AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10037, 25 January 1896, Page 3

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Mr. Richard Arthur's Weekly Report.— 'A very busy week in all departments. Potatoes steady at from £2 103 to £3; onions, £6 to £7 per ton; picklers, §d to |d lb. Bacon and hams quiet, Cheese quiet. Corned butter slow of sale; fresh Dutter in good demand and prices fair. Eggs wanted. Poultry, Rood supply, prices fair: Fowls sold from Is to Is 8d each; others, 10d to Is each; ducks, 8d to Is 8d each ; geese, Is 9d to 2s each; turkeys, small, 3s lOd to 4s Cd each; light spring cart. £5; eggs, 8d to IOJd dozen ;'fresh butter, Gd to 7|d lb; corned do., 4d to 5d lb; cheese, 3d to 3Jd; bacon, Vi J lO 6d lb ' ham, scl to 6.Jd; honey, 2d to i 3d lb. Vegetables, good demand: Cabbages,' Cd to Is dozen; peas, Is 5d peck. Fruit: Apples, Is 6d to 4s 6d case, and lOd to Is 3d for small cases; plums, l£d to 2jd lbpeaches, 6d to BJd dozen, and 3d to ,'ljd lb; apricots. 3Jd to 4Jd lb; tomatoes. 2}d lb pears, lid to 2M lb. Grain: Wheat, 4s; maize, 3s to 33 3d; oats, 2s 6d to 23 9d; bran, 4s 9d; sharps, 4s 9d; chaff, £5, Messrs. Esam and Arthur's Wfekly Report.—Regarding produce wehave|iiGthing of importance to add to last week's report. Prices are nominal. Fruit: Fluctuations during the week have been of consequence to sellers. In the early part prices were bettor than for some time, and at Tuesday's and Wednesday's sales values must be considered as satisfactory. The large supplies yesterday necessitated some shrinkage in values, more particularly as regards stone fruits. Still returns will not be unsatisfactory. We subjoin our prices realised, ranging during the week. Poultry: Quantity entered considerable, both for Tuesday and yesterday's sales, with fair prices. Potatoes: Hobavts. £2 10s to £3; kidneys, £2 to £3; onions, fa to Id; picklers, |d to Id; oats, 23 7d to 2s 9d; bacon, 4d to s|d; hams, 4sd to 6Jd; Southern, 7jd; fresh butter, No. 1, 7d to 8d; No, 2, 5d to s£d; salt butter, 3Jd to sd; cheese, 3d to 3Jd; eggs, 8d to 10)|d; honey, 3d; bulk, 2£d. Fruit: Plums—Green Gage, 2d to 2£d; Purple" Gage, ljd to 2id; Orleans. l|d to 2d; Diamond, l|d to 2|d; Violet, l§d;Coe'a Golden Drop, 2d to 2£d: Angelina Burdett, 2§d; Ogon.2d to 2.\d; Burbank, 2Jd to 3d. Peaches—Rivers' Early, 4d to 7id; red sorts, 9d to |ls and 2Jd to 3d lb. Tomatoes. 3sd to 4Jd; inferior, 2sd to 3d; lemons, GJd to lOd ; pears, Jargonelle, l£d to lid; Windsor, Id to ljd; grapes, 7d to BJa; choice, lid; blackberries, 3d to 4d; apples, Is to 3s case, aud half-cases, 9d to 2s, according to quality. Fowls, lOd to Is Gd; young roosters, Is Cd to 2s; turkeys, gobblers, 4s 3d to 63 10d, liens,2s 6d to 3s Id; ducks, lOd to Is sd.

Messrs. Arthur Toomajt and Co. report a very busy week in all departments, .supplies having been very heavy with equal demand. Fruit to hand in great quantity, On the average prices were more satisfactory, although no fancy prices were reached. Peaches were considerably dearer. Potatoes were in unsatisfied demand, at better average rates. Onions plentiful; poultry heavier supply, at fair prices; grain unchanged. We quote: Potatoes : Prime lines, £3 to £3 10s; others, £2 to £2103. Onions, fd to Id; pioklers, Id; garlic, 2d; peas, Is 3d to ls9d. Vegetables at higher values. Maize, 3s 3d to 3s 4d; bran and chaff, ss. Butter: Fresh, 7d to 7id; keg, nominal, 5Jd to Cd; cheese, 3Jd to4d; bacon, sd; hams, 6d; honey, 2d to 3d. Fowls: Old, lOd to Is 2d; fat table, Is 4d to Is 9d; heavy table roosters, Is 8d to 2s lOd; cockerels and chicks, 8d to Is 3d; ducks, Is to Is 8d ; geese, 2s to 2s 3d. Turkey gobblers, Gs to 8s 9d; hens, 3s to 5s 3d; pigeons, 4d to6d. Pigs: Small, 6s3d to 10s 9d; bacon pigs, 3d, dead weight. Plums, good lines, 2d to 3fd; extra, including Japan varieties, 2|d to 3Jd: Green Gages, 2d to 3d; Washington, 2d to 2|d; damsons and small plums, Ijd to 2d. Peaches: Early Rivers, 3jjd to 7d; red kinds, good, 9d to Is dozen; small, 5d to Bd. Pears! Windsor, ?d to l|d; Jargonelle, ljd to 2|d; Bon Chretien windfalls, 2d to 2Jd. Grapes, 4d; hothouse, 8d to 9|d; cold house, 6d to # 7d; tomatoes, 3d to 4|d: poor, 2d; Cnpe gooseberries, 4d to s^d; lemons, 5s to 10a 3d case. Apples: Superior, 3s to 4s 6d: ordinary, Is 9d to 2s 6d; poor and small boxes, 9d to Is 9d. Walnuts, Nelson, 6d toGJd; nectarines, ljd to 4fd ; apricots, Waikato, sd; figs, 2d to 4d lb; oranges, Whangarei, 9s 6d to 12s. Bananas and pineapples, ex Upolu, realised bare cost of freight and expenses. Eggs, 7&d to 10|d. Mr. Alex. Aitkkn reports little alteration values from last week. Business has been brisk, all departments being well supplied. Potatoes are somewhat easier, few tor export being required. Onions still remain firm. The following prices were obtained during the week : Kidney potatoes, best lots, £3 to £310s, medium and ordinary lots Is 9d to 2s 9d, Hobarts 2s 6d to 3s; onions, 2d to Id; peas, Is to Is 8d; French beans, la 4d to Is 8d; maize, 3s 3d to 3s 4d: wheat, 43 Gd ; oats, 2s Gd to 2s 9d; bran, £4 10s to £4 15s; sharps, £4 15s to £5 ; chaff, £310s to £4 ; butter, local, 5Jd to7d, prime keg 6d to 7d, medium and pastry 4Jd to 5Jd ; eggs, 9d to 9}d ; cheese, factory loaf, 5d to 5Jd, large size4d to 4?d, farmer's make2id to3sd ; Southern bacon, s£d toGd; hams, 7d to 8d; local bacon, 4kl to 5Jd ; hams, Gd to 7d; dressed pork, 2jd to 3d; rabbits, Is pair; hares, lOd to Is 7d each ; honey, bulk, 3d to 3id, section 3s 9d to 4s 6d: fruit, dessert, 2s 9d to Gd, culinary 2s 6d to 3s for best, medium and mothedlots, Is tojs 6d; lemons,Bd to lid; plums, entered in large quantities, Japanese, 3d to sd; Orleans, 2d to 2Jd; greengage, 2sd to 3d; purple gages, Ifd to 2Jd; yellow gage, 2d to 2£d; other varieties, lfd to 2|d; pears, pfttinp, Id to ]Jd: small, |d to Id; grapes, 7? dto ll|d lb; apricots, 3d to 4d; tomatoes, 2Jd to 4d. Peaches: Dessert, best lots, 7d to lOJd: others, 44d to Gd dozen; stewing, 2d to 2|d lb; nectarines, 3£d to 4d; figs, 7d dozen. Poultry: Roosters, Is 9d to 2s; cockerels, lid to Is 8d ; fowls, 9d to Is lOd; geese, Is 9d to 2s 6d; turkeys, hens, 29 Gd to 3s 6d: gobblers, Gs to 7s 6d; ducks, lOd to Is 9d; ducklings, 4d to lOd; chickens, 4d to 9<l; hens and broods, 2s 6d to 3s Gd; pigeons, 4d to 7d; canaries, & to 4s Gd. Pigs: Best breeds, 103 to 15s; medium, 8a to 103; small, 33 6d to 6s 6d.

Mr.. J. Jones' Weekly Report.—: Best dairy, 7d to 8d; second, 5d to 6d; inferior, 4d to 4Jd; keg butter, 4id to sd. Eggs, lOd toJld; cheese, 3d to 3Jd. Bacon : Canterbury sides, 6.} dto Gfd; hams, 7d to 7sd; local sides, 5d to 5Jd; hams, 6:1 to 6£d. Potatoes; large quantity entered : Hobarts, 2e 9d to 3s 3d; kidney, 2s Gd to 3s; other inferior, 2s to 2s 3d : Shepherds, 2s to 2s 6d. Onions, Jd to Id lb, 7s cwt. in sacks; picklers, Id to. ljd. Maize, 3s 3d to 3a 4d; oats, 2s 5d to 2s 6d; bran, 4s 9d to 53; sharps, 53 to 5s 3d; chaff, £3 10s to £3 15s; cabbages, Is 3d to Is Gd dozen, Is 3d to 2s sack; cucumbers, 9d to la 3d dozen; peas, suckers from 3s 3d to 7s Gd, others 7s 9d to lis; ducklings, 3d to 8d; ducks, Is Id to Is Gd; geese, 2s 8d; turkeys, 4s lOd toss 3d; chicks and young fowls, 6d to lid each; roosters, young, Is Id to Is 4d, Fruit: Very large consignments, Apples, best, clean, 2s 9d to 3s 9d; others, Is 6a to 2s 3d. Plums: Greengage, 2d to 2Jd; Oregon, 2d to 2ld; Diamond, 2|d to 2id; Orleans, 2d to 2|d; Japanese, 2Jd to 2Jd. Peaches, small, 3d to 4d dozen; large, 5d to 7d dozen. Tomatoes, 3d to 3id lb; Cape gooseberries, 4d to 4td lb; apricots, 3£d to 4d lb. Taking prices all round there appears to be an upward tendency except in potatoes, without it is for good samples.