372 



Cost of importing Double Cases (25 to 30 dozen) 

 from Italy, on Consignments of at least 50 cases. 



s. d. 

 Freight and transhipping Messina to Fre- 



mantle ... ... ... ... ... 49 



Wharfage 1 



Repacking ... ... ... ... ... 4 



Cartage, etc. ... ... ... ... ... 3 



Inspection ... ... ... ... ... 1 



6 6 



Duty, 10 per cent. 

 Average loss, 15 per cent. 

 Total cost of case, about 10s. 



Prices of Australian Apples and Pears in London. 



The following list gives the average prices for the last five 

 years realised for the leading varieties of Australian apples which 

 have arrived in London in good condition. The figures are taken 

 from official figures supplied by the Victorian Government : 



s. d. s. d. 



Cleopatra " 12 to 18 6 



Dunn's Seedling 12 6 18 



Jonathan ... 11 6 18 6 



Esopus Spitzenberg 12 16 6 



Newtown Pippin 13 15 



Five Crown Pippin 10 17 



Cox's Orange Pippin ... ... . . 12 15 



Dumelow's Seedling ... ... . . 11 6 14 



Hoover 11 14 



Annie Elizabeth 11 14 



Rome Beauty 10 6 13 6 



Scarlet Pearmain ... 12 14 



Scarlet Nonpareil... 10 11 6 



Bismark 10 13 6 



Stone Pippin 10 14 



Eymer ... 12 14 6 



Ben Davis 11 13 



Alfriston ' 11 14 6 



King of Pippins 10 13 6 



R. du Canada and other good varieties 8 6 11 



Pears have not been shipped as extensively as have apples 

 from the Eastern States of Australia, nor have the shipments been 

 so successful. Several lots, however, have reached London in good 

 condition, and those (unlike many others which were stowed indis- 

 criminately among apples, and where the ventilation was not so good) 

 were stowed near the air trunks at the sides of the chamber, where 

 the temperature was cooler. It is therefore suggested that 

 pears be stowed away by themselves, in a separate chamber, supplied 

 with good ventilation, and where the temperature can be maintained 

 at 2 or 3 lower. They should also be packed, as far as possible, 

 in single layers in shallow boxes, which can then be placed three 



