BY A. O. GREEN. • 00 



There are prospects of several other trades, that are at 

 pi'esent minor industries, growing, in the near future, to a 

 larg^e volume. 



Butter, Cheese, and Poultry. — The climate and soil of the 

 island are exceptionally good for the production of butter, 

 cheese, bacon, eggs, and poultry. Large cool storage works 

 are being erected both at Hobart and at Launceston, and by 

 their help there will be every opportunity for developing 

 a large export trade in these commodities. 



Fish. — Not only do the large lakes and rivers abound 

 with salmon and trout, as well as native fish of several kinds, 

 but the sea round the coast, and the estuaries, are abundantly 

 supplied with fish. At present the fishing industry is 

 without organisation, and is carried on upon a small scale. 

 Freezing w^orks .and cool storage are only just being 

 established. Canning, drying, and salting are also in their 

 infanc}'. Owing to the lack of these conveniences in the 

 past little could be done w4th large catches, but fish of many 

 varieties are abundant upon the coast at different times of 

 the year ; and with the advantage of cool storage, and, with 

 the development of canning and salting, and the present 

 facilities of communication, there is every probability that 

 the fish trade will become a large industry. Now the boats 

 are small, and the men get a precarious livelihood ; but when 

 freezing, salting, and canning are established the effect will 

 be to cause the industry to settle down upon reliable lines, 

 and there will be no difficulty in preserving catches of any 

 size, and in distributing them amongst the markets of the 

 world. 



Hides, Skins, and Leather were exported in 1902 to the 

 value of £76,958. 



Rabbits. — A new industry has been profitably established 

 this year in the export of rabbits to England for food, and 



