50 Coco-nuts The Consols of the East 



to $3.25 in May, then rose to $3.90 on 

 August 21 ($i always =-45. 2<i. in this in- 

 stance). We cannot say what the record ship- 

 ment from Port of Spain has been, but on 

 July 14, 1911, a single vessel, the s.s. " Laila," 

 took 1,150,000 nuts, consigned to Phila- 

 delphia. (For prices in October, 1913, see end 

 of book.) 



The Tropical Agriculturist of Colombo com- 

 ments on shipments of coco-nut products from 

 Ceylon during 1910. Of coco-nut oil 594,235 

 cwt. were shipped, being a record except in 

 1908, when 629,122 cwt. were exported. A 

 record local price was established in Rs.6o5 

 f.o.b., but since then supplies of soya-beans 

 are considered to have been responsible for 

 lower values in Ceylon, America, and else- 

 where. Of copra 719,262 cwt. were shipped, 

 against 727,698 last year, or 8,436 cwt. less. 

 The highest price realized was Rs.93.5O at 

 Colombo (R. = is. 4d. about). Estate owners, 

 as a rule, preferred selling their nut crops in 

 shell, as they then realize a quicker return and 

 no risk of a falling market. In this they shared 

 the opinion of the Trinidad (W.I.) planters, 

 who were then realizing $29 per 1,000 for 

 4 'standard peeled select," in bags of 100, 

 against $4.30 per 100 Ib. for copra ($=- 45. 2d.) 

 and 91 cents, per gallon for coco-nut oil. As 

 we have the figures by us, our readers may be 

 interested to see the Trinidad prices and ship- 

 ments since 1908, which compare as follows : 



