COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 76, 1 April 1899, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Messrs A. Tooman and Co. report prices f foll2^ this week:-Extra prime potatoes, £2 5/ to £2 10/ ton; ordinary do., jEZronions, £2 10/ to £4 ton, according to quality; pumpkins, 2/ to 3/ cvrX; kumaras, 6/; n maize> 2/10 bushel; prime dairy butter, IOJd to Ud; keg-. 6d; milled, BJd;' factory, 1/; fresh eggs, 1/6 to 1/7; pickled do., 6Jd to 9d; dairy cheese, 2id to 3Jd; ; factory do., 4Jd to 4^d; bacon and hams, 7d to Bd. Fruit: The market shows further improvement. Good cooking apples sold Xt from 2/6 to 3/3 per case; best dessert do., up to 6/6; good pears, 2d to 3id: poor do., id to lid;, peaches, 1/3 to 1/7 doz; passion fruit, 3/6 to 4/3 case; quinces, id to 3d Ib in sacks, 2/ to 3/3 per case; indoor grapes, 7id to 1/1; outdoor do., 3d Ib; Cape gooseberries,.3Jd. to 4d Ib; bananas, 3/ to 4/ bunch; oranges, 3/..t0 4/ ease. Poultry: Ordinary hens, 9d to 1/4; table fowls, including roosters, 1/6 to' 2/1; ducks," 1/ to 1/8; turkeys, 3/3 to 8/; young pigs, 8/6 to 12/3. : ,- l ;| Messrs Arthur and Gorrie's weekly report:—Hobart potatoesj £2, £2 10/; kidneys, £1 10/, £2; onions, £4, £5; kumaras, £5 10/; pumpkins, £2, £2 10/; citron melons, £1 10/, £2; oats, 1/9. 2/; chaff, £2, £2 10/; bacon, 4d, 6Jd; hams, sd, 7id; fresh butter, 9d, lOJd; eggs, 1/3, l/4i; cheese, 3d, 3£d; peaches, 4d, 1/5, hothouse grapes, 4£d, 8d; passion.fruit, Id, 2d; outdoor grapes, lid, 2id; figs, lid, 2d: tomatoes, 1/3, 2/9; j dessert pears, Id to 2Jd; cooking, Id, lid; Cape gooseberries, 3Jd, 4d; plums, lid, 134; ■■■<■ \ water melons, 4/6| 17/; rock, 1/, 3/6; lemons, 3d, sd; quinces, 3d, lid; clepn a,pples, 1/9, 4/6; others, 1/ up; fowls, 1/, 1/5; table. . fowls, 1/6, 2/1; ducks .1/3, 1/10. Messrs W. Blyth and Co. report a busy week, with good attendances and keen competition at their fruit and' produce sales. Prices as follows:—Apples, dessert, 3/ to 6/6 per case; cooking, 2/6 to 4/6; mothed, 1/6 to 2/6; pears, dessert, 2d to 3Jd Ib; cooking, Id to 2d; peaches, scarce, 8d to 1/6 doz; quinces, 3d to lid Ib; grapes, indoor, 7d to 1/2 Ib; outdoor, 2d to 3d; bananas, 3/6 to 5/ bunch; oranges, 4/ to $/$■ per case; lemons, '4/ to 6/6; plums, scarce, 2d Ib; tomatoes, 2/6 to 3/ box; passionfruit, 4/ to 6/6 per case; Cape gooseberries, 4d to sid Ib; figs, 2/ to 3/ box; potatoes, £2 10/ per ton; onions, Jd to 3d per-. Mr J. Jones reports:—Butter, 6Jd to 9d Ib; 'eggs, 1/5 to l/9i; cheese, 3Jd to 4d; bacon, sides, 6d to 7d; hams, 6d to 7id: rolls, 4d to sd; keg butter, 6d to 6Jd; box, •6id to 7Jd Ib; potatoes. £2 to £2 10/; onions, 4/3 to 4/9; pumpkins, 2/ to 2/6; melons, 2/6 to 3/; carrots, 1/3 to 1/6. Poultry: Roosters, 1/6 to 2/; others, 1/4 to 1/6; hens, 1/3 to 1/7; ducks, 1/3. to 1/6; gese, 2/ to 2/8; turkeys, 2/6 to 6/ each; ferrets. 7/ to 11/ each; pigs, 9/ to 16/4 each. Fruit: Apples, 2/ to 4/6 case; plums, Id to 2d Ib: pears, lid to 2id Ib; peaches, 10£ d to 1/OJ doz; Inferior, 2d to 51d; tomatoes, 3d to lid; passion fruit, Id to lid doz; grapes, 8d to 9d Ib; outdoor, 2d to 23d Ib; quinces, id to 3d Ib; maize, 2/10 to 2/11: oats, 2/ to 2/3; bran, £3 10/; sharps, £i WchajK, £2 10/ to £3. Alex. Aitken and Co. report a great Easter sale when all lines sold ■ weU. ef" cept onions and potatoes. Eggs went toy 1/8, butter to lOld, outdoor grapes 3d to 4jd, keg and box butter is scarce and any kind sells well. Prices: Potatoes 20/ to | 45/, onions' 3/ to 4/6, kumaras II to 9/ cwr, i pickle'rs 3d to Id, peas lOd to 1/3, garU lid, barley 2/, wheat 2/6, chaff to 45/, but- I ter Bid to 10id, kegs 5d to 7d, eggs 1/3 to 1/8, bacon 6d to Bd, cheese 3d to 4id, section honey. 3/6, lemons scarce, 3/6 to &/.-. case, bananas scarce, 3d Ib, oranges 3/6 to, 7/6 case, grapes outdoor 3d to 41d,hothouse 7id «to lOd, apples 1/3 to 5/ case, pears desserts, Ud to 2|d, cookers 3d to l£a melons rocks, 1/3 to 2/6 dozen, water melons 2/6 to 15/ dozen, peaches to 2nd i& to 1/3 dozen, scarce, figs Id to 2d dozen, lid to 13d dozen, Coe's plums to lid, tomatoes to Id Ib, Cape gooseberries 3id to 4id, walnuts 4d to. 6d, filberts 6d, poultry and pigs same as last week.