AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.
Mr Alex. Aitken reports very brisk business during the pasb week, especially with regard to the Islands trade. Old potatoes sold at £2 10s to £3 per ton. New potatoes : Besb samples of kidneys, 3s 6d to 43 per cwt; Shepherds, 2a 6d to 3s ; other sorts, la 10d to 2s 6d per cwb; onionß, Id to l^d per Ib. Pumpkins, 2a to 2s 9d per cwb ; fowl wheat, 3s per bushel; oats, Is lOd to 28 ; maize, 2s 4d ; bran, 3s ; sharps, 33 9d ; chaff, £3 por ton; hay, £4 to £4 10s. Honey, bulk, 3d to 3^d per Ib ; section, 3s to 4s por dozen. Batter: Local, 6d to 7d per Ib ; bosb keg, sid to 6id ; medium, 6id to 7d; eggs, 6d to 7^d, Cheese: Loaves, 5Jd; large sizes, 4£d to 4|d. Hams : Prime local, 7d to 8d per Ib ; aides' 6d to 6^d; Southern hams, 8&d to 9d ; sides, 7d. Fruit: Gooseberries, lfd to 2hd; local cherries, 3|d to 4£d per Ib ; Sydney ditbo, 12s 6d per quarter case; plums, local 4d bo sd, Sydney 8s 6d per quarter case; apricots, 3s 9d to 4s 6d ; peaches, 9a 6d; grapes, Is 6d to 2s 6d per Ib; Sydney tomatoes, 4d to sd; local ditto 3d to 4d : lemons, 6£d to 7d ; walnuts, lid to 2d per Ib ; pines, 7s to 10s por case; bananas, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per bunch ; cocoanuts, 6s 6d to 7s per sack. Mk R. Arthur reports fair business during the week. Old potatoes sold at 2s 6d per cwt; new from 2s 6d fco 4s; onions, Id to ljd per Ib ; carrota, 8d per dozen ; pumpkins, 2a 6d per cwb ; wheat, 2s 9d; oats, Is lid to 2a; maize, 2s 3d ; barley, 2s; bran, 2s 9d ; sharps, 3a 9d; honey, 2|d per Ib; fresh butter, 4d to 7d per Ib; salt ditto, s^d to 6£d ; eggs, 4d to 7d ; cheese, 3id to 4sd ; bacon, 5d to 6jd ; hams, 6d to Bd. Frqib: Gooseberries, l^d to 2d per Ib ; plums, 3^d to 4Jd" lemons, 7d bo Bd-; tomatoes, sd; cheese, 3£d to 4d. Poultry: Turkey gobblers, Aa to 7s each ; do. hens, 2s 3d to 3s ; ducks, Is to Is 9d ; geese, 2s to 2s 6d ; cockerels, Is 3d to 2s 9d; ordinary fowls, 9d to Is 6d. Mr R. C. Carr sold ab his mart this morning the lease, for'seven^ years, of a property, with house thereon, in Hepburnstreeb, to Mr Holds worth for the sum of £25 por annum.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 303, 20 December 1894, Page 2
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