AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 9581, 4 August 1894, Page 3

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Mr. R. Arthur's Weekly Report.— A fair amount of business done; but little alteration in prices. Potatoes: Table sold at 23 to 2s 9d; various kinds of seed potatoes, 4s to 6a. Pumpkins, Is 4d to 2s; carrots. Is 6d to 2s ; onions, lid to lid ; oats, 2s ; maize, 2s 4d; wheat, 2s 8d; bran, 3s; sharps, 43 3d ; fresh butter, 6d to lOd lb; corned butter, 6d' to 6id; fresh-laid ee;K3, to lOJd; bacon, 5d to 6Jd; hams, 5a to 7d; shoulders, 4d; cheese 4id to 4f(l; mangolds, 9d to la; cabbages, 4d to 7d dozen ; honey, large tins, 3d; fowls, Is Id to Is 9d ; turkeys, gobblers, 4s 3d to 5s ; hens, 2s 3d to 3s ; ducks, la 9d to lis each ; pigs, 7s to 8s 6d each. Messrs. JKsam and Arthur's Weekly Report.—Produce market is inactive, supplies generally being in excess of wants. Potatoes are easier, owing to large shipments from the South. Kidney seed cannot be moved, off, stocks remaining large. Several lots of Hobart seed have arrived, but are not wanted for a while. Cereals are quiet, business being restricted to retail lots. Bacon and hams, whilst fairly plentiful, do not meet keen competition, except prime Canterbury, factory cure. Butter maintains values. The Island and Tasmanian steamers have brought fair shipments of fruit. Prices, however, are lower than anticipated. Buyers complain of inability to sell readily. Poultry in limited supply, and demand for good quality unsatisfied. Auction values we report as under: Table potatoes, £2 103 to £2 15s; Kidney and Magnum Bonuru seed, £3 10s to £4 10s; pumpkins, £1 103 to £1 15s; onions, I£d ; wheat, 2s 6d to 2s 8a ; oats, 2s to 2s Id; bacon, 4£d to 6d; hams. 5d to 7d; fresh butter, !N0...1, 9d to llJd; No. 2, 7d;salt butter, 4Jd to 7d : cheese, 4£d; eggs, 9d to 9.id: lemons, 23 to 4s; apples, 7s to 7s 6d; pears, 9s; fowls, Is 3d to Is lOd ; ducks, Is lid to 2s. '■■■ : Mr. Alex. Aitken quotes the following prices—Potatoes : Canterbury, £2 10s to £3 ; ; local £2 'to £2 10s; seed" varietiesMagnum Bonum, 2s to 4s 6d, according to sample; kidneys, 4s to 4s 6d; Breeze's Prolific, 3s to 4s 3d; Bruce, 4s to 4s 6d; White American, 4s (3d. Wheat, 2s 6d to 2s 8d ; oats, 2a to 2s 4d; maize, 2s 3d to 2s 6d; bran, 2s 9d to 3s; sharps, 3s 9d to 4s 6d; onions, Id to ljd ; pumpkins, Is Id to 2s 6d ; mangolds, 9d to Is ; carrots, Is 6tl to ls_ 9d; citron melons, 2s Cel. Butter : Fresh, No. 1, 8d to 9M; No. 2,6 dto 7|d; prime keg, 6Jd to 8d; pastry, 4d to 5Jd ; Taranaki, separator, lib rolls. Crown brand, lOid-to lid; other brands, 7d to 9|d ; bulk, 7d to 10id for first quality, and ' 5Jd to 6Jd for other -lots. Bacon: Canterbury, 7sd to Bsd; local, -sid to 7d. Hams: Canterbury, B|d to 10a; local, 6£d to 7sd- Lard, 4d to sd; honey, 3id to 4d. Cheese : Loaves, 4d to sd; large 1 sizes, 3^d'to Eggs : -Fresh, 83d to 10d. r Fruit: Bananas, ex Taviuni, from Samoa, Is 6d to 3s 6d bunch; oranges, Is 9d to 4s 6d case; bananas, ex Ovalau, from Fiji, Is 9d tc 2s 6d; local lemons, Is 9d to 4s, according to size of cases; oranges, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Pool Man's oranges, 3s to 3s 6d: Cape goose' berries, to 4jd ; cocoannts, 5a 6cl to 6s 3d sack. Poultry : Youne table roosters. Is 10t to 2s 4d; others, Is 3d to Is 9d; table fowls Is 6d to 2s; others, Is 2d to Is sd; chicks, 6c to 9d; ducks, Is 8d to 2s 4d; geese, 2s lOd tc 3s 3d ; turkeys, gobblers, 3s 3d to 4s 3d hens, 2s 2d to 3s" lOd; pigeons, 5d to 9d canaries, 4s 3d to 7s. Pigs : Best lots, 12s tc 17s 3d; medium, 9s to lis ; 6d; poor and suckers, 5s to 8s 9d. • '> , Y Messrs. Arthur Tooman and Co. report a brisk business doing during : the week, produce of all kinds ? finding - quick ;; sale. Potatoes, although - lower in price, were quitted in large quantities. Prime Southern, £2 10s to £2 153, ex store; £2 2s 6d to £2 ss, ex ship ; best Waikato table, £2 5s to £2 10s; poor, £2 to £2 2s 6d ; Magnum Bonum seed, £3 to £4 ss; poor, £2 10s to £3; Bruce, prime, £3 10s to £4; poor, £2 103 to £3; local, seed, Hobarts, £2 5s to £2 10s; prime up to £3; Early Rose, £4 10s to £5 Kidneys, prime Southern, £5; - New Kidneys, lid to ljd: onions, scarce, l£d to l£d. and £12 in wholesale parcels; maize, 2s 3d to 2s 4d small lines, 2s Id wholesale parcels; oats, feed, Is lid to 2s; dun, 2s 3d; white Tartarian, 2a 4d to 2s 6d; bran, £3: sharps, £4 ss; oatmeal, 25's, 10s. Butter, all kinds in heavy supply, and good demand. Prime, local dairies, lOd to J 10Jd ; v medium lots, 7Jd to 9d; Taranaki, prime; factory, rolls, lOd; medium, 7d. to 9d; dairy rolls, 6d .to Bd, according to ? quality; bulk, ; prime factory, 9Jd to lOd; pastry, s?jd to 6d; prime keg butter, 7d to 8d; inferior, 4cl tosd; medium, 5d to Cheese scarce: Large sizes, . sd; loaf, s|d' to sjd. Eggs," in heavy supply and good demand, 9d to , IOJd. Bacon: < Prime local, 6d to .7d ; poor, 4|d to sd; old Canterbury, 3|d .to 5d ; new ditto, 7|d to Bd. -Hams : Prime local, 7d to 8d; poor, s id to 6fd. Lard : Kegs, 3d to 3^d; bladders, 4d to sd. Honey: Bulk. 3d to 3Jd; small tins, 3|d to 4d; section, 4£d to sd. 1 Dates, old, 3£d. A line of damaged raisins, 2Jd lb. : Island oranges, ex Taviuni, in bad order, 2s 5d to 2s 9d case; re-packed, 4a;. Tahiti, 6s case; oranges, 4s; lemons, very dull at 3a to 4s; . bananas .ex Ovalau, 2s 3d to 3s for only medium quality. Poultry penned in good quantities, with strong (demand : Young roosters, Is 9d to 2s 6d; ordinary fowls. Is 7d to Is lOd; ducks, Is 3d to 2s";. geese, 2s 6d to 3a; " turkeys, hens," 2a 7d to 4s 4d.; gobblers, 3s to 5s 3d ; .pigs, email,' 1 poor, 6s to 7s 3d; good quality, 9a to 12s 3d. ! Hobart fruit ex Tarawera: Pears, 4s to 7s 3d half-case; apples, 7s 8d to 8s 3d case, and 4s to 4s Id half-case. Mr. J. J ones' Weakly Report.— toes : Canterbury and Oamaru, £2 10s .to £2 . 128 6d ; , Waikato, £2 ss; local, £2 2s 6d to £2 7s 6d; Japstones, 5s to 5s 6d; fluke,,4s to 4s 6d ; : shepherds, 3s to 3a 8d ; white rock, 3a to 3a 3d; magnum bonum, 3s to 3s 6d ; early rose, 3s £d to 4a 6d; Breeze's prolific, 3a to 3s 9d; maize, 2s 5d to 2s 6d ; bran, 3s; sharps, 4s to 4s 3d; seed oats, Is lid to 2s; dun, 2s ; white tartar, 2s 2d to 2s 4d; wheat,' broken, 2s 7d; ; full, 2s . 9d; onions, lid to l^d; cabbages, 9d to -ls. aaok; celery, 9d to la dozen; red carrots, Is 9d to 2s : white, Is 6d to Is 9d; new- potatoes. Id to lid; green bacon, sides, 6Jd to 7d; middles, 6d to 6|d; shoulders, 5d to ssd;. green hams, 6Jd"to 7id; ; smoked sides, 6?d: to 7d; : hams, 7d to 7id; butter, first, 10£ dto lid; seconds, 7d to 931; inferior, 5d to 6d; kegs, ; ; seconds, to 54d 5. eggs, Bfd to lOd ; Canterbury cheese,' small, dto 5a ; pumpkins, Is 9d to 2s 3d; cauliflowers, Is 6d ; dozen; - lemons, dull of sale, market overstocked, 1 3d to 5d dozen; 'citron lemons, 2a 9d to 3s case; oranges, 3s to'3a;6dV fowls, young, 'i la to Is '.3d; table, Is 6d to; Is lOd; ducks,' 1? 6d :to 23; • pigs, young, 5a 3d to 6a; turkeys, none entered. ~ "1. ~ 11 -