ABSTRACT
FIJIAN-STYLE tobacco is grown widely up the Sigatoka River. Sale is either to Indian middlemen, or directly by the grower in the town market-place, or to town stores. In 1957 the price was depressed because the Indian growers combined experimentally and unsuccessfully through the domination of one man. With the break-up of this group, Fijian planters increased their acreage in the expectation of higher prices, largely borne out. In making judgements of this kind, the Fijians were greatly influenced by information received from Indian farming neighbours.
