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66s. to 84s. ; Cheshire from .52s. to 848. ; and Ameiican from 40s. to 
668. The market certainly, at the present time, is not overstocked 
with finest qualities of either description." 
Artifjcial Butter. — What becomes of the tallow ? Upon this 
question " The Grocer " has an interejjting article. It states that 
every application of tallow has been invaded, first by vegetable 
and then by mineral novelties. 
" The beauty, cheapness, and brilliancy of the paraffin wax, and 
the mineral lamp oils, have brought them into use everywhere, 
among all classes, and in all countries and situations. The tallow 
candle appears to be going the way of the old tinder-box ; and 
tallow is only used as an exceptionally high-priced and luxurious 
lubricant. Thus it appears that the demand for tallow is wonder- 
fully diminished, while the Australian supplies are still increasing. 
How is it: then, that the price of tallow still keeps up? What 
answer can we give to the question? What does become of the 
tallow?" 
" It is well known that vast quantities of kitchen-stuff and 
Australian fat, which formerly were consumed by the tallow- 
chandlers and soap-makers, have lately found their way into the 
empty Dutch and other butter-tubs, which are now bought up 
more freely than of old ; that much of this purified fat has 
been shipped to Holland and other butter ports for purposes of 
admixture ; that although the monstrous newspaper nonsense about 
making butter from Thames mud is utterly baseless, the river 
Thames has borne upon its bosom many and many tons of white 
fried fat that has been prepared within a moderate distance of its 
banks. It is a significant fact, that during all last winter the usual 
consumption of butter was continued in London, &c., although the 
excessively diy summer which preceded it had decreased the English 
dairy produce very considerabl}', and had diminished the supply 
from other sources materially. At the present moment fresh butter 
is offered for sale in some parts of London at one shilling per pound 
retail, while the farmers are selling their produce wholesale at 
Is. 4d. to Is. 8d. This one-shilling fresh butter is quite a different 
article from the cheap Australian butter that has been recently 
imported." 
" Artificial butter has a special interest and importance in con- 
nexion with this subject, for here we have an article of primary 
importance, which, if honestly dealt with, may become an immense 
blessing to mankind, especially to the poorer classes ; but which 
otherwise may bo kept in the dark, held back from its legitimate 
