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and production of fish oil are capable of considerable 

 development. It is only in the production of palm 

 and coco-nut oil that the Dominions are unlikely to 

 be able to supersede our present sources of supply. 



Condensed milk. — Seeing that Canada and Australia 

 already manufacture and export condensed milk, the 

 British imports of this commodity should be quite 

 capable in time of being supplied by those Dominions. 



Margarine. — Margarine and oleo margarine are also 

 at present exported from the Dominions, and these 

 industries of theirs could with a sufficient labour force 

 supply all our requirements. 



Currants. — Australia produces currants, but hitherto 

 the production has been absorbed by the home market. 

 The industry, however, is rapidly progressing and Austraha 

 will easily be able to provide all the currants required 

 by the British market. 



Wine. — Australia produces a good deal of wine, and 

 the area of her vineyards shows a continuous increase. 

 According to the evidence of Mr. Moody, the Commis- 

 sioner of fruit industries, there are a million acres of 

 first-class vineland in Western Australia of which only 

 7,000 are in use, and there is therefore no doubt of the 

 abihty of Australia to provide all the wine required 

 in the United Kingdom. 



Tobacco. — There are in Canada ten thousand acres 

 under tobacco and in Australia five thousand. In all 

 the States of Australia where the cultivation of tobacco 

 has been tried the soil and climate appear to be very 

 suitable for the growth of the plant. The tobacco 

 industries of Canada and Australia could, if the necessary 

 labour was forthcoming, be expanded sufficiently to 

 supply the needs of the United Kingdom. 



Generally.— Oi the articles contained in the second 

 category it appears that the Dominions could, with atten- 

 tion paid to their production and with an extension of 



