MR. CUDDIE IN SYDNEY.

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MR. CUDDIE IN SYDNEY.

dissimilar modes of marketing. • The following from the "Sydney Daily, Telegraph" ofj-Friday.,is of interest: —"Mr. D. Cuddie, Dairy Commissioner to' tho New Zealand Government, is spending a few days in Sydney, preparatory: to. returning to his Dcpartmofita.l work in "Wellington after a six months' trip to '-England, Denmark, and Canada. Tho major portion lof his timo abroad was taken up in Tooley Street, whero most of the buttersof the world imported to London are handled. Mr: Cuddio's chief conpern, was to mako himself thoroughly acquainted with the methods of Tooley Street, so that shippers at tho New Zealand end would bo in a bettor position to meet tho wishes and the prejudices, of the people who h audio their, product. Ho had "no concern whatever, in the establishment of a'Departmental' distributing depot in England, [is was stated in Melbourne when lie passed ihrough on his way to-England. His Government only concerns itself .in improving tho quality of the butter, and leaves tho commercial §ide .severely alone. He had the opportunity in London of 'being present when • butters-from all the States in the Commonwealth were inspected for tho various Governments by tho graders. ■ Tho New Zealand eystom of inspection was different to ours. The basis-of the.dissimilarity is this, that whereas it is compulsory by law- for New Zealand producers to stamp each box of , butter for export with tho number of tho churning there is no such compulsion in regard to Australia. The'result,'of this' is that tho New Zealand representatives in London can al- . ways sample a box'or more of.each churning, the. Australian • representatives can only do so when tho churning number is attached. .In tho latter case, they always adopt tho New. Zealand practice, and they try by every means to encourage shippers to get into the habit of marking the churning. In the ,abBenco of these numbers the' inspectors are left with no alternative but to sample a ,box . or more, taken at random from the consign- : : ment.\The'advantages of indicating the different' churnings' on each bdx : is, therefore, a very great help to tho inspectors, and in tho end, a sound practice from thq producers' point' of .view. Australian butter? .will, the . sooner .reach the place .they deserve in , tho Lohdon market;* in proportion as. tho impression gains ground amongi the retailers and consumers that they are exactly what they . purport to, be; and since it is impossible for ■ thereto bo much variation- in quality between •butters'of tho same churning, the soundest , method of inspection would obviously be that ' -adopted by the' Now Zealand authorities. -