MARKET REPORTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCIII, Issue 10565, 26 January 1895, Page 3

MARKET REPORTS.

The New Zealand Pabmebb’ Co-brES-ative Association of Canteebuet, Limited, reports for the week ending Friday, Jan; 25, as follows ;—Business in grain and’produce during, the weak has been dragging, although fair quantities continue to move off both for-export and local consumption. Wheat has a much firmer tone, and buyers have shown more 'disposition to meatcellers. The'quantity availableds now restricted, and themarket is in a very f sensitive condition. Oats.— The export' for the week shows large, but is due to clearances, of Horn award-bound vessels. For export - coastwise there has been a fair demand, chiefly foe Dims of good quality. Inferior and loug-feecLare neglected. Barley is not yet quotable. "Beans and peas 'are •' without- alteration. Eyegrass is in brisk demand, aad prices for prime’ quality samples are in buyers* favour. Cocksfoot ia, not yet on offer in sufficient quantity to give reliable quotations. Dairy produce unchanged, and in full eupply. Present quotations f.o.b. Lyttelton, sacks, extra Whea—t milling. Pearl, ’ Yelvafc,-or Tuscan, 2s 7d; Hunter’s, 2s 6cl; 'aecond-clasg ld to 2d par bushel less; fowls' wheat, 2s4d. Oats.—Milling Canadians, Is sd; abort feed, la 4d to Is sd; Danish; Is &Jd; Duns, la sd. Peas.—(Nominally) Dice Pmssiane, 2s 6d to 2s 9d. Beans, 2s 3d to 3a 4d. Eye grass.—Parmer a' samples, *2s to,3a6«L Cocksfoot (nominally}, A|d. Bed* clover andcowgrass, 70s to 80s. Cheese,—New, large and medium, 4d; loaf, 4Jd to4)d.* Butter.— Separator, 8d; bast dairy, 6d to 7<J; salt, 5d to 6d. Bacon and hams, 7d. Oaten sheaf chaff, 55a t0.55s 6d,eacta included. Exports fort-he' week ere as follows Wheat, 4587 Backs ;, oats, 3786 sacks; flour, 149S f sacks j ’ seed,>l39l sacks j chaff, 2156 eacke. 7643

Tee Canteebeet.!' Company, Limited, reports on the seed, market for the week ending Jaa.,25 Byegrass—'Offerings for the weak hare been on a larger scale, andjgccd,seed hast fouadbuyera at fall rates.. Some lines of good .machine-dressed seed have been placed-for shipment tp fche’Uorth Island, and the machines are ."kept going to keep up with the-demand. Prices are about the same as last week, ‘ viz., 2s 3d to 3s for farmers’ samples, ,CcckEfoofr-~!l!flecre is no business to report in new seed farther than a few'email parcels, inrhictuenino to hand during,the 'paet f ewf days, and waro sold at last- week's prices/ 'ip the ccjubo of a weak there -should .bolsomo of the Peninsula crop to handi Clovers—Wo quote'white from 75e to 120 s, cowgraca and red 60s to 80s, AlaikeYOs feo 3£Q7 Messrs Pjnetmd Co. andjdho Hew-Zsa- , land Loan and Mercantile Agency, Company held a sale of stockist Cheviot on Wednesday. Thera .was a fair entiy'oS, cattle and.sheep, and a copital attendanca of settlers, but competition for all classes of stock was mostjindifferent. Botß.Eheep and cattle werelbrought forward in dass condition. Fair hoggets brought nt» to TaGd.merino'wathers 2alod. Fat crossbred wethers were passed in at 10s, and four-tooth ewes at-9s. Springing heifers sold at from JB4 to JB6, cowsin profit-up to £1 10s. Yeariings and two-year-olds, mixed sexes, in no cafio reached owners* reserves, wMchwerqfaJiy.hp^A4^KteU values.. :.■ "