EXPORT OF HONEY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1317, 21 December 1911, Page 8

EXPORT OF HONEY.

central m;roT j.\ wt.ij.i.mitux • - ' .MOOTMD. The. .nf the shipment of honey imulo last soa>oii (lir.un'ii ,Messrs. I.civoil and Christmas Here Milmiitted nt n mretiuii ot n suls-eoiumil(<v of the lieekiHpci'N' Association nt llawcrn tiot Saturday. 'Hicse nlioivpil.il return of .I'tO per toll, j'.xpeiifes amounlcd In about U7 per Inn, Ici.iviiijf a satisfactory net price for sliippcrs. After a riukl ileal of di.-iussinii .it was [lucided to advise members of tlio association that a similar shipment will lie made this ,-enson, and Hint a remit lie sent to ■ the . rodern] licekivpers' Conference nt -Wellington, in .lime, supcostinp. that the lioivrmiieiit lie iiskril In establish a i-ontrol -'donot. ill' Wellington, where nil honey foe export from I lie Douiinion bo font ami graded, and sent Home throntrli the one firm. H was <lefilled to recommend - the conference to interview the Department of AirnYiiltui'e rind have the seheme in gointt order for nest season.

; Apropos tlio.export of honey, the l!i;;h Commissioner, repurtim: on' shipments miulo to London in 211). bloeks wrapped in parehinent pajior, and enclosed in cardboard boxns, considers that there i» little likelihood of :i payable market being found for lionev packed in this form. The trade oxiircssed the opinion that the quality of tlio honey was excellent, but in every instance the form of package lias roiidomnoil as liein;; uiisiiitnlde for the British market. lletailers approached on the mat tor said tlio paelinso would not suit their trade, n», when taken' from the cold chamber and exposed on the. counter for sale in warm wont her, Uio honey would »ot soft: and the packnse would ldak, bocoinin; dirty and unsightly. They also say that as honey Hacked in H)is. form is n proprietary article, the packages, bearing tlio apiarist's name ou them, they ivonld lint care to handle il. Tlio consumers sny tlint; to strip the paper .from tlio honey when required for use is not easy,, and that the process is niessv, as well as wasteful, a pood deal of the honey sticking;, to the paper.