COMMERCIAL SUMMARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6423, 19 June 1882, Page 6

COMMERCIAL SUMMARY.

SALES BY AUCTION. May 23. Messrs. E. and A. Isaacs held a salo yeaterday of 195 packageß of Jeffrey's iiloa and stout and 375 packages of wines nnd spirits. The nlca nnd ntout were all quitted at low rates. Several lines of the wines and Bpirita wero also quitted. May 25. Mr. G. W. Binney held a sale to-dny of valuable city leaaeholds. There was a largo attendance, and tho sale proved very satinfactory ; Bcveral lota having realised over tho reserve. Tho following are tho particulus :— Subsection 4, Wellcsloy-strcot East (between Park Place and Symonds-street): Lot 10, T. B. Hill, £3C lots 12 and 13, J. Craig, £30 each ; lot 84, Allan Mcguirc, £15 ; lot 35, J. Craig, £15 ; lots 30 and 37, A. K. Taylor, £12 each. Wellcsloy-strcot (adjoining Crowthcr's): Lot 2, J. Kandcrson, £30 ; lot 4, A. Uainaden, £30 ; lot 3, C. C. Fleming, £35 ; lot 5, Huchanan Brothers, £50. Soction 50, Hepburn-street: Lot 12, J. Craig, £7 10s; lot 13, J. A. Walker, £7 10s; let It, J. A. Walker, £8 ; lot 15, J. A. Walker, £10 ; lot 10, Hand and Kavenagh, £10. Solwyn-strcot: Lot 25, T. 11. Eackstraw, £8; lot 20, Jamos ltowcll, £8. Hepburnstreet: Lot IS (with cottage), soven years' lease, A. Eettanv, £20 per annum ; lot 21 (with cottage), seven years' lease, E. Cllmcr, £20 per annum ; lot 17, Hand and Kavenagh, £9 ; lot 10, Mary Armstrong, £7 ; lot 20, T. H. Eackstraw, £7 , lot 22, If. Llpscouibo, £0 ; lot 23, Hand and Kavenagh, £0 J lot 24 (Picton and Hopbnrn.strcots), R. Hunt, £S. Section 52, Lower Hepburn-street : Lot 37, T. 11. Eackstraw, £3; lot 38, T. M. Mason, £7 10s ; lot 20, W. W. Carlaw, £7; lot 30, Hand and Kavenagh, £7 ; lot 31, John llaigh, £7 ; lot 2, John Eiordan, £10 ; lot 30, T. E. Turnbull, £10. Wollcsley street, corner of Market cntrauco : Buchanan's stonemason y»rd—J. Huchanan, 7 years' lease, £00 per annum. Two cottages In Albort-stroet (one year's lease) realised 4s 0d per week cacli. About five allotments of this property was not leasod, as was also tho case in tho Oreat North Eoad allotments. The salo adds about'£3oO per annum to tho Improvement Commissioners' Trust Fund account, leaving only 12 allotments of tho whole ostato unlcased, while £310 per annum is also added to tho city endowment rent roll.

Mr. G. W. Binney also sold at his auction | rooms, to-day, two valuable blocks of freehold property, situated at Newmarket, iu tho o»tato of the late James Wrigley. The total amount ( realised was £3240, the Grst having lot brought £1500, aud the secoud £1740. Mr. F. G. Clayton purchased both lots. May 30. Messrs. E. and A. Isaacs held a sale of pianos, musical boxes, &c, to-day The attendance was not ?ood, and but few woro quitted at low Price - M.y3l. Mr. Gabriel Lewis held a sale of 22 paokages of woollen fancy goods, drapery, Ate, to-day, but, the attendance being small, only small portions of tho goods wero quitted, and these at low prices. Messrs. E. and A. Isaacs submitted about £1000 worth of jewellery aud plated goods at their commercial sale room, to-day. Tho attendance was not large, and only a small portion of tho goods wero disposed of at low ratet. Air. K. Arthur held a salo of laud to-dly at his auotion mart. There was a very good attendance; the bidding was animated, and good prices realised. The following aro the particulars of the sale:-A farm at To Kapa was sold at £1200 ; 150 acres at Alexandra | brought £300; and two allotments in tho same j township brought £10 10s each. Messrs. Vaile and Douglas disposed of a store, j situated in Franklin Road, yesterday, for £400. Under instructions from Mr. Kobort Graham, Mr. It. C. Greenwood held a salo of tho balance ; of the allotments in the Klleralie Park estate. Tho sale took place in Mr. W. Dowden's auction mart. Uhe attendance was very large, ■ and the prices obtained were satisfactory \ throughout, the total proceeds being £5522. With the exception of five, all the allotments | were disposed of, and those remaining are now open for private purchase. Tho following are the particulars :—Lot So. 51, £105 ; 52, £75; No. 53. £00 ; 55, £50 ;67 to 70 (four lots), £132 ; 72, £40 ; 73, £41; 74, £38 ; 77, £61; 9G, 9Ga, 97, 97a, brought £112 each ; 108, 109, I 110, £126; 153 to 161 (four lots), £235. Sub- ! division of tho gardens: 524 to 528, brought £S0O; 529 to 532, £520 ; 533 and 534, £260; 535, £140 ; 536, £125 ; 537 and 538, £120 eaoh ; 539, £147 10s ; 540, £130; 541, with house, | £200; lots 544 and 545, containing about 6 acres, with right to artesian well, orchard, and houses in connection therewith, £1250; gnrnd stand, £10. 186J acres of land at Waiuku brought 13i per acre; one aoro of land at I Mount Albert, adjoining the Wesleyan chapel, realised £402 10s ; 80 acres at Pukeatua was sold for 12s per acre ; 80 acres at Waipareira brought 15s per acre ; and a 21-j'ears' lease of n shop in Collins-street, Grahamatown, was sold for £21; 40 acres of land situated *t Maugapai was disposed of for £12. Juno 5. The property at Eist Tamaki offered for sale by auction to-day at the 3.N.L.A. rooms, was passed in, as owing to the bad weather, intending buyers were prevented from attending the sale. Several private offers little short of the reserve were received after the Bale for tho different sections. Tho farms will ordain bo offered by auction in about a month, unless previously disposed of privately. Juno 13. At Messrs, B. Tonks and Co.'a sale-rooms yesterday 2000 shares in tho Northern Steamship Company wore sold at 10s 3d each. A sale of oilmen's stores took placo to-day at Messrs. B. Tonks and Co.'d auction rooms. There was a large attendance of buyers, and considering the present overstocked state of the market, veiy satisfactory prioea wA¥o realised. Juno 14. Mr. Sibbin, auctioneer, disposed of Mr. O. Mays' nine-roomed dwelling-house, at the North Shore, to-day at £91. At Mr. Gabriel Lewis' sale rooms to-day, a quantity of furniture, oil paintings, Ate, ex Laira, wero submitted, but, owing to the overstocked condition of the market, the prices obtained wore not satisfactory, aad only a portion of the goods were disposed of. June 16. Mn. K. ARTijur.'a Wkrkly Report.—.V busy week in all departments. Cheese and butter in good demand, all cleared off on ar.ival. Good bacon moved freely. I'oultry in fair demand at 3s to 3s Od. Furniture, at private house salo at mart, has realised good prices. Tuesday: Salo of furniture piano, at mart. There was a fair attendance and a &ooa business was done, i'iano sold at £32. American organ, £28. The sale of Nelson fruit was largely attended, apples sold at 4Jd to 5(1 per lb. Wodnesday : Sale of leasehold properties. Tho one in Symonds-strcot was not sold.' A house of live-rooms and shop, at the corner of Ponsonby-road and Plcton-itreet, having about 20 years to run, at a yearly rental of £5, was sold by order of the Trustee In tho bankrupt ostato of Arthur C. Bettany, realised £405. Thursday: Salo of household furnituro and effects, platedware, <fca, at Mr. K. Horosby's residence, Ponsonby-road. The attendance was very largo throughout, competition bripk, and prices gooci. Everything was In first-class order, and of superior quality. Leather suito sold at £31; dining table, .£lO 103; mahogany side-board, £12 10s ; bent-wood chairs. 10s Grt to £17s cacli", verandah chairs, £18s to £3 7s Od ; dinnor service, i-"5 15s ; tea service, £2 5s ; des=crt, £3; plated cruets, £2 7s (id to £4; luncheons, £1 12s; pickle, £2 ss; dinner forks, 4s fld each; dessert, 3s; dossert spoons. 3s 3d ; table. 4s; gravoy, 10s ; Indies, 7s Od ; dinner knivos, 2s Id ; dessert, 2s 7d; set of covors, £3 5s ; tumblors, Is 6d ; wines, 9d to Is 3d ; iron bedstead, £12 10s ; marblo washstand, £C ss; mahogany toilot table, £0 10s; chest of drawers, £0 15s; cheat of tools, £3 ss; mangle, £5; lawn-mower, £2 ss, Arc. Friday's sale of poultry, produce, Ac., at tho mart was well attended, and fair prices wero realised. Fowls Hold at good prices. Fowls, Is Id to 2s 9d : turkoys, 2s Od to 2s lOd ; ducks, 2s to 2a (id ; geese, 3s Od ; pigeons. Is id ; pigs, 3s 3d to 7a; potatoes, Is 0d to 3s Od ; seed potatoes, 7s i>d to S3 0d ; new potatoes, l}d to 1} per lb.; kumoras, 4s; pumpkins. Is 7d to 3s; mangels, 2s ; carrots, 2s 7d to 2s 8d; onions, Jd to Id; fowl wheat, 4s ed ; oats, 3s 8d ; flour, £7 to £13 103 : apples, 3d to 4Jd; pineapples, 4s 3d; loaions, Is Id to Is 3d; oranges, 8s ; honey, 5Jd; bacon, 3d to w Ad ; butter, 4d to 10' d; chocso, 53d; oatmeal, 14s ; rico, 255; sugar. 3Jd to 4Jd: tea (box), ISs to 21s ; soap, 14s to 28s ; white lead, 4Jd. Mehsru. Caiuumesi and Tayxob, hold thoir usual Friday's salo of poultry, produco, trees, &c, which wa3 well attended, and pood business done. They report: - Poultry: Fowls, Is to Is each; turkeys, 3s to 3s Od ; pigs, 3s to 15s each ; ducks, Is lid. Tho trcos, shrubs, plants, lie, wore all cloared at satisfactory prices. Produce : Hams and bacon, Id to BJd ; Wairoa choeso, 6d, all cleared ; old Canterbury, id to 2d ; salt butter. lOd; latd. 4d; potatoos, 2s Od to Ss 6d ; onions. Jd to Jd ; oats, 4s ; bran, 7s Od ; sharps, 8s ; fowlwhoat, 4s Od; oatmeal, 18s to 20a; lOOlba Hour. 14s; chair, 2s per bag; carrots. 3s; pumpVins, 2s fld Eor cwt. Groceries : Tea. half-chests, Is 2d to Is 9d ; oxes, 15s to 21s; rice, 2Jd per lb; cornflour, Oid ; st.irch, 4d ; sugar, 4Jd ; cindles, Sd ; mustard, Od per dozen ; salt, 5s per bag ; kerosene, Is lOd. Tho furnituro, clothing, jewellery, and sundries wore all cleared at satisfactory prices.