MARKET REPORTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXXI, Issue 10310, 31 March 1894, Page 3

MARKET REPORTS.

The New Zealand Farmers’ Co-opera-tive Association o? Canterbury, Limited, report* for the weekending Friday,March 30, 1894: —Business operations have to some extent bean interfered with by the holidays. The publication of the Government statistics has settled in some degree questions which usually precede their announcement. Old wheat continues in fair demand at late quotations, and supplies are now within narrow compass. New crop, sound and of good quality, finds ready buyers, but growers as a rule are storing for higher rates. The following gives the North Cantarbury wheat statistics for the past seven years: -—IBBB, 4,148,973 bushels; 1889, 3,902.757 bushels; 1890, 3,764,245 bushels; 1891, 2,656,806 bushels; 1892, 4,796,326 bushels; 1893, 3.587,948 bushels ; 1894, 2.330,766 bushels. The returns for the whole colony are nob yet available, but so far as North Canterbury is concerned the opinion expressed is that the actual yield will be much below the estimates, and this view, is strongly, held by the majority of farmers who have already threshed. Oats have had fair export enquiry, especially for bright, heavy milling suitable for Home shipment. Inferior feed are neglected, and Duns at present are in over-supply. Barley is steadily moving into consumption, and growers are firm. Beans and peas are without improvement, and buyers are apathetic. Byegrasfl maintains the recent improvement, and the market is in sellers’ favour. Cocksfoot has again eased off. and speculative buyers require better quality than the bulk of offerings. Dairy produce is quiet and without alteration. Hams and bacon scarce at full rates. Present quotations, f.o.b. Lyttelton, sacks extra Wheat—Old Pearl and Tuscan, 2s Bd, 2s 9d; Hunter’s, 2s 7d; new crop. Is lid to 2s 2d. Oats—Milling Canadians, Is 7d, Is 8d; short feed. Is 6d to ls7d; Duns and Danish, Is 5d to Is 6d. Barley—Prime malting, Ss 8d to 4a; medium, 3a 4d to 3s 8d; inferior, 2s, 2s 6d; cape, 2s Id to 2s 3d. Blue Peas 2s 6d to 2a 9d, Partridge 2s 9d. Ryegrass—Old pasture machinedressed, 4s 3d; ordinary, 3s 9d to 4s; farmers’ samples, 2s 6d to 3e. Cocksfoot — 14lb per bushel, 4£d; lighter, 3jd to 4d. Cheese—Large. 4d; loaf, 4|d. ButterPrime fresh, 8d; salt, 6d. Bacon and hams, 9d. Oaten sheaf chaff, 62s 6d, 655, f.0.b,, sacks in. At the monthly sheep sale at Waikari yesterday there was an entry of about 9000. The New Zealand Land Association reports an entry of 4000 and sales as follows:—On account of Messrs Barshman and M’Kay, 200 cross-bred ewes 3s 9d ; on account Messrs Sheat Bros., fat crossbred lambs 10s; on account Mr J. Concannon, culled cross-bred ewes 3s, do memo ewes afrTs SdT'oa "account Mr T.“ Butler, cross-bred lambs 7a 6d; on ac? count Mrs Maynard, 250 half-bred lambs 7s ; on account Mr W. H. Button, 190 twotooth.croßSrbreds 10s sd; on account Mr James'Douglas, culled cross-bred ewes 4s t on account Messrs Parish Bros., 300 halfbred lambs 8s; on account Mr J. O’Connell, fat cross-breds 13s 6d. Mr Staveley, Mr F. C. Tab art and Messrs H. Matson and Co. also had good entries, and sold nearly all their lines at full market prices. The monthly horse fair was held at the North Canterbury Saleyards yesterday. There was au entry of about forty. The auctioneers represented were Messrs Miles and Co. and Mr A. P. Tutton. Heavy

draughts sold at from £lB to £22, lighter do <£lo to £ls and good backs £9 to <Bl5. There was no sale for unbroken stock.