Table 4.5. ii


 British Guiana: Prices per 180 pound bag of rice, 1955 through 1960

 Export types f.o.b. Local
 Year Supergrade First Second Brown A


 BWI$
 1955 19.65 18.75 17.85 17.05
 1956 19.65 18.75 17.85 17.05
 1957 19.50 17.85 16.05 17.05
 1958 21.30 19.20 16.95 18.80
 1959 21.30 19.20 16.95 18.80
 1960 21.30 19.20 16.95 18.80


 Source: 1. Reports of British Guiana Rice Marketing Board 1950-51 to 1960-61.
 2. Reports of the Rice Conferences.

 The price of rough rice paid to growers who sold rough rice directly to the mills in-
creased from $3.25 per bag of 140 lbs. in 1950 to $6.80 per bag in 1961. The average price
paid to growers who sell milled rice rather than rough rice has depended on changes in the
export price but, in general, has followed the trend shown in Table 4. 5. ii.

 In Jamaica, growers of bananas are paid on the basis of the count bunch but in all other
areas by weight, which makes comparison difficult. Growers in all territories are paid
on the basis of actual realisation, which final price is the true grower's price. There are
seasonal variations in banana prices, but Table 4. 5. iii gives the average prices in Jamaica
and the Windward Islands over the period 1955-60.


 Table 4. 5. ll
 Annual average prices of bananas in Jamaica and the Windward Islands,
 1955 through 1960

 J a g a, Jamaica growers, Windward Islands
 Year Jamaa g shillings per growers,
 J per ton
 count bunch cents per ib.

 1955  74. 8. 0 9/- 4.75
 1956  73. 1.0 9/2 5.00
 1957  77.3. 0 9/6 5.00
 1958  74. 1. 0 9/5 4.00
 1959  68. 3. 9 8/10 4.75
 1960  66.2. 10 8/8 4.00


 Source: Data and material developed during the study and other available data.