MARKET REPORTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17947, 14 November 1918, Page 2

MARKET REPORTS.

ASHBUBTOff. There was only a small yarain<? of fat sheep at the Ashburton yards on Tuesday, and only a small, attendance of buyers. Primo ewes realised from 38s 9d to 41s. and second qualitv from 37s to 38s. Shorn ewes br-nidh' 21 s 7d to 25s Gd. Primo we'hers brought up to 4-is Gd, and medium quality from 26« Gd up to 33s 3d (for shorn sheep). Fa' lambs brought 31s to 40s. The total of store sheen yarded was 920, 150 of which were jassed. Tho principal rales effected rare 113 ewes and lambs (all counted) 19s lOd, 46 hor/wcts (mi-zed r.exes) 355, 43 ewe 3 and 50 lamb* 19s Gd, 71 twotooth ehoTii ewes wi'h Irtmbs 17s, 111 fail-ing-mouth ewes with 71 lambs os, 171 ewes and 'ambs 193 rd, GO "ound-mouth owes and 51 lam'>a lis, 103 failing-mouth ewes with hi ba lis 3d. Cattle —'''here was onlv a Gmallvyardintr of cattle. Fat steers rcß'ised up to £lfi. fat heifers to £l2 15s, a Hiree-year-old bu'l £8 IPs, a heifer and calf £l2 and a cow springing to profit £lO. TEMTJKA, Thero was a (rood a'tendanco of farmers a» the Temuka stock sale he'd yesterday. The vardins; of fat cattle was Isrse. n"d the prices were well up to late values. The following: prices jwe'o obtained:—Fat ewes from 26s 'o 41s Gd; store's, ewes and lambs (a'l counted), from 18s 3d to 20s: fat cntt'e— co«'s from £G 2s M to £l7, fa> steers £l3 to £2O id' Gd, fa* heifers £9 *o £l4 17s Gel: "tores—heifers £2 5i to £5 2' M, daiw heifers up ■ r 15". cms from £'o to £l7 15s, 'v>lve« from 5s to 15s. newly calved a' lower piers—wener" a'*d s'ins from '3o Cd to 85'j; good table p:iatoc3 203 per eack. BTJRNSIDE. [Per Punas Assoctattow.l •'••' ■■'' "•■• ■• ■■■■'•■- -DCNEMN"; ■ November*'lS; Fat cattle—lSO were yarded. Primo heaw bullocks £24 to £27 7s 6d. orime £2O to i"23 17s Cd, prime cows and heifers £lB. Fat sheep—l2oß were penned. Prime heavy we'hers sls Gd to G2s 2d. prima 48s Cd to 53s 3d, extra prime heavy owe 3 GOs. Lnrnbs—64 were tjenned. Prices declined slfehtly. Pi^s —A moderate rardinjr eold at an' advance of 7s Gd to 10s. ASHBURTON GAS COMPANY. Tli- directors of tho Ashburton Gas, Coal and Coko Company rtport for the j'ear ended Sep'emoer 30, 1918, a 3 follows:—The gas manufactured for the vear was 17.074,G00F., sm increase of 1,138,000 ft. Tho nhenomenal pr'ce of coal owin» to the war still continues, and also tho cost of material and other expenses. Nevertheless, a fairly satisfactory year lias been experienced. The profi and loss aceoun* shows a credit bala"ce of £'o99 3s Id, and the directors recommend a dividend of 5 per cent, absorbing £B6l 17s sd, and to carry forward the balance of £237 5s Bd. It may be pointed ou f that for the past thirty-nine years, from the incep'ion of the comornv, the sharehoVWs have received an average dividend of £7 7s per cent r.er annum, including the half-year, April to September, 1917, when fir 'he first tim« no dividend was paid. Various improvements are now in nroeress, which will increase the efficiency of the plant, etc.