A Wellington firm of merchants, having sent samples of butter to India with the object of testing the market there, has received the following reply from a Rangoon firm: —“The samples of butter you so kindly sent us duly came to hand, hut we regret to say that we see no chance of any business. The freight is three times as much as we are now paying from Melbourne, which is out of the question. Then, again, we shall he at a great disadvantage as regards transhipments, which are sure to he many. Under the circumstances, it is quite impossible to open up business, at least for the present ’*
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New Zealand Mail, 5 February 1902, Page 57
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