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INDEX. 



Markets and Fairs : — Page 



(Weighing of Cattle Act), Board of Agriculture Report - - 321 



Numbers weighed and prices - - - - 91, 222, 330, 440 



Marking of Australian produce - - - - - - 174 



Marrows, prices - - - - - - 236, 344 



Meat (see also Beef, Mutton, Sfc.) : — 



Imports - - - - - - - 90, 210, 329,429 



„ value per cwt. - - - 99, 230, 338, 450 



Prices - 79, 96, 227, 335,447 



Production in France - - - - - - 413 



Australia : 



Queensland, inspection - - - - - - 61 



South Australia, shipment of frozen meat ... 295 



Victoria, exports - - - - - - -176 



United States, cattle industry - - ~ - - 257 



Medlars, prices - - - - - - - 346 



Melons, prices --------- 238, 346 



Migratory labourers in Ireland ----- - 84,325 



Milk :— 



Adulteration, Local Government Board Report - 304 



Dairying in Derbyshire - - - 60 

 Imports ------ 90, 212, 329, 396,431 



Australia: New South Wales, dairying - - - 168 



France, production - - - - 413 



„ (Western), dairying - - - - - - 65 



Switzerland, dairying - - - - - 74 



United States, production in Dakota and Nebraska - - - 401 



Mint, prices - - - - - - - 105.236, 457 



Molasses, German bounty on production of alcohol from - - - 253 



Morocco, exports of eggs - - = - --375 



Mortgages in Germany - - - - - --251 



„ ,, (Bavaria) - - - - - -186 



„ „ United States - 403 



Mountain and heath land used for grazing - - - - - 78 



Mules : — 



In Algeria - - - - - -,-70 



„ Switzerland, 1886 - - - - - 74 



1896 - - ... . _ 173 



„ United States, 1897 - - - 405 



Mushroom industry of Paris - - - - 59 



Mushrooms, prices - .- - - - 105, 236, 344, 456 



Mustard, area - - - - - 301 



Mutton : — 



Imports - - - •• - - 90, 210, 329, 429 



„ value per cwt. - - - 99, 230, 338, 450 



Prices - - - - - - - 96, 227, 335, 447 



Australia : Victoria, exports - - - - - - 176 



New Zealand, mutton and wool trade - - - 294 



Muzzling of dogs, Report of Departmental Committee - 419 



Naphthaline and foul brood - - - - - - 133 



Narcissus fly (Merodon narcissi) ----- 287 



Nebraska, dairying ------ 400, 402 



Nectarines, prices - -- -- -- - 107, 238 



Netherlands : — 



Beet-sugar industry - - - - - - - 14 



Budget, agricultural - - - - - 305 



Horses, regulations for importation - - - - 172 



Margarine trade 67 



Milk and cream, exports - - - - - 397 



New South Wales : — 



Dairying - - - - - 167 



Wheat groAving - - - - - - -170 



