MUTTON.
By the Gothic also a small experimental consignment of chilled mutton and lamb was brought. It was brought up in time for Friday's market, but I hear was not a par ticular success. Some of the carcasses were rather badly spotted inside. At 10. 30 prices were not obtainable, but the beef was even in better demand than yesterday, the average price being a trifle better than"sid.
J3UTTEK.
As everyone anticipated would be the case, the experiment of sending butter in a pumice-insulated case as ordinary cargo has proved a failure. The Waikato arrived from New Zealand some time ago, but the Imtter iva,s only examined this w,eek. The delay rendered the test the more severe of course, but it was evident from the state of the butter that it had been " going off" for a very considerable time. Personally, I think the time has come when experiments in butter carriage can. be dropped. It is already proven beyond doubt that the article is best carried in the freezing cham ber, and exporters will be wise to let well alone.
To-morrow Mr Henry Reynolds, who at tends to the distribution of the famous "Anchor" brand butter in London, leaves for New Zealand by way of San Francisco. In conjunction with Mr W. H. Vagg, the manager of the Melbourne Chilled Butter and Produce Company, the New Zealander has decided that the only method by which Australasian butter and cheese can be sold

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