Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-03
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IT IH'Hro l'c",:.t;N Tor H." &'N 10.
IN; o: " Large am profitable trad"
t '".'II these ;WO places. Tn" nrcs"n'
i..Gr cUHld easily, and at rtlatINel,
III all cost. hc increased tCnfOld.
The HbOi" statement was maze to
g representative OF the 'NeWH,AHf""
uS'I 10y VIZ. Dyson H!l'". Land Com
nu. siUu"I t.. FIJ!.
IN" Fijian Legislator" has recent
:. p"sse- resolution TO liz" rffr"t
that II would he dcsiraOI" To upprOhr,.
H., Can lillian Government with " We"
to develop closer trad" relations ""-
~ cen 'anada and FIJI. he cOn;nu"L
"Flj AT present imports small
aHorint OF timber and canned fish from
IHtSh t0lnmbia.' WhlI" the sale "N-
rullOi III" island to tins prONlnr" Is
' III occasional cargo OF raw sugar 10"
tn" sugar refinery.
{ THE most important product Of I'll"
. Islands Is bananas. OF which over 4
rIjlIion lunches, or practically all tn"
cI0p. are annually exported TO .ToW
hlAf.t
j.. limited by tho demand. as the is
Lands could easily produce from tour
10 five million lunches every year, |
hvlieyo there is a good market for
ljian hananas III this citN and pro-
. vince ! am informed that an average"
/ lunch Of bananas sells mere at $50
per bunch. We can deliver them f. @.
: . at Suva at 80 cents per "unch. A
! thnch may contain anything from 100
/ 90 200 fruits.
/ AT the present time it is practically
! iMpo: sible for us to export the fruit
! 10 Vancouver. because all the steamers
i Of the Canadian-Australasian line have
their cold storage capa"ity exhausted
! ~ New Zealand butter or Australian
mutton before they reach Suva. We
( export bananas as far as Melbourne.
! which, is over ten days from SuVa. AM
! tie fruit arrives in first class COndi-
ton. The journey to Vancouver is
j only a matter OF three DAYS more.
! There is fruit inE peCtiOn de-
| partment in Suva which looks aft
e. the condition of the islands,
! The government is planning a 6D-mil"
iIl,
! III ltap rich banana and sugar
! territory. Surveyors are already i'll
! the field.
! -"There is another product which
could easily be exported 10 Vancouver.
| 2nd that is Copra. the dried inner keT-
leI of the cocoanut. There is val
liable oil extracted from il. which is
/ largely used in the manufacture Of
SOAP
We look forward to great devel-
! orment of our trade after the opening
| of the Panama Canal. as Suva should
! then become an important coaling sta
! ton. being nthe high road or Aus
he government has voted the sum
I,f three-quarters OF a millfO ndollars
for harbOr improvements, such as
dredging and increat ed wharfage.
THE Journey from. Fiji 10 England
W, Vancouver is about y DAYS short
..r than NV the Suez Canal, and the
TARA !. .hon, :ne same The maiorit,'
,f rho coIonists officials or planters
>I,ooeo tho Ionrer Goa route owing to
! xtroc which tho raiiwa
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