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Parliamentary Publications. 



Colonial Bounties on Agricultural Produce. \H. C. 144.] 

 *i Price \d. 



This is a return issued by the Colonial Office, showing 

 the British colonies which pay bounties on the export of 

 agricultural produce, and defining the commodities on which 

 such bounties are paid, and the amounts under each heading, 

 as under : — 



Colony. 



Commodity. 



Rate of Bounty or Bonus. 



Victoria- - 

 Victoria- - 

 Queensland - 

 Queensland - 



Green fruit 



Fruit pulp ... 



Chilled meat exported to 

 the Southern Colonies. 



Wool sold by public auc- 

 tion by the Brisbane 

 Woolbrokers' Associa- 

 tion (the greater part of 

 which is subsequently 

 exported). 



is. per case of approved 



quality. 

 Jd. per lb. of approved 



quality, 

 ^d. per lb. 



£i per ton. 



In a note of the Secretary for Agriculture of the Colony of 

 Victoria, dated nth October, 1898, it is stated that it is 

 proposed, in addition to the bounties specified in the return, 

 shortly to offer a bonus in 'that colony on the export of honey, 

 tobacco, cheese, flax, and hemp, with a view to encourage an 

 export trade in these commodities ; but that up to that date 

 the rates had not been definitely decided upon. 



