The Victorian Government a few months back appointed two Commis sioners to visit India and other coun tries m the East to ascertain what prospects existed there of a successful trade m frozen meat and dairy produce between Victoria and those countries. The large population of India, which one would have expected to find a first class market,gave scant encouragement. Not only were the people too poor, but tbe climate was too hot for the human consumption of meat m any quantity. The natives were almost to a man vege tarians, while the European appetite for meat was severely circumscribed by the hot climate. In the course of their trip the Commissioners visited Japan, and m the Japs they found a people ever ready to take a forward step m conimercial intercourse with the Wes tern world. The proposal to send frozen mutton to their shore 3 was hailed with satisfaction, and the Japs appeared to take very kindly to the idea, so that 1 with its krge population it is more than likely that the visit of the Commis sioners to Japan will repay the Vie torian Government for their enterprise. The special correspondent of the Mel bourne Argus, who accompanied the Commissioners on their travels, had an interview with the Japanese Minister for Agriculture, and this gentleman stated that his fellow countrymen were gradually becoming very large meat eaters. In Tokio, the Japanese capi tal, there are at present fully 1000 head of cattle killed eveey week, the price of beef being about 10 cents (2^d per lb). The only change m locally ob tainable meat was poultry, occasionally gance and poultry. Mutton, the Minister told the Argus representa tive, was only procurable from China, and was too expensive for any large consumption by the Japanese, its price varying from 28 cents (7d) to 35 cents (B|d) per lb. .The Japanese, however, are very fond of mutton, con sidering it the greatest luxury of all meats. 