AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 106, 7 May 1896, Page 2

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

■ Mr Ai.iX. Aitkks reports fair business H daring,the past wee_. Best local potatoes

fetched £3 to £3 5s per ton ; Southern, £3 7s 6d to £3 15s per ton ; onions, £7 to £7 10s per ton ; kumeras, 5s 6d to 6s 6d per cwt; carrots, 35s to 40s par ton ; pumpkins, £4 15s to £6; wheat, 3a 7d to 3a lOd per bushel; oats, 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; maize, 3s 3d; bran, £4 15s per ton; sharps, £5 : baled hay, £4 5s to £4 10s ; chaff £3 to £3 5s ; fresh butter, 7d toBJd per lb ; Taranaki roll, 9d to lOd ; bulb, Sd" to 3£d ; prime keg butter, 6_d to 7d ; medium and pastry, 4^d to 5d 1 factory cheese, 4d to 4^d; large sizes, 3|d to 4d ; dairy, 3d to s_d ; eggs, Is 5d to Is 7d ; honey in section, 3s to 3s 6d per dozon; bulk, 2|d to 3d; Southern bacon, 6id to 6_d ; hams, 7d to 7Ad ; local sides, s_d to 6d; hams, 6d to 6id; medium sides, 4d to 5d ; hams, 5d to 6d.! Fruit: Dessert apples, 3s bo 6s ; cooking ditto, 2s 3d to 4s ; lemons, 7d bo 8d dozen ; passion fruit, 2d to 3d ; dessert pears, 2d to 2|d ; cooking ditto, lsd to lfd j Cape gooseberries, Z_d bo 4d; tomatoes, Id to IJd ; indoor grapes, 7d to l.Od lb; outdoor, 4£d; walnuts, sid to 6d.

Mr R. Arthur reports very brisk business during the wsek, Potatoes sold at from £3 5s to £3 15a por ton; onions, 7s to 8. per cwt; carrots, 2s 6d to 5s 6d; kumera?, 7s to 8a ; pumpkins, 5s to 6s ; wheat, 3s 6d to 3s 8d bushel; oats, 2s 3d bo 2s 4d ; maize, 3s 6d to 3a 8d ; bran, £4 per tou ; sharps, £5 ; chaff, £3 5s to £3 10s. Honey, 2Jd to 3d lb ; in sections, 3s 6d to 4s per dozen. Fresh dairy butter, 6^d to B_d lb ; keg, 6_d to 7d ; pastry, 4d to sd. Eggs, la 2d to Is 3d dozen. Cheese, 3|d to 4d for farmers', 4£d to 4Jd for factory. Bacon, Canterbury, 6_d to 7d lb ; local, 5d fco6^d; hams, Canterbury, 7sd j local, b_d to 7d. Fruit;!: Dessert apples, 5s 6d to7s6d per case; cooking ditto, 3s 6d to 4a 6d; pears, l£d to 2d lb; lemons, 7^d to 9d; passion fruib, d_d to 4d ; Cape gooseberries, i_i to 6rl;. quinces, ljd to Igd; grapes, 4Jd to 6'^d. Poultry : Turkey gobblers, 5a 6d to ba 6d ; turkey bens, 2s 3d to 3s ; ducks, Is 6d to Is 8d ; geese, 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; roosters, Is 6d bo 23; ordinary fowl, 1* to la 4d.

Messrs A. Tooman and Co, report business very brisk during the pasb week. Local supplies of potatoes were heavy. Prime Waikatos realised £3 to £3 5s ton ; White sorts, £2 10s to £2 Iss ; Southern, £3 5s to £3 15s ; cow ditto, 40a ; onions, 8s to 9._ ctvb; picklera, |cl to Id lb ; white carrots, 30a to 35a; red ditto, 45s bo 50a; pumpkins, £4 to £5 per ton; mangolds, 30s to 355; Swedes, 25a to 35s ; kumeras, 5s '6d to 7a 3d ; maize, 3a 3d to 3a 4d ; fowl wheat, 3s 6d ; bran, £4; sharps, £5. Bnbber: Prime local dairy, 8d to 9£d ; poor, 7d to 7£d. Taranaki, heavy supplies, rolls, 9d to lOd ; best bulk, 9d to 9£d ; medium lots, 7d to 8d ; pastry, s|d to 6d; spring made keg, 6id to 7d; poor, 4d to 5d ; factory cheeso, 3|d to 3i2d ; dairy, 3d to 3Jd ; fresh eggß, Is 3£d bo Is 6d ; pickled, 4d to Sd. Southern bacon, 6|d ; hame, 6£d to 7id; honey in section, 3s to 3s 6d per dozen and 2Jd to 3Jd in bulk. Fruib ; Best apples, 4» to 6s 9d ; ordinary, 2s lOd «o 3s 9d ; inferior, 2a 6d ; Beurre Cbirgeau pears, 4£d to 5d ; Beurre Diel, 3d to S_d ; cookiDg varieties, Id to 2d lb; passion iruib, 8s to 12s per case; lemons, 8s 3d to Pb ; Cape gooseberries, 4d to 4fd ; guavas, 2d to 3^d lb ; quinces, 3a to 6s 3d Case. Id to lgd in sacks; superisr grapes, Is 6^d ; fair, 9d to Is 3£d ; tomatoes, 2s 6d to 3s 9d per box; Tongun oranges, 2s to 2s 6d ; bananas, 2s 9d to 3s 3d ; Fiji do., 2s lOd to 3a 3d per bnnch ; peanuts, 2_d lb ; eocoanubs, 8e per sack.