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Rh measure for the dearness of all New Zealand manufactured goods.

In regard to breweries New Zealand cannot be reproached with being behind hand.

This trade does not suffer from lack of enterprise or want of support. Nevertheless, I believe many English people in the Colonies drink only bottled Bass and Burton ales, which are largely imported. This, I suppose, is due to prejudice alone, for at the Melbourne Exhibition, 1888, Manning and Co.'s (Christchurch) beer took first prize against all-comers.