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beef, veal, pork, etc., all of which wraps are printed with the 

 necessary shipping* brands and marks. 



Summary. 



We h^jve already reached and established business connections 

 with Rangoon, Singapore, Samarang, Sourabaya, Colombo, Shang- 

 hai, Hong Kong, Thursday Island, Cape Town, Durban, Port 

 Elizabeth, Natal, Manila, St. Helena, St. Denis, Majunga, Diego 

 Snarez, Bombay, Calcutta, Batavia, Tsien-Tsien, Port Said, Penang, 

 Beira, Madras, Alexandra, Aden, Java, Mauritius, Bangkok, Delagoa 

 Bay, Chemulpo, Tsingtan, Nagasaki, Saigon, Haipho, in addition to 

 the well known Inter- State, United Kingdom, German and French 

 ports. It will thus be seen that, as well as catering for the re- 

 quirements of our cousins in neighbouring States, South Africa, and 

 the United Kingdom, we assist in supplying the Germans, French and 

 Spaniards, Japanese, Indians, Chinese, Philippinos, Javanese, Egyp- 

 tians, Maltese, Greeks and others. The export of fi'ozen products has 

 already exceeded £15,500,000 sterling, made up of 10^ millions for 

 butter, 5 of a million for cheese, milk and cream, 2| millions for 

 meat, 1 million for rabbits and hares, and nearly Ij millions 

 for fruit. 



This is an achievement that we have reason to be proud of. With 

 the return of normal seasons our minimum should not be less than 

 £2,000,000 annually. Yes ! It is wonderful. But how insignificant 

 when we realise that Great Britain paid £85,586,906 last year for im- 

 ported perishable products, 20^ millions of this was for butter, 6^ 

 millions for cheese and milk, 6j millions for eggs, 9j millions for 

 fresh fruit, 23 millions for ham and bacon, pork and lard, 19 millions 

 for meat including salt and preserved meat, and three-quarters of a 

 million for rabbits. Although the principal market catered for, it 

 is one in which we have not as yet gained much recognition. 

 What an immense field it opens to our producers ! What encourage- 

 ment for our rural industries ! What a difference now as compared 

 with only 15 years ago ! 



No stone should be left i,uuturned in order to maintain and 

 improve our position as growers and exporters of reliable products. 

 The direction in which improvement can be made I have endeavored 

 to indicate and the rest largely depends upon the individual and 

 combined efforts of all rural producers. 



