COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 5466, 26 January 1885, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Evekiso Stab Office, this day.

Me3srs Cochrane and Son hold a salo of allotments and house properties to-day at their mart, bntonly two were sold, viz., allotment at Mount Kden and residence thereon, for £2DO; alto an allotment. 31 x 61, tfngland-strect, near Freeman's Bay, J32 7a per foot. Ihe oihcr proportlesremainforprivatoaalobytlloauctioneciß. MR. B. ABTHUK'S WEEKLY REFOKT. The week has boon a busy ono—auctions every day and a good business has been done by Private sale. Fruit has como to hand in very large quantities; prices havo in consequonce loweied; but with fruit, as with poultry, it is Impossible to say what pricoa will bo realised to-morrow by what may be got to-day. Growers have only the state of the Irult to Kuido them. What is ripe (not too rlpo to stand the knocking about in carriage) send in amall cases. Many growers have this season erred by sending fruit Deforo lully grown. Potatoes are altogether overstocked. Nothing but first-class Hobarts will bring anything like a price, and the domand for theso Is limited, while new and kidney had to be sold yesterday, at Is to 2s fid per cwt.; all could not bo cleared off at thoso low prices. Not a third pt tho quantity on hand could bo sold. Onions moved off freely; all local grown were gold. Bacon of good quality scarce, demand limited; second-class and inferior, hard to Ret anything bid for it Cheese stocks: Heavy quality of the largo portion not up to the

requirements of purchasers. A small parool of AVftiuku Factory brought (id por 1!). Futtilturo: In Rood demand. Monday iiiorning: Clearing out sale of produce, fruit, etc., at mart. A fair mimbor wcr.< present. Apples epld at lid to 2'|d; pears, ljd; cheese, 2d to ii \ hacon, inferior, l^d to Ml; sharps, \a to la lM ; potatoes, Is: siiK.ir, 2ls to ?,'s; hour, 03. Wednesday: Sale of loc;M-i-i'o>Vn fruit at the market. The att'-mdMr.cc was goad, andspiritod li'ldinir; pricoa frere p.itisfaetory. Apples, lid to 2:; di fccars, lid to Id; pliima, ;!.t to 5:1; rl'im.-ci.ii, :<!'l to ."lii; reachi», l>d to t|d per lb.. and ild to lO.id per dozen: passion fruit,2J,d to 2!d per dozen ; cliorrio?, lUI per li).; nectarines, sit; fowls. Is 2d to -s: ducks. 13 Id to IB Bd. Friday (market day): Sale of poultry, produce, fruit, ote.. iv tiie mart. Tho uUendance was largo throuKhoni. The calo continued until near six o'clock ; about s:vcn hours smat sollins. A largo quantity was disposed of. Poultry were eiit'jro;! In la-pc number, and fair prices were obtainod. Conljl not eleav out potatoes at lon-prices. Oiikdi nil local grown, sold. Fruit was entered in very laiyo qnantiiy. Prices werj satisfactoiv- Of course, that which is sir all and inferior brinßa i)iit .isinnil price. Fowls. Id 2d. 2s Gd ; onickf, 10il; aucks. Is Id, 2^ 2d; turkeys. Oh; Kcofo, ■Is Sid, Is: pii?a, Ts t!i. !<!«: potatoes. Is. ta Gdi onion!-, Id, id: l-eans. Id, lid: pe.-tN. Is; cliee-e, 11. lid ; bacon, 2d, Sd; buttor. <H ; Hour. &■£}} : *!n>.ri)S, ss; or.ls. 2s. Vs; chair, la Id, 2* Od; iipjilc?. Id, I '.d : plums, 2Jd. 7d ; peached, lid, I'd; pe;rs. id. Id; passion fruit, 2d perde::n; l-'mous, la ti:l, Is 9d; iioctarlnes, B}cli nco, 2a; wheat, is I Id, 3a Id ; siiKiir, l! 01 per cwt.