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mencement of this century the export from the Danish monarchy 
varied from 57,488 cwt. to 86,232 cwt. ; from 1830-34, it averaged 
116,336 cwt. annually until 1856, when it reached 180,886 cwt. 
In 1857, 1858, and 1859, it fell considerably in consequence of 
want of grass from continued drought. During the last six years 
it has been : — 
Barrels. 
of 246 lbs. 
1854 .. .. 81,406, whereof direct to England 4,574 
1855 .. .. 78,645 „ „ 4,261 
1856 .. .. 82,355 „ „ 5,560 
1857 .. .. 58,800 „ „ 1,376 
1858 .. .. 55,289 „ „ 1,406 
1859 .. .. 56,412 „ „ 1,133 
Of these quantities from two-fifths to three-fifths came from 
Holstein, and, comparatively speaking, more from Sleswig than 
from the kingdom. In the beginning of this century about 1000 
barrels were annually imported into the kingdom from the 
Duchies of Holstein and Sleswig, but this is changed, and many 
thousand barrels are now annually sent from the kingdom to the 
duchies for the purpose of being there resold for exportation. 
Formerly large shipments of this article took place from Kiel 
direct to England ; now that route is no longer used, and conse- 
quently the export to England appears, by the above table, very 
small, whereas the fact is, that large quantities are annually sent 
there indirectly, by way of Altona and Hamburg, to which places 
more than half of the butter exported now goes ; Norway takes 
from 13,000 to 19,000 cwt., and Liibeck from 2600 to 3500 cwt. 
The sum which the sale of butter annually brings into the 
country varies from 550,000/. to 800,000/., or about one-third of 
that produced by the export of grain. The price of this article 
has very much increased within six or eight years : while from 
1840 to 1852 it varied from 21. 5s. Qd. to 21. 14s. 6</. per cwt., 
in 1853 and 1854 it began to rise, until, in 1856-1857, it 
reached 4/. 15s. to 5/. 6s. sterling per cwt., which prices, with 
slight variations, have since continued. 
Cheese. — Until some few years back the production of cheese 
was of little importance in the kingdom of Denmark, where 
only common cheeses were made ; it was otherwise in Sleswig and 
Holstein, whence from two to three million pounds were annually 
sent to the kingdom, and one million pounds abroad, but these 
cheeses were of inferior quality (cost price 2\d. to 2>d. per pound). 
During the last ten or twenty years the proprietors of some 
of the larger estates have paid special attention to the manufac- 
ture of this article, and considerable quantities are now produced, 
which fetch from bd. to Id. per pound. However, the importa- 
tion from abroad has not decreased. 
