Things Seen in Holland
exports of cotton goods were of about the value of £3,000,000, woollen goods about £500,000, and iron nearly £2,000,000.
The value of imports from Holland into the United Kingdom has amounted to about £15,000,000, the principal items being—butter, to the value of about £850,000; cheese, £500,000; sugar, £1,500,000; fresh meat, other than pork, £1,000,000; and fresh pork, also £1,000,000. Practically 75 to 80 per cent. of all fresh pork on the London market comes from Holland, and as the Dutch meat inspection is accepted by the English authorities as entirely reliable, the meat bearing the Netherlands Government label fetches high prices. The exportation of eggs from Holland is still very limited, and it is only during the last few years that it has exceeded the importation of eggs into Holland. However, the Dutch
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