IN FAIR SAMOA.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 18 November 1924, Page 8

IN FAIR SAMOA.

TOBACCO-GiROWING MAY PROVE PROFITABLE

(by telegraph-press associationWELLINGTON, Nov.; 17 The quarterly reports of the departmental,; activities- of the Samoan Administration, has : been received by the Minister of External' Affairs, and show a great improvement o.n the economic position; ; ; The /figures of the Grown Estates’Department'for »he first seven months of, the. year indicate that the operations)wifi show* vei’y substantial profits against losses made in the last three years,', during the worst of the slumps.^,; The ; :outlook for copra and cocoa beans-, is most encouraging. The crops pf cacosa this year give: every indication of heiiig w r ell above the average. Already for the first; seven months: of the year 775 tons have been shipped, as against less than 300. tons for the corresponding period of last year. The authorities are seeking new 7 markets in New 7 Zealand and:-.else-where. • ■ ‘

Experiments are being made with the planting of cotton,/andfsd far xhe indi-, cations are that the industry v ill be successfully established. Another product which gives every promise of. beihg successfiilly established is tobacco;