AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 211, 11 September 1897, Page 3

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Missus Arthur Tooman and Go's Market Rkpout.— Business done to a satisfactory extent, with but little change in value. We quote . — Potatoes : Southern table, £3 (is to £3 15s ; Soul hern and local, small seed, ISs to £2 ton ; early kinds, £0 ; new kidneys, .l;/d. Onions: Southern, £11 Ids to £14; American, 2d lb; maize, ex store, '2s 3d; bran, £4; sharps, £-1 ss; fowl wheat', 4s 3d ; chaff, £4 to £4 10s ; carrots, £1 10s ; kumaras, 4s Gd ; pumpkins, £2 10s to £2 Iss; butter, prime dairy, S.W to lOd ; poor, (id : pastry, 4d to od; eggs, average, 7d; honey, tinned, good 2YI to 3d ; section, 2s Gd to 2s 9d: cheese, ordinary dairy, 3d to 4d ; superior, 4JUI ; factory, large, 4Ad; loaves, 4j'd to i>hd ; bacon, local, 4d to Gd; hams, prime, Gd to 7d: tainted and rough, 3d to .3d. Poultry: Good killing hens, Is Bdto2s; small, old and light, Is Gd to Is 7d ; choice pullets, 2s to 2s 8d ; roosters, table, 2s 2d to 2s lOd ; others, Is Od to 2s ; ducks, Is lOd to 2s 9d ; ducklings, small, od to 7d ; Avell grown, IKI to Is 3d ; geese, 2s Gd; turkeys, hens, 2s Gd to 3s 9d; gobblers, 2s 'lid to Gs Gd. Pigs, good young, Us to 14s 3d ; fair, 9s to 10s Gd ; very small, Ss to 9s. Fruit: Mandarins, Gs Gd to Ss Gd; apples, Ilobart, Gs Gd to 9s : passion fruit, "s to Ss Gd ; oranges, local, dessert, -Is to 5s ; marmalade, Ss Gd bushel case ; tomatoes, 7d; tree ditto, 4\d ; Cape gooseberries, 4d ; Avalnuts, osd ; lemons, 3s Gd to 5s ease, Is Gd to 2s Gd box ; Shaddocks unsaleable.

Mr Richard Arthur's Weekly REPORT. —Business moderate at following rates:—Potatoes, £3 15s to £4; seed, quiet; new kidneys, Igd to 2p[ lb; pumpkins, £2 15s to £3; kumaras, £3 10s to £4 ; onions, 1 .VI to 2d lb; carrots, £1 10s; swedes, £1; Southern bacon, GJ.d ; hams, BAd; local bacon, 4d to 5.U1 ; local hams, 4tl to 7d ; cheese, 3id to 4.U1; fresh butter, 7d to SAd ; pastry, 4d to Gd ; eggs, G.^d to Gkl; lard, 4id; lemons, 2s to 4s case, according to size; local oranges, 3s ; Cape gooseberries, 4d to 4kl; turkey gobblers, 4s to 5s Gd each ; hens, 2s Gd to 3s ; table roosters. Is lOd to2sßd ; ordinary fowls. Is Gd to Is lOd ; ducks, 2s to 2s lid ; ducklings, Gd to Bd. Vegetables : Very heavy supplies sold at high prices.

Messrs Arthur axdGorrie's Weekly Report. — Tlie following prices wore realised during the week : Southern table jiotatoes £3 15s to .t'4, inferior £3 ; Seed Dorwenls, large si/c, £3 10s to £4 ; small, cows, £2 to £2 10s ; red carrots £\ 10s, white £1 5s ; onions 1.4/1 to Ud, second (juality -:.d : mangolds, Is 3d sack ; new potatoes, Id to Ltd* ; maize, 2s 3d to 2s 4d : feed oats 2s (id to 2s 7(1, local Tartars 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; pumpkins, £2 to £3 ; Southern bacon, (id to GAd ; hams, 8d to Bid; local bacon, 3d to Gd : liains, 4..d to 7d ; fresli butter, No. 1 Sd to lid, N0.~24d to Gd ; salt butter, prime 5d to (id, other Hd to 2kl ; fanners'' cheese 3d to 4d, factory, 4.} dto 4Ad; eggs, Gd to GJd ; honey, tins 2kl to. 3d, bulk 2d to 2}d. Fruit: Local lemons 4s to os Gd ease, half-cases Is Gd to 2s Gd ; tree tomatoes, 4id ; Cape gooseberries, 3:fd to 4d; oranges, 3s Gd to 4s; Sydney mandarins, Gs to 7s 3d; pines, 8s 3d. Poultry: Kens, Is 3d to Is Gd; table fowls,' Is <Jd to 2s 4d ; ducks, Is (Jd to 2s 3d : turkey hens, 2s Gd to 3s 2d ; gobblers, 3s 9d to 5s Gd ; rabbits, Is Id to Is 2d pair.