TRADE IN FIJI.
-■■■ V , ■ The colony of Fiji continues to jiK: crease in prosperity, the value of both imports and exports for the past ■__&. ancial ye,ar both showing considerably increases as compared with previous, years. The imports for _ 1900 Were ?■ valued at £349,890, and the exports at £619,836, a'total trade of £969,721),'-'. against £744,900 for the preceding I year.
The export of sugar for 1900 (32,961 tons) shows an increase over-"' the previous year, but a decrease com-j pared with 1898, owing to unusuafi drought, .** There was a slight falling off in the^ export of green fruit, the total being). 396,242 tons. .
The export of copra for 1900, amounting to 16,361 tons, was greater! than 1899 by 8744 tons, and exceedj|| any previous year in the colony's ma£ tory by some 7000 tons. Part of thiS; increase as due to the abnormal™ good season experienced, , but rail efforts made to induce natives to m|B| up their nuts into copra for the ptny. pose of individual betterment havaj; tended to largely increase the output. |
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 90, 17 April 1901, Page 2
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