CHAPTER II 

 THE TRADE IN FOREIGN CHEESE 



IT is unnecessary to remark that our imports 

 of cheese are very large ; in a recent year, in 

 accordance with a calculation which we made, 

 no less than 5*7 Ibs. of imported cheese were con- 

 sumed per head of our population, as against 

 7*9 Ibs. of home-made cheese, and the value of 

 the cheese consumed in the same year per head 

 of the people amounted to 6s., of which 2s. ^\d. 

 went to the exporter. In 1892 we estimated 

 the value of the cheese consumed in this country 

 at eleven and three-quarter millions sterling, 

 the home-produced article being valued at 

 between six and a half and seven millions. 

 The imports, however, have tended to increase, 

 and if we take the month preceding that in 

 which we write (1895) we find that the imports 

 have reached 125,000 cwt, as against 71,000 



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