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export of this article has decreased, probably owing to the 

 enormous American harvest in maize, which made it more 

 profitable for England to procure this article from America. 



Consul-General Schwabach draws attention to a decision 

 lately arrived at by the Union of German Millers, which is 

 worthy of the notice of English merchants. This decision is 

 declared to have been arrived at in the interest of the millers, 

 of commerce, and of agriculture generally, and is to the effect 

 that the German importer is no longer bound, in his business 

 transactions concerning the delivery of corn, by the English 

 contracts, but by a German contract, based upon German 

 business principles, in which it is provided that, if the 

 dust or other impurities contained in the corn exceed a 

 certain fixed percentage, damages are due to the receiver of 

 the corn to the value of double the amount of such per- 

 centage ; and further that all disputes arising from these 

 contracts are to be submitted for settlement to a court of 

 arbitration. 



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In a Report upon the trade and agriculture of Denmark in 

 1896, Captain Boyle, Her Majesty's Consul at Copenhagen, 

 states that it was thought by Danish farmers that the year 

 1895 would be the turning point in the agricultural state of 

 that country, but that 1896 was a disappointing year to them 

 in more ways than one. It seems that their past experience 

 causes farmers to take a gioomy view of the future, and that 

 some of them wish to sell their farms, and others to give up 

 renting. That sales have not taken place to a greater extent 

 is attributed to the fact that prospective buyers are holding 

 back till they see matters improve and are able to invest 

 capital bringing a sure return. It is also said to be most 

 difficult for those who own land to let their farms, as rents 

 decreased 20 to 30 per cent, during 1896. The Government 

 is doing all in its power to help agriculture, not only by 

 giving information of every description to farmers, but by 



