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resulted in a proportionately much larger decrease 

 in exports to Great Britain than to the Phillipines. 

 Once a special trade is created, exporters have 

 naturally preferred to keep that trade well supplied 

 instead of shipping their available produce to 

 Great Britain, where they would have to compete 

 with meat from every part of the world. We must 

 expect to see a considerable trade built up between 

 Australasia and the west coast of Canada, cer- 

 tainly in dairy products, and probably also in 

 mutton and lamb. Though the effects of the 

 Panama Canal, when completed, on the world's 

 trade routes cannot be foretold, it has been 

 suggested that the new route will enable the food 

 products of Australasia to be shipped to Eastern 

 Canada. Mr. Foster, the Canadian Minister for 

 Commerce, who was the author of the successful 

 trade arrangement arrived at between Canada 

 and the West Indies, is at present in New Zealand. 

 His visit will, no doubt, lead to an increase of 

 foodstuffs imports into Canada and a corres- 

 ponding increase of Canadian manufactured 

 goods into New Zealand. Home producers should 

 keep themselves well informed of the Canadian 

 and American demand for Australasian meat and 

 dairy produce, as it is likely to have an important 

 effect on home markets. 



