COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 196, 18 August 1900, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS. '{,-■ Messrs. >rthur and .Gorrle's report :-- Southern-table potatoes, £3, £3 5/; kidneys, > £2, £3; kuniaras,- £91, onions; &S 10/, m 10/: pumpkins,- £5 10/, £0 10/; new kidneys, Id, l%d; oats, 2/, 3/; cauliflowers, 2/ 5/ doz. Fresh butter, 9d, 10d;,eggs, ; 7d 8d doz; bacon, 4d, Od; hams, sd, 7%d{ ; cheese. 4d, 4y.,d. Poor-man's oranges, tS/O,- ■ 7/0 ■ lemons, 0/, 7/ . Table fowls, 1/7, 2/ J hens, ITI/4 ; ducks, 1/9, 2/2 ; rabbits,' 1/4 2/ pair; hares, 1/6, 2/ each. Messrs Hall and Perkins' .Report.—BuM -■ ter, scarce; apples, 8/ to 11/; butter, kvg or box, 7Jd to 9d; rolls, 9d to lid;-carrots, 27/6, 30/; red, wanted'; chaff, 65/ to. 70/; cauliflowers, 2/ to 8/ doz; eggs, 7£d to SJO^ market weak; lemons, 8/ to 10/; maize, 2/8; onions, 6/ to 7/, rising; potatoes, newj ;■ kid., 2d to ljd; round, id to Id; Canterbury. 55/ to 60/; seed varieties on handj , pigs, 8/ to 11/; bulk, lot 12/ to 18/6; good demand. -V!ssjjE Mr J. Jones' Report.—Butter, 9<l to IOJdJ ' seconds, 7Jd to Sid; keg-, 7Jd to BJd; eggs, 7Jd to BJd; bacon, 5d to 6Jd; hams, Bid ta 7d; cheese, 5d to 6d; honey, 3/6 to 4/ doz; potatoes, £2 17/6 to £3; onions, £5 to £<J 10/; pumpkins, 4/6 to 5/. Poultry—Roosters, 1/6 to 2/7; cockerels, 1/6 to 2/; hens> 1/3 to 1/9; geese, 2/3 to 3/; turkeys, 2/3 to 3/; gobblers, 5/ to 8/6. Pigs, 5/ to 10/3, Apples, 5/ to 8/; lemons, 5/ to 7/6; Cape 3, 3d; maize, 2/G to 2/8; oats, 2/3 to 2/4} wheat, 2/7; bran, £4 5/; sharps, £4. 15/j 7 chaff, £3 5/ to £3 10/. Messrs., R, Arthur and Co. report sales aU the ' following rates :—Southern potatoes, £3 ton ex store, £2 15/ to £2 17/6 ex wharf} seed sorts, £2 10/ to £3 10/ : new kidney po* tatoes, %d to i%d lb; oats, 2/4 to 2/5 bushel ; maize, 2/G: fowl wheat.. 2/8 ; local onions, £4 10/ to £0 ton;- Southern, £3 tW £4 : swede turnips, £2 ; carrots, £1 10 ; chaff, £3 5/ to £3 10/; kumaras, Id to l%d lb; pumpkins, 5/ cwt; fresh dairy butter, 9a to 1/ lb: medium butter," 6d to 7yjd;.egßS, 7d to B%doz; factory bacon, 5%d to C%dj hams C%d to 7d; local bacon, 4%d to Od; ; hams, 5y 2 d to 6d; lard, 4%d. Lemons, 5/ to 7/ case: poor man's oranges, 0/ to 8/; poultry, turkey gobblers, 4/0 to 0/; lien do., 2/6 to 3/6; ducks, 1/9 to 2/2; geesis 2/0 to 3/; ordinary fowl, 1/U to 2/: roosi ;,:.;, ters, 1/6 to 2/3 ; prize!fowl, 2/6 to 7/. Messrs. Arthur Tooman and Co report :; big business during the past weak at the* following prices:—Southern potatoes, £3 ta £3 10/; seed sorts, £2 to £4 10/; onions, Vid to %d lb; pumpkins, 4/C to 5/6 per. cwt; carrots, 30/ ton ;-Kumaras, 10/ cwt; maize, 2/9: fowl wheat, 2/9. Fresh dairy ,','. butter, 10d' to lid; medium butter Ml more plentiful and sold at 6%d to 8d; ke« do., -6d to 9d; factory, 11"% d to l/: lb;":^ eggs, 7%d to B%d doz; bacon, 4%d to Qd; hams, s%d"to'7d; lard, 4d'; cheese; Stasis, to 6d. Fruit, market rather bare; locat« apples sold 12/ to 14/ case; Hobart do., 5/1 p to 10/: Southern apples, 0/ to 8/: mandar- | Ins, ,8/ to 8/(5; passion fruit, 5/2 to 7/0; pines, 8/ to 10/; lemons* 4/6 to. 6/6 ; vlocat oranges, 2/3 to 5/; Island do., 8/; marmalade, 10/, 11/. Poultry: Scarce; ordln* ary pullets, 1/6 to 1/9; table roosters. talVMjj 2/6; ducks, to 2/3; geese, 2/6 to 3/; turkeys, 1/9 to 8/6; young pigs, 5/9 to 10/.l| «

Alex. Aitken, Limited,' reports.:—'South- ; crn table potatoes, £2 15/ to £3; Derwent ; seed, £3 5/' to £3 10/; early rose, £3; ; Beauty of Hebron, £3; new potatoea, lid lb; pumpkins, 6/G; local grown onions, ; 6/fi to 6/; oats 2/4; maize, 2/8; fowl wheat, 2/8; good chaff, 65/ to 75/; farmer's butter, prime, lOd.tol/; factory rolls, Hid; keg, prime, 8d; medium,;7d; fresh eggs, 74d to 8d; hams. Drake's,1 7clj farmers'. Bio; factory bacon, Bid to 6d; farmers',' sd; cheese, sid to G&d; hares, 2/3 each; rabi ; bits,1 1/9 pair; dressed- pork,. .3id.,.Fruit; dessert apples,' 11/ to 13/; cooking. 8/ to 9/; lemona, 4/6 to 6/;- -Island oranges, 6/ 1! to 7/G; poor man's, 9/G to 10/; walnuts 6/*; Poultry: High prices ruled, strong• de* - , mand-table roosters, 1/3 to 2/7; fat hens k 1/fi to 1/10; poor, 1/4 to 1/5; ducks, Vto 2/9- geese, 3^3; turkeys, gobblers, 4/ to (/; •;; hens, 2/G to 3/; ducklings,: 8d; pigs: larga number offered and sold—well-bred wean*' iers, 7/6' 12/; stores, 9/6 to 15/. " ■■ . ,