EXPORT OF HIDES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2652, 24 December 1915, Page 8

EXPORT OF HIDES

TO THE UNITED STATES,

Exportation direct/to the United States of hides and skins other than woolled and liaired sheep and goats' skins may only be made to the British Consuls-General at Now York, Boston, 'Philadelphia, and San Francisco for account of approved consignees. Application for permits should bo sent to the Comptroller of Customs, Wellington, and should state—(a)'Name of ■proposed consignee; (b) namo of exporting vessel, and probablo date and final port'of departure from Now Zealand; (c) 'quantity and value of hides and skins. '

Bills of lading must be viseed by the Collector of Customs at tho final port of departure of the oxporting vessel, and must show tliat the hides and skins are consigned—(a) Foi; delivery at ono of the four approved ports; (b) to' tho ■ British Consul-General for account, of the real approved consignee. ; Where the proposed consignee submit- • ted by any exporter is found to be iiot approved, the said exporter will be notified. • He can then instruct the proposed consignee to communicate with : the British Embassy, 'Washington, with a view to having his name included in ■ .tho approved list. . ! Applications for, permission to export woolled and haired sheep and goat skins must be made through Messrs. Branaon, Hislop, and Brandon, Featherston Street, Wellington, in the same manner ■ as applications to' export wool. ! 1 . reply to a correspondent who wrote ■ calling attention to tho allegation in an English newspaper that largo numbers or young Irishmen were emigrating from Ireland in order to avoid conscription, Mr. John Redmond. M.P., says: "I think my best course is to send you tile most recent official figures with' regard to emigration from Ireland. In tho year 1913 30,067 persons emigrated from Ire» land; in '1914, 20,314; and in 1915, up- ' to the end of-September, 11,446. In ; the months of July, August, and Sep. - tember, 1914, the total emigration from t Ireland was 8319. In the same months for this year it was 4429. From this it : appears that Irish emigration is drop* ( ping in a most' remarkablo degree—at least 50 per cent.—and that that do. . creaso is going on up to the present - moment." Restaurant-keepers or. butchers in Germany who violate the new "No Meat" regulations covering five days of the week (two days without-meat, two days without meats cooked in fats, and one .day without -pork), will baf fined £io\ imprisoned for three months,' or have their i>remises closed up. It is announced that as the "No Meat" laws will probably increase consumption of fish and gamej maximum prices for the latter will bo fixed. As "prico speculation" is' also rife in the vegetablo and onion market, maximum prices aro also to bo fixed for tlieso ' commodities'. — ''Daily Mail" correspondent. . A public meeting was held in Berlin in October to wrestle with'the truly vital problem ol "race perpetuation" "consequent upon Germany's increasingly heavy losses in the war., All speaker's agreed that radical remedial measures are callccl -for. Dr. Christian, a wellknown .military surgeon, was inclined to take an optimistic view. He did not think that Germjn population . within twenty years following irflie war would reveal a decrease of more than 2,800,000. ■He saw danger only in tlie growth of the "one-child and two-child family system." Dr. Christian opposed all suggestions of solving tho baby problem by encouragement of illegitimacy, poly, gamy, and the like, and recommended instead a vigorous Government "matrimonial policy." This should encourage men to marry young and enable working women and girls to marry without giving up their occupation, perhaps by inaugurating "half days" for working wives. Dr. Christian also recommended some form of State aid for parents with many children. Cuptoms duty collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £1629 13s. 3d. An ear of wheat taken from a 150acro paddock belonging to a Oulverden fanner has been forivarded to tho "Lyttelton Times" Office. To all appearances the wheat had made a good ear, and up to a few days ago the farmer considered that ho had a 40-bushel crop. Oil examination,! however, the ear proves to bo a mere husk. When the. grain was in tlio milk form it was struck by tho. recent frost and completely destroyed.' Never has tho demand for clear-headed constructive | thinking in business been so urgent as it is right now. Wo aro living in a progressive age, and must take advantage of all up-to-date mothods. It is in savings from waste of any description that money is made to-day, and by concentrating one's efforts on all detail's of our business we claim lo bo able (o produce results for our many cream suppliers. Wo want more croani. C.-ui you supply us? Further particulars, Wauga--18 Uui Fresh Food • .Cft-Adyt,