AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 148, 25 June 1898, Page 2

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Alex. Aitken reports heavy consignments of all lines. Potatoes still realise 15/ ton less than landed cost. Apples firm at late quotations. Eggs and butter falling. Prices-Oamaru potatoes 7/6, 7/9, locals 6/6, onions ld to . 1..d lb, kumaras Id to Ud, pumpkins dull, 2/6 to 3/6, kidney seed 8/6 to 9/6, oats 2/7_, butter dairy, lOd to lid, factory rolls 1/1, 1/I_. bulk 11.4, kegs 8d to lid, eggs, fresn 1/G, 1/9, limed 1/, 1/3, farmers* cheese scarce 4}d, farmers' bacon 5d to 6d honey bulk 2ld to 3d, sections 3/4 to 3/9, apples, seconds, 4/ to G/6r pears cooking 2id lb, desserts 8/6 to 10/, lemons 3d to 6d doz, passions 3|d doz, grapes B_d to 1/ charcoal 3/6, dressed pork ._}d, rabbits 1/6 pair, hares 1/9 to 2/ each; V™}}™' canons small 1/6 to 2/3, roosters 1/4 io 2/6 mixed 1/ to 1/9. ducks 1/6 to 2/6, geese 2/8 3/ turkeys 2/9 to 5/6, pigs, rising, small 5/6 to 7/6, 4 months 11/3 to 15/ each. Messrs Hall and Perkins report -steady business with increasing sales during tlie week. Apples, 6/6 to 13/11; good cookers, 5/ to 9/8; Hobarts will be in next month. Butter wanted; keg, lOd to 11W: dairy, 1/ to 1/1. Chaff, £4 10/ ex station; £4 15/ ex store, slightly easier. Cheese, dairy, 3Jd to 4id, wanted. Eggs, slightly, easier, 1/6 to 1/9; few at 2/; pickled, 1/3. Play wanted at £4 10/ to £5, compressed. Honey, 3d per lb; sections, 4/ to 4/6. Kumaras, 10/ for good red; white, 6/ to 8/. Lemons, 4/6 to 5/6 per case. Lard, 4d. Maize, new, affecting the market what; new worth 2/6 to 2/8; seed, 2/9 to o/. Potatoes slow of sale, though firm; Southern are worth 155/ ex store; local, £? W to £7. Pie and citron melons in good demand, 5/ to 6/. Pigs, 3/6 to 8/ young; store and killing selling extra well. Por!_, 3_d to 4d lb. Pumpkins, £3 to £3 5/ ex store. Poultry of all kinds scarce and rising. Seed potatoes of all kinds on hand. Lapstone kidneys, 190/; Derwents. 169/ Pink Eye, 160/; Bruce, 140/ to 150/. Wanted, butter, chaff, hay, kumaras, potatoes, melons, pigs for killing, poultry.

Messrs Arthur and Gorrie's weekly report:—Southern table potatoes, £7/5 to £7 15/; seed kidneys, £8 to £9; local potatoes, £5 10/ to £6; pumpkins, £3 5/ to £3 10/; white carrots, £1 15/; citron melons, £3 5/ to £3 10/; kumaras, £8 to £8 10/; Southern Derwent seed, £7; maize, 3/; bran, £4 15/; new potatoes, :,'d to l?.d; onions, ld to Ud; fresh butter, lid to l/0i; factory, bulk, l/Oi to 1/1; eggs, 1/5 to 1/7: bacon, 6d to 6?. d; hams, 7Jd to BJd; salt butter, prime, 10d to lid; cheese, 3id to 4_d; apples, dessert, coloured, 7/ to /; cooking. 5/ to 7/; lemons, 4/ to 5/; halfcase, 2/ to 2/6: passion fruit, 2_d; hothouse grapes, 9?. dto l/oid; table fowls, 1/6 to 2/: hens, 9d to 1/3; ducks, 1/6 to 1/9; rabbits, 1/3 to 1/6 per pair.

Mr R. Arthur reports fair business this Week at the following rates:—Fresh dairy butter, lid to 1/1 lb; medium do., 9d to lOd; prime keg, lid to 1/; medium do.,Bd_ to lOd; eggs, 1/10 to 2/ doz; cheese. 4d to 4id lb; Canterbury bacon, 6_d to 7d; hams, Sd to B.,'d: local bacon, 5d to 7d; local hams, s_d to 7d; Southern potatoes, £7 10/ ton; local do., £5 10/ to £7; kidney seed, £9 10/; other, varieties, £8 to £10 ton; pumpkins, 3/ to if cwt; kumaras, 7/ to 8/6; onions, !}d to Id lb; honey, 3d to 3&d lb in bulk, 3/ doz in sections. Fruit: Apples, / to 10/ ease; lemons, 2/6 to if; Cape gooseberries, 4Jd to is 6; walnuts, kiln-dried, Sid lb. Poultry: Ordinary fowls, 7d to 1/3 each; table roosters, 1/6 to 2/: ducks, 1/ to 1/9; geese, 2/4 to 3/; turkey gobblers, 5/ to 6/G; turkey hens, 1/9 to 3/.

Messrs A. Tooman and Co. quote:— Southern potatoes, £7 to £7 10/; seed varieties, £6 to £8 10/; kumaras, 10/ to 11/ cwt; pumpkins, 30/ to 50/ ton; carrots, 30/; orime onions, Id to l_d lb: poor do., 3/ to 4/ cwt; new kidney potatoes, ljd to ljd lb; maize, 2/9 to 3/2 bushel; fresh dairy butter, 9d to 1/ lb; factory, lid to 1/2; Taranaki dairy butter, 9d to lid; prime keg. 8d to 1/; eggs, 1/8 to 2/; dairy cheese, 4-Jd; factory, 4_|d; loaves, od. Fruit: Superior, 8/6 to 10/ case; medium, 5/ to 7/6; lemons, 3/9 to 6/; Cape gooseberries, 4d to 4_d lb; marmalade oranges, 8/6 case; mandarins, 7/ to 7/6: passion fruit, S/6; Queensland pines, 7/6. Poultry: Ordinary fowls, 1/ to 1/6; superior table do., including roosters, 1/7 to 2/4; ducks, 1/6 to 2/S; turkey gobblers, 4/3 to 6/4; turkey hens, 3/6 to 4/3; young pigs, 5/ to 8/3.

. ,s*!. J- Jones reports:—Poultry: Roosters, VS to 1/9; hens, lOd to 1/3; ducks, 1/5 to 1/9: geese, 2/3 to 3/; turkey gobblers, 4/ to 5/3; hens, 2/3 to 3/; pigs, 5/6 to 8/3: butter, lid to 1/2; keg, lOd to Hid; eggs, 1/5 to 1/G: cheese, 3Jd to 4Acl: bacon, s_d to 6_d; hams' 6,d to l\d; potatoes, 7/ to 7/6. onions! ™ t0_ 1W: kidneys, £9 5/ to £9 l/; local, 7/ 7?, 7inV PumPkin„ 9- 3/ to 3/G; apples, 7/ to 10/; lemons, 3d to 5d doz: oats 2/9 to 2iS:c™aff. C £4°IO/. 3'1' bran' £4 10/: hai' PS'