AUCTIONEERS REPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 156, 4 July 1896, Page 3

AUCTIONEERS REPORTS.

Messrs Esam and Arthur report the following auction values : — Southern table potatoes, £3 5s to £3 10s ; pumpkins, £2 5a to £3 10s; onions, £6 to £7; Southern aeed kidneys, £4 to £4 10s ; Shepherd's, £5; red carrots, £2; white, £1 5a to £1 10a ; kumeras, 5s 6d to 7a; oats, 2a 4d to 2a sd; bran, £4; fresh butter, 7£d to 9id; aalb, 4jd to 7d ; Southern bacon, 6id to 6£d; hams, 7sd to 7Jd;' local bacon, 3£d to,Cd; bams, 4d to 6d ; cheeße, 3d to 3£d ; eegs, Is to Is ljd ; honey, tins, 3d ; bulk, 2jd to 2Jd ; section, 3s 3d to 3s 6d ; new potatoes, £d to Id. Fowls, la Id to la 4d ; roosters, la 6d to 2s Id: ducks, Is 5d to 2a; turkeys, hens, 2s 3d to 3a 6d; gobblers, 4a to 5s 6d. Fruit; Apples, dessert,' 8* to 10s; cooking, beat, 7s to 8s 6d ; other sorts, 5a 6d to 6s 9d ; peara, 4Jd ; Cape goosberries, 4^d to 5d ; lemon*, .5d to B£d ; guavas, l£d to 2d; bananas, Is 6d to 2s 3d.

Messrs A. Tooman and Co.'s Report.— Basinoßi has been fully up to the average, with yery few changea in value.- We quote : Southern table potatoes, £3 5s to £3 10a ; kidney seed, £4 to £4 10s ; local, £2 to £2 10s; onions, extra, fd ; others at per bag and sack; pumpkins, good, 3s 6d to 4s 9d ; others, £2 to £3 ; carrots, white, £2 sa; red, £2 10s ; mangolds, 14s to £1 ; awedoa, £1 ; parsnips, 4a ; kumaras, 4a 3d to 7b ; maize, old, 3s 3d ; new, 3s; poor, 2s 2d; bran, £4 15a; sharps, £5 10s; oats, 2s 4d; wheat, •3a 6d to 3s 8d ; chaff, £3 5» to £3 10s ; baled hay, £4 10a. Butter : Prime dairy, 9d to lOd ; other, 7d to 7id ; keg, prime local, 7d; medium, 5d ; Taranaki, Sd; factory rolls, lid to 11 Jd ; bulk, lid; frozen, lOd ; stored dairy, 8d ; fresh and private separator, 8d to lOd ; egg?, ll£d to la 2Jd ; cheese, prime dairy, 3£d to 4d ; poor, 2d ; factory, 4&d to sd. Bacon : Superior, 5d to 6d ; other lots, 3d to 4Jd ; hams, 4d to 7d ; clothed, 8d; honey, section, 3i to 3a 6d ; bulk, 2§d ; beeswax, Is to Is 2d. Poultry : Ordinary and old fowls), Is 3d to la 4d; good, Is od to Is Sd; fat young roosters, Is 6d to 2s 3d ; ducks, 2a 3d to 2s 9d ; jjoeao, 3s 6i ; turkey hens, 3a 6d to si; gobblers, 6s to 8s 3d ; pigeons, 3d to 6d. Pigs : Small, 5s to 6s 3d ; others, 8s to 12a; dressed pork, 3d to 3 ld ; hares, It 6d to 2s 6d ; rabbits, 8d to Is each. Apples, local, 5s to 10b 3d, Hobarts 6b to 8s 6d ; lemons, 7a to 10s 3d ; oranges, Sydney, 2a 2d to 2a 6d ; mandarins, 8s ; pears, 7a to 8s; guavaa, Id to lid ; mushrooms, 5d ; tree tomatoes, 3d ; Capo goosebeiries, 4£d to sd; bananas, 1,200 bunches realised Is to 2s 6d per bunch. Mr J. Jones reports: Potatoes, Southern, £3 5a to £3 10a ; kidney, seod, £4 to £5 per ton ; butter.-firat, B£d to lid per lb ; second, 6£d to 7^d ; keg butter, 6^d to 7d ; lard, 4d ; eggs, Is to Is 2d per doz. ; cheese, 3Jd to 4d per lb ; honey, 2d to 2Jd per lb ; nection, 3^d to 4d ; roosters, Is Sd to 2a ; others, Is 3d to Is 5d ; hens, li So 1b sd; duckß, Is 8d to 2s 3d ; turkey gobblers, 3s each ; in poor condition, 3a to 3s 3d ; hens, 2s 9d to 33 each ; pigeons, 3d to 5d each; pigs, 8a to 13? 9d each ; pumpkins, 4a to 4a 3d ; carrots, Is 6d to Is 9d ; mangolds, 17a to £1 per ton; melons, 3s to 3e 9d cwb ; bacon, first, s|d to 6d ; second, 4d to s^d ; horns, first, s|d toGJd ; second, 4d to 5d lb ; pig*' cheeks, 2d to 2£d ; roll bacon, 4d to 5d lb; epiced rolls, 3Jd to 4d lb ; onions, fd lb ; inferior, id lb; garlic, Id lb ; kumaras, 6s 9d to 7s :6d cwb; apples, 6s 6d to 7s 9d case; lemons, 6£d to 8d dozen ; persimmons, BJd to lOd ; Cape gooseberries, 4Jd to 5d lb; maize, 3s to 3a 3d ; oats, 2a 4d to 2a 5d ; bran, 4s ; barley, 2a 9d to 3s ; tea, Is to Is 8d lb ; cabbage, la 3d to Is lid sack ; celery, la sack ; turnips, swedes, Is 5d to Is 8d cwt. Me Alex. Aitken reports business fairiy. brisk for the la'eb weekab the following rates: — Southern potatoes ex wharf, £2 17b 6d to £3; ox shore, £3 to £3 ss; kidney seed, £4 5s to £4 10a; Shepherds, £o ; cow potatoes, £2 ; pumpkins (a glut) £2 to £3; horao carrels, 25« to 303 ; mangolds, 15a to £1; onions, £6 to £8; new potatoes, to Id lb; wheat, 3s 5d to 3a 7d ; oats, 2s 2<i to 2s 4d ; maize, 3s to 3a 3d; bran, 4s 3d to 4s 6d ; sharps, 4s 9d to 5s 3d : chatf, £3 5s to £3 10a ; hay, £4 to £4 10s; dressed pork, 3£d to 3|d ; hares, 2s 4d to 2a 7d each ; rabbits, Is Id to Is 6d pair. Butter: Factory, lid; dairy, 8d to 9d ; epgß, Is to la 2d ; keg butter, prime, 6Jd to 7d ; pastry, 4Jd to 5Jd ; lard, 4d ; bacon, Canterbury sides, 6d to 7d ; hams, 6Jd to 7£d ; local hams, 5Jd to6£d; bacon, 5d to 6d ; cheese, factory, 4Jd to 5d ; dairy, 3d to 4d ; honey, bulk, 2§d to 3d ; section, 3s to 39 od. Fruid: Deseerb apple*, 7e 6d to 9a 6d ; lemons, 8d dozen ; guavaa, l£d to 2d ; bananas. Is 6d to 2s; tomatoes, Is case. Poultry : Roosters, large, Is Sd to 2a 8d ; small and cockerels, Is Id to Is 6d ; hens, Is 3d to 2a 3d ; turkey gobblers, 4a 6d to 6a ; hens, large, 3s Id to 4s Id; email, 2a to 2s lid ; geese, 3a to 3a 6d : ducks, Is lOd to 2s 9d ; chickene, 6d to 9d ; pigeons, 8d to 1b ; canaries, 4a to 6a; fancy fowls, 2s Sd to 49 ; pigs, medium, 8s to lls 6d ; small, 4s 6d to 7s 6d.

Mb Kiouard Abthcr reports business during 'the week has been fairly brisk. Potatoes aro selling at from £3 to £3 10s; pumpkins, £2 10s to £3 58; kumerae, £6 to £8 ton ; onions, £6 to £7 ; red carrots, £1 15a; white, do., £1 10s; mangolds, slow of sale, 15s to £1; good table roostora sold at from Is lOd to 33 each ; others, Is Hd to 2s; turkey gobblers, 4a 9d to 6s ; hens, 2s 6d to 3s 9d each ; ducks, 2s 5d to 2s 8d each ; goeßO, 3a 6d each ; fresh esga, lid to la dozen ; fresh butter, 8d to lOd lb ; second, 5d to 7d Ib ; corned, 5d to 7d lb ; cheeee, 3d to 4d lb ; bacon, local, 4d to $id ; hams, 5d to 6Jd ; Southern bacon, 6Jd ; hams, 7d to Blb lb. Vegetables brought high prices. Fruit: Apples, 7a to 9s 6d case ; lemons, 7d to 9d dozen, aud 8s to 9s case. Grain at) lake prices.