COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 109, 11 May 1896, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

AUCTIONEERS REPORTS

Mr Richard Arthur reports a very brisk week in all departments. Potatoes sold at from £3 to £4 ton ; pumpkins, £4 to £5 10s ; kumeras, £6 bo £7 10a ; onions, £7 to £8 ton, and Id to l^d. Bacon, side and rolls. 5d to 6|d; hams, 7d to Bd. Vegetables : Cnbbugos sold at Is 5d to 2s 3d dozen ; turnips, 7d dozen ; cauliflower, Is to 3s dozen; small, 6d dozen. Poultry: Table roosters sold at from 2s to 2s lOd ; others, ls to Is 8d each ; fowls, Is to ls 7d; chicks, _d to lOd ; turkeys, email, 3s to ss; ducke, Is to Is lOd; geese, 2s 3d to 2s 6d. Small pigs very low ; hares, 2a 6d pair; eggs, ls 5d to ls 6d dozen ; fresh butter, B_d to lOd lb ; corned, 6d to 7d ; cheese, 3d to 4d. Fruib: Prices high. Apples sold at from 4s 6d to 7a caeo ; small cases,,2s 3d bo 3s ; quinces, Id to l_d lb ; lemon 3, 9d.to ls dozen • passion fruit, 3d bo 4d dozen ; walnuts, 5d to 6d lb ; grain at late prices.

Messrs Esam and Arthur Rkport.— Priceß generally are without appreciable change, supplies generally being aboub equivalent to demand. We quote auction valuea during the week as follows:— Southern table potatoes, £3 10s to £3 ,15s; local, £3 bo £3 5s ; kumeras, £6 to £7: onions, £7 to £9; red carroba, £2 10s to £3 ; turnips, 30s ; white, 35s to 40s ; pumpkins, £3 10s to £5; oats, 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; bacon, 5d to 6_d ; hams, s_sd bo Stl; cheeso,'3d to 4d ; fresh butter, 8d to lOd ; salt butter, 5d to 6_d ; eggs, ls 4£d ; honey, tins, 3d ; bulk, 2Jjd ; towls, 9d to la 3d ; table fowl 9, la 4d to Is lld ; ducke, ls 6d to ls lld ; turkeys, gobblers, 49 to 5a 6d ; hena, 3a 3d to 4s; ' hares, 2s 2d each ; rabbits, ls Sd to ls lOd per pair. Fruib: Deeeert apples, free from codlin moth, 4s to 7s ; cooking, 3a 6d to 5s 6d ; others, 2s 6d to 3b 6d ; pears, 2d to 3Jd; grapes, 5d to ls 4,d ; persimmons, 6d to Is ; passion fruib, l_\d to 2|d ; lemons, 7d to 10 d ; mushrooms, 3|d ; watermelons, 2s btl to 10a ; guavaa, IJd bo 2d ; figs, 2d to 3d ; quinces, Igd to ljd.

. Mr Alex. Aitken roporbs a large amounb of business for bhe past week. Prices wero as follow :—Southern potatoes : Ex store, 3e 6d to 3s 9d ; local, 2a 9d to 3s 6d; inferior and cow, £2 5s bo £2 10a: onions, £7 to £9 ton ; carrots, 2a to 2s fid cwb ; pumpkins, 4a to 6a ;. k'umeras, 5a to 7s 3d ; melons, aboub 3a cwt ; cabbages, 4a 4d sack; French beans, la 6d peck; oats, 2s 3d.to 2s 6d ; wheat, 3s 6d to 3s 9d ; maize, 3a 3d ; bran, £4 5. to £4 10a ; sharps, ■£5 to £5 ss; chaff, £3 5s to £3.10a; hay, £4 bo £4 10a; dressed pork, 2d bo 3gd; hares, ls 9d bo „s 7d oach ; rabbits, 6d to la 5d pair; egga, Is 6d to la Sd doz; dairy butter, 5d to 8_ ; factory, 9_d lo lO^d for bosb ; medium, s_d to 7d ; prime keg, 6d to 6^d ; medium and pastry, 4_d to 5d ; factQry cheese, 3gd to 4^d ; farmers, 3d to 3|d ; honey, 3d to S&cl for bulk ; section, 3a 6d doz; Southern bacon, 6d to 6_d Ib ; hams, 7cl to 8d ; local bacon, 5d to 6_d ; hams, 6d to 7d. Fruit: Prime eating apples, free from moth, 5a to 6a ; medium, 2a 9d to 3s 9d ; deasert pears, l.d to2£d ; cookers, Hd ; grapes, indoor 6Jd to Bd, outdoor, 4fd; tomatoes, aboub Id lb; guavae, l^dbo'id; lemons, 8d to 10J dozen ; figs, li_d to 2d ; passion fruib, 2_d to 3d. Poultry : Roosters, large, 2s 3d to 2a 9d ; small and cockerels, la 3d to ls 6d ; hens, lld to Is 8d ; geese, 2s 6d to 2a 9d ; turkeys, hena, 3s 6d to 4s; gobblers, 5s bo 7s; ducks, la 4d bo ls 9d ; ducklings, Ib ; hens and broods, 3s to 4s ; pigeons, 6d to Is; canaries, 2a to 7a. Pigs : Medium, 5s to 10s 6d ; BUiall, ls 9:1 to 4a 6d.

Messrs A. Tooman and Co. reporb a brisk produce business during the week. We quote -. Waikato table potatoes, £3 to £3 ss; white kinds, £2 10a; cow, £2; Southern table, £3 5s to £3 15s; onions, £7 to £8, and ||d to Id lb; pumpkins, £3 10s to £5 according to quality ; melons, £2; carrots, white, £1 10a to £1 15s; red, £1 15a to £2 ss; kumaras, 5s 6d to 7s 3d ; cabbages,-4s sack; maize, 3a 3d; oats, 2a 8d; fowl wheab, wholesale parcels; 3s 5d ; small lots, 2s 8d ; bran, £4 ss; sharps, £5 ss; butter, fresh, local dairies, 7£d to 9_d ; Taranaki roll, 7_d to 9d ; bulk factory, 8d to 9Jd; dairy, 7d to 8d ; pastry, s£d to 6d ; Acme brand, lO.d ; local keg, prime, 6&d to 7d'; poor, 4d to 5d ; cheese, factory, 3_d to 4|d; dairy, 3d to 3Jd; bacon, Canterbury, 6|d ; hams, 6d to 7_d ; etrgs, ls 6.d to Is 9|d ; honey, 2_d to 3_d ; beeswax, l(_d bo ls. Apples: Superior, 4s 6d bo 6s ; fair, 3s 6d to 4s 3d ; inferior, 2a 6d bo 3s. Lemons, 8s to 10s ; passion fruib, 8s to 10s ; mushrooms, 5d to 5Jd ; tomatoes, 2a to 5a 3d caae; pears, dessert, 2d to 4gd : cooking, 2a bo 3s 9d case; quinces, 3s to 5a 3d bushel case ; persimmons, 9sd to ls 3d dozen ; grapes, superior, Ib 4d to la 7d ; othera, BJd to la; Cape gooseberries, 4Jd bo 4f d; water melons, 5s to 8a 6d ; bananas, 3s to 3s 3d ; oranges, 2a to 3s; peanuts, 2£d to 2JU;

guavas, l.d to 3d. Fowls : Old, poor, and small, ls Id to Is 4d ; good, ls 8d to 2s 3d ; table roosters, 2a 3d to 2b lOd each ; ducks, 2s 41 to 2a 8d each ; turkey hens, 2s 8d to 5b 3d ; gobblers, 3s 6d to 8s 9d ; hares, ls 6d to 2s 3d each ; rabbits, 8d tor Is 5d pair ; youug pigs, at previous quotations.

Mr J. Jones' Weekly Report.—Business in all departments brisk. Poultry: Rooaters, Js 3d to la 5d ; bens, lOd to ls 2d : geese, ls lOd to 2.; turkeys, gobblers, 3s 9d to 4s 3d ; hens, 2s bo 2a Bd. Pige, suckers, ls 9d to 2a 6d; others, 5s to 6a Bd. Canaries, ls 8d to 2a 7d. Bacon, firsb sides, 6Jd to 6_d, second, 5d to s_d ; hams, firsb, 7Jd to 7£d ; inferior, 6id to 6„d. Butter: Firßb, 8d bo B£d ; second. 6d bo 7id ; inferior, 5d bo s_d ; keg, 6_d bo 7d b ; eggs, ls 6|d bo ls B£d ; cheeae, 3£d bo 4d lb ; honey, in bulk, 2_d bo 2|d ; section 3s 3d bo3s9d. Mangolds, Is 3d bo ls 5d cwb; pumpkins, 4a 9d to 5a 6d ; citron melons, ls 9d to 2a; piemelons, 2a cwb ; kumeras, 5s 3d to. 6s cwb. Pobaboes: Soubhern Oamaru, £3 5a bo £3 10s; Canterbury, £3 2a 6d to £3 7s 6d ; Waikato, £2 10s bo £2 15s cwb. Onions, in bag, _d bo Id lb ;in Back, .a cwt. Fruit : Apples, 2a 3d to 4s 9d case; others, 5a to ba; tomatoes, Id to ljd ; pears, Id to l.d; quinces. Id to l.d ; grapes, 3d to 4_d ; hothouse, ls lb ; Cape gooseberries, s±d to s|d lb; figs^l.d bo 3d ; persimmons, 3d bo 3Jd dozen ; mushrooms, 2id to od lb. Roll bacon, s_d to 6d lb • shoulder, 3Jd to 4d lb. Oats. 2s 3d ; maize, 3s 3d; Bharps, sa; bran; 4a sd; chaff, £3 15a to £4 ; wheab, 3s 3d to 3s 6d; barley, 2s lOd. Ducks, ls 3d to Is 5d ; chicks, 7d tp 8d each. Oranges, la 9d bo 2b 6d ; medlars, Id to 2d ; rhubarb, 3s to 5a dozeo ; canrots, Is 6d to 2s ; cabbage, ls to ls 3d dozen ; cow potatoes, £1 5a to £1 15a ton.