COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume VII, Issue 1975, 8 June 1876, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Geo. W. Binney nports his sale of Hobart Town fruit, jams. &c, was well attended, and pricss realized very fair considering the quantity placed upon the market during the week. He quotes pplea 4d 3£d and 3d, according; to quality ; pears, 4d ; Peak's jam, lib in tins, 7s 9d in trade lines, the whole $>eing quitted at thai; pries save one case *fc Sa 3d; Hawking jams, lib tins, 8s 21; Peak's, in jars, 7d per Ib. ; 20 cases Canterbury cheese, 9|d per lb.; 3 cases Watt's hams and bacon, 9|rJ, Messr3 Orant and Morton fold to-day, by order of the Improvement Commissioners, t^o wooden buildings in the Albert Barracks, which realised respestively £17 5a and £16 10a. Mr E. Arthur sold, to-day, the shop and premises in the occupation of Mr Brinsden, Wellesley- street, for £45. Messrs Tonks ft Co. had but a moderate attendance at their mart. The machines were passed, and the spades fetched fair prices. The sale of frdits "»nd j*ms, per Jane from Hohart Tow j, held by Mr It. Arthur, at his mart yesterday, •was a mostsrjcc-s'ul one. Thn advantsjzra of room for exhibiting, light and sir—■which he has to perfection in hia new roari—wpr* very apparent. The attendanra w«s Jare;e, aid throughout the s*le the competition for fruit wr- f>mr\t; every lino :o!d. Apples—French cab-:. brought from zyU to 4d per ]b ; We'.i.ncton pippins ZM to : g^denha veys, 2#d to 4Xd ; scarle4- powmsins. 2Jd to 3%<\ ; northern greenings, Z%A '. stone pippins. 3J<d tn 4}4<{ • T^Tfiw York pipp'ns, sa tn4Jfd ; Beaton's plates, 3Jf to zy.ii, ; Bturmer p Jpr!n«. 3d to 4>^d ; pearmiins 2%d to 3d : nonpareils, 2Jad to 4J^d ; roaoh pippins. 2^< to 2%H ; golden xussets, 3d : 'Blenheim orange-*, I%A to 3%d ; silver ha eys, 2^d ; roysl rissets, 23^0l to 4d ; blue pearmains, "^d ; Aflprn's pearmains, 23^d to 3%d. Pears—CastiDar, iK& to 4%d ; Catarack, 4ri; cx f nwick Germans, 4d ; back Achan, 2^d to 4^'l. Jam buyers held hac1!, expecting the late price T would not bs maintaiced, but the auctioneer rtitrd that makers were determined to hold for those prices; as, owing to the advance in price of fruit, they could not sell at a \r~.a price without loss. John'on's 1-lb tins sold at 7s 9d to 7s lOd per dozen; in jars, at 7jd per ]b. Tart fruit, 9a Cd por dozea ; W.Mton's jam, in 1-lb tins, at 7s Gd per dozen.