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Servian Exports. 



ceases operations, and in any case ten years after the law 

 comes into force. Members are liable for its repayment in 

 proportion to their borrowing- capacity. The total to be lent 

 may not exceed ;£2 77,777. Bonds of members a,re exempt 

 from stamp duty. Provision is made in the Budget for the 

 inspection of societies, which is organised by the Minister of 

 Agriculture. 



Agricultural Exports of Servia. 



In a report on the trade and commerce of Servia, Mr. 

 Consul R. Macdonald states that the exports of agricultural 

 and garden produce from that country in 1897 were valued 

 at ^865,000, or ,^72,068 less than in 1896, and that this sum 

 represents over 38 per cent, of the value of the entire export 

 trade of Servia. 



The exports of cereals, which amounted to 3 20,000, included 

 137,785 quarters of wheat and 126,276 quarters of oats. The 

 harvest of 1897 having been a total failure, the exports of 

 grain consisted entirely of the produce of the 1896 harvest. 



The exportation of live stock in 1897 was valued at 

 ^983,482, or ^^90,170 in excess of that for 1896, Austria- 

 Hungary being- a purchaser to the amount of £S^i,268. 

 This trade, which covers over 40 per cent, of the whole 

 exports of Servia, included 38,116 head of cattle valued at 

 ^^293,930, a decrease, as compared with 1896, of 16,983 head 

 and ;£i32,4i I ; sheep and goats to the value of ^25,072, a 

 decrease on 1896 of^ii,338 ; and an export of 118,508 swine 

 valued at ;£5 29,744, an increase in numbers and value of 

 70,387 head and ^340,719. 



In addition to the export of live swine Servia sold in 1897 

 carcases of swine valued at i^82, 263, a falling-off as com- 

 pared with 1896 of £95,906. The total n^t increase in the 

 value of swine (alive and slaughtered) in 1897 was ^244,813. 



Other exports in 1897 were poultry, ;fi3,55i ; wine, £13,777 

 and hides, chiefly sheep and goat skins, ^^130,260. 



Statistics were not available at the date of the report as ro 

 the area under cultivation in 1898, but those for. 1897 show 

 the acreage under cereals in that year to have. been : wheat,. 



