AUCTIONEERS REPORTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10079, 14 March 1896, Page 3

AUCTIONEERS REPORTS.

Mr- Richard Arthur's Weekly Report.— A busy week in all departments. Produce of all descriptions in good demand. Potatoes, £3103 to £3 15s ton ; onions, £5 to £7 ton pumpkins, 5s 8d to 7s Id cwt ; kumaras, 3a 6d cwt; vegetables wanted; fresh butter, good demand; corned butter steady; cheew moving off steadily at late prices; egga wanted ; fruit, good supply. Poultry, heavy consignments, prices good: Fowls sold at from Is Id to Is lOd each; roosters, Is 8d to 2s 8d each; turkey gobblers, 6s 4d each; hens, 2s 8d to 3? 6d each; ducks, Is 4d to 2i 2d; geese, 2s 2d to 2s 9d each; hen and chicks, 43 3d. Small pigs, 4s 6d each; fresh eggs Is to la 2d dozen; butter, 7id to 9Jd lb; corned, 6d to 7d lb; second quality, 4d to sid lb; cheese, 3d to 4d; bacon, 5Jd to 6}d; ham, 6d; shoulders, 4sd. Vegetables: Cabbage, Is to Is 6i dozen. Fruit: Apples, large cases Is lOd to 3s 6d case, small Is to 2s 6d case; plums, Id to 3d lb; peaches, to yjd dozen ; lemons, 6d to 9d dozen; passion fruit, 2d dozen; hothouse grapes, 6d to 6Jd; outdoor, 2jd; pears, cooking l|d to ltd, dessert lfd to 2Jd ; tomatoes, lid to IJd lb; walnuts, (id lb. Grain at late prices. Mr. Alexander Aitken reports a very large amount of business for the past week. I Supplies of all kinds have come to hand freely, and values in all lines have been fully maintained. Potatoes have advanced, and are still firm. Onions remain at about last week's quotations. First-class apples are scarce, and are likely to realise better prices. The following prices were realised Potatoes, prime samples, £3 15s to £4; kidneys, £3 f>s to £3 15s ; cow potatoes, £2 ton; onions, fid to Jd; medium, $d; picklers, ?d to Id; pumpkins, 5s 8d to 7s cwt; French beans, Is 7d to 2s peck; peas, Is 7d to la lOd peok; melons, 3s owt; maize, lis to 3s 3d; wheat, 3s lOd to 4s 3d; oats, 2s Id to 2s 3d; bran, 4s Gd to 4s 9d; sharps, 4s 9d to ss; chaff plentiful, 12 15s to £3: dressed pork, 2J[(l to 4d. Dairy produce: Fresh butter, 8d to lOd, according to quality; factory, balk, 9d to 9Jd; rolls, lOd to 10^d; kess, prime, GJd to 7u; pastry, 4id tosd ; eggs, Is to Is 2d; cheese, farmers', 2sd to 3d ; factory, loaf, 4U to sd; large size, 4}d to 4Jd ; bacon, farmers', 3Jd to 5Jd; hams, ssd to Gd; Canterbury sides, 6ia to G^d; hams, 7d to 8d; honey, section, 3s Gd dozen; bulk, 2Jd to 3d. Fruit: Best dessert apples, 3a to 4s Gd; others, Is 6d to 2s Gd ; mothed, any price; cooking, 2s Gd to 3s Gd; pears, best dessert, 2d to 3d; extra line, 3Jd to 4d; cooking, id to ljd; grapes, hot house, 7d to Is, according to quality; outdoor, l§d to4jd; plums, l|d to 2sd ; tomatoes, to 2Jd; peaches, dessert, 4jjd to lOJjd ; others, 2Sd to 4d ; cookers, IJd to 2J,d ; quinces, 2s 4d to 4s; passion fruit, Id to 2&d; lemons, 9d to Is dozen; Cape gooseberries, 4d to sd; watermelons, Is 4d to 9s dozen, according to size and quality; rockmelons, 2s 7d to 3s dozen. Poultry: Roosters, large, Is lid to 2s 3d; small and cockerels, 9d to Is 9d ; hens, ordinary, 9d to Is (id ; fancy Is Gd to 3s: turkeys, gobblers, 7s to 12s 6d; liens, 2s to 4s; ducks, lOd to Is Gd ; ducklings, 9d ; hens and broods, la 9d to 4s; geese, Is 7d to 2s Gd: pigeons, Gd t« Oil; canaries, 2s 6d to 4s; chickens, 4d toßd. Pigs: Best breeds, os 3d to 9s Gd; small, 2a 9<l to 4s 6d.

Messrs. Esam and Arthur's Weekls Report.—The volume ot business has been large, both in fruit and produce, imports and exports being both satisfactory. Potatoes are hardening iu values, supplies being somewhat beneath requirements. Except for export, cereals are quiet. Fresh butter maintains its value ; the demand for salt has not been so active. Fruit has been in good supply, and prices all round fairly satisfactory. The bananas ex Ovalau from Tonga arrived in too ripe condition, or values would have been better. We quote auction values during the week as follow Potatoes: Hobarts, best, £4 to £4 03 ; kidneys, £3 10s ; pie melons, £2 10s; pumpkins, £6 to £8; onions, £5 10s to £6; oats, 2s id to 2s 2d; maize, 3a 3d ; bacou, 4i<l to 5Jd; hams, 4jd to 6J. Fresh butter,BJ to &Jd : salt, to 6(1; cheese, 3id, inferior, 2d to 2Jd; honey, tins 3d, bulk 2Jd. Fowls, Is Id to Is 7d : roosters, Is 41 to Is lid ; ducks, Is 2d to lsßd. Pigs, 4s to 7-i 6d; small, '2s. Apples: Dessert, best, Us to ss; half cases, Is Gd to 2s ; other, Is 6d to 2<; cooking, free from moth, 2s 9d to 3s Gd; others, Is 2d to 2s; half cases, 7d to Is. Peaches, best, 7d to Is Id ; medium, 4Jd to Gd; small, to 3Jd ; lemons, 8d to IOJd ; Cape gooseberries, 4d to 4)id ; tomatoes, ljd to 2sd; pears, dessert, 21 to 3d ; cooking, Id to l|d ; plums, lfd to 3d; small, l}d to lid; hothouse grapes, 7d to 9d, outdoor 2fd to 3d, inferior Id to l^d; water melons, 4s Gd to 12s dozen; passion fruit, )Jdto2d; quinces, l|d to lid. Messrs. Arthur Tooman and Co. report a very brisk business done in all lines. Supplies have been heavy all round. Farm produce and grain sold as fast as received. Fruit showed a large increased supply, and peaches suffered in consequence, on account of there being no demand from jam factories. Apples were received in enormous quantities, and all were quitted with difficulty. Poultry sold well, dairy produce sold under brisk competition. We quote prices realised : Fowls, tat, table, old, Is 4d to Is 9d ; poor, lOd to Is 3d ; roosters, prime, table, Is 9d to 2s lOd ; small and poor, lOd to Is 3d; ducks, Is 8d to 2s; geese, 2s to 3s 3d; turkeys, 5s 9d to 9s each, good : pigeons, 4d to 6d i\ pigs, small, 2s Gd to 8s 9d ; large, 12s 3d to 18s; pork, 3d lb; potato, prime Hobarts, £4; white sorts, £3 to £3 10s: onions, wholesale, £5 103 to £6; small lots, £7 ; picklers, Id lit; pumpkins, £5 to £8 10s; piemelons, £210 ato £3 lus; carrots, £4 10s; chaff, £3; vegetables at high values; green peas, Is lOd to 2s 4d peck ; beans, 8d to Is lOd; butter, fresh dairy, 8M to lOd keg : prime, 7d; medium, 4d to Gd; eggs, Is to Is 2d; cheese, dairy, 3d to 3Jd; factory, 4d to 4id; factory butter, 9d to lOd ; honey, 2d to 3*4. Bacon, old 6d, new 7(1: hams, 8d to B.Jd. Apples, extra choice .dessert, 4s to Gs 3d ; good, 3s to 4s: superior well known brands, cooking, 2s Gd to 3s 6d; others, any price; ' passion fruit, 4s to 6s 3d case and 2s tc 3s 3d box; tomatoes per box equal to lid and 2d pound; limes, 8s to 16s 3d case; grapes, superior indoor 7d to 9Jd, poor 4d to 5(1 outdoor lid to sd; peaches, Id to 3d lb ana 2sd to Is 7d dozen, according to size and quality; plums, C.L. Red ljd to 2Jd, Kelsey 2d to 3|d, St Martin |d to lid, Damson ljd to 2d, damaged lots at per box, Takapnna Drops 2d to 2|d, Golden Drop 2}d to 3d; pears, Bon Chretien 3}d to 4d, Bnerre Box 3d to 3Jd, De Capramont 2|d to 3id, Napolean ljd to 2fd, Beurre Diel 2d to 'ffd, Louie Bonne 2d to 2fil, poor and mothed lots Id to lid; walnuts, new, 6d to 7d; Cape gooseberries, 4d to 4Jd ; water melons, 3s to life ; rock, 5s to 12s 9d; figs, 3d lb ; quinces, 2s 3d to 4s 9d case ; mushrooms, GJd to B}d lb; bananas, 2s 6d to 3s 3d bunch ; cocoannts, 5s to 6s 6d ; Island oranges, 2s 6d to 4s case. Mr. J. Jones' Weekly Report.— Heavy and busy week in every department, poultry, fruit, butter, and eggs maintaining at their prices. Fruit arriving n good quantities. Potatoes scarce and firm at £3 17s 6d to £4 5s a ton. Pigs slow of sale at present; roosters, Is 3d to Is Sd; hens, lOd to Is 3d; ducks, Is 2d to Is Gd; turkey gobblers, 5s 6d to 8s 3d; hens, 3s to 3s 3d; others, 4s; chicks. 6d to 9d each ; hens and brood, Is 91 to 2s 6d each. Fruit: Apples, Is 6d to 3a case. Plums : Damsons, Id to Ijd; others, lid to 2?d. Pears: Bon Chretien, 2fd to ."id; B'eurre Diel, lid to 2d; Napoleon, IJd to lid ; others, poor. Jd to Id. Peaches, 3Jd to Gd ; others, 9a to Is 2d dozen ; quinces, |d to Id lb; passion fruit, Id to 2d doz.; tomatoes, lid to '2d lb; grapes, hothbuse, 8d to 9}d; outdoor, 2d to 3d lb; watermelons, 5s to 83 dozen; rockmelons, 4s to 6s dozen ; bacon, local sides, 5Jd to 61 d ; second, 4Jd to 5d lb; shoulders, 4d lb; lard, 3fd lb; hams, 6Jd to 7^d; seconds, 5Jd to sjfd lb; pig's cheeks, 2d lb; cheese, 3d to 4d lb; biscuits, 4d lb; cocoa, 5d lb ; onions in sack, 63 cwt, in bags, 3s 4d; picklers, Jd to Id lb; oats, 2s 2d to 2s 3d; maize, 3s to 3s 3d; sharps, £410s to £5; bran, £4 10s to £5; chaff, £3 10s to £4 ton, Butter, first, 8d to lOd lb; second, 6}d to 7d; inferior, 5d to 5Sd; keg butter, 6d to Gild. Eggs, IOJd to Is lsd; pumpkins, 5s 3d to 7a cwt; marrows, 3s to 3s 3d cwt; piem«lon. Is 9d to 2s cwt; cabbage, Is to 2s 6d sack, 8d to Is lOd dozen; cucumbers, 8d to lOd dozen; Cape gooseberries, 3|d to 4Jd lb; cow potatoes, £2 to £2 5s ton.