216 Gi'oirtli and Development of the Trade in Frozen Mutton, 
The following diagram plainly shows the entirely different 
character of the frozen trade in the two colonies of Australia 
and New Zealand, in relation to the total dead meat exports : — 
Importation of Dead Meat [all sorts) and of Frozen Mutton from 
the tmdermentioned countries. 
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300,000 
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200,000 
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700,000 
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SOOjOOO. 
2S0,C0O. 
200.C00 
760,000. 
700,000 
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600,000 
SSO.OOO 
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360,000 
300.000 
2S0.000 
200,000 
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Zealand. 
600,000 
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SOO.OOO 
460,000 
400,000 
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300.000 
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200.000 
760,000 
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In each of these anoual columns the portion lightly shaded represents 
exports of frozen mutton only — the darker portions including all other forms 
of meat export. 
That the frozen carcass would prove a serious rival to the 
cooked mutton in the tin, as a mode of bringing Australian pro- 
duce here, was early recognised by those in the trade. The 
marked contraction of the arrivals in London in 1884 from 
Australian and New Zealand shippers was remarked upon by 
the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company in their 
review of the business of that year. While from 1880 to 1883 
