COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 4124, 22 September 1883, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Etening STAR;OfHco, Friday. Mr R. Abthur'3 genoral salo of provisions, grocery, and furniture was well attended throughout the day. Average quotations:— Fowls, 29 3d to 33 8d; cochin, 2s 9d to 5s 3d; Spanish, 3s to 6s 6d; ducks. 2a 7d to 3a 3d; pigs, 7a 6d to 8a; potatoes, 2s Id to 4s Cd; new kidneys, Id; turnips, 2s to Is Cd; carrots, Ss Cd to 4s 6d; oats, 2s lOd; maize, 3s 5d ; chaft", 2s 6d; sharps, 5s 6d; bran, 5s Cd; flour, £8 10s to £13; cheese, 2d to 7d: bacon, 2}d to B}d; butter, 4d to 7d; toney, 3d to 3d ; lollies, Cd ; confectionery, 8d; jam, Cs to 6s Cd: dunmged sugar, Id to 3M; lemons, 2d to Ud; apples, 10s; tea (box), 24a; sugar, 3Jd to 4}d; salt, sa; wheat, 3s 6d. Heasrs John and E. Loydon report:—Carpets brought from 2s 4d to 2s 8d per yard ; couohes, 15a to 35s ; stuff-bottomod chairs, 7s to 7s 6d ; cane-bottomed chairs, 4s 9d to 5s ; round and oblong tobies, 23s to 27s 6d; mirrors, 12s 6d; palliassos, J2s Cd to 15s Gd. A large quantity or cutlery, glassware, and tinware was offered, and commanded fair prices. Teas, new season, Is 3dperlbin l'2-lbboxes ; sugar, £37 10s ; Oamaru potatoes, £410s ; Canterbury bacon and hanis, SJd to IOJd ; dairy fed bacon, 7d lb ; flour, oatmeal, and soap at makers' prices. Messrs Carbines and Taylor held their usual Friday' 3 sale of poultry, produco, etc., which was well attended. Thoy report— Poultry fetched good prices, ordinary fowls, 2s 3d to 4s 3d ; bantams, Is 3d to is 9d ; Cochin Chinas, 4s; brahmas, 3s 3d to 4s 6d ; Polish fowls, &8d to 5s 3d; ducks, 2s Sd to 3s 6d; geese, 4s to 5s (id ; turkeys, 4s to 5s 6d ; canaries, 10s to 26s ; young pigs, 2s to 15s each. Fruit-Apples, 7b 6d to J2s ; oranges, 2s fid to 5s ; lemons, 2d to Cd per doz. Produco: Hams and bacon, 2d to 9d per lb; Wairoa choese (good), 7d per lb; second class, 2d to 3d per lb; butter, 4d to 7d; beef, M to 2d lb; onions (scarce), 2d to 3d per lb; Oamaru potatoes, £i to £4 10s; carrots, 3s to 4a 6d; oats, 2s 9d; maize, 3s 3d; damaged do., 3s 6d per bag; bran, 5s 6d ; sharps, 6s; pig meal, »a; wheat, vs 6d to 2s 9d; flour, 9s 6d to i4s; oatmeal, ljd to 13d. Grocoriea: Tea, half-chest, sto 2s por lb; boxos, 138 to 245; sugar, 3jd to 4Jd; rice, '4s; quartar-sardinos, 6s 3d; Lea and Perrin's, 6s 9d; salmon, Cs 6d; mixed pickles, 7s Cd; coffee, > d perlb; mixed biscuits, 5d per lb; jams, 5s 3d per dozon ; cornflour, 6Jd; blue, 5d per lb; cocoa, Is 2d per lb; kerosino, Is 7d ; candles, 'Jd per lb. The clothing and jewellery wdre not all cleared.