Our Imports of Honey. 



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contribution to our imports in 1896 was only 4,760 lbs. In 

 1897 there were 19,178 hives in this colony, and the produc- 

 tion of honey was estimated 481bs. per hive. An attempt is 

 being made in Queensland to secure the co-operation of 

 producers with the object of making regular consignments ot 

 honey to English markets. The total exports of honey to 

 the United Kingdom from all the colonies of Australasia in 

 the three years, 1894, 1895, and 1896, were 176,000 Ibs.^ 

 539,000 lbs., and 61,000 lbs. respectively. 



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