AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 202, 27 August 1896, Page 2

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Mb Alex. Aitken reports business fairly good this week, sales being made at the following rates:~Southern potatoes, £3 lOa to £3 15s ; seed varieties, £3 15s to £4 4s; carrots, 255: mangolds, 15a to 20s ; pumpkins, £310a to £5 per ton ; kumeras, 5s Do 6s, cwb: onions, l^d to lfd per lb; fowl Wheat, 3s 6d to 3s 9d ; oats, 2s 3d to 2s 5d ; Waize, 2s lOd to 3s; bran, £3 15s to £4 ; ■harps, £4 15a to £5 ; local chaff, £3 10s to £3 15s; Southern chaff, £3 10s to £3 15s; baled hay, £4 to £4 10a per ton. Butter: Taranaki roll, 10^d to lid; bulk, lOJd; local dairy, 8d bo lOd; prime keg, 6Jd bo 7d; pastry do., 4£d to s£d. Eggs, 6£d to 9d doz. Factory loaf cheese, 5d ; large sizes, 4£d; dairy do., 3d bo 4d. Local bacon, 5d to 6d ; hams, 6d to 6Jd ; southern bacon, 6d to 6Jd ; hams, 7d to 7|d ; honey in bulk, 3d to3£d. Fruib: Sydney oranges, 4s to 4s 6d; bananas, Is 6d to 2a bunch ; peanuts, lid to l|d ; cocoanuts, 6s to 6s 6d per sack.

. Messrs A. Tooman and Co. reporb steady business this week, ab bhe following rabea :—Potatoes, fair demand, at £3 15s to £4, seed varieties £4 bo £4 10s ; prime onions, ljd lb ; medium, Id to l£d lb ; pumpkins, £3 10s to £4 per ton ; carrots, 22s 6d to 25» j maize, 2s 9d por bushel ; oats, 2s 6d ; wheat, 3s 9d ; bran, 4s ; sharps, 4s 6d ; baled hay, £4 per ton. The butter market* was weaker. Prime fresh dairy sold at 8d to 9d lb ; medium, 5d to 6d;Taranaki facfeory.fresh, lid ;stored, 6d to Bd.; medium, 4d to 4Jd ; eggs, 6£d to 7d doz. Cheese, scarce : Prime, 4d to 4£d lb. Bacon and hams, quiet: Prime sides, s^d to 6d; hams, 6Jd to 7d. Fruib: Good sales were made of imported lines. Tongan oranges fetched 3s 8d case.; bananas, of poor quality, Is'6d to 28 3d per bunch; cocoanuts, 6s 6d to 7s sack ; peanuts, l|d lb ; Hobarb apples, Stunner Pippins, 93 to 10s ; stone pippins, 8a 6d to 9s 6d ; French Crabs, 6s to 8s; coloured varieties, 8s to 10b ; local lemons, 7s to 10s 6d per case ; marmalade oranges, 5s to 5s 6d. Pork sold ab 3Jd to 3|d per lb. Poultry continued in brisk demand.

Mr E. Arthub reports fair business). Southern potatoes fetched £3 15a to £4; deed varieties, £4 to £410s ; carrots, Is 3d to Is 6d cwt; mangolds, lOd to la ; oniona, IJd to l&d per lb ; kumeras, 5s 6d to 6s 6cij

pumpkins, 5a 3d to 5a 6d cwto ; oats, 2a 3d to 2s sd; maiza, 2ft lOd to 33 2d ; wheat, 3s 6d to 3s 9d; chaff, £3 15a to £4 per ton ; bran, £3 15s to £4; sharps, £5 l&ai to £5 10a; fresh butter, 7£d bo 9d; keg, 6d bo 6£d; eggs, 7£d to BJd ; local dairy cheofe, 3|d to 4d; factory cheese, 4d to 4^d ; local bacon, 5d to 6d ; hams, 6d bo 7d; Southern bacon, 6d to 6|d; bama, 7£d; honey, 2sd to 3d. Fruib: Lemons, 6d to 7£d per dozen. Cape gooseberriea, 4^d to sd. Poultry: Turkey gobblers, 5a 6d to 7s 6d ; hen do., 2a 6d to 3a 7d ; ducka, Is lid to 2s 3d ; geese, 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; cockerels, 2a 3d to 23 9d ; ordinary fowl, Is 4d to In 7d.