r 1 lie satislying contemplation of the jNcw Zealand farmer that wheat '< would go to lis a bushel will appa • rqutly, rail short'of realisation, and jit will prevent .disappointment; and '■ vexation if we endeavor to tell the rcison why. In the first place the telegraph wires have informed us thai 1:')1)0 tons of Hour are on their way to New Zealand from America, and the following from the South land Times will throw further light ion Hie situation: "We are informed. on the best, authority that, the Invcr : caigill millers, Messrs Fleming and Co., have just cabled a large order .fur Manitoba wheat to Canada, and thai, this will lie supplemented in a cay or two by a heavy order !or : o(iur. The perplexed condition oi i the New Zealand market and the 1 difficulty of obtaining flour arc the : causes which have led to this step I being taken, and the wheat will he I landed at a figure equal to tnc prices now being quoted in Canterbury. On I his way home from his recent trip j in foreign lands, Mr Fleming made J provision for such a contingency, j and his arrangements for doing busi- Incss in this way with Canada arc' ■ now to be carried into practical i effect." Why Mr Fleming ahi'ild , nave made such arrangements j" I Canada before the contingency aros". I thai has caused wheat to rise to-is jaml over is not very dear; but jc !L? ) ™ ll! i , r realoni 'S, facts Maic Ijpforc lis, that wheat can be.inpor ed frcm San Francisco at a I'iicc that will pry t fle K ew Zcalan| |poller Wheat on the London S-- |WI at the moment JsqiioteU at 30s per toartcr of -iOfllbs, and wheat iii ! New Zealand stands at 32s per miar jterof jSOlta. 