In another column wo give a report of the meeting of Committee of the Clutlia Agri cultural and Pastoral Society on Friday last. It will be observed that the Com mittee had nnd^r consideration the ques tion of the export of agricultural produce, including dairy produce, beef, mutton, etc., and that important resolutions were passed c>n the subject. Copies of these resolutions have been sent to the various agricultural societies throughout the pro vincial district, and we are hopeful tho course of action they suggest will meet with unanimous approval. All who have been affected by or have known the stata of the produce mai'ket in this colony for some years must recognise the necessity of establishing an export trade. If this be not done, then, the progress of settlement must be stopped, and the operations of agriculturists considerably restricted. The present; production is much greater than j is required for consumption in the colo nies, and the consequence is that for that I sold only a nominal price can be obtained 1 while a large proportion of produce cannot be disposed of at any price. One would i naturally have expected that long before ! now the Dunedin merchants would have i provided a remedy for the 'existing state ! of things by initiating an export trade. ! This, however, does not seem to suit their book. If it were the formation of a line of railway that would be expected to in crease the City traffic ; if it were the patronage of the public works or railway i department in such matters as workshops i or the location of general managers, secre i taries, etc. ; if it were the expenditure of hundreds of thousands of pounds to per ; mit their imports to be landed from the ; vessels at their warehouse doors ; if ; indeed it were any matter of personal and I pecuniary interest to themselves, then their latent energies would be stirred up. i But the matter of the export of agricul tural produce apparently does not interest • them, and therefore agriculturists must | try and find some way of conducting their j export business themselves. The great object of the resolutions passed by the Clutha Society is to get the settlers to consider the matter, and to unitedly agree upon some organisation by which such trade may be conducted. 