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A period of slight drought was experienced during the months of April, May, and -June, 1949, the total rainfall for the three months being 5-9 in. Plantations and food «crops were not damaged by any storms. Niue is included in the system by which islands receive hurricane warnings from the Fiji Meteorological Service, and maintains six weather schedules daily with that office.

APPENDIX II The following table shows the retail prices of the principal items of consumption :

Bacon .. .. 2s. 9d. per pound. Beef .. .. Is. 3d. per pound. Biscuits (cabin bread) .. Is. to Is. 2d. per pound. Biscuits (fancy) .. .. 2s. sd. per pound. Butter (fresh) .. 2s. per pound. Butter (tinned) .'. .. 2s. 6d. per pound. ■Cheese (tinned) .. 2s. 6d. per 12 oz. Cocoa .. .. 2s. 9d. per pound. Coffee .. .. ss. per pound. Dripping .. Is. 2d. per pound. Fish (tinned) .. .. 3s. per pound. Flour .. .. .. 3d. per pound. Fruit (tinned) .. .. 2s. sd. per tin. •Jams (tinned, 14 oz.) .. Is. 3d. per tin. Matches . . .. Is. per packet. Ham . . .. 2s. 6d. per pound. Meats (fresh) .. Is. 9d. to 2s. 6d. per pound. Meats (tinned) .. 2s. per pound. Milk (sweetened, condensed) Is. 3d. per 14 oz. Milk (unsweetened, condensed) .. Is. 6d. per 16 oz. Milk (powdered) .. 3s. per pound. Peanuts .. 2s. per pound. Potatoes and onions .. sd. per pound. Rice .. .. .. 7d. per pound. Salt .. .. .. 3d. per pound. Soap (laundry) . . Is. Bd. per bar. Soap (toilet) .. .. 6d. per cake. .Sugar .. .. .. Bd. per pound. Soups (tinned) .. .. Is. 2d. per pound. Vegetables (tinned) .. Is. 6d. per pound. Waters, mineral .. lOd. per bottle. .Sweets .. 2s. 3d. to 2s. 6d. per pound. ■Chewing-gum .. .. l|d. per packet. Chocolate (cake) .. Is. 6d. per pound. Tobacco (cigarette) .. 3s. 4d. per 2 oz. Tobacco (pipe) .. .. 3s. 6d. per 2 oz. Tobacco (twist) .. .. 12s. per pound. Cigarettes .. Is. per packet. Cigarette-papers .. 2d. per packet. Aspirins .. Is. 9d. per packet. Brilliantine .. Is. to Is. 9d. per jar. Talc powder .. Is. 9d. to 2s. 6d. per packet. Toothpaste .. Is. 6d. per tube. Exercise books .. .. Bd. each. Writing-pads .. .. Is. each. Envelopes .. .. 6d. per dozen.

Cups and saucers .. 2s. 6d. each. Plates (dinner) .. .. Is. 6d. each. Tumblers (glass) .. Is. 3d. each. Frying-pans .. .. 9s. each. Saucepans (medium) .. 15s. each. Lanterns (hurricane) .. 15s. each. Lamps (pressure) .. £5 each. Stoves (primus) .. £2 each. Axes .. .. .. 14s. 6d. each. Bush knives .. .. ss. 2d. to 7s. 3d. each. Bicycles .. .. £2l each. Bicycle tires .. .. 15s. each. Bicycle tubes . . .. 6s. 9d. each. Bicycle chains .. .. 9s. 3d. each. Bicycle rims .. .. 13s. 6d. each. Kerosene, lighting .. 3s. 3d. per gallon. Methylated spirits .. 9s. per gallon. Benzine .. 6s. per gallon. Cement .. .. 15s. per bag. Paint (house) .. £3 per gallon. I Brushes (paint), 4 in. .. 13s. 6d. each. Brushes (whitewash) .. 9s. each. Cotton prints material .. 3s. to 4s. per yard. Cotton drill material .. 4s. 6d. per yard. Gingham .. 6s. per yard. Pareu cloth .. ss. per yard. Calico .. .. 2s. sd. to 3s. 9d. per yard. Silk (artificial) .. .. 4s. 6d. to ss. per yard. Sheeting .. .. 6s. per yard. Mosquito netting .. 6s. per yard. Blankets .. .. 655. per pair. Towels (hand) .. .. 4s. each. Towels (tea) .. .. 3s. each. Pillow-slips .. .. 3s. each. Rugs .. .. .. 375. 6d. each. Cotton (sewing) .. .. 9d. per reel. Cotton (stranded) .. 4d. per skein. Ribbon .. .. Is. per yard. Shirts (sports) .. . . 10s. 6d. each.. Shirts (collar) .. .. 225. 6d. each. Singlets .. 6s. each. Neckties .. , .. ss. 6d. each. Handerkerchiefs .. 2s. 6d. each. Socks (cotton) .. Is. 6d. per pair. Socks (woollen) .. 1. 7s. per pair. Shoes (canvas) .. .. 9s. per pair. | Shoes (leather) .. .. £2 per pair. : i Umbrellas .. .. 12s. to £2 each.

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