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butterine and otiier substitutes for the genuine article, at very 
reasonable jorices. 
Cheese. — The official returns of the year's imports of cheese into 
the United Kindom are not yet published ; those for the eleven 
months gave the total as 1,687,269 cwts., against 1,564,077 cwts. 
in 1882, and 1,710,698 in 1881, thus evidencing a tolerably 
abundant supply of foreign sorts, amongst which American have 
occupied the most prominent position. Prices of these in London 
earlier in the year ranged from 46s. to 74s. for useful and choicest 
qualities, but the value of the best makes subsequently declined to 
67s., and again to 56s. to 60s. duiiug July, August, and September, 
when large quantities of new cheese were pressing on the market. 
Latterly the finer grades have been sold at more money, up to 66s., 
while the inferior kinds have been disposed of cheaply, down to 
40s., and some rather rubbishing and stale parcels even as low as 
25s. to 35s. per cwt. Gouda and Edam cheeses have not fluctuated 
much in price, the tendency having mostly been in one direction, 
viz., in favour of the buyer, from 54s. to 70s., early in the sjDring, 
backwards to 50s. to 62s. in the latter half of 1883. English 
cheese, whether plentiful or otherwise, has continued to command 
relatively good prices, the sujjerior qualities as much as 80s. to 86s., 
and even the commoner descriptions have seldom been procurable 
under 60s. to 65s. per cwt., with a uniformly steady demand. 
