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increase has been well maintained, the entries of New South 
Wales butter into British ports in the first nine months of the 
present year having been about 2} times greater than in the 
corresponding period of 1899. . 
The manufacture of cheese in the colony has not, hitherto, 
made so much progress as that of butter, the production, 
which in 1898 was 28,976 cwts., having shown rather a ten- 
dency to decline than to increase. 
It is not considered probable that cheese-making will com- 
mand the attention which has latterly been paid to the butter 
industry, as New South Wales is at a considerable disadvan- 
tage in regard to freight, distance from market, and climatic 
suitability when compared with Canada, which country would 
be its principal competitor. Some attention has been given 
to the manufacture of condensed milk, small quantities of 
which are exported, though the production does not 
apparently suffice for home consumption. 
EXPORTS OF DAIRY PRODUCE FROM NEW ZEALAND. 
The New Zealand Trade Review have recently published a 
summary of the exports of butter and cheese for the year 
ending 30th June last, together with corresponding figures 
for previous years. The total quantities and values of the 
exports for the past five seasons are as follows: 






Butter. Cheese. 
Years ending 
June 30th. | 
Quantity. Value. | Quantity. es Value. 
ss oe 
Cwts. fe | Cwls. J 
61,945 250,885 | 67,262 peat 121,993 
88,683 357,187 | 78,384 151,298 
97,727 404.049 69,333 136,146 
109, 3838 451,269 | 62,214 127,209 
161,205 693,666 | 103,257 224,238 

igewill) be seen that the trade.of the past- year 
showed a considerable improvement, and with regard to 
