AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 305, 22 December 1894, Page 2

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Messrs A. TooAian and CoY reporb very brisk business during the week. A fiveroomed house and allotment in College Road wasi sold for £350 dSSH. " At auction* old potabbes sold at £2 5a to £2 10a per tori ; new kidneys, £3 to £4 per ton ; other Kinds, £2 to £3-; Shepherds, £25s fed £3 pei? ton : onionß, Id to ljd per 1b ; green peas, 5d to lOd per peck ; French beans, sdto Is; rhubarb, Is 3d bo 49 per dozen buhdhe's ; ciicumbers, lid to 4a 3d-per. dozen i•• wheat;2a Sd to 3a pe> bushel; oats, Is lOd to 2s ; maize, 2s 3d for email lots; bran, £2 10s to £2 153 per ton ; section honey, 3s 6d per dozen. Butter : Fresh was'"' in keen demand, prime realising up to BJd; me'dium r 6d.to7id; keg. s£d to 6id ; eggs, 6Jd to I\d. oer dozen; dairy cheese, 4d to 4£d per lb ;" factory, 4£d to 5d ; new bacon, 7£d to 8d ; Canterbury, 7d ; local hams', 7d-to 8d; Canterbury, 8d to 9<i per lb. Fruit sold at high prices. Eeritish cherries fetched 3|d to 6d per lb ; Black Hearb, la to: Is-Id; Sydney, 2d to 8d per quarter case;.' local peaches, la 8d to 2s per. dozen for' best, 8d to la 5d for ordinary; imported, 3a; 6d to &i 4d per .quarter caße; local cherry, -plums, 4"ieh to 5J ; Rivera Early, 3fd- to 4^d; Sydney, 4s to 5s lOd per quarter case; prime gooaebirfies, 2d to • 2j£d per lb; medium, l|d -to l|d ; gripea; l&3d to Is 9d per lb • tomtttae?, 5d to s£d pov lb; pears, 2^d to! 3d; apples, up to 8a per case, medium lobs, 2s> 6d to 5s 6d ; lemons, 7s 6o 8s 9d per case for choice, 5s to 6s 3d modium; Sydney oranges, ils 3d to" 13s per case, Island ditto, 5a Gd to 7s 6d, Whangare'i ditto, 14r,per case; To'rtEffitf pibe's, 4s to 7s per case. Poultry : Tarkey gobblers, 5s 6d to 8s 6d each, eihall ones and hens, 3a 6d to 5s 6d ; gaeae, 2s Id bo 3a 6d; ducks, 10d to Is 6d ; good table fowl, Is 6d to Is Bd, medium, Is to Is 3d ; young roosters, la 3d to 2s Bd. Young pigs, 12s 6d to 15a; dresßed poirk, 5Jd per lb.

Mr Alkx. Aitkkn, reports an excellent sale yesterday,'fruib being in brisk demand. Cherrios fetched 3£d to 5d per Ib ; goose.berries, 2|d to 2|d per Ib ; plums, 2£d to 5Jd ; peaches, Is 6d to 2s per dozen; grapes, 2s per Ib ; lemons, 3s fid to 8s 6d per case, according to quality and size ; apples, Is' 6d to 5s 6d ; pears, 5s Id bo 6s. Poultry : Besb roosters, 2s to 3a each ; medium, Is 6d to Is lOd ; fowls, Is 6d to'.-2s; medium ; lid to Is 6d ; beat ducks, 2a to 2s 9d : medium, 9d to Is 6d ; besb geese, 3s to 4s ; medium and goslings, 2a to 2a 6d ; turkey gobblers, 6*3 to 9s ; mediumSs 6d toss 6d ; hens, do., 3a to 4s ; medium, Is lOd bo 2s lOd. Beat pigs,9s to 11s each ; suckers,6s to 8s 6d. Best new potatoes, 3s to 4a 6d cvvt; medium, 2s to 3s ; old potatoes, £2 10s per ton ; cabbagej 2s 6d per saok ; rhubarb,- 2s 6d to 3s per dozen bariches ; bomatoesV 4d to 5Jd per Ib ; green peas, 4|d to lOd per peck ; French, do., 3d to 6d.. Butter, dairy, 7d to 9£d ; medium, 5d to 6d ; keg butter, 6^d to 7d; eggs, 6^d to 7£d per dozen ; cheese, 4d to SJd per Ib ; bacon, 6J-d to 7d ; hamß, 9d.