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GENERAL AGRICULTURAL NOTES. 



[June 1895. 



with the object of producing butter for the English market 

 which was shipped from Sweden, or directly to England, and 

 later partly through Copenhagen. More than half the butter 

 now exported is shipped to Copenhagen, while the remainder is 

 chiefly consigned to St, Petersburg and Sweden. Some of the 

 Finnish butter is said to be transhipped at Copenhagen for the 

 English market, but the greater portion is consumed in Den- 

 mark as " household butter," thus setting free a corresponding 

 quantity of Danish butter for export. 



Agricultural Exports from Victoria. 



The Department of Agriculture of Victoria has recently pub- 

 lished an interesting report on the prospects of trade with India, 

 China, Japan, and other countries, in dairy products and other 

 Victorian products and manufactures. 



Two officials of the Department of Trade and Customs were 

 directed by the Government to visit Colombo, Madras, Bombay, 

 Calcutta, Rangoon, Penang, Singapore, Batavia, Sourabaya, Hong 

 Kong, Shanghai, Nagasaki, Kobe, and Yokohama, for the pur- 

 pose of securing, if possible, increased exports of the products of 

 Victoria, 



The Commissioners left Melbourne on the 13th January 1894, 

 taking wit^i them samples of preserved meat and rabbits, hams 

 mincemeat, concentiated milk, butter, cheese, jams, marmalade, 

 preserved fruits, tomato sauces, flour, compressed forages, and 

 seeds. 



In order to bring the products of Victoria prominently under 

 notice, and to carry out the object of the mission the more 

 effectually, public display's were held at Colon^bo, Madras, Bom- 

 bay, Calcutta, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Advertisements 

 were inserted in the newspapers, and special invitations to attend 

 were issued to the Governors, the principal civil and military 

 officers, merchants, traders, residents, and representatives of the 

 press of the various countries visited. It was also found neces- 

 sary to print catalogues and price-lists for the use and information 

 of those who might desire to communicate with producers and 

 vendors in Victoria. 



In the report of the results of this mission, it is stated that 

 the measure of success attained at the several places visited was, 

 on the whole, very satisfactory, and an increase has already 

 been noted in the exports of Victorian products to the Eastern 

 countries visited. 



The Commissioners state that no Victorian product attracted 

 more attention than butter. They found that the principal 

 classes of butter at present imported into Ceylon, India, the 

 Straits Settlements, Java, and Hong Kong were of French, 

 Danish, and Italian manufacture, while in Shanghai and Japan, 

 American butter appeared to have the largest sale. 



