IMPORTED EGGS.
ARE THE RESTRICTIONS SUFFICIENT? The Minister of Agriculture, in reply to a complaint that the restiic- . toons imposed on, tlie importation of eggs tare insufficient, points out that the duty imposed is 30 per cent, on eggs from foreign countries, and 20 per cent, on British eggs. The Customs returns sliow that for the last two years the quantity of frozen, eggs imported has been very small. In proof of the good demand and high price offered for eggs, he states tha* ibis Department has tbeen offered Is 2d per dozen all the year 'round for all the surplus eggs it can pro- a duce at one of its poultry stations.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10254, 2 June 1911, Page 4
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113IMPORTED EGGS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10254, 2 June 1911, Page 4
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