COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 5, 7 January 1899, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

I AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS

Messrs A. Tooman and Co. report sales j as follows: Potatoes £4 to £5 10/, onions 3/G to 5/ cwt, maize 3/2 bushel, fresh dairy i butter s^d to .Id, pastry do. 3d to 4d, keg i do. 5d to 6d lb, eggs 8d to B£d per dozen, cheese, dairy, Sid to 4d, factory 4d to 4_d, bacon b_d to 6id, hams 7d to 9d. Fruit: ■ Apples 7d to 4/6 case, according to quality, pears lid to 2id lb, best red peaches 9d to 1/i dozen, medium do. 5d to 9d, cooking do. lid to 2d lb, plums Id to l.jd lb, large Burbanks 2id, grapes Sid to 1/i lb, lemons 5/ to 6/ case, Cape gooseberries 4id lb, apricots 4d to sd, tomatoes 3d to sd. Poultry: Ordinary fowl 8d to 1/2, table j fowl 1/6 to 2/7, ducks 1/1 to 2/1, geese 2/ to 2/6, turkey gobblers 5/ to 6/, hen do. 2/6 to 3/6. Pigs 7/ to 10/3, according to size. I Messrs Arthur and Gorrie's weekly reI port.—Kidney potatoes £4, £4 10/, Hobart I £4, £4 5/, Shepherds £3, £3 10/, onions id, I gd, oats 2/7, fresh butter 4d, 6_d, eggs 9d, 1 10i, cheese 3d, 4d, br.con 4d, s_d, hams sd, | Gid, greengage plums 2d, 2id, Orleans lid, lid, Early Rivers Id, lid, Japanese lid, li_d, choice ripe sorts 2d, 2Jd, apricots : 3id, Gd, peaches, large, 6d, 10Jd, mediumj 3d, sd, small 2d, 21d and lid, 2£d lb, tomatoes 3id, sd, pears lid, 2d. lemons Bd, Bid, grapes 1/, 1/2, apples, large and clean, i 1/0, 2/6 per half case and 2/, 4/6 per ccaste t other sorts no demand, hens 1/, 1/3, table fowls 1/6, 1/9, ducks 1/, 1/5. Mr R. Arthur reports.—Potatoes £3 to £5 10/ ton, onions id to Id, maize 3/2 to 3/3, fowl wheat 3/9, oats 2/7 to 2/8, fresh dairy butter 6d to 7d, keg sgd to 6Jd, eggs 8d to 9d dozen, cheese 3d to 4d, bacon 7d to 7_d, hams 83 d to 9id. Fruit: Apples 2/ to 4/6, peaches 2id to 7d dozen, 1/ to 5/ per case, according to size, plums Id to 2_d lb, apricots'22d to 3d lb, pears 2id, lemons 4/ to 7/6 per case, grapes 1/ to 1/6. Poultry: Turkey gobblers 4/ to 11, hen do. 2/9 to 3/G, ducks 1/3 to 2/, geese 2/3 to 2/9, ordinary fowl lid to 1/6, table roosters 1/10 to 3/. Mr J. Jones reports.—Poultry: Roosters 1/0 to 1/10, hens 1/3 to 1/5, ducks 1/3 to 1/8, turkeys 2/3 to 3/, gobblers 4/ to 6/6, pigs 10/ to 15/, butter 5d to 7d, keg s_d to 6id, eggs Sd to 9id, cheese 3id to 4d, bacon sid to 6id, hams Gid to 7id, potatoes £3 10/ to £5, onions id to Id lb, apples 4/ to 5/, I others 1/ to 2/3, peaches 3d to 6d, prime Sd, plums Id to 2}d, pears Id to 2;d, Capes 3d to 3?, d, tomatoes 3id to 4?, d, KSfhons 5d to 7d, oats 2/6 to 2/7, maize 2/11 to 3/2, bran 4/, sharps 5/, chaff £4. Messrs Alex. Aitken and Co. reportAuctions daily. Stone fruit is a glut with the exception of peaches, apricots and very large plums. Apples are exeptionally low. Lemons and pears wanted. Potatoes firming. Eggs scarce and dearer. Prices: Kidneys 3/6 to 5/, round 2/ to 3/, onions 2/ to 4/8 cwt, butter pats, prime, 6d to 7d, pastry 4d to sd, eggs 9d to lOd, bacon 7Jd, cheese 2..d to 3id, lemons 4/ to 6/6 case, cherries sd, grapes Gid to lOd, apples 1/6 to 3/6 case, pears ljd to 2d lb, apricots 3d to 4Jd, watermelons Sd to V 6 each, peaches, red, 4d to 9d dozen, Rivers 2_d to 6d, stewing lid to 2d, Plums, Orleans, Sd to 2|d, greengages ljd to 2_d, Ogons 2_d, Burbanks 2_d to 3id, Satsumas 2d, figs very fine 2/ to 3 dozen, tomatoes 3d to sd, peanuts 2d, roosters 1/7 to 2/10, fowls 1/1 to 2/, ducks 1/1 to 2/, turkey roosters 3/9 to 6/6, hens 2/ to 3/6, geese 2/ to 2/6, pigs 7/6 to 13/, pork 3_d lb. Messrs Hall and Perkins report—We held a big sale to-day and prices for fruit were much better than ' expected. Plums were firm at our sale at lid, some lines fetching 2id to-day. There is a demand for lemons at 6/6 to 7/6 per case. Apricots 4d to sd. Daily sales will be held henceforth, so we want large daily consignments of ruit, etc. Apricots 4d to sd. apples, good, 3/ to 4/, others any price, butter, specially want several dairies, 6_d to 7d per lb, cheese 3_d to 4_.d, chaff, new, £2 10/ to £2 15/, eggs Sd to 9d, wanted, figs specially wanted, grapes lOd to 1/6,. greengages 2d to 3d, onions (slow sale) 3/9 cwt to 5/, id per lb, potatoes £4 to £4 10/, fair demand, pears, choice dessert, 2d to 2_d, others _d to l_d per lb, peaches (rising), coloured 4d to 92d dozen, white 2_j<4 to Bd, plums rose to-day, many lines fetching Hd lb to 13d, earlier in week lid to l„d, few lines Id. We can get best plum value in Auckland. Poultry, good prices again. Roosters 1/6 to 3/1, very young 8d to 1/3, hens 1/ to 1/9, ducks 1/3. to 1/9, geese 3/ to 4/, turkeys 7/d tq 10/1. Pigs are wanted and big prices are to be obtained. Weaners .5/9 to 10/, half size 10/ to 18/3. Send us all you can. Best efforts assured. Prompt cheques and advices. ■ '