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Exports from New Zealand. 



The export of butter from New Zealand in the year 



1898-99 was slightly less than in the 



Export of Dairy preceding year, being 102,479 cwts., as 

 Produce from ■ , . , ■■ ■ • 



New Zealand. compared with 106,840 cwts. m 1897-98 ; 



the value, however, showed an increase, 



being £433,481 against £429,407. The export of cheese^ 



on the other hand, declined to a figure below that of any 



year since 1892-93, only 50,490 cwts., valued at £100,992,. 



having been exported in the past year, a decrease of 28,215 



cwts. in quantity, and ,£53,152 in value when compared with 



1897-98. The arrangements for the free storage and freezing 



of butter prior to shipment to the United Kingdom were 



continued, and the grading was extended to all butter and 



cheese shipped to the Australian colonies. The grading of 



the produce for Australia was undertaken at the urgent 



request of the shippers, and its value is now fully recognised 



by both sellers and buyers. 



The report of the Russian Minister of Finance on the 



Budget of 1900 states that the sum 



Russian Agri allocated to the Ministry of Agricul- 

 cultural Budget . , ~ ^ 



of 1900. ture anc * ^rown Domains amounts to 



£4,373,000, as compared with £3,945,000 



in 1899. A grant of £1,191,000 is allowed for administrative 



purposes, and £238,000 for agricultural, forestry, and mining 



schools. Buildings, materials, labour, etc., are debited 



with £1,992,000, and provincial and communal land taxes in 



connection with State lands and forests account for £499,000. 



There is a grant of £189,000 for endowments, of £241, 000 



tor sundry expenses, and an appropriation of £23,000 for the 



immediate requirements of 1901. 



The Smor-Tidoidc, quoting from the Torgovo Promuish- 

 lenava Gazeta, states that the exportation 



R ^xp^rts gS °^ e ^£ s f rom Russia 1S increasing yearly ^ 

 the shipments last year amounting to 

 1, 800 million eggs, of the value of £3,300,000. Among the 



