FRUIT PRESERVING.
We'quote the; Mowing extraptyfromJJ '" the Nelson Jam aridTruit\ : P^ser^ing :i Company's annual reportls showing the necessity for such an industry, the following figures are quoted from, the returns published by the New, Zealand,,; Government of the imports and exports of the Colony for the year 1879 bottled and preserved fruits, 13605 ; jams and jellies, £49,490; dried fruits; £8767; green fruits, making a total of £129,297. Of course something like £IO,OOO may be '"deducted from this - amount' fruitsj' 'leafing the]* /'\ enormous slim 0f;i£119,297 for faints and<. Xl. jams, (which ould be easily produced in the Colony if the people ; were determined-?.' /, to take up this very important branch of trade with energy and a will to overcome all obstacles. Of thia Bum of £119,287 the following amounts were sent to ;the ,•- )f neighboring colonies:. To r New, S'outfy,,u . 'Wales] £27,118; to Victoria, "■ ■:> Tasmania, £63,735,-• TheibalancetoErig-y ; land, iAmericaj South' Sea' Islands &o. Thus our sister' colonies are enriched annually bythesumof £106,991 (taking .the imports b'f'lß79 as an average), of' • which,' £IOO,OOO. atileait 'could be.)saved>Y ;to>New Zealand.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 769, 16 May 1881, Page 2
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176FRUIT PRESERVING. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 769, 16 May 1881, Page 2
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