AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.
Messrs A. Toonian and Son report:—Fruit: Peaches, extra line, Is 2d to Is 8d per dozen ; j prime, 8d to Is dozen ; grapes, Is 3d to Is td lb ; ; black plums, 2{d to lid ; cherry plums (hand ; picked), lid to 6d ; shook down, 2,|d to 3d ; j tomatoes, "lid to 6d lb ; pears, 3d to 4d per lb ; ; Thames apricots, Gd to S.jd lb. Lemons arc a ' complete drug, selling at 2s to 4s per case, i according to quality. Produce : Potatoes arc firm. Best samples fetch £7 per ton ; oats, 2s i 3d to 2s Id ; maize, 2s Gil to 2s 3d ; onions (local), 5s to 6s cwt ; fresh butter, od to Gd ; eggs are scarce, 8d to 9d ; cheese, 2UI to 3.U1; local hams are unsaleable ; Canterbury, Sd to 9d ; bacon, little demand. Poultry: Scarce. R. Arthur reports. — Poultry : Turkey gobblers, 5s to 6s Od ; hens, 3s ; table roosters, 2s to 2s 0d; ordinary fowls, Is 3d to Is 7d ; ducks, Is to Is 8d; geeso, 3s to is. Fruit: Black plums, 2i|d to Id; greengages, 3d to Id; peaches, choice, Is to Is 7d per doz; others, 6d to ISd; lemons, 3s to 5s Od ; Thames apricots, o'>d to 7_cl ; hothouse grapes, Is to Is Id. Produce : Maize, 2s 9d; oats, 2s Od; eggs, 9d; Canterbury hams, B_d to9d; bacon. (>Ad to 6}d; local hams, Od to 7d : bacon, 4d to 5d ; cheese, 2_d to 3_d ; butter, 6d to Sd ; pastry butter, 4d; local onions, £7 per ton; potatoes, £6 10s to £7.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 302, 30 December 1897, Page 2
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