8o Journal of Agriculture, Victoria. [lo Feb., iqiz. 



Cost of Makketing Pork in London. 

 Particulars o/ 11 Carcases Pork (1,621 lbs.) j^er s.s. " Aeneas." 



£ 5. d. 

 By 11 carcases, 1,593 lbs., at 5|d. .. .. .. .. . . 36 10 2: 



Melbourne Charges : — 



£ s. d. 

 To Slaughtering 11 pigs, and delivery 



to freezing works, at 3s. 6d. . . 1 18 6 

 „ Freezing (iiicluding handling, wrap, 



baggmg, and storage), at Is. 6d. 16 6 

 „ Ocean freight, 1,621 lbs., at |d. .. 4 4 5 

 „ Marine insurance . . . . 1113 



,, Railage to ship. . . . ..040 



,, Labour (loadmg into ship) and 



stamps B/s Lading . . * . . 19 

 ,, Agency, correspondence, postage, 



&c. . . . . . . . . 10 6 



Toted Melbourne Charges .. 9 6 11 = 1 •408d. per lb. 



London Charges : — 



£ s. d. 



To Discoimt, 2 months, at 5 per cent. 6 2 



„ Landing charges, &c. . . . . 18 



„ Port rates . . . . . . 10 



„ Commission and full guarantee, at 



3 per cent. . . . . . . 1111 



Total London Charges .. 2 7 1 = ■ 355d. per lb. 



Charges— Grand Total .. 11 14 = 1 • 763d. per lb. 



Net Proceeds . . . . 3 • 737d. per lb. 



(Loss in weight, 28 lbs., or 1 73 per cent.) 



£ s. d. 

 Net Return per Pig — (Average, 147 lbs. dressed weight) . . . . . . 2 5 1 



Less freight .. .. •• •• •• ..033 



Net Return .. . . '. . • • • • . . 2 1 10 



Chinese Pork. 

 A correspondent of the Globe writing on the subject of Chinese pork 

 says : — 



I have recently returned from China, and am able to state that the frozen 

 pigs that are being' exported to England are of breeds quite equal to many raised 

 in England and far superior to those coming from several countries in Europe. I 

 had an opportunity of speaking to our Ambassador at Pekin, and also to the 

 Consul-General in the town from which the pigs are imported, upon the question. 

 They both assured me that the English company which inaugurated this business 

 deserves every credit for its enterprise in tapping a valuable source of food supply, 

 that the pigs were of a special breed from a district that had been noted for 

 generations for their excellence in quality, and that they were fed on rice which 

 is exceedingly cheap in the district. There is no doubt that the food of these 

 pigs is far and away superior to that of those raised in the neighbourhood of all 

 large towns in England. 



In the Argj/s of nth November last is published the following 

 cable: — 



Inspector Farrar, who was sent to China by the Local Government Board when 

 charges were made that pork bred in that country and shipped to Great Britaia 

 was not sound, has made his report. He says that all pigs in China which are 

 intended for home consumption and for export are grain fed and bred on farms, 

 the conditions of which compare favorably with those in England. 



