Several months ago, it will be remembered, a good deal of interest was taken by the people in the Southern provinces in the

comparative success which was attending J the exportation of frozen meat from Australia I to the London and other British markets, j Steps were taken .in Dunedin, Christ-church, Wellington, and elsewhere, to form companies for the purpose of purchasing cattle and sheep to slaughter and freeze, prior to exporting the carcasses to the Home market. Some of the vessels trading to New Zealand were fitted up with refrigerating machinery, to convey the meat in a sound condition to the millions at Home. The first experiment has been made, and has proved an unqualified success. During the voyage, from Port Chalmers, the freezing machinery worked well, and on the arrival of the mutton in London, though conveyed in a sailing vessel, it was found in excellent condition. On the meat being placed on the London market, it was readily bought at an average of six-pence per pound, whilst some forwarded to Glasgow realised seven-pence per pound. This is | a higher price than the mutton from Australia hi.s averaged, a fact which may be accounted for partly on account of the care taken in preparing the meat for exportation, and partly upon the superiority of the feeding qualities of the .New Zealand p-stures. Though the export of meat from New Zealand may never attain anything like the ■relative magnitude of the trade in'dead meat from the American continent, the success of the experiment referred to is valuable in many ways. It is a proof that dead meat can be profitably exported from New Zealand 1 to London, and thus fixes a certain minimum value to our surplus flocks and herds in the futui-e, and it will probably prevent the boiling down of sheep for tallow, a plan which has too often had to be resorted to in the past. If future shipments of dead mutton and beef from New Zealand should command corresponding prices in the London market, New Zealand frozen meat will attain a character which will probably soon open, other markets on the continent for it; but be this as it may, it is satisfactory to know that something like a standard value will be placed upon our surplus stock.. We -will not only be able to export the wool, but the carcase upon which it was grown, at a price which will be far more satisfactory to flook-owners than any returns ever obtained from the boiling down process. i It is one other step in the march of progress, which is such a characteristic of the present age, and shows that all difficulties, however great they may apparently be, can be overcome by the necessary scientific knowledge and well directed energy. A few year 3 ago there were few things more unpromising than ultimate success in exporting carcasses of fresh meat in a sound condition to the most distant parts of the globe. Yet, the results of the last few months show that victory has been achieved, and the markets for "fresh meat ia the old world are now open for tho enterprise of the graziers in Australia and New Zealand.