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Export of Tallow to Russia. 



voluntary regulations which have for some years past been 

 adopted in the Bradford district. 



In view of the importa,nce of the cheese trade in the 

 Netherlands, it may not be without in- 



^""^^S-adef^^^ terest to notice the fact that, according 

 to the Nieiiwe Rotterdamsche C our ant, a 

 meeting took place at the Chamber of Commerce at Leiden 

 on the 9th August last to consider a report in regard to the 

 causes which have entailed a serious decrease in the export of 

 Dutch cheeses to England. 



It appears from this report that four principal reasons are 

 given for the decrease in question. In the first place it is 

 attributed to the severe competition on the part of Canada ; 

 secondly, to the fact that an inferior article is put on the 

 English markets passing for Edam cheese, and of the same form 

 and colour, but made from skimmed milk ; thirdly, because the 

 British public have a preference for cheeses of the shape and 

 taste of Cheddar, and the London retailer prefers to buy 

 this kind, inasmuch as once cut there is a less tendency 

 for the remainder to dry up so quickly ; lastly, because the 

 high prices which Dutch cheeses obtain in France, Germany, 

 and the Dutch colonies operate to prevent efforts being 

 made to regain a lost market. 



The growing importation of tallow is a noticeable feature 

 in the foreign trade of Russia. Not many 

 ^^To Rifssia?^'^ y^^'^^ ago that country was the chief source 

 of supply of this article to most of the 

 markets of Europe, whereas the present export is insignifi- 

 cant, amounting in 1897 to only 1,677 tons. In i860 the export 

 of Russian tallow to -all countries amounted to 59,000 tons. 

 It is considered, however, that this change is due not so much 

 to the diminution of cattle in Russia as to a fall of prices 

 for the commodity in the London market, which has made 



