. BELGIAN MARGARINE REGULATIONS. 38G 


land, and in the erection of fences round the farmyards: The 
agricultural prosperity of Iceland has nevertheless greatly 
decreased since the closing of the British market. for live 
sheep, and farmers have great difficulty in paying the 
mortgages on their land. | ; ot | 
The value of exports to Great Britain fell from A152, 000 in 
1895 to: £125,000 in 1897, Efforts are being made to find 
new markets, and shipments of live sheep have. been. sent to 
France and Belgium, but with unsuccessful results, The 
duties levied in France on imported live sheep are so high, 
that although the animals fetch better prices there it is more 
remunerative to send the sheep to England. for slaughter. 
The number of sheep officially returned as exported from Ice- 
land in 1897 was 26,181 to Great Britain, and 1 170 to other 
countries. 
Wool is sent principally to Great Began Semmes, and 
to some extent to Norway. The wool exported to Denmark 
mostly goes to England, but last year, owing to the low prices 
prevailing in England, a good deal was sent to Poland, 
Germany, and Norway. The value of the wool exported in- 
1897 amounted to £53,000; viz., 437,000 to Denmark, 
413,000 to Great Britain, and 33,000 to Norway and 
Sweden. 
| Foreign Office Report, Annual Series, No. 2530. Price vid.) 

BELGIAN BUTTER: AND ME Clee REGULATIONS, 
A royal decree has been published, dated ist October, 
1900, containing regulations for carrying into effect the 
provisions of the Belgian Margarine Law of 4th es last, 
which comes into force on the 1st January, 1901. 
Margarine intended for sale must be mixed, in course of 
churning, with at least 50 parts of sesame oil, and at least 
one part of dehydrated potato starch for every 1,000. parts of 
fats and oils employed in its manufacture. | 

* Journal of the Board of Agriculture, Vol. VII., June, E900, \p. 71. 
