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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 7862, 3 February 1887, Page 4

The efforts that are being made to find fresh markets for the produce of the colony are hopeful indications of the future. At the present time there are various schemes of this kind in progress, which deserve encouragement and success. At the trial made of some of the timbers shown at the Colonial Exhibition, recently closed in London, kauri received the commendation which it deserved. No one spoke against it, and not a fault was

pointed out. But to secure a regular demand for this timber in Britain, it must be in the market there constantly, and in : sufficient quantities to give confidence to architects and builders, who might be inclined to use it. Two ship loads have been despatched from the Kaipara, and another is now loading, but it will take many such cargoes to make kauri a recognised timber available for builders in Britain. A steady market for this timber opened up in Britain, at a payable price, would do more to put the timber industry of the colony on a firm footing than any probable amount of local building operations. The increasing price now obtained for wool, tallow, and preserved meats are all in the right direction, and the prospect which now exists of finding a payable market in Brazil for our surplus of butter and cheese, if of good quality, must be encouraging to our dairy farmers. In August last a consignment of Tauranga and Te Puke butter and cheese,. packed in a certain way, was sent to a firm in Rio de Janeiro, and advices have been received of the goods having been placed at satisfactory prices. More is wanted, and instructions have been sent here how to assort future consignments, which may be taken as a hopeful sign. At the present time a very large proportion of the butter and cheese used in Brazil comes from the United States and Great Britain. That which is sent from Britain is chiefly imported from Holland, Denmark, and other continental countries, and thence exported from Britain in the ordinary way of trade exchanges. With a line of mail steamers calling every month at Rio on their way from New Zealand to London, New Zealand should be in a good position to supply a largo proportion of the Brazilian trade in dairy produce. Those engaging in this trade should see that only first class quality is exported, as it would be a national injury to kill a growing trade for the sake of a little unlawful gain. With such encouraging prospects, the near future should be bright for 2sew Zealand colonists, if they adhere to strictly honourable dealings in these new openings for • the trade of the coiony.