COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 184, 6 August 1898, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

AUCTIONEERS' HEPOETS.

Messrs Hall and Perkins report:—Business increasing; big sales and good prices obtained. Apples, 10/ to 16/9 if good and clean; dried, 5d to 6d. Butter, dairy, 9d to 10|d; keg. 9d to Ud, wanted. Carrots, white, 30/- to 40/; red, 40/ to 50/. Chaff, wanted, £4 5/ to £4 10/ ex station. Eggs BJd to 1/; hay, £4 to £5 ton; hares, 1/9 to 3/; lemons wanted, 5/ to 7/ case. Maize, the '• market is^ bare, and earjy consignments would sell well; old, 2/8 to'3'/f new, none to hand, say 2/6 to" 2/8 bushel; mandarins, 6/ to 8/9 case; oranges, Poor Man and marmalade, 8/ to 12/4; pumpkins, scarce, £3 15/ to £4 15/.'Poultry-wanted, selling well; roosters, 1/6 to 2/6; hens, 1/3 to 2/1; ducks, fat, 2/ to 2/9; geese, 2/4 to 3/; turkey gobblers, 3/ to 8/; hens, 2/ to 3/4. Pigs, young, 5/ tb 8/; others from 10/ to 30/9, are wanted; potatoes, local, 130/ to 140/; Southern, £8 to £8 5/; rabbits, 2/ to 2/4 pair. Cash advanced against goods in hand. Consignments of all kinds solicited. On sale, goods of all kinds, cheap. "Wanted, local potatoes, -worth 130/ to 140/.

Mr J. Jones reports:—Poultry: Roosters, 1/7 to 2/4; hens, 1/2 to 1/5; ducks, 1/3 to 1/9; turkeys, hens," 2/3 to 3/4; gobblers, 4/ to. 6/3; pigs, 5/9 to 9/; butter, 9d to IOld; kegs, BJd to 9d; eggs, 9d to lOd doz; cheese, 4d to 51d; lard, 4d; bacon, sides, 54d to 6Jd; hams, 6d.to 7id; middles, 4id to 51d; rolls, 5d to 6}d; onions, Id to ljd lb; potatoes, £7 10/ to £7 15/; kidneys, £6 5/ to £7 10/; kumaras, 6/ to 7/6; pumpkins, 3/6 to 3/9; carrots, £1 5/ to £1 1/; oats, 2/7 to 2/9; bran, 4/; sharps, ' 5/; maize, 2/10 to 3/; apples, 8/6 to 12/9; passion fruit, 6/9 to 7/6; mandarins, 6/3 to 7/6; lemons, 4|d to 51d; Capes, 4d.

Messrs Arthur and Gorrie report:—Southern table potatoes, £7,;10/, £8; seed Derwents,£6, £6 10/;. kidneys,, £7, £8 10/; Bruce, £7-; kumarae, £7 10/; carrots, 30/; pumpkins, £3 15/, £4; sharps, £5 10/; bran, £4 10/; wheat, 3/6,; 3/10; Southern bacon, 61d; hams, Bjd; local bacon, 4d, 6id; hams, 6d, 7d; farmers', butter, Sd, iOld; factory rolls, llid, Hid; eggs, Bid, 9d; lemons, 4/ to 5/ case;, half case, I^6, 2/; .tree tomatoes, lgd: fO"wls,.' 1/3, J-/6; table fowls, 1/9, 2A; ducks, 1/, 1/9;, rabbits, 1/3. 1/7 pair; hares, 2/3, 2/6 each.

, Mr R. Arthur reports sales at the followihg rates:—Potatoes, £7 10/ to £8 ton; new do., Id lb; prime seed varieties, £7 to £8-10/; small and inferior do., £3 10/ to £5 ton; onions, Id to lid lb( white carrots, 25/ to 30/; red do., 85/; pumpkins, £3 to £4 ton; prime dairy butter, 8d to lOd lb; best keg do., 8d to lOd; second-quality, 6d to 7d; cheese, 4d t6 4Jd; eggs, 9d to lOd; local bacon,6d; hams, 7d; SOUthferti bicom 61d; hams, Bid; maize, 3/ bushel; fowl wheat, 3A to 3/9: bafifey, 3/3; oats, 2/8 to SAO;, seed >io., 3/3 to 3/6; bran, 4/; sharps, 5/; bushel; lemons, 4/ to 5/ case; Cape gooseberries, 4d lb. Poultry: Turkey gob' blere, 4/ to S/6; hens, 2/6 to 3/3; ducks, 1/6 to 1/9; prize, straws, 4/6 to 5/;£eesg, 2/6 to 3/;. roosters, 1^ to" 2/; ordinary fowls, 1/3 to 1/8; pigs, medium size, 6/ to 8/; small do., 3/9 to 4/. Messrs A. Tooman And Co. report busi* ness very good during the past Week. Potatoes of prime quality realised £7 10/ to £7 15/ ton: seed do., £8 to £10; new kidneys, Id to lid lb; prime onions, £13 to £14 torii ppoi* do., Id lb; carrots, 28/ to 30/ ton; kurriaras, 8/ to 10/ cWt; pumpkins 3/9 to 4/6; maize, 2/9 bushel; fresh dairy butter, 84d to 1/ lb; factory do., lid to 1/ lb; prime, keg, 1/ lbj eggs, llld to 1/ doz; dairy cheese, 4id; facitory do., 43d- loaf, sd; bacon, sd.to 7d; hOms* 7d to Bid honey, lid to Sjd lb; Ideal, apples, 10/6 to 13/ case;, inferior do., 4/ to o/.; lemons,- 4/6 to 7/ case; Island - oranges, 4/3 to. 7/; local .do., 3f to. 4/; marmaJade do., 8/6 to 11/; mandarins, ,6/6 to 7/6;. Cape gooseberries; 4Jd £/i?*sS?i";2!sS2? fowls, 1/1 to 1/4; fat table, 9 1/6 to 1/8; roosters. 1/8 to .2/2; ducks, 1/3 to 1/lOr geese, 1/6 to 2/1 turkey hens, l/6_ to 3/6; gobblers. 4/ to 7/; small pigs, 5/9 to 7/; medium, 9/ to 12/. ,;

Mr Alex. Aitken . reports:—Sales very fcbod during the week. Potatoes and onions rising; kiimaras • firmer. Butter: I sold 200 boxes Taranaki bulk butter at 91d to lOd, besides 70 Of rolls during the week; Dairy butter easier. Eggs, lower than last week. Local hams, Bacon, cheese in good demand. Kaipi^a apples from 12/6 to 14/ per case. Potatoes,, Canterbury £7 15/ to £8; local Hobarts, |6 10/ to £7; Canterbury seed kidneys, £7 10/ to £8; Hobart seed, £6 to £11 new #Hs^ ■&■& i if golds, 25/, slow.' Oats, ex store, 2/8 c-bf., 2/6. Maize, old, 2/8; &s.■&"s&*£&& sharps, £4 15/; chaff,,£4 5/ to £&. Butter, dairy, 9Jd to 103 d; factor rolls, V; bulk, Did to iOd;.medium dairy, 8d; new keg, 9ld; pastry, 7d to Bd. Eggs,.. W to^ M&Bacon, 6Jd to 7d; farmer, 6d to 6id. Hams M to 9d; farmers', 9Jd Cheese,, fla to sid, farmer, 35d to 4id^ Apples,. 12/6 to 14/, Sns,' 4o>to 7d d6z74/9 to 7/6 case;, mandarins 0/ to 7/6; oranges, 6a aoz, j^/b to 14/ crate; Poor Sari's, Sd.tb IOd; bananas, 13d- pineapples, 3/6 to 5/6; passion frmt. 3d doz; walnuts, 4 to 5d lb; Pe^Uts, 2id to 2Jd: . charcoal, 3/ to 3/6 sack; hares 1/9 to 2/6 each, scarce; rabbits, 1/3 tcj 1/10 pair; roosters, 1/9 to 2/8; nlixed, V 6 to 2/3; hens, 1/6 to 2/2; 1/6 to 1/9; ducks, :l/lTto 2/6; .duckling^, 9d: to. 1/,; turkey gobblers, 3/6 to. 6/9; turkey hens. 2/ to 3/6; geese, 2/6 to 3/3, sfearcfe; pigs, 4/6 to 6/6; weaners, 7/6 to W;.pork, dressed, 3id to 3|d. -