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Appendix I—Information Relating to Individual Islands—continued

APPENDIX lI—RETAIL PRICES OF STAPLE COMMODITIES Bread .. . . . . .. , . 6d. per pound. Biscuits . . . . .. .. Is. 6d. per pound. Butter .. .. . . .. .. Up to 2s. Bd. per pound. Fish (tinned) .. .. .. .. Up to 3s. 4d. per pound. Fish (fresh) . . .. .. Is. per pound. Flour .. . . . . .. .. 3|d. per pound. Meat (tinned) .. .. .. 2s. per pound. Soap .. .. .. .. .. 6d. per cake. Sugar .. .. .. .. .. 9d. per pound. Tea .. .. .. .. .. ss. 6d. per pound. Benzine .. . . .. .. ss. per gallon. Kerosene . . .. . . 3s. Bd. per gallon. White drill .. .. .. .. ss. 4d. per yard.

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1945-46. 1946-47. 1947-48. 1948-49. 1949-50. Palmerston No figures available. Calls are made occasionally for copra, i tnd sometimes dried fish, which the inhabitants supply to the Central Leper Hospital at Makogai. Pukapuka Shipping calls 1 2 1 3 1 2 8 Copra (tons) 60 80 85 20 96 High Court cases 139 I 158 Manihiki Shipping calls 4 13 1 13 | 9 17 Copra (tons) .. . . 143 93 138 167 150 Mother of pearl-shell (tons) .. 10 ! 63 89 174 228 High Court cases 49 ! 133 87 192 206 RaJcahanga Shipping calls .. .. 1 4 10 1 11 7 9 Copra (tons) .. . . 74 163 115 176 201 High Court cases .. . . .. ] 9 33 18 36 Penrhyn Shipping calls 3 6 13 4 1 10 Copra (tons) 7 87 127 81 73 Mother of pearl-shell (tons) 1 15 10 20 High Court cases 101 142 50 193 116

— 1945. " 1946. i 1947. 1948. 1949. Total rainfall (inches) Number of rainy days Highest fall for any day (inches) Date of occurrence Highest temperature (° p.) Date of occurrence Lowest temperature Date of occurrence Mean of maximum temperature (°F.) Mean of minimum temperature (° F.) Average temperature (° r.) . . 91-69 234 4-63 11 Aug. 88-5 15 Mar. 58-0 3-4 Oct. 81-2 91-69 217 5-08 13 Jan. 89-5 1 Jan. 58-0 10 July 81-0 99-56 211 3-80 5 Feb. 90-2 19 Jan. 55-0 5 Sept. 81-1 57-77 181 4-43 3 Feb. 88-0 1 Feb. 53-8 10 July 80-3 72-59 162 3-11 3 Feb. 91-0 17 Mar. 53-0 17 June 80-5 70-0 69-0 69-5 68-8 69-4 75-6 75-0 75-3 74-6 74-9