London, Nov. 25.
The British Government is importing eggs from China on a large-scale. Its object is to supply the consumer with oggs below the exorbitant prices paid for them in this country all last winter. The eggs are bought at a low rate in China, arrive here in good condition, thanks to the refrigerating apparatus on the shins, but owing to the intervention of the Food Controller they are not drifting into the hands of the trader who would be able to make a large profit on them, but are being put directly on the market for the general public to benefit thereby. By this means it is possible to. sell them at 2/7 a dozen or 4d. each.
Although food stuffs abound in China and could be bought at comparatively low prices, the Government, except when it is absolutely necessary. are not encouraging: thei: importation at the present time. Rice and tea are being imported from China in small but as far as is possible: brought from the Pork is a commodity of which a certain amount was imported before the war, but this import has not been resumed.
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