39^ CONSU.AIPTION OF MARGARINE IN DENMARK. 



The exports fromLibau amounted to over 80 million eggs, or 

 23 million more than in 1896. Of the total number 53I 

 millions were sent to England. 



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According to the UgesJzrift for Landnicend, the produc- 



^ ^- ^ tion of marijarine in Denmark in the 



Consumption of ^ 



Marg-arine in year ended March 31 last amounted to 



Denmark. ^ o n 1 



26,180,000 lbs. The average annual 



production in the five preceding years was 18,480,000 lbs., 

 but in 1889-90, the first year in which returns of home manu- 

 facture were collected, the quantity produced was only 

 6,600,000 lbs. In spite of this great increase in the output 

 from Danish factories the imports of margarine have not 

 declined. The net importation of the product into Denmark 

 in 1897-98 was 5,280,000 lbs., and this, added to the native 

 production, made the total quantity of margarine available 

 for consumption 31,460,000 lbs., or nearly 13 lbs. per head of 

 the population. ^ 



According to the ofiicial returns of the Registrar- General 



of Queensland there were 164 butter 



Butter and Cheese ^^d cheese factories in operation in 

 Factories , , . . ^ -xt 



in Queensland. the colony m the year 189;. ]\ early 



1 1,000,000 gallons of milk were mani- 

 pulated in these establishments, which employed 658 hands 

 in regular work. The output of factory-made butter was 

 3,478,000 lbs., out of an estimated total production in the 

 colony of 5,686,000 lbs., and of cheese the factories are 

 stated to have manufactured 1,897,000 lbs., out of a total 

 production of 2,291,000 lbs. 



