COMMERCE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND SAMOA.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 4, Issue 168, 16 October 1880, Page 2

COMMERCE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND SAMOA.

[CoMMCJf&UTED.] Mr. T. M. Dawson, U.B. Uowul at Apia, in a recent report Ip the TJ.S. Government, states tliat tiiere is under ;ulliration in Samoa about oOUO acres, • jearly ali on the island of Up-du, The , successors of J. (J. (-Lsletfroy and Son : have iSUO acres of this quantity in their I uiantalions in corn, rottoiL oocoar.uti, j InvadiVnlt.Cic. The cotton exports of tins ! iir:n tins year will he about 2,200,0U01h5. i about Uoo,o3olhs. of which is Sea. Island, I and is siiiujs J, after •.gimiing and baling, to Alsace-Lorniine for silk manufacture. Tlio balance i» kidney cotton and goes j principally to Saxony. This firm imports . shout 20i000lhs. of hand - Worked Sea J island cotton from Nine, and ahout. i lOO.OOOIhs. of kidney from Tonga. Aside from this firm, Mr. Ad. VolkI maim and Mr. F. Cornwall produce | islKNit lOO.OOUIIis. of . cotton-annually, i which will swell the total cotton export j in nhojit 2,500,0001b5. | The copra exports this year will he I ahont 8000 tons, or about, 1000 tons in i excess of any previous tear. This goes ;to Sydney, Linden, aid Hamburg, Tito i natives probably realised SIOO,OOO in ■ cash and trade for their copra the past season, luit a recent combination of the German firms Ims reduced the price from 2£c casli to lo cash, I\c half cash and half trade, and I Je all trade. There are 1600 labourers from other islands in the Pacific Ocean on the German plantations, and 1800 of such ! labourers in Samoa. j The total value of exports from Apia ! to San Francisco since the beginning of i 1875 to October Ist, 1880, is__ $75,028 : |74, and of imports $884,051 : 70, as may I lie s on by the subjoined tabulated statei meat, which shows a balance in favour of ! the San Francisco,market of $258,4:12 : I &ti. Since the arrival of Consul Dawson jat this port two years ago the imports j from Son Francisco have lip.n SI 48,090 : j6O against $180,1)05 :01 for the three i years and night months previous to his ; coming, and the monthly average has benn : $15.041: 7(i against $4,226 : 17, showing tin average monthly increase of $1,818: | 2!) for the past two years over the three [ years and eight months previous. j VALUE of EXPORTS in Fungus, | Cocoa-nuts, Copra, Chili Peppers, I Limes, Lime .fnion, Beche do Mere, I and Sharks* Fin’, from Apia to San ■ Franc lieu, 1875-18S0. 1875-$17,538; 00 , 1870— 6,818:40 i 3877 25,807 ; SO I 1878— ‘1,648:.>2 1870— 5,508:52 j 1880 to October Isi 1 ",174 :50

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