SAMOAN TRADE
- „....,+. ■ BIG INCREASE IN FIGURES. j The Hon. E." P. Lee (Minister for i External Affairs) pointed out to . tinSamoan deputation, which waited up«i Ministers yesterday, that iii 1918, und<\ German control, the turnover of the sis. ' principal firms in Apia. Western ' was jfillO.OOO, while tho copra tmtput ; was nil. In 1918, however, tho las! ! year of which the fljfurea were avail able, the turnover was ".£280,000, and tV . copra output was 15.000 tons. Mr -Croudace 6aid that very much of the increase in the turnover..was due to the increased cost of. goods. Mr Lee roplied that that was only truo to a certain extent; and tho figures , for 1920 would show a still greater, in- i crease. - !
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10685, 3 September 1920, Page 2
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119SAMOAN TRADE New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10685, 3 September 1920, Page 2
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