SAMOA’S TRADE RETURNS
totals show decrease. EFFECT.'OF LOW VALUESj.:The trade-statistics for Western Sa« rnoa for 1829 show a considerable de-. - crease 1 in comparison with those for 1928, statgs the annual report on tne mandated territory presented to. ilar--1 total trade was £582,787, ‘ nared with £748.7'28 for -the- previous vear, a decrease of £165,941.; In.L'l9-8, however, the total trade was: outstandingly high. The average for-pthei five yea?s prior to 1928 was £641,065, in comparison with which last year- shows a decrease of £58,278. g r The principal factor for thei.decrease was the fall in price of the iprirnary products of the territory, and the instructions issued from time to time by by the Mau organisation for the cessation of copra production had a. temporary effect. The total export of copra was 1*2,941 tons, being 3048 tone less than in 1928, but only 83 tons less than the average for the preceding five yeans. The export for the year ended March 31, 1930, was . 14,071 - tons...Jt ■•>. is generally. : believed that ihet .eliimatic conditions -for-Ipland produce.‘were j not po favourable iim, 1920 ... as in. 1928.
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 August 1930, Page 4
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