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Temuka Leader, Issue 2709, 8 September 1894, Page 3

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CHRISTOHURCH MARKETS. The New Zealand Farmers' Co-opera-tive Association of Canterbury, Limited, report for the week ending September 7th, 1894, as follow: The weather during the greater part of the week has greatly interfered business and usual farming work. In grain and produce the transactions have been within very narrow compass. Wheat eased slightly, but is again firmer, and with very limited offering. Oats are offering more freely, but find a fair demand as stocks in store are not excessive. Beans and Peas are without alteration. Ryegrass and Cocksfoot, both show a further advance and stocks are very ligh. Clover continues to offer freely and the market has steadied down. The weather has precluded all deaings with potatoes, but outside markets show no improvement. Cheese steady. Butter firm. Hams and Bacon are in full supply. v Present quotations f.o.b. Lyttelton sacks extra: Wheat—Velvet, pearl, and tuscan, 2s 9d to 2s lOd; hunters, 2s 9d. Oats—Seed or milling Canadians, Is 8d to Is 9d; short feed, 1b 6d to Is 7d ; duns, Is 6jd to Is 7 id; danish, Is 5d to Is 6d. Barley Prime malting, 3s 8d to 3s lOd; medium, 3s to 3s 6d; inferior, 2s to 2s 9d.

Peas—Blue Prussians, 2s 6d to 2s 9d; partridge, 2s 7d to 2s Bd. Beans—2s sd. Potatoes—Nominally, 17s 6d at country stations. Ryegrass Machine-dressed, 4s to 4s 6d; ordinary, 4s; farmers' undressed samples, 3s to 3s 6d. Cocksfoot —Machine-dressed, 5d to 6d; ordinary, 4d to sd. Red Clover and Cowgrass—6d to 6jd. Cheese—Large, 4|d; loaf, sd. Butter—Prime fresh, 9d; Bait, 7d. Bacon and Hams—7sd. Oaten Sheaf Chaff—sss to 57b 6d, sacks included.

CHRISTOHURCH STOCK MARKET. At the Addington Yards on Wednesday the entry was one of the smallest for a long time. Fat Cattle—B6 head of fat cattle were yarded. The demand was not good, and prices were very irregular. Steers £5 15s 6d to £7 10s, heifers £5 2s 6d to £9 17s 6d, cows £5 17s 6d to £lO. Store Cattle—lu store and dairy cattle the entry was small, and the business done affords no index as to values.

Fat Sheep—A small yarding of fat sheep included some fine crossbreds and merinos, and prices for all aorts advanced owing to the shortness of supply. Crossbred prime heavy weights sold at 19s to 255, freezing quality 16s to 18s, secondary sorts 12s 6d to 15s, best crossbred ewes 13b to 16s, secondary 9s 6d to 13s, best merino wethers 12s to 17s 6d secondary, 8s to 11b, merino ewes 5s to 10s.

Store Sheep—ln store sheep about 1500 head sold at last week's prices. Pigs—A fair entry sold at prices equal to 3d per lb for baconers and porkers.

DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKET. The following is the report for the week ending Wednesday : Wheat—Prime velvet, 3s to 3s Id; other varieties, 2a lOd to 3s. Chick feed, good whole is scarce aand wanted at from 2s 4d to 2s 6d.

Oats—Prime milling and plump feed, Is sd; ordinary feed, Is 4d to Is sd; seed varieties, Is 7d—net, sacks extra. Barley—Prime maltiug, 3s 6d to 3s 8d; pearling, 2s 9d to 3s ; feed, from 2s to 2s 3d. Hops—Demand not active, 9d to lOd. Pearl barley—£l6. Oatmeal—£B 10s. Flour—Roller, £7 ss; stone, £6 10s. Bran—£2 sb. Pollard, £3 10s.

Potatoes Market fully supplied, £llos to £ll7s 6d; kidneys little enquiry, £2 to £2 15s as per quality. Chaff—The demand iB good for best quality at £2 15s to £3; ordinary, 35s to 455.

Clover and Ryegrass Hay—(Pressed lcwt bales), £2 ss. Onion s-r£X3. Linseed—£lo to £l2. bacon sizes, 3jd. Salt Butter—7-|d to 8d (prime quality wanted) ; fresh, fair supply. Bacon—Rolls, 6d to 6£d; hams, Bd. Cheese—Factory, 4|d to sd; Akaroa, 4d to 4Jd.

Honey—Prime extraoted, 44 to other quality, 3sd. Ryegrass—Machine-dresaed, 3s 9d to 4s 3d ; farmers' lots, 2s 3d to 2s 9dCocksfoot—4d to f.o »• LightrOOoksfoQt for - s., Lyttelton. saok. -utuco sowing, 5s per

Sheepskins—At auction «n Tuesday, country dry crosabreds, inferior to medium, fotohed Is 6d to 2s 9d; do do merino la 5d to Is 9d; medinm to good crossbreds, 2s lOd to 3s lOd; extra heavy, 43 3d to 5a 8d; good to boat merino, Is lid to 2s Od ; extra hoavy, 3s to 3a Od ; dry pelts, 2d to 1b 3d ; best greoii crossbreds, 4s ( .)d to 5s 3d; extra hea\y, 5s Gd; medium to good, 3s t)d to 4s 6d; greeu mcriuos, IBlodto3s.

Hides—There are buyers for all on the market at prices comparing favourably with late quotations, which may be repeated—say, for prime heavy salted, 601 b and over, 2jd to 3d; medium, If dto 2£d; inferior and light, Id to ljd per lb. Tallow and Fat—The demand iB not very brisk, but prices remain unaltered, best rendered mutton fetching 18s 6d to 20s ; medium to good 15s 6d to 17s 6d; inferior to medium, 12s 6d to 15s; best mutton caul fat, 12s 9d to 13s ; medium to good, lis 6d to 12s 6d; inferior and medium, 10s to lis per cwt (ex store). DUNEDIN STOCK MARKETS. At the Burnside Market on Wednesday the following business was transacted : Fat Cattle 176 yarded. Last week's prices for prime beef were well maintained but for medium quality competition was , not quite so keen. Best bullocks Bold at £9 to £l2 5s ; medium, £6 5s to £8; inferior and light, £4 10s to £6; best cows, £7 5s to £8 15s; ordinary, £4 to £6 15s. Fat Sheep—2sos of all sorts yarded, 350 of which were merinos, prime mutton received most attention, and for this quality a slight advance on the late quotations was established. Best crossbred wethers sold at 15s 6d to 16s 9d, one pen extra good and long woolled, 17s 6d ; medium to good, 12s 6d to 14s 6d; best crossbred ewes, 13s 6d to 14s 9d; medium to good, 10a 6d to 13s; merinos, 4s 9d to 12s.

Fat Pigs—69 were penned, mostly small. The short supply induced more spirited competition, and, in consequence, sales were more easily effected. Suckers sold at 8b 6d to 12s 6d ; slips, 14s to 16s ; stores, 19s to 20s; porkers, 27s to 325; light baconers, 35s to 38a; 1 heavy baconer, 645. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, September 5. Wheat, chick, 2s 9d to 2s lOd; milling, nominally, 2s lOd to 2s lid. Flour, best roller-made, nominally, £7 5s to £7lsa. Oats, prime feeding, 2s Id. . Maize, 2s Id. Barley, Cape, 3s. Bran, 8d; pollard, 6Jd to 6fd. Peas, Prussian blue, 3s 9d. Potatoes, locally grown, £ll2s 6d to £2 ss; New Zealand, £2 sb; Circular Head, £2 10s. Onions, £lllos. Butter, dairy-made, 9d to lOd; factorymade, lid to Is 2d. Cheese, prime, 3£d to 4d. Bacon, 3d. Melbourne, September 5. Wheat, 2s 3d. Flour, roller-made, £5 17s 6dto £6. Oats, Algerian, Is 7Jd to Is 8d; stout, Is lOd to Is lid; Tartarian, 2b 4d. Maize, Is lid. Barley, Cape, 2s 2id; prime malting, 5s 3d. Bran, 6d; pollard, 7d.

Representatives of the agricultural and pastoral societies have drafted a scheme to establish a trust for the purpose of developing the meat export trade. It is proposed to seek legislative power to levy a rate on stock, and it is intended to erect freezing and storage works at Melbourne, Geelong, and Portland. Adelaide, September b. Wheat, dull, 3s 2d. Flour, roller-made, £sl2s 6d to £5 15b. Bran, 6 Jd; pollard, 6£d.

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. London, September 5. Mr Weddel is Bending further consignments of Australian mutton to Hamburg. Nelson Bros, are ready to submit 1000 carcases per week to their special thawing treatment. The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,480,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,270,000. The Victorian wheat cargo ex barque Kinderdyke has been sold at 235. The American visible supply of wheat is 79,800,000 bushels. Paris, September 6. Roumania is borrowing £5,000,000 at 4 per cent, through a French syndicate.