MARKETS FOR OUR PRODUCE.
In the line of provisions New Zealand miglit'take the lead m several articles, , whicll are ! now; mostly: brought from Europe. Nearly all the butter consumed .m Bio de Janeiro and depend ntmarkets is take^n hither from France, fewfitzeiland, and Denmark-. It iis retailed m cans of one, two, four, and- more poifnas at about sixty cents, a pound. It is yellow,.soft, and scarcely good, enough for. i table use. Much of the cheese, pro bably > of American oroduction and called EngI, lish; ,is brought .from London^ arid is re,-r $ \ tailed at some fifty cents per pound. Oatmeal ts coming into use* 1 and is saidto come from Scotland and Ireland. The common potato used for the table*at Rio de Janeiro is impprted: m light wooden boxes, containing less than a bushel each, f rom Portugal, Prance, and Germany. The sweet potato and yam grow abundantly, but are scarce m the market owing to the fact that transportation is everywhere dear, both on land and water. Tomatoes can be grown, but the large variety is seldom seen and onions, except small* garden ones, are imported from Europe.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1629, 8 February 1886, Page 2
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190MARKETS FOR OUR PRODUCE. Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1629, 8 February 1886, Page 2
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