344 EXTRACTS FROM DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR [March 1895.., 



REPORTS. 





New Tariff. 



Old Tariff. 







Per 100 

 Kilo- 

 grammes. 



Per 

 Bushel. 



Per 100 



Kilo- 

 grammes. 



Per 

 Bushel. 



Corn, unground (rye, wheat, bar- 

 ley, maize, peas, beans, and 

 other kinds not specified). 



Malt ... - 



s. d. 



3 6 



4 5^ 



s. d. 



0 11-45 



1 2-54 



s. d. 



1 4| 



1 8 



d. 



4- 50 



5- 45 



Plour 



7 2f 



1 11-68 



2 8^ 



8-86 



The subject was referred to by the King of Sweden in his 

 opening speech to the Riksdag on the l7th January last as 

 follows : 



*'The crops gathered in during the past year have been 

 calculated as surpassing the average harvest, but the decrease in 

 price, which has affected almost all agricultural products — and, 

 first and foremost, grain — has, however, excited great anxiety 

 among farmers. I have, therefore, considered it necessary to 

 lay a proposition before you concerning an increase in the present 

 rates of customs duty on unground and ground corn." 



" In virtue of the authority entrusted to me by the Constitu- 

 tion and to prevent an import simply caused by speculation, I 

 have decided for the immediate imposition of increased rates of 

 duty, until according to your decision new enactments will be^ 

 published by me." 



The Danish Trade in Agricultural Produce. 



Captain James Boyle, Her Majesty's Consul at Copenhagen,, 

 has recently drawn up a Report on the Trade of Denmark, which 

 has been delayed to await the issue of official statistics dealing 

 with the whole of the year 1893. It is stated in the Report 

 that during 1893 the value of the whole trade between Great 

 Britain and Denmark was 11,838,888^., while the average for the 

 five years 1889-93 was 11,272,222^., the increase being entirely 

 due to larger exports of pork, butter, and bacon. 



The exports of agricultural produce to the United Kingdom 

 during the year comprised 93,115,000 lbs. of pork and bacon ; 

 104,253,600 lbs. of butter; 133,600,000 eggs; and 803,752 

 bushels of barley. Compared with 1892 there was an increased 

 export of pork and of bacon, amounting to about eight million 

 pounds, and of nearly seven million pounds in the case of butter. 



It seems that in spite of great difficulties in the beginning 

 of the year, owing, firstly, to ice ; secondly, to the great cotton 



