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discussed. Mr. Lee, Secretary of the Association, gave the following list of 

 rules which formed an agreement between himself and his pickers of small 



fruits : Mr will pay ic. a box for strawberries, i/^c. for blackberries, 



and i}^c. for raspberries to all who comply with the following rules : i. Pickers 

 must pick the season through, health permitting. 2. Pickers must come at the 

 time appointed and remain until dismissed. 3. No green or soft berries are to 

 be placed in the boxes. 4. Pickers will not cross from one row to another, 

 5. Throwing of berries, boxes or anything else will not be allowed while pick- 

 ing. 6. Berries must not be left exposed to the sun after being picked. 7. 

 Pickers will make sure that the number of boxes are entered on the books when 

 delivered at the packing house. 8. Pickers may receive a part of the money at 

 any time, upon giving notice the day before it is wanted. 9. Pickers will not 

 use profane or vulgar language. 10. Pickers will be allowed fruit at wholesale 

 prices. 



Freight on Apples to Australia. — We are in receipt of a courteous letter 

 from Mr. Geo. Olds, General Traffic Manager of the C. P. R., in which he writes 

 as follows: — "All Traffic, at present handled by this Company in connection 

 with the new Australia S. S. Line, has been handled on an experimental basis 

 as to through rates. We shall be glad to give all Canadian commodities a fair 

 trial in the Australian markets before getting our rates up to a point which will 

 give us some profit. We would be willing to carry apples in barrels and half 

 barrels from Toronto, Hamilton and Grimsby to Sydney, N. S. W., at $1.50 per 

 100 lbs., and, as the Australian market for our apples has not yet been tried, I 

 will assure you this rate on any experimental shipments in carloads, that you 

 may arrange to make from the next crop. 



At present, the steamers leave Vancouver on the i6th of each month, and 

 the time between ports is from twenty to twenty-one days. To reach Vancouver 

 from the Ontario points above mentioned, we should require less than sixteen 

 days from Toronto ; and to be quite safe, it may be better to allow two or three 

 days extra. We have already landed goods from Toronto at Sydney in thirty- 

 four days. 



