AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9992, 2 December 1895, Page 3

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Mr. Richard Arthur's Weekly Report.— A very busy week in all departments, private house sales largo attendances mid gooo prices obtained. Potatoes, £3 to £3 ss; new kidneys, ] id to Id lb ; others, 3s to,4s owt, and at per hag for stale ; onions, Id to l^d ; fresh butter, fair supply, prices good; corned still quiet; i cheesy moving off slowly at late prices; ■ eggs in good demand, fair supply; bacon ' and hams, steady demand. Poultry: Good J supply, prices average a little lower than i last week. Fowls sold at from Is 3d to 2s, and Is lOd to 2s Cd for roosters ; turkey gobblers, 4s 9d to 7s fid; hens, 2s to 3s each ; ducks, Is 5d to Is 8d each; chicks, 4d to Is each; eggs, 6Jd to 7Jd dozen; fresh butter, 4.? d to 7dlb; corned, 5d to 6d lb; cheese, 2id to 4tl; bacon, 5Jd toGkl; ham, 7d to Bd. Vegetables: Good supply. Cabbage, la to Is Cd dozen: cauliflower, is 3d to 2s dozen; turnips, 3d dozen ; rhubarb, 2s 6(1 to 3s dozen; peas, Is 2d to la 8d peck. Fruit: Gooseberries, Id to ljjd lb lemons, 4d to GJd ' dozen. Grain : Maize, 3s to 3s 6d; oats, 2s I lOd; sharps, ss; bran, ss. ' Mr. Alex. Aitken reports a larce amount ' of business done during the past week. < New potatoes have come to hand freely, ' and although good samples find ready sale, < inferior lots are a drug, old potatoes are ' now only wanted tor export, and few good ' samples are offering; onions are wanted. I Gooseberries have arrived in large quail- ' tities, and prices have been good. The ' Island steamer landed a large quantity of ' fruit, bananas and pines finding ready sale < at prices favourable to the shippers. The ] following are the quotations for the week ' Old potatoes, ex wharf, £3 10s to £3 15s; I ex store, 3« 91 to 4s; cow, 2as to 30s ' new kidneys, prime, gd to fd lb; medium ' and unripe samples, 3s Cd to 4s Cd cwt; ' Shepherds,3s to 4s cwt; onions, l|d to 2d; ! peas, Is to Is 3d peck for ordinary; superior ' 'ip to Is 7d peck; beans, French, Is Cd to 2* ' peck; broad, Cd to 9d peck ; maize, scarce, | 3i to 3s 3d ; wheat, 4s to 4s 3d; oats, 3s; > sharps, £4 5s to £4 103; bran, 4s to 4s 3d; ' chad', £4 Ids to £5; dressed pork, 2Jd to ' 3.U1; Southern bacon, 5.Jd to Cjd; hams, 6d ( to CJd; local sides, 4/jii to ujd; hams, 'M to Cd; rolls, 5Jd"; chee.se, factory, ' large size, 3.Jd to 4d; loaf, 5d to ssd ; : butter, prime keg. plentiful, Gd "to ' Gid; pastry and medium, 4d to 5(1; local dairy, 4jid to 7d, according to quality; '. eggs, CM to 7d; honey, 3d to 3Jd. Fruit : '. Parmer s glory gooseberries, 2d to"2id; other samples, ]Jd to Ijfd; loquats, 3Jd; lemons, '. oil to 8d doz; red currants, lOd lb; cherries, ' Is Gd to 2* lb; pine apples, Cs to 93 Gd case; bananas, 3s 3d to 4s bunch. A large quan- ' tity of vegetables entered, and sold at prices ' in favour of vendors. In the poultry depart- . ment the entries were very large, about 2500 being penned, and prices show a slight decline. Quotations fA follow:—Poultry: Fowls, Is'to Is 9(1; roosters, 2s to 3s Id; geese, 2s9il to os Gil. Turkeys Hens,3sto4s; gobblers, fa to Cs; ducks, Is to Is lid; ducklings, 31 to Is; chickens, 3d to9d; hens and broods, 2n to 4s Gd; pigeons, 3d to Sd ; canaries, 2s to 4s, 'Pigs, large, 355, and medium, 93 to 14s; small, 4s to 7s Gd. Messrs. Esam and Arthur's Weekly Retort.—Potatoes : Tiie market continues low, the reason, we think, being that so many arc arriving which require prompt handling and will keep for no length of time, '..'"rcais remain firm, and prices are well maintained. In the dairy produce supplies are ample, fresh butter remaining at about last report's rates. Orders for keg sorts arc being executed from the surpluses of prime fresh. Hams and bacon continue plentiful. Fruit: Although supplies generally are not so large as at the same period last year prices are lower. Poultry remains somewhat scarce. Auction values have varied during the week as follows:—New potattes: Kidneys, prime £G to £7; medium, £4 to £3; Shepherds prime for shipping, £4 to £5; medium, £3 to £3 10a; Beauty of Hebron, 3s 9d to 4s. Unions, 2Jd; oats, 2s 9d to 2s lOd ; bacon, 4d to 5Jd; hams, 4Jd to GJd; fresh butter, Cd to 7u; salt butter, 5d to Gd; cheese, 3d to 4}d; eggs, GJd to 6,fd; honey, lOd lb tins, 3d; bulk, 2Jd. Fruit: Lemons, 4d to 6(1; gooseberries, ljd to ljd ; loquats, 4d to 4jd; tomatoes, 4Jd to Gd ; local oranges, 7<l to Is 3d dozen; cherries, lOid to Is 4d ; Sydney cherries, 9.\d; apricots," 6s. Fowls. Is to Is lid ; roosters, Is 6d to Is lid; ducks, Is 2d to Is (kl ; chicks, 7d to 8d; turkeys, 3s 3d to 4s lOd. Messrs. Arthur Tooman and Co. report very brisk business at yesterday's sale. Prime Southern potatoes sold at from £4to£4sston; new kidneys, Jd to fd lb; round sorts, from 2s Gd to 5s cwt; Califormint onions, 2d lb; local new, ljd to ljd; green peas, Is to Is 4.Jd peck ; French beans, 5d to Gd lb; wheat, 4s bushel; maize, 3s 3d; oats, 3s; bran, £5 03 ton; sharps, £4 15s; baled hay, £4 10s to £5; Fresh butter, Cd to 7d lb; medium lots, 5Jd; keg, Gid; eggs, GJd toßd dozeu; farmers cheese, 3d'to 3|dlb; factory, 4Jd; loaf, sd; honey, 2id to 3d lb; prime Southern bacon, 5d tosfd lb; hams, 6(1 to 7d. Poultry: Turkey gobblers,6s toßs each; hens, 3s to 4s 3d; geese, 3s 2d to 3s 9d; goslings, Is to 2s Gd ; ducks. Is Cd to Is 8d; young ducks, Is 3d to Is Gd; ducklings, 6d to 8d; ordinary fowls, Is 4d to Is 8d ; fat hens, ls7d to Is 9d; roosters, 2s to 23 Bd, cockerels, Is 6s to Is fjd ; pigs, dull of sale at from 5s to 10s 3d. Fruit: Heavy supplies. Gooseberries sold at ljd to 2Jd; cherries, 3d to Is 8d j lemons, 5s 3d to 8s 6d case; loquats, 3d to 4Jd; red currants, Is sid tomatoes, 4d to Old; bananas, 1600 bunches; sold at from 2s 6d to 4s each; cases ditto, 7s to 12s 3d: pines, 4s lOd to 10s caso; cocoauuts, 9a sack; peanuts, 2Jd lb; local oranges. 10s to lis case; Sydney mandarins, 5s to 89 case. - I — —— •- '