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together, and held in this way by cleats nailed on the sides. Some 

 consignments thus treated sold at very good prices, as shown below, 

 considering that each tray or shallow box would not contain half 

 an ordinary case of fruit : 



s. d. 



306 trays Vicar of Winkfield 



6 Beurre Bose 



2 Beurre d'Anjou ... 



7 Autumn Bergamot 

 21 Beurre Clairgeau 

 55 Chaumontel 



1 Beurre Capianmont 



1 Glon Morceau 



7 3 



20 



12 6 



14 



10 



9 3 



9 9 



14 



Shipment Charges on Wine. Western Australia has not yet 

 entered the field as a wine exporter ; the local market has hitherto 

 absorbed the local production. That we must at no distant date 

 look in some measure to export for the marketing of our wines is 

 however evident. 



The wine export trade is every year reaching greater develop- 

 ment in the Eastern States. There the owner has the alternative 

 of selling to agents of London firms f.o.b. at the port of shipment, 

 or of shipping on their own account. 



The following information, supplied by Mr. A. J. Perkins, Gov- 

 ernment Yiticulturist, South Australia, gives, on the cost of handling 

 and marketing a large parcel of wine shipped from Adelaide, an 

 idea of the charges which may reasonably be expected to be incurred. 



" The shipment comprised 120 hhds., or 6,880 gals., of a 

 common rather full-bodied red wine, which reached London on the 

 24th November, 1897. It was stored at the Government Wine 

 Depot, and was sold in three different parcels, at the following 

 periods : First lot, in December, 1897 ; second lot, in February, 

 1898 ; third lot, in April, 1898. The total amount for charges for 

 storage, treatment, sale, etc., incurred in London amounted to 

 <50 19s. 2d., or about Ifd. per gal. ; for freight, insurance, Port 

 Adelaide expenses, etc., about <149 17s. lOd. were incurred, or about 

 5jd. per gal. ; the value of the casks may be represented at 4|d. 

 per gal. ; and carriage to Port Adelaide at about l|d. per gal. 

 (this last figure will, of course, vary with the distance of the cellars 

 of the shipper to the Port). The total expenditure involved may 

 be scheduled as follows : 



s. d. 



London charges ... ... ... ... ... If per gallon 



Freight and Port Adelaide charges, net ... 5 



Value of casks 4 



Carriage to Port Adelaide ... ... ... 1 



Total expenses ... 11 per gallon shipped. 



