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will naturally feel at the result of your efforts to extend a most interesting and 

 important branch of provincial trade. 



Whether it would be worth while repeating the experiment again this 

 season, it is not for me to say. But I may remark that the present season 

 is less favorable for such shipments than for several years past, the market 

 here being supplied with an unusu&l abundance of home-grown and foreign 

 fruits of nearly every kind. 



An important point to be borne in mind in preparing future shipments 

 of a similar kind, is to have the packages of uniform size and shape. Also that 

 it would facilitate the sale and improve the prospects of a satisfactory result, 

 if the packages were all under one mark. 



Owing to some difficulty and delay in getting the freight measuremert 

 from the S. S. Company, the account sales could not be got ready for this days 

 mail, but they will be forwarded in the course of a few days. 



I remain, yours truly, 



P. Byrne, 



Agent for Ontario. 



(Copy of a letter from Woodall 6^ Co.., e?iclosed.) 



Liverpool, September 19th, 1895. 

 Mk. p. Byrne, 



Agent for Ontario, 



Liverpool, 



CcDuidian Fruit ex ^^ Mongolian." 



Dear Sib,— We regret exceedingly that the above turned out exceedingly wasty, 

 the bulk of it being so rotten as to be entirely worthless, and it is certain from this and 

 previous experience, that this vessel's refrigerators are absolutelj- unsuitable for the car- 

 riage of fruit, and, we fully beUeve, that had it come in the hold of the steamer, it would 

 have landed in better condition. 



On landing, we drew the attention of the wharfinger to the condition of the fruit, and 

 made representations at the office of the steamship Company. 



We beg to hand you herewith, note of prices obtained for what little was salable, but^ 

 as you are aware, even these, as regards the pears and grapes, were in a deplorable con- 

 dition. We hope still to get a few oddments, and will let you have account sales to- 

 morrow. 



Under the circumstances, we thought the least attention drawn to the fruit, in the 

 way of advertising, the better, as the condition of this shipment would undoubtedly pre 

 judice any further experiments, which your friends might make. 



The condition of the apples was good, whilst all the peaches and plums were abso- 

 lutely rotten. 



We strongly dissuade shipments of Canadian grapes, as the flavor is not appreciated 

 in this country. 



We shall let you have a full complement of printed catalogues, when rendering 

 account sales. 



The following is a general report of sales : 



Pears, 38 boxes, wet, at Id. per box. 

 32 M ,. •. od. 



29 1/9 .. 



Grapes, 55 cases, containing 8 boxes each, at 4rf. per box. 



73 .. wet, .. 8 .. ,. 3d. .1 



Apples, 10 >i at 3/ per case. 



i< 2 ■• (1 open, 1 sample), at 2/ per case. 



We remain, dear sir, yours truly, Wooi>all & Co. 



