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BRITISH IMPORTS OF DAIRY PRODUCE. 
In the year 1897 there were landed on Great Britain and Ireland shores 
360,000,000 1b. of butter, the value of which was just £16,000,000 sterling ; 
so that Britishers at home consume, in round figures, 1,000,000 lb. of foreign 
butter each day in the year. The imports of cheese for the twelve months 
amounted to nearly 300,000,000 1b., for which close on £6,000,000 sterling 
were paid. Milk and cream were naturally less important in quantity ; still, 
other countries sent some 84,000,000 pints of both, and received £1,500,000 
sterling in exchange. 
But the imports of eggs, which have increased rapidly each year, reached 
in 1897 the enormous quantity of 1,684,000,000. ‘The value of these is returned 
at £4,356,799, and a simple calculation will show that the daily home con- 
sumption reaches the respectable total of 4,613,178 foreign eggs. They 
annually pay the foreigner over £1,250,000 sterling for poultry and game, 
£4,500,000 for fruit, and £3,500,000 for vegetables; while the lard and 
margarine imported into these islands last year weighed 300,000,000 1b., and 
cost exactly £4,478,518. 
THE WORLD’S SUPPLIES OF BEEF AND MUTTON. 
Aw exchange says :—In the State of Texas (U.S.A.) there are enough cattle 
and sheep to supply the whole worid with beef and wool. Although the popu- 
lation is only 3,500,000, its area is very large, and about 3,500,000 head of 
cattle and 3,000,000 sheep can be counted. It has about 8,000,000 dollars’ 
worth of rolling-stock, and spends 4,000,000 dollars on its schools. The 
railroads cover 10,000 miles. 
The population of Queensland is only 450,000. ‘The colony has an area of 
700,000 square miles nearly. On its vast plains can be counted 6,089,013 
head of cattle, 17,797,583 sheep, 479,280 head of horses, 110,855 pigs. 
The railways of the colony cover only 2,430 miles, yet the revenue derived 
from them is £1,158,657 per annum; £247,472 were expended on schools and 
education in 1897-1898, which comparatively is far more than is expended in 
Texas. 
Tf Queensland had a population of 3,500,000 she would be able to supply 
several worlds: 59,561,852,225 gallons flow annually fron her 379 
artesian bores, watering millions of acres of dry country on which are 
depastured countless sheep. It will thus be seen that Queensland is a powerful 
factor to be reckoned with in the matter of supplying the world with not only 
beef and mutton, but with sugar (which alone amounted to 150,000 tons in 
1897-98) and a variety of fruits, fibres, timber, &c., which only now are being 
fairly exploited by capitalists. : 
AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SHOWS. 
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will, as early as possible after the fixture of their respective shows, notify him 
of the date, and also of any change in date which may have been decided on. 
