SALES BY AUCTION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume VIII, Issue 2376, 6 September 1871, Page 7

SALES BY AUCTION.

August 10. Messrs. C. Arthur and Son held a sale of a first-class shipment of fruit, ex Hero, from Sydney. There was a good attendance, and tho following prices were realised : —Oranges, 8s 4d to 9s 3d per case ; ditto naval, 13s per case ; mandarin, 10£ d to lid per dozen ; apples, 2£d per lb.; pears, 3d to 4Jd per lb. Messrs. C. Arthur and don sold by auction, at their mart to-day, the mine, implements, of the Berkeley Castle Gold Mining Company for £100, the Windsor Castle Gold Mining Company being tho purchasers. August 11. At L. D. Nathan and Co.'s sale tO' day, the attendance was good, but the bidding very dull indeed. The following prices were realised :— White Java crystals, 4d per lb., in bond ; brown sugars, no offer ; Moreton's bottled fruits, 13s. 3d. per dozen ; Keillor's marmalade, 10s : soda crystals, 9s per cwt.; Barcelona nuts, 5 Jd per lb.; tobaccos, Royal Standard 10 s, 104 d per lb.; Venus 10's, Is 5d per lb. ; Two World's, Is per lb.; Rayland's 10's, 12id;

Belle of Virginia pocket pieces, 13d ; Youths' Delight Nary, £ lbs., Is 3d ; Jelly Cake Aromatic, i lbs., Is 5d ; Barrett's .Navy, 3'a, Is; lutlett's dark aromatic, lbs., Is; Ormond'a Swiss cigars, lGs per 1000. Wines anil spirits were all withdrawn, there being no competition. August 15. Messrs. B. Tonka and Co. held a trade sale of fancy goods at their mart to-day. There was a good attendance, and fair prices realised. Messrs. C. Arthur and Son held a sale of bacon, &c., at their mart to-day. The following prices were realise'd : —Sydney bacon, Gid ; Waikato ditto, GJd ; cheese, 3kl to 5d ; oatmeal, 2d to -id ; maize, -fa 3d ; onions, lid to 2.} el. Messrs. Samuel Cochrane and Son held a sale of bottled stout at their mart to-day. There was a good attendance, and fair prices were realised. Mr. S. Jones sold at the Brunswick auction mart, this day, wines and spirits, as follows : — Quarter casks of rum, 30 0.p., in bond, 3s. 9d. per gallon ; cases of Hennessey's palo brandy at 31s ; ca-.cs Martell's brandy at 27s 9d per dozen ; cases geneva, Key brand, at 12s; old port wino at 255; G-iuu£S3'3 stout at 7s 9d per dozen. August 16. | Messrs. L. D. Nathan and Co. held an extensive sale of arm chairs, glasses, &o. J There was a good attendance, and the bidding I spirited. The following prices tverc realised : ; —Pedestal bos looking glasses, 56s each ; : oval ditto, olseaeh; bevel ditto, -lis each; marble top ditto, 3Ss to 4Ss each ; ' gilt chimney glasses, from 35s to £7; toilet pillar ditto, 21s to 29s ; American cloth, 43 : 4d per pieeo ; American wood stools, Is 7d to Is lOd each ; plain sealed ditto, 3s 3d ; cane-backed rockers, 12a to 13s; children's . fancy chairs, 3s Id ; oak cano seated uining chairs, 9s 9d each ; bass brooms, 7s per dozen. ! August 17. i Messrs. E. and IT. Isaacs held a sale of : tweeds, drapery, Ac., at their stores, to-day. I There was a good attendance, but the prices realised were very unsatisfactory, owing 110 doubt to the market being overstocked with j soft goods by late arrivals. | August 18. | Messrs. 11. 3. Meyers and Co. held a sale of , fruits, &e., ex late arrivals, at their stores, j to-day. There was a good attendance, and I tho following were the prices realised: — Apples, ljd to 2id ; oranges, 7s 6d per case ; prime potted butter, 0< 1 ; Knight's jams, (in lib. tins), 7il; Tasmatiian hops, Is 3d per lb.

August 22. Messrs. Samuel Cochrane and Son sold at their mart, to day, (150 bags of wheat, ex Novelty, from Lyttelton, at from 5s to 6s per bushel. August 21. Mr. George Sibbin held a sale of produce, &e., at his mart, to-dav. There was a good attendance, and fair prices realised. August. 26. Messrs. C. Arthur and Son report having sold to-day :—Fowls, 2s to 3s lOd each ; ducks, 2s 5d to 2s 6d ditto ; turkeys, 4s Gd dittj ; potatoes, 5s to 5s Sd per cwt. ; onions, 2d to 4d per lb.; maize, 4s per bushel; oats, 3s 3d to 3s -li per bushel; bacon, 5d to Sd per lb. ; flour, £13 to £16 per ton ; rice, per lb.; No. 1 Company's sugar, 5Jd per lb.; cheese, 4ii to 5d per lb. August 28. Messrs. Samuel Cochrane and Son held a sale of land, at their mart, to day :—All that piece of laud, part of allotment No. G, section No. 36, situate at Onehunga, with a cottage thereon, for £23 lOs. Also, allotments 11 and 12, of subdivision of 6 and 7, of section 17, suburbs of Aucland, £3 10s ; 40 acres, parish of Karioi, Is Gd per acre ; 1 acre, township of Hamilton West, £2 2s 6d; the island of Te Koroto, containing 23 acres, for £6.

August 29. Messrs. B. Tonks and Co. held a sale of tobacco, cigars, ic., at their mart to-day. The following are the prices :—Tobacco, Bernard's tens, iu bond, lOJcl per lb.; Commonwealth ditto, Hid ; Something Choice, 7d ; Aromatic Twist, Sid ; Nosegay, 10d ; Starlight, ll;jd ; cigars, 38s; ICruses's fluid magnesia, duty paid, 4s 6d to 15s 6d; jujubes, Is 3d per lb. Messrs. H. S. Meyers and Co. held a sale of choice fruits, jams (new season's),' tlour, &e., cargo ex Jane, from Hobart Town, at their stores to-day. There was an excellent attendance, and the following prices were realised : —Apples, winter ripstones, 4i ; pearmains, 4}d to 5d ; stone pippins, 3id ; Norfolk bitl'ens, 4jd ; crabs, 2Ad ; pears, 4id ; Wright's jams, 6s yd ; (lour, £17 10s per ton ; hops, Is 3d per lb.; \\ est ludiau dates, S.Vd per lb. At a sale of vestas, ex Alice, from London, held by .Messrs. j£. and H. Isaacs, at their store, Fort-street, to-day, there was a fair attendance, and prices ranged from 21s to 21s Gd per gross.

August 30. I Messrs. Samuel Cochrane and Son held a | sale of valuable freehold and leasehold properties situate i.ll the city and suburbs, at their mart, to-day. There was a good attendance, and the sale realised about £4000. The following are tile prices realised :— Lot 10, having a frontage of 30 feet to Thompson's Lane, £5 ; allotment 22, section 23, City ol Auckland, containing 1 rood 4 perches, having a frontage of 111 feet to Hobson-street, with all buildings thei-con, let for a term at £50 per annum ; the Cotta"e of Content Hotel, the large furniture warehouse, 60 x 40 feet, fronting Jlobson-slreet, cottage or two rooms at back. ■:T)5 ; two cottages in Albert-street, subject an annual rental of £-14, £55 ; tho unexpired lease of part of allotment 7, section 3, City of Auckland, frontage of 42 feet to Siiortland-streot.' with sione and brick buildings thereon, known as the CreEcent Chambers, for £500 ; 4 allotments in Onchunga, having a frontage of 66 feet to the Manukau road, 10s each ; 1 allotment in Onchunga, having a frontage of 66 feet to Spring-street, 20s ; 2 allotments, situate afc Woodthorpe, Hobson's Bay, £2 each ; 623 acres in the Parish of Ararimu, and district of Kaipara, having an extensive water frontage, 7s 3d per acre ; 393 acres adjoining the above, with all buildings erected thcreoi", and in the occupation of Mr. J. Vercoe £420; 198 acres adjoining, Is 9d per aero ; allotment 10, parish of Kopuru, county of Obson, containing 46 acres, with a saw mill erected thereon, £350 ; 238 acres at To Kohckohe, No. 2, Kaipara, adjoining the property of W. S. Grahame, Esq., 4s 3d per aero ; 4 acres at Howick, 20s per acre ; 4b acres, Last Tamaki, 7s per aero ; 4 allotments, having a frontage to Pitt-street, Drury, 6s each; 7 allotments, section 7 of Runciman township, Drury, 15s each • 4 acres, Whau, £2 15s per acre ; 40 acres, Waitakerei, Is 6d per acre ; 30 allotments, East Whau, 5s 9d each ; 9 allotments, East Whau, 5s each ; 126 acres, Waitakerei, Is 3d per acre ; 160 acres, Mangapai, la per acre ; 889 acres, Maungakawa, Waikato, 13s 6d per acre; 1079 acres, known by the namo of " Kaliutoponoa," having a frontage to the Piako river, Waikato, 4s 6d per acre; 2009 acres, Bituate in the Piako district, Waikato, 3s 6d per aero ; 1256 acres, situate at Mangakawa, Waikato, 4s 6d per acre; 3 allotments, Belleville, Coromandel, &Z 5s each; allotment, Allandale, parish of Takapuna, £1 4s. To close partnership accounts —a twelve-horse power steam engine and boiler, new battery of ten head of stamps, for £200 ; also, by order of Registrar of the Supreme Court, part of allotments 2 and 3, sections No. 41, situate in the city of Auckland, having a frontage of 35 feet to Wellesley-street, with buildings erected thereon, £180. September 2. C. Arthur and Son report having sold today Fowls, Is 9d to 2s lOd each ; ducks, 2s 7d each; turkeys, 4s 3d to 5s 6d each ; potatoes, 5s 2d to 5s Gd per cwt.; onions, 3d to 3|d per lb. ; bacon, s£d to 7id per lb.; cheese, 3id to 4£d per lb.; oats, 3s 3d to 3s 4d per bushel; maize, 4s Id per bushel; barleymeal, 7s per 100 lbs. ; flour, £10 to £16 per ton; Company's No. 1 sugar, s|d per lb. : tea (box), 275.