AUCTIONEER'S REPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 88, 15 April 1899, Page 2

AUCTIONEER'S REPORTS.

Messrs Arthur and Gorrie's weekly report: Hobart potatoes £2, £2 10/, pumpkins £2, £2 10/, kumaras £3 15/, £5, onions £3, £4 10/,. maize 2/11, fresh butter No 1 9d, 103 d, No. 2 6Jd, 7d, cheese 3d. 3Jd, bacon 4Jd/5Jd, hams 6d, 7d, eggs 1/4, :/6, dessert apples clean 3/, 4/6, boxes 1/6, 2/3, cooking clean 2/6, 4/, others 1/ up, dessert pears lid, 2Jd, cooking. 'id, Id, tomatoes 1/6, 3/, Cape gooseberries 2Jd. 3Jd, passion fruit lid, 2d, H.H. grapes 6d, Bd, lemons 3/, 4/, quinces 2/, 3/, figs ljd, 2d, fowls 1/, 1/5, table fowls 1/6 2/, ducks 1/, 1/9.

Messrs A. Tooman and.Co. report tales as follows: Specially selected potatoes £2 10/, good ordinary £2, inferior do. 25/ to 30/ ton, prime onions only .£3 to £3 10/, pumpkins V to 2/6 cwt, piemelons I,' to 1/6 cwt, kumaras 3/ *to 4/, prime fresh 1 dairy butter 8d to lOd lb, medium do. 6d. -i: to 7d, keg 6d; factory lid to 1/, farmers' 3d to 4d, factory do. sd, eggs 1/6 to 1/7 dozen, bacon 6d to 8d lb, hams 7d to Bd, ■'■-' lb. Fruit market easier, due to heavy 1 supplies. First-class dessert apples 2/tf (o ; 5/, cooking 2/3 to 4/, common sorts 1/8 to I 2/, Beurre Diel pears 2d to 23d lb, Clairgeau 4d to sd, cooking do. Id to Id, quinces 1/6 to 2/9; lemons 3/ to 4/ cas£, mushrooms 3d to 4d lb, Cape gooseberries 2d to 3£-i lb, : superior indoor grapes 1/ to 1/1, ordinary do. 6d to lOd, outdoor do. 3d to 4d lb, bananas 3/ to 5/bunch. Poultry:. Common, fowls lid to 1/8 each, table roosters 1/7 to 2/8, ducks 1/2 to 1/9, turkeys 3/10 to 6/, hen do. 3/' to 4/6. Pigs easier, 3/ to 10/, according to. size.

Messrs R. Arthur and Co. quote as follows; .Prime potatoes £2 to £2 7/6 '.oil, medium do. 30/, onions £3 10/ to £4 :on, kumaras 3/ to 4/ cwt, pumpkins 2/ to .2/5. Best dairy butter 8d to lid- lb, medium do. 6d t« 1A 1ro«i. RfK to 7fJ eJTS-R IV3 to 1/8 doz .; har lb. :. ; OOQ.: ' Ci»f, 2/6, Id, to : out ■KOC ..:. -.■-,-■■ :-. sot In : ■; !• ■ : ! to: 10/

-her to ' :.. bac '■■' hai •kes ■: : ■■ .: egg £1 3/6,' pIQ; -- ■'. :. ■lb, .-- ■ :" ' ■■■■ -■ •■ ': 4du..; \ „ _..: ~.,, 3Jd, grain,, grass seed, rye, 3/3 to 3/ I, :. maize 2/10, oats 2/ to 2/2,. bran £3 1., m sharps'£4 5/, wheat 2/8 to 2/9, chaff £2-17 m to £3. - . '" ,- ■ ':. ' Messre Wiipiyth and Co. report stead•/■ « business with good prices and very iai • competition at dally sales during th> 'j past week. Prices as follows;-?- Pears ■*. ((wanted, keen . demand},.'. dessa^rt, ?Jd ip vJ .Bid. lb; cooking, ljd to^d lb; apples, de* i ■sert, 3/ to 6/; cooking, 2/6 to V; mothy at . .-•. relatively lower .prices; quinces, id to 13 lb; passion fruit, 2&d do£; grapes, outdd6r,; ; 3d. lb; indoor.-lOd lb;: rock melons, 3/ to */ dozen; water melons, 6/ to 10/ doz; toniii- ' "; toes, 2/6 box. Large'consignments of,ls, J land fruits ex Upolu from Fiji realised good prices/ Prdaueei Potatoes, £2 to £3 tpn; onions,- £4 ton; kumaras, £4 ton; 'Alex. Aitken and Co: report good sales: if -^Potatoes flrming to 50/, Onions 2/6 fe« 4/8; Picklers to 3d,,Kvimaras 2/6; to ifjjW glutted; Pumpkins 1/10 to 2/6, chart -.<22 ■ 6/> butter scarce, prime dairy to 10(1; mo-. dium ?d to Sd, kegs pastry 6d to 7d, prime 8d to 9d, factory bulk 9d, rolls, lid, e^gs 1/3 to 1/6 scarce; cheese 3id to 4jd, honey section 2/6 to 3/; lemons to 5/6 case.. grapes, indoor, 6d tb-9d, outdoor 2^ to Id; bananas 6/ case, lflb green Id,. aulnces now scarce wanted Id lb;. appies , to 3/6 for cookers, desserts Id to li if jpears, desserts -lid to. 3d, cookers id & -s Id lb; melons 1/3 to 10/ dozen, rocks >/c ~ to" 4/ dozen, figs to 2d- dozen, Passions ....- Ud tp 2i dozen, tomatoes, scarce, id U>. C. gooseberries 3d to 4d, walnuts 3idi. 4}d, peanuts 2d. charcoal 4/ sack; poultw same' as last week; young pigs a lUti" Halt and Perkins report that this^wfel-, i the following prices were . obtamea.*-. Apples; bulk 3/' to 4/ oaise, three lines «? to 6A case. few. lots inferior under ?/ orderly packed se}l best; butter: gooo demand for Al.d,airy at 2d over marKet, keg 6d to 9d, demand weaker this weoK we recommend keeping no .as npt to ovr i - ■, stook market, will rise Shortly; cheo^. wanted again1 this we^k,- specially emr Size, we quote 2Jd. to 4id,.. according •■>■■:& duality; carrots: send in " at. onco, _ ■ >• they .will be low this winter; ,«ggs:^ ; mana good this week. Bulk sold 1/6 do-.. we can handle 5000 doz. profitably weelvl, chant wanted 40/ to 50/; cape gooseberries 2d to 4d; figs wanted; grapes 8d to wanted kumaras M .to ■*/;,. onions £3 o/ •; J £5- ton, bulk 14, lb.-; quinces ?d to l|d; .at' -A in good demand again; potatoes: southern are arriving Monday. "We can place 1 tpne locals .thi^ coming weak if g»ofl, 40/ to 50/,"sent at once; passibns Ud to •*? 24 floz; pears, dessert, risen Id Jb; plfs , are still selling well, though small sized 'are-easier;!, suckers 2/9 to 8/, weaners 5/ ; to 9/9, large size wanted; poultry •• aye ■■..-, selling well; roosters, young, 1/ to 1/6, fat m 1/eto 2/7, Mns 1/ to 1/9, geese 2/6 to 3/S, ■,■■•.;: ducks 1/ to 2/9, turkeys are wanted!'tomatoes Jd to lid;-watermelons 4/, 5/ sackj , pumpkins 2/ to' .3/; citrons 1/6 to 3/ cwt; lemons are slow of sale.