AUSTRALIAN MARKETS.

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 104, 9 March 1889, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS.

By Electric Telegraplr— Copyright. ' [VHB, oNlTEP^iEßß ; 'ißßOiClAtl6ikf3 " I^. Syi>nkt, March 7. ' ; The following is, .tb^-^oyfrometit Statist's official report on the wheat yield, &c. :— The probable consump- , tion of wheat;durfng3tßß9 -is g4v§n : at 7,986,000 bushels, and-tLe"BStiflTated yield at il,793,bO(>'bußhels,^eaving a deficiency of 6^413,000 buahels. Thft probable consumption is-baSed* o\i the experience of the past* ten years, and the mean of ten yeaTrsj* if the 1 average is maintained, would jgi^e ari ! estimated consumption of 7,424,000 bushels. To this must bei > added J ho wevUr, the quantity ;requirpd f tfrv.B'eed.''pirrpofeea, which is estimated at 562,000 bushels; waking the total as above irf 7j9i86 ? 000 bunhels. • NewJ South -■> Wales vrill be able to absorb- the w;ho]e of the New Zealand surplus wheat supplyv -though probably America will seud. a /ctitple off million bushels. Both New South Wales and Queensland will be absolutely dependent for their supplies ou ; Potatoes— Circular Heato, L6 1 ' 10/ ; - New Zealand, L6. Ouions, Victorian, Lll io Lll 10/-'; mai^e, new, 3/6;, old, 3/10; tveevily, 2/6; oat market dull, 2/6 to ' 3/— theri is a larg* &ock on hand ; bran, 1/- ; pollard is>carce, and quoted at I/I to Ujfa'i ; ' wheat, chick, feed, 3p to' 3/6 ; V milling '5/- - For flour there is an increasing demand,' and prices are advancing — Roller made, Ll 1 1 §/- to Ll3 ;fßton» madej'Lll tp'lil2. Peas, 4/6 to 4/9; oatmeal, Ll 8 ;' chaff, New Zealand, L6. { Butter,, locally made, lOd to 1/1 ; dairy made,]/- to' 1/3 -factory imported; 7d to lOd; cheese,^ 3d to 6d ; New Zealand, 6d to 7d; bacod, New-Zealand, 9d to lOd ; hame, lOd to lid; ■'■ ■■ ■ ■ -•-■-■■• - ■"■■ ■;;■; ■