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Auckland Star, Volume XII, Issue 3546, 17 December 1881, Page 2

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KvKNiNa Star Office, Saturday.

Mr It, Arthur hrvd a largo attondanco at his general weekly sale, and did a considerable urnonnt of business. The report is appended.— Kowls, Is 84 to 2s lid ; chlokens, Is Id to 2< Id ; duoks. Is 6d to 2s Id ; geese, 3a to 5s ; turkeys. Bu to 7s 6d ; pigs, 23 9d to 21s ; pigeons, 2s 6d to U 3d; potatoes (old), 13 3d to 2a 6d ; new potatoes. 3s 6d to 5» : kidneys, la 3d to 6a: onions. Id to l}d; beans (French(,7d to 9d per peck; broad beans, Id to 6a : oats, 2s 6d to 3a; oatmeal. 11s to Us ; sharps. S3 Gd; bran, Is per bushel; flour, £7 10s to £11 IDs ; chaff, 2a to 2s 6d per sack ; cbeese, 3d to sJ<l; bacon, 2d to 3d ; butter. 3:1 to OJd ; pourlinu. 3d per lb ; biscuits. I'd to GJ.I ; gooseberries, ijcl to 6d : lenionß, 2a 7d per doz ; plnmß,sJdto73d; cherrics.SJcl: cocoanuts.7a 6d ; dates, 4d ; Bu«ar, 3jd to Ijd : cornflour, 6Jd ; loDJOnlpeel. Is lid : tea (box), 203 to 21s; Boap (mottled), 20s; yellow soap, 15j : clothes pess, 5a -white lead, J1<1; salt, UDd t053; starch, lid; coffoo, Is 3d. Messrs Carbines and Taylor held their usual Friday's boAo otpouUry. produce. &c,which, was woJJ attended, and a quantity ot goods changed hands. They report:— Poultry -. Ordinary fowls, la Grt to 3s,each; brahmai;, 33 6d; Spanish, 3s CJ ; twme, 2a B<X ; geese, 3s fid to 53 id each; clilckn. la each; diicks, IB 64 to 2s 3d -.young p\gs, is 64 to IU each; doves, 21s per pair; go&ts, 5a 6d each. Produce: Watroa cheese, Ud to sd; Canterbury cheese, 2Jd to 31d;h»ms and bacon, 2}d to Sd. according to quality,- naw potatoes, 2a to la; kltaejß, sa;old potatoes, £2 ton; onions, lid per lh; ijrean peas. Is per pock; goosoberries. Gil per lb; cabbaixes. Is Gd per bag; salt beef, Id to id per lb: mutton, 14 per lb; preserved poaches, 13 per tin; oats, 2s Id to 3s; maize,ls Gd to 4s lid; bran,£s; ohaff.2s per bag; oatmea). 12s ; flour, £9 to £13. Groceries: Toafper boi),2C's to 245; half-chests,ls -lit to 2s per lb; cornflour. 6}d; Btatoh 1\& ; BUKar,3W to 4Jd ; lemon peel, lOd por lb; mustard, 9j per dozen lib tins, bottled salt, 33 per dozen; cand!es,B|d; korosene, 2s; soap, 7s Gd to 14s per i box; hematite point, 23s per cwt. 7ho clothing.furniture, toy*, and sundries were all cleared at satisfacfactoryprioes. Mr w. liowden's weekly sale was well attended, and a large quantity ot Roods were quitted, bat, In soms Instances, prices were not up to former rates. Now potatoes especially ruled low, being disposed of at 2s 6d to 4s Bti. Mr Boorge Sibbin sold the seven years' lease of a school endowment of 201 acres grazing land at One Tree Hill for £80 per annum. The highest bid for allotment 14, Brown - street, Fonsonby, was £60, the reserve being £30.