AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 19, 23 January 1896, Page 2

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Mr R. Arthur reports very good business during the past week, Onions and potatoes moved off freely. Fruib wa3 sold in largo quantities ab pood prices. Best potatoes realised £3 to £3 5s per bon ; cow, 30s to 40s ; onions, £6 10s to £7 ; pickling do., _d to Id; maizo, 3s 3d to 3s 6d per bushel; oats, 2s 6rl to 2s 8d ; sharps, £4 15s per ton, bran, £4 108; chaff, £5; keg butter, 4|d to 5d ; fresh, 5d to 6^d ; best cheese, 4d to i_; medium lota, 2?, d to 3id ; honey, 2_d to 3d per lb; bacon, 5d to 6^d ; shoulders, 4d to 4|d ; hams, od to 7d. 'Fruit: Plums, l£d to 2^d; peaches, 4Jd to 8d per dozen, 2d to 2£d per lb; apricots, 3d to 5d ; pears, Id to l^d ; other lots, ls 3d to 2s per case; dessert apples, from 2s 6d to 4s per case, medium lots, ls to ls 9d; cooking, 3s to 4s 6d ; lemons, ls to ls 2d per dozen ; oranges, 12a to 14a per case; tomatoes, 4_d per lb; grapes, B|d to lOd. Turkey gobblers, 4s 6d to 5a 6d; hens, 2a 3d to 3s ; ducks, ls 3d to Is 6d ; geeße, 2s 6d to 2s 9d ; roosters, Is 9d to 2s 3d ; ordinary fowls, ls 3d to 2s each.

Mr Alex. Aitken reports very good business this week in all departments. We quote : Potatoes, easier, besb kiduey, £3 ; Shepherds, £2 10s ; obher sorbs, ls 6d to 2a 3d cwt; onions, _d to Id per lb ; wheat, 4s 6d ; oats, 2s 6d to !__3 8d ; maizo, 3s 3d ; bran, £4 10s to £4 15s ; sharps, £4 15s to £5; chaff, £3 5s to £4 ss. Beat factory separator butter, lOd ; local dairy, 6,i to 7Ad ; medium, 3Jd bo 5d ; besb keg, 6d to bid ; medium and pastry, 4d to 5d ; eggs. 74d to lOd per dozen ; factory loaf, sd*to b_d, large size, 4d to <\_d ; dairy, 3d to 4d ; "bacon, s:"d to 6^d ; hams, 7d to 8(1; local sides, 4£d to 5d ; hams, 5d to 6d ; beeswax, 9d to O^d ; honey in section, 3a to 3s 6d per dozen ; bulk, 2^d to 3d. Fruib came forward in large quantities, prices being fairly weii maintained, plums sold ab 1-^d to 2|d for ordinary sorbs, 2£d to 4d for Japanese : greengages, 3d to s_d ; pears, lcl to 2d por lb ; lemons, 9d to Is dozen ; apricots, 3£d to k_d ; apples, beat dessert, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; cooking. 2s to 3a ; inferior, ls to le (Jd ; grapes, 9_d to lid ; tomatoes, 3_d to 4£d ; Cape gooseberries, 3_d to 4Ad ; dessert peaches, 6|d to lid per dozen ; cooking, 2d to 3d per lb ; walnuts, 5d to 6d per lb.

The second salo of wool bhis season under the auspices of the Auckland Woolbrokers' Association, was concluded yesterday afternoon by Messrs G. W. Binney and Co., who submitted a catalogue of 702 bales. Mr Kingswell acted as auctioneer. Most of the lota were disposed of ab prices similar bo those obtained earlier in the day, and those passed were for tbe mosb parb siold privately after the sale. The bidding was brisker than earlier iv tho day,, and the catalogue was got through in 40 minutes.