COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 42, 20 February 1897, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Mb Richard Arthur reports sales afc bbc following rates : —Potatoes, local, £6 10a to £7 10a ; Sydney, £4 10s to £6 ; onions, £6 10s bo £7 5a ton ; pumpkins, £4 15a to £5 10a ton. Poultry : Table roosters, Is 3d to 2a ; yard and other fowls, Is 3d to Is Sd ; chicks, 5d to la ; duck?, la Id to Is 8d ; turkeys and geese wanted ; hen and chicks, 2s 9d to 3s 6d ; small pigs, 6a to 9a 6d ; fresh eggs, 8d to la 6d ; fresh butter, 5d i to 6|d lb ; cheese, 3d to 4d lb ; Southern bacon, 7id ; ham 9, B|d to B^d lb ; local bacon, 5d to 6d ; hams, 7d to 8d lb ; honey, 2d bo 3d lb ; and 3s 6d dozen section ; fruit, apples, 3a to 5?, dessert ; cooking, Is 9d to 3a' 3d case ; plums, l^d to 2£d ; Bon Chretien pears, l£d to 2^d lb ; cooking, gd to lid lb ; nectarines, 2d to 2£d ; Cape gooseberries, 4d bo 5d lb ; peaches, Id to 2d lb ; and 5d to 9d dozen, and 3d to 4d dozan for small ; tomatoes, |d lb ; Is to Is 8d case ; watermelons, 6s 6d to 9a dozen ; rockmelone, Is 4d bo 2b dozen ; hothouse grapes, 6£d to 9d lb ; outdoor grapes, 2d to 3d lb ; lemona, 7d to 3d dozen.

Messrs Esam and Arthur report sales as follows:—Potatoes: Hobarb, £6 10a to £7 ; Msennms, £7 : onions, £6 10s to £7 ; pumpkins, £4 to £4 10s ; kumarns, l£d lb ; cheese, 3d to 4d ; bacon, 4d to 6d ; hams, 5d to 6&d ; fresh butter, 5d to 6£d, not all sold, salt 4d to 6d ; eggs, 9d to lOd ; honey, section, 3a 6d; oats, 2s 6d ; fowls, Is 2d to Is 6d ; roosters, la 6d to 2s; ducks, Is 2d to Is 6d ; geese, 2a 6d. Fruib: Peaches, large well coloured, 9d bo la 6d ; medium, 5d to 7d, and 3d to 4d ; small, Id to 2d dozeD, aud Id to 2d lb ; paaeion fruib, ljd to 2£d ; lemons, 6d to 8d ; greengage pluma, l|d to 2£d; Golden Drop, lsd to 2d; Pond's Seedlings, l^d to 2Jd; Satsuinas, 2d to 2£d ; Burbanks, 2^d no 2id ; Purple Gage, l^d to 2d ; Takapuna Drop, lgd to 2d ; damsons, Id to l^d ; bullaces, Id. Grapes, 5d to 9d ; small, 3d to 4d ; outdoor, 2d to 2£d. Bon Chretien pears, l£d to 2^d ; others, Id to l^d. Apples, clean, 3a to 5s ; otihors, 19 to l 2« 6d. Tomatoeß, $d to Id ; water melons, 3s to 15s ; rock melons, 2a to ss.

Mr Alex. Aitken reports quotations for the week as follows :—Potatoes, beat samples ab £7 to £7 10n ; medium, from £6 to £6 15s; onions, £7 ; maize, 2s lid io 3s ; oabs, 2« 7d ; wheat), 4s 3d ; bran, £4; sharps, 4b 6d ; chaff, £3 to £3 ss, according to quality ; fresh bubter, best dairy, 6d to 7d ; Medium, 3a to 5d ; factory rolls, lid ; bulk, lo£d ; kog, prime, 6d to 6^d ; medium and patchy, 4^l to 5d ; eggs, lOd to Is; honey, suction, 3a 6d to 4a; bulk, 3d; cheoso, factory loaves, 4fd to 5d ; large size, 4Jd ; farmers' make, 3d to 3Jd; bacon and hams, Southern sides 6id, hams, B£d; local cure bacon srt to 6d, hams, 7d Co 7£d. Fruit: Pluma, l£d to 3d, according to quality; damsons, Id to ljd ; pears, Bon Chretien, IJd to 3d ; other sorts, Id to 2d ; tomatoes, |d to ljd ; nectarines, 2d to 4d doz ; grapes, 5Jd to lOd ; lemonß, Gd to 8d doz; Cajio gooseberries, 4d to 5d ; poaches, choice dessert, 9.1 to la 6d doz; medium, 4d to 6d ; culinary. Id to 2d lb ; apples, dessort, 3s to 4d case ; cookiag, 2a 9d to 3s 6d ; medium and moth, Is to 2a caee ; figs, 4d to 6d doz ; watermelons, 4s to 8s dozen ; rockraolon, 2s bo 4a. Poultry in heavy supply ; roosters, lorge, la 9d to 2s 6d ; cockerels, Is to Is 8d; hens, Is to la lid ; ducks, Is 3d to 18.9 d ; ducklings, Is to la 2d ; geese,2B 3d to 3s ; turkeys, gobblers, 7a 6d to He 9ci; hens, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; qhickens, 6d to lOd ; hens and broods, 2s 6d to.3j 6d ; pigeon?, 6d to 8d ; canaries, 3s 6d to 5s ; pigs penned in large quantities, medium sized, 13s 6d to 15s 6d ; weaners, 7s 3d to 10a 6d ; suckers, 4a 6d to 6s 6d.

Messrs Arthur Tooman and Co. report? a good market for produce and fruit, with very heavy supplies of the latter. We quote: Potatoes, prime, £6 10s to £8; onions, £6 10a to £7 ; wheat, 4a ; maize, 2s lid; bran, £4; oats, 2s brt. Butter; Dairy, 3d to 6d ; separator, 7^d to Bid ; factory, lOd to 10£ d. Ei?gs, 9d to 9id ; cheeae, 3£d to 4d ; bucon, 5d to 7d ; hams, B£d to 9d ; honey, 2£d to 3d. Fruit— Apples : Superior, dessert, 3s to 5a 6d ; cooking, 2s to 3* 9d ; others, la to Is 6d. Pears: Choice Bon Chretien, Ifd to 2^d ; other kinds, Id to l^d. Local lemons, 5 j to 7a. Peaches : Superior, 8d to Is 4d ; ordinary, 3d to 6d ; small, -Jd to 2^d lb. Plums : Superior large variety, lgd to 2|d ; damsons, Id to l^d. Grapea : Well coloured, 5d to 6Jd ; fair, 4d to 5d ; poor, l|d to 3d. Toir!iteeß, 18 to 23 3d box ; passion fruit, 2d to 3d dozen ; Cape goosoberries, 4d ; mushrooms, 3d ; watermelons, up to 129 dozen ; rockmelone, 7s 6d dozon. Poultry : Ordinary fowls, 8d to Is 3d ; table roosters, Is 3d to Is 8d ; duoke, Sd to la 4d ; turkeys, 3s to 8s ; geoas, 2a to 3b 4d ; pigeons, 5d to 6d. Pigs, 8a 9d to 9s, according to size and quality.

Mr J. Jones's quotes : Potatoes, £6 15s to £7 59 ; inferior, £6 10s ; cow potatoes, £1 10s to £2; onions, i|d to Id lb ; cheese, S^rd to 4d lb ; bacon, first Bides, 6d to 6|d ; inferior, 4|d to s|d ; ham*, lirsb, 7d to 7id; second class, Od to 6^d ; inferior, 5d to 5Jd; middles, 5d to sfd; shoulders, 3d to 4d; rolls, 5d to s|d; Canterbury hams, B£d to B|d ; side, 7£d to 7^d ; honey sections, 3s 6d dozen : comb, 2£d ; bulk, 2^d lb ; poultry, roosters, Is 3d to Is lid; hens, Is to Is 3d ; chicks, 5d to lOd ; ducks, lOd to la 2d ; turkey gobblers, 8s 6d to 10s ; heno, 3s lid to 5s 9d ; geeee, 3s td 3s 3d ; pigs, 7a 6d to 13a 8d each. Produce : Pumpkins, 5a 6d to 7s cwt; keg bunter, s^d to 6|d ; butcor, firab class, 7d to B|cl ; second, s^d to 6£d ; oges, 11 id to Is dozen; factory butter, B^d to B.^d lb. Fruit; : Pears, Id to 2^l lb ; peaches, first, 7^d to 9|d, inferior and ordinary, 3d to bfyi ; plums, Burbank 3d lb, Pond's lgd to 2£d, Kirk's 2d to 2^d, green gage 2d to 2^d, yellow gage lfd to 2J[d, purple gage 2|d, damsonß l^d to l£d ; tomatoes, Id to l£d ; grapes, 8d to 9|d ; inferior, 4d to s^d ; lomons, 7d to B£d ; apples, first 2a 9d to 3« 6d, inferior Is 3d to Is 9d ; water melons, 3s to 4s 9d dozen ; Cape gooseberries, 4d to 4|d lb ; rock melons, 2s to 3a 9d dozen.

Mkssrs Cotterell and Turner report : At auction, the following piicoa were obtained :—Plums, Ifd to 2^d lb ; damaons, Id to lid ; peaches, 2id to Is 6d dozen, and lid to 2d lb; apples, from Is 4d to 2t 6d small boxes, and 2s 6d to 4s 9d ordinary size ; quinces averaged about |d lb, with slight demand; oranges, Tahiti, turning colour, 5a Gd to 6s box, or 9d dozen ; tomatoes, id to fd lb; limea, 3a box; lemons, local 3s to 3a 6d box, Sydney 6s 6d bo 7f, Italian, half-cases 9a, cases 17* 6d, slighb demand ; bananas, ripe from Id to lid, green, lid to l£d ; pears, a line of Mas6field's Bon Chretiens realised from Id to l£d second quality, and 2d to 2^d firsb quality, market glutted with this fruib.

Mr A. McDonald reports business at the following prices : Prime potatoes, £7 to £7 10s ton ; medium and white samples, £5 to £6 10a ; Sydnay, 5s to 6s 6d cwt; cow potatoes, £1 10s to £2; gooi samples onions, £6 10s to £7 ; medium lots, £d to gd lb ; picklers, fd to Id lb ; pumpkins, 2s 9d to 6s 6d ; oats, 2s 6d ; wheat, 4s 3d ; maize, 3s Id to 3a 2d ; bran, £4 ; sharps, £4 5s ; keg butter, 5d to 6d ; prime dairy, s^d bo 6^d ; poor lots, 3d to 4^d ; eggs, lOd to Is 2d

dozen ; factory c^ee*e,; 4d to 5d ; farmers', 3d to 4d ; Southern hams, 7d to 9d ; bacon, 7d to 7£d ; local Iwvms 6d to 7d ; bacon, ba to 6d Fruib : Aunie?, prime, 2s 6d to 5s ; medium, la to 2s 3d ; pears, good samples, l«d to 2|d lb ; medium and windfalls, %a to ljd ; plume, Pond's Seedling, 2*d to 3M • other large varieties, l^d to 2|d ; damsons, Id to l^d ; tomatoes, fd to lid lb • passion fruib, 2£d to 3£d ; peaches, prime dessert, 9d to Is 2d dozen; medium, 4d to 7d dozen ; culinary, Id to 2d lb • lemons, 5d to 8J dozen ; Cape goeseberriea, 2Jd to 3Jd ; grapes, hothouße, 5d to 8d; outdoor, 2d to 3£d ; watermelons, 4s to 8a dozen ; rockmelons, 2s to 6h dozon. Poultry : Good roosters, Is 9d to 2s 3d ; email roosters and ordinary killing fowls, 1b to Is 8d ; fcurkey gobblers, 5s 6d to 10a ; hens, 3s 6d to 5s ; geese, 2s to 3s ; ducks, Is 6d to 2a ; young, 9d to Is 3d ; hen and broods, 2s 3d to 3s od ; pigeons, 5d to 9d ; pigs, small, 4a 6d to 6a ; medium, 7s to 10s 6d.