f' PNG: s V dne y agents reported 17 25r y |b f '°’ b ‘' LaC; Kernels — white Spanish PEARL SHELL.—Torres Strait Pearlshellers' hBS ,u no r . ecent g uotes - Solomons.— 5 n ° l n )®Ira'l 1 ra ' lo motber , of l P earl blacklip 14c-16c lb, goldlip 18c lb. Cook Islands.—Penrhyn, 20-25 c per lb,_ del Rarotonga 33-35 c per lb. French Polynesia.—Tuamotu, Gambier shells, to $1 000 per ton, Papeete. ' piti: FTl /a N bu 9 rowers 17c lb, flowers. . R,CE (Aust.):—PNG: Dried brown, 112 lb bags, $ll5 a ton, 40 lb bags, $125 a ton vitamin enriched white, 56 lb bags, $127 a on r a| l f-o.w. Sydney/Melbourne. Pacific Is

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f o.w b Sy 3 * '° n 9 '° n ' A " PriCeS RUBBER.— PNC prices are based on Singapore rates which on June 2 were.- No 1 RSS (Malayan cents a kilo f.o.b) June 9125 92 00; Ju| y , 91.50-92.25; August, 92 00-92:75 be?r A h ND SM W °°w , 'l NeW Hebr 'des, landed on the beach, Vila and Santo, no recent quotes.

SHARKS FINS. Chang Sing Loong Co., Suva, offers 75c per lb for Ist quality, 45c for mixed quality. per TR |b CHUS '~ BSIP 4 ° (uncleaned )' 5c (cleaned) TURTLE SHELL.—BSI: 20c to $1.20 per lb depending on size and quality. \A/h^ BE A, NS - Prices recently were: rvariy c yellow ,'abel processed standard P ack s, $7 50; green label $7.40, c.i.f., Sydney Tonga.—sT4.2o, f.0.b., Nukualofa; $T4.50 Mel bourne. '

Uk, Us Quotes

RUBBER.—London No. 1 RSS spot (per kilo), June 2, prompt shipment, 14.37 p (c. and f.). bufk° P SMVM l i 0 M D ? N ' JU n e 20, Philippines, in iiK/Kin?f U h S 4 c (Ju y reseller ) P er long ton, c.i.f., “‘‘SSm, E s Ur |s e s a , n 7 s P ° rtS; US PaCi,ic coast £stg°l| ,N (jJne/J , tly) <CeV,on> - LONDON ' June 2 °'