COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 258, 6 November 1897, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

AUCTIONEERS REPORTS.

Mr R. Arthur reports sales at the following prices yesterday: Fresh butter first quality, s£cl to 7d, second ditto, 4d to 5d ; keg, 4d to 5d ; extra good, 6d ; eggs, sjd to 6£d; cheese, 4d to 4Ad; Southern bacon, 6£d ; hams, B£d; local bacon, 4d to 5d ; hams, 5d to 6d ; honey, l£d to 2d lb ; Southern potatoes, £3 5s to £3 10s ton ; new kidneys, Id to l£d lb ; others, £d to Id; American onions, 2d ; oats, 2s 6d to 2s 7d bush.; maize, 2s 6d; bran, 3s 6d; sharps, 4s to 4s Gd; kumaras, 7s cwt; pumpkins, 4s to 5s 6d ; lemons, 2s to 4s 6d case; small gooseberries, 2d to 2J-d; loquats, 2d ; turkey gobblers, 4s to 5s ; hen ditto, 2s 6d to 3s • ducks, Is 6d to Is Kkl; ducklings, 6d to Is 3d; cockerels, Is 6d to 2d ; ordinary fowls, Is 3d to Is 8d ; chicks, 6d to lOd; hen with broods, 4s to 7s 6d, pigs, 9s to 12s 3d. Arthur and Gorrie Report.—Southern table potatoes, £3 to £3 10s ; local, 30s to 40s; kumaras, £5 10s to £6; new kidneys, fd to ljd ; small and damp, §d ; Shepherds, |d to ; onions, IJd to l|d J Southern chaff, £4 15s; oats, 2s 6d to 2s 7d; maize, 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; inferior, 2s; Southern bacon, 6Jd; hams, BJd ; local bacon, 4d to 5d ; hams, 5d to 6id ; eggs, 6d to 6£d; cheese, good demand, 4d to 4Jd; butter, No 1, fresh, 6-^d to 7d ; interior, 4d to 5d ; salt, keg, 5d to 6Jd ; inferior, no demand. Gooseberries, 3d to 3id ; loquats, 3d to 3£d ; tomatoes, 4^d to6d; oranges, 6s 3d to 7s 7d; lemons, 3d to fljd; Sydney mandarins, 5s 6d to 9s. Poultry, hens, Is 4d to Is 9d; young roosters, 2s to 2s 8d; ducks Is 6d to Is lid.

Mr Alex. Aitken reports auction values as follows :—Potatoes : £3 7s Gd to £4 Is 8s; new kidneys, £d to l|d lb ; Shepherds and otlier varieties, to $d. Onions, American, £15 10s to £16 ; pumpkins, £4 to £5; melons, £5; oats, best feed, 2s 3d ex wharf, 2s Gd ex store; maize, 2s 2d to 2s 3d; bran, £3 15s; sharps, £3 15s; chaff, £4 10s to £5; carrots—red, £1 15s, white, £1 10s ton, scarce. Butter: Factory rolls, lOd for best; dairy, 5d to 6|d; butter, pastry, 3d to 4d ; butter, prime keg, old, 4d; new, 6d. Eggs, guaranteed, s£d to 7d dozen according to packing ; bacon and hams, equal numbers, 7d; auction lots, 4d to 5d ; bacon sides, 6£d; hams in cloth, B^d; bare, 7|d; cheese, factory loaf, old, 5d ; new, sid; large, old, 4id ; new, 4Jd ; medium, old, 4|d; new, 5& ; cheese, farmers', 4id; pork, dairy-fed, 3d to 3W ;' rabbits, Is to Is 4d ; hares, Is 6d to 2s Gd ; cabbages, 2s to 5s dozen ; cauliflowers, 3s Gd to 4s Gd dozen; rhubarb, 4d to Gd bunch; Broad beans, lOd per peck. Peas, green, Is 6d to 2s 4d "per peck. Celery, 2d to 4 d per bundle. Loquats, 3^d. Apples, Stunners, 8s 6d to lis 6d ; Scarlet Pearmains, 8s 6d to 10s ; French, Crabs, 8s 6d to 9s6d. Gooseberries, 3^d to 3£d. Bananas, green, ljd., ripe 2d lb. Oranges, Tahiti, Is dozen ; Marmalade, 2s Gd to 5s 9d case ; Sydnej r, 5s 9d to 7s Gd per case. Mandarins, 7s to 8s 6d for sound fruit. Lemons, scarce, 4s to 7s per case; 2s to 2s 6d per box. Peanuts, 2d per lb, scarce. Cocoanuts, Gs Gd sack; walnuts, 4$ to Gd lb. Poultry : In short supply, demand good ; table roosters, 2s to 2s 9d ; hens, Is 3d to 2s ; geese, 2s Gd to 3s 3d ; cockerels, Is 4d to Is 7d ; ducks, good, Is Gd to 2s 4d ; ducklings, 4d to 8d; turkey gobblers, 4s 6d to 7s 3d ; turkey liens, 2s Gd to 3s 3d ; hens and broods, 2s Gd to ss. Pigs : Good demand, porkers, 15s to 275; weaners, 10s to 12s ; suckers, 6s to 10s.