COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 29, 4 February 1899, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS,

Mr J. Jones reports:—Butter, Gd to 7J; inferior, 4£d to sid; eggs, 9W to 1/1 doz; bacon, 6d to GJd; middles, 5d to 5Sd; hams, &|d to 7Jd lb; cheese, 3}d to 4d lb; honey, 2Jd to 3d lb; potatoes, 2/6 to .3/3 c\vt; onions, 5/ to 6/ cwt; poultry, roosters, 1/3 to 1/11; hens, 1/ to 1/6; ducks, 1/4 to 1/7; turkeys, 3/ to 6/6; pigs, 6/6 to 9/; others, 12/5 to 16/; Fruit, apples, 1/6 to 3/ case; plums, Id to ljd; pears, Id to 2Jd; grapes, 4id to SJd; lemons, Cd to 7Ad; peaches, 3d to Hid doz; nuts, 4d to 43d lb; tomatoes, Id to l}d lb; oats, 2/6; maize, 3/3; bran, £3 10/; sharps; £4; chaff, £4. Bacon in good demand; fruit at a great discount; eggs in good demand.

Messrs. W. Blyth and Co. report daily sales of fruit and produce at prices for the most part satisfactory to vendors. Very large consignments of bananas arrived by Hauroto, -which were cleared at low prices owing to large supplies of local fruits. Large supplies of local fruits received during the week, which met very fair demand, and were quoted at the following prices: Plums, Id to 2d lb, and 1/G to 2/G per box; pears, Id to 2Jd lb; peaches in good demand, Id to 2Jd,lb, and 3d to 1/ per doz: apples, 1/ to 5/ per case, according to quality; nectarines, ljd to 3d lb, latter figure being obtained for a line from Albany; grapes, 6d to 9d lb; greengages, good demand, ljd to 2d lb, and 1/6 to 2/6 per box; tomatoes, good market, 2/ to 2/6 per 241b box; oranges, 9/ case; bananas, 1/G to 3/ per bunch; apricots, Cape gooseberries, and passion fruit wanted.

Alex. Aitken and Co. have pleasure in reporting good sales daily. Although plums are still low, there has been no necessity to sell good cases under 1/ per case, except the laziness of the salesman. All dessert fruits are selling wonderfully well. Potatoes and onions lower. Good young pigs scarce. Prices: Potatoes, kidneys 2/ to 3/, onions 4/6 to 7/, peas 5d to 8d peck, butter, prime pats scarce, DJd to 6d kegs good scarce, sd, cheese, good demand at 3d, eggs scarce, 9d to lOd, lemons firm, 4/ to 6/, grapes scarce, 5Jd to Bd.apnles 1/ to 3/6, pears, Bon Chretien 2}d to kd others Id to 2d, apricots 3d, nectarines 2d to 3d peaches 3d to 2d lb, 2d to 9Jd doz, plums, Burbanks and Botankios 3d to Id, Greengages gd to Id, purple gages i& to 5d lb Pond's seedlings 3d to lid, others 1/ to'l/9 case, tomatoes Id to Id lb, fat turkeys up to 11/6 each, scarce, pigs sclS 8/9 to 15A P ork3idlb. Messrs Arthur and Gorrie's weekly renort- !^ Kidney potatoes £2, £2 15/; Hobats" £2 £2 10/; onions gd. 3d; wheat 3/; oats 2/5- bacon sd, 6d; hams Gd; Southern hams 7M 73d; fresh butter sd, 7d; eggs W cheese 3d 4d; dessert apples 2/ to 4/; cooking 1/6, 3/3; pears l}d, 2Jd; peaches, fare* Id 10d; medium 2Jd. 4d; others Id, i»d- grapes 4?, d, 71d; tomatoes 9d, 1/6; lemons' 4/6 5/3; English plums 1/3, 2/6; Japanese 1/ 2/3 passion fruit l|d dozen; nectarines' lid, Sd lb; hens 1/, 1/3; table fowls 1/6, 1/9; ducks 1/, 1/4.

Messrs R. Arthur and Co. report sales as follows.—Fresh dairy butter 6d to 7jd; kee 5d to s*d; eggs lOd to 1/ dozen; cheese 3d to Shi lb; potatoes, kidneys, £2 10/ to £3 tonr other kinds £2 10/; onions 5/6 to 7/ cwf maize 3/3 bushel; oats 2/9; fowl wheat 3/; barley 3/; bran 3/3 to 3/6; sharps 4/6 to 4/9. Fruit: Dessert apples 2/ to 4/ case; 1/ to 2/ small cases; cooking apples 1/ to 2/6 case; Japanese plums ild to lid Itr English plums 3d to Id lb; choice peaches 6d to 8d dozen; good do. 3d to 4d, and Id to 2d lb; nectarines lid to ljd lt>; cooking pears 3d to lid; Bon Chretien pears 2d to 3d It); lemons 3/ to 5/ case. Poultry: Table roosters 1/7 to 2/10; ordinary fowls 1/ to 1/6; chicks 4d to 1/; ducks lOd to 1/6; geese 2/ to 3/; small pigs 8/ to 11/6.

Messrs A. Tooman and Co. report sales at the following prices: Prime potatoes £2 15/ to £3: medium £2 10/; onions 5/ to 6/ cwt; picklers Id; garlick 2d lb; bran £3; maize 3/ bushel; fresh dairy butter 6|d to 7d; keg do. 4d to sd; factory 10d, selling freely; eggs 10id dozen; cheese 3d to 3*d lb; factory do. 4d to 4>.d; bacon 7d to 8d; hams Sd to 9d. Fruit: Plums 1/ to 2/6; extra choice peaches 6d to 1/ dozen; ordinary 3d to 6d, and Id to lid lb; nectarines IJd to 2d; grapes 7d to 9d; tomatoes 1/3 to 2/; lemons 4/9 to 6/3 case; Island oranges 6/; Cape gooseberries 4Jd; pears, Bon Chretien, 2d to 3d lb; others Id to lid; grapes 7d to 9d lb; watermelons 9/ to 14/ dozen; bananas 1/6 to 2/3. Poultry: Ordinary fowls 9d to 1/6; young roosters 1/3 to 2/; ducks 1/ to 2/; geese 2/: turkeys 3/ to 6/; young pigs 10/ to 12/ each.