AUCTIONEERS REPORTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10407, 3 April 1897, Page 3

AUCTIONEERS REPORTS.

Mr. Alexander Aitren's Report. — I have very little alteration in values of produce during the week to refer to. Local potatoes are plentiful, and the demand poor except for prime quality. Onions, the demand better this week, everything in this line offered were sold at prices from £6 to £7, according to quality. I note a drop of five shillings per ton in sharps and bran; feed oats are easier. I quote: Prime table potatoes, £4 to i'o; others, any price from £2 to £3, to clear consignments; cow potatoes, £1; kumeras. more plentiful. 4s 6cl to 5a 6d cwt; preserving melons, £2 ton; cereal oats, 2s 6d: Danish, 2s 4d; maize, 2s IOd ; wheat, 3s 6d to 3s 9d; bran, £3 10s ; sharps, £3 las; chaff, £3 to £3 53. Dairy produce: The supply plentiful, and value well maintained. Factory roll, 10d; bulk, 9d; dairy, prime, 6Jd to 7d; medium quality, 3d to 4d; pastry, 2d to 3d; keg, prime, Cd : eggs, guaranteed, Is 4d to Is 6d; coast, Is ljd to Is 3d; Southern hams, in cloth, 9d; bacon, 7d; bare CJd; hams, 8d; local, none offering; honey, poor demand, bulk, 2Jd to 2M; cheese, loaf, 4?d to 5d ; large, 4}d to 4Jd; farmers', 3d to3Jd. Fruit: Peaches, best dessert, Is 9d to 2s dozen; culinary, 6d to 9d; pears, dessert, 2Jd to 2jd; others, Id to lid: quinces, Jd to Id; passion fruit, Id to lid dozen; lemons, 4s 6d to Si case; tomatoes, Id to 2d II); figs, ljd to 2d dozen; grapes, hothouse, 7d to 8d; outdoor, Id to 2jd; walnuts, 5Jd; Cape gooseberries, 4jd; apples, sound and free from moth, strong competition, 5s to 8s case; second quality, 3s 6d to 4s; mothed, Is 9d to % 8d; cooking, good, 3s to 4s; medium, Is 9d to 2s 6d ; watermelons, 2s lOd to 5s Sd flozen. Poultry : Roosters, large, Is 7d to 2s 3d; medium, Is 3d to Is 6d; cockerels, lOd to Is 2d; hens, 9d to Is Sd; ducks, large, Is 9d to 2a 6d; small, lOd to Is 4d; geese, 2s to 2s 6d; turkey gobblers, 5s 9d to 6s 6d; hens, large 3s to 3s fid, small 2s to 2s 9d; lieus and broods, 2s to 'is 6d; chickens, (id to 9d; pigeons, 7d to Is; canaries, Is Cd to ss. Pigs: Large, £117s Gd; medium, 13s to las; weaners, 7s to 10s; suckers, 3s 6(1 to 6s. Mr. A. McDosald reports a very large turnover for the past week. Local potatoes are an absolute drug, no good samples offering. Southern are scarce this week and selling well. Onions are slightly firmer. I quote the following prices .-—Southern, £4 las to £5 10s; best local, £210 ato £3; ordinary, any price from £1 to £210s. Onions: Prime, £510s to £6 10s; others, £4 to £5; picklers, gd to Jd lb. Pumpkins, £2 to £3 10s; kumaras, 5s 6d to 7s; beans, 3d to (M peck; oats, 2s 4d to 2s Cd; maize, 2s 10d to 3s; wheat, 4s to 4s 3d ; bran, 3s 6d to is 9d : sharps, 3s 9d to 4s; chaff, £215s to £3 ton, per sack Is 9d to 2s. Butter: Prime keg, 4Jd to 5Jd; pastry, 3d to 4d; best dairy, 6d to B.}d, Factory cheese, 4Jd to sd; Canterbury bacon, 6d to 7d; hams, 7Jd to BJd; local sides, 5d to 6Jd; hams, 6Jd to 7Jd; dressed pork, to 3Jd; rabbits, Is 6d pair; hares, Is 9d to 2s 3d each. Fruit prime dessert apples, 3s 6d to 5s Od: medium, 2s to 3s; pears, dessert, ljd to 2Jd; others, lid to 2d; plums, 2d to 3d; lemons, 6d to 9d dozen; passion fruit, ljd to 2d; quinces, Jd to ljd ; persimmons, 3s 3d to 4s case; grapes, hothouse, 4|d to BJd; outdoor, ljd to 2|d; Cape gooseberries, 5d to sid; tomatoes, Jd to ljd; tigs, ljd to 2Jd dozen; water melons, 2s (id to 4s dozen; rock melons, Is to 3s. Poultry in large supply. Good table roosters, Is 9d to 2s 6'd; ordinary, Is 3d to Is 7d; killing hens, U 4d to Is IOd; poor, lid to Is 3d; ducks, Is 3d to 2s ; ducklings, 9d to Is; turkey gobblers, 4s 6d to 7s; hens, 2s to 3s 9d; geese, 2s 3d to 3a; pigeons, 5d to Is 2d; pigs, small, as to 7s (id; medium, 8s to I3s. Messrs. Cotterell and Turner Weekly Report. — Heavy consignments of local fruit to hand, all of good quality; cleared quickly at satisfactory prices. Island fruit: Demand for bananas good, but oranges sell slowly on account of the fruit being rather too green. Yesterday the Ovalau arrived from Tonga and Samoa with a shipment of bananas and peanuts. Bananas we sold on wharf 2s to 2s 3d bunch. Below is our

highest and lowest price for the past week:— Apples: For clean fruit, Shepherd's Perfeotiou, 5s to 6s Cα; Gladness Red, 3s to ss; Tiikapuna Russets, half-cases, 2s to 3s, cases, 4s Od to 63 6d; golden russet, 3s to 4s 6d; Symoiids' Winter, 4s to Cβ; Bismark, 3a (id to 4s 6d; Reinette du Canada. 3s to ss; Adams' Fearmain, 5s to 6s 6d; Cox's orange pippin, 7s to 9s; Ribstone, 6s 6d to 8s 6d; Ohinemuri, 3s fid to 53; Ben Davis, 3s to 3a 6d; scarlet [pearmain, 3s 6d to 4s; medium quality andlmothy apples, very erratic in prices, from 2s to 4s cases; half-cases, Is to 2s. Cases vary much in size, and sold accordingly. Pears: Benrre Diel, ljd to %& lb; Beurre Bosc, 2Jd to 4d lb; Beurre Cleargeau, 3d to 4d; Beurre de Cappermont, 2Jd to 3id; Beurre de Amalis, 3d; Maria Louise, 3d|tol3kl 1 Dutchess de Angouleme, 3d to 4id ; Ovcdaie St. Germain, l|d; Catalac, ljd; Vicar of Winkfield, ljd to ljd. It is a pity uniform cases or half cases are not used by all growers of fruit, square ones seem to be the most 'suitable, as less fruit gets damaged in them, open slat orange cases are very bad for. pears or apples, as the of slats cut the fruit very much. Grapes, outdoor, ljd to 3fd,.those at ljd very wet; hothouse grapes, (id to Is; plums, 2|d to 2|d; quinces, £6 ton, box, 3s to 3s 6d; tomatoes, Id to 2d lb; passion fruit, ljd to 2d dozen; melons, 3s to 4s 6d dozen; honey, bulk, 2c' to2Jd; sections, 3s to 4s dozen; walnuts, 4Jd to 5Jd: cocoanuts, 6s 6d to 7s 6d sack ; peanuts, ljd to 2d lb; oranges, 7d dozen; large lines, 4s 3d to 6s box; lemons, local, 6d to Is dozen; Italian, 33 to 4s small boxes: large cases, 9s to 12s; Italian oranges, half-boxes, 4s to 6s; boxes, 93 to 10a (id: Cape gooseberries, 3Jd to 4Jd lb; eggs, Is 3d to Is 4sd dozen; pumpkins, £1 15s to £2 15s ton; potatoes, £2 to £4 90s ton; onions, £4 15s to £5 53 ton. Messes. Arthuk Tooman and Co.

report a very large general business done. Stocks throughout have been heavy, and auction sales held daily. Produce generally without much change in value. Poultry was a shade lower in value. Pigs sold at higher prices. Potatoes: The continued interior

quality and second growth has caused locals to become almost unsaleable. Onions: Prime move fairly well at former rates. Grain unchanged. Batter sold a shade higher. Eggs have a-downward tendency, the high values prohibiting retail outlet. Cheese quitted in fair quantity. Fruit in heavier supply, and was generally lower than last week. Pears particularly, suffered a heavy drop. Furniture sales were largely attended and high prices resulted. We quote: Local potatoes, 103 to £3 10s; Taranaki aud Canterbury, £4 10s to £5. Onions: Prime Pukekohe, £510s; other poor lots, £3 10s to £4; picklers, Jd to |d; garlic, in demand, at 2d; pumpkins, £2 to £3 53; kumaras, 5s to 7s, and Id lb; vegetables, at fair rates only; maize, 2s 10d to 3s; wheat, fowl, 3s to 3.3 9ii ; milling, 4s; bran, 3s 9:1; sharps, 4s; oats, 2s 6d. Butter: Dairy, 6d to 7d; factory, 9d to 10d; keg, 2d to 4d; tinned. Is to Is 2(1; eggs, la 3d to la B}d; cheese, 3d to 3Jd; bacon, 7M; hams, BJd: shonlders, 4£d to sd. Honey: Tinned, lid to 2d; section, 2d to 3d. Fruit: Apples, p'rime clean- cooking and desert, 3s to 6s 6d; extra, to 9s 9c]; common, Iβ 6d to 2s 6d; pears, superior, 2d to 3|d; good, I|d to 2d; cooking, Id to IJd and 23 to 2s 6d case; lemons, local, 3s 6d to 7a 3d case; Italian, 12s 6d to 14s: Oranges, island, 6s; Messina, 10s 6d; local marmalade, 4s to 6s; peaches, l&rge, l> 3d to Is 8d; small, 3d to 8d; tomatoes, lid to 2d : plums, 2Jd to 3d; grapes, suueiior.'lOd to Is 2d; common, 3Jd to 8d; outdoor, 2(1 to 6id : quinces. 2s 6d to 5a case, £6 ton in sacks; walnuts, discoloured, 3d to 4£d: bright, 6Jd; Cape gooseberries, sd; figa, Id to ljd dozen; mushrooms, 3d to 4d lb; bananas, good, 2s 3d to 2s 9d; poor, 2s; peanuts, Hd to ljd; cocoanuts, 5s to 5s 6d; fowls, ordinary, Is to Is 4d; extra, Is 6d to Is 3d; heavy roosters, up to 2s 2d; ducks, Is 8d to 2s; Reese, Is lOd to 2s 6d; turkey hens, 2e 6d to ss; gobblers, 4s to 8s; pigeons, 3d to 8d; pigs, good conditioned; young, 103 to lls 6d; large, 15s to 22s each. Mr. J. Jones's Weekly Report.—Poultry and pigs arriving in good numbers, also realising good pricee. Fruit in good demand for clean fruit. Potatoes a little firmer for good lines. Poultry: Roosters, Iβ 9d to Is lid, others Is 5d to Is 8d; hens, Is 3d to Is 7d; ducks, li 3d tol«7d; ducklings, 8d to 1(M; chicks, 7d to 10d each; turkeys lower than last quoted—gobblers 4s 6d to 5s 3d, hens 2a 5d to 3s 3d; eeese, 2s Bd. Pigs: Suckers, Ss 3d to 7s 6d; weaners, 9s to 13s 9d; several pens, 14s each. Fruit: Apples, free from moth 4s to 63 9d case, inferior classes Iβ 6d to 2s 9d; peaches, 8d to Is 2Jd dozen; quinces, Jd to IJtl lb; tomatoes. Id to ljd; plums, 3d to 3|d lb; passion fruit,Ud to 2d'dozen; grapes, hothouse, 8(1 to lOd lb; outdoor, ljd to 3]<l lb; lemons, 4|d to 7d dozen; pears, to3id lb; watermelons, 3s to 8s 3d dozen; rock, Is 3d to Is lid dozen; wallnuto, 5d to 7id lb. Produce: Potatoes, first-class samples, £3 5s to £4 Ss; inferior, £210 a to £2 15s; cow potatoes, 15s to £1 ton; pumpkins, 23 6d to 3s 6:1 cwt; kumaras, 5s 9d to 7s cwt; onions, in bags, jjd to |d ; in sacks, 4s to 53 3d cwt; marrows, Is to Is Sd cwt.: citron melons, If

3d to Is 6d ewt.; pie melons, Is 3d to Is 6d cwt.; pickling onions, Jd lb; kidnes potatoes, £4 to £5 & ton; bacon, first sides, M to 6sd; seconds, 4Jd u to 5(1 lb; roll bacon, 5d to oid ; middles, 4d to 4^d: shoulders, 3Jd to 4sd; hams, firsl olass,6Jdto7Jd: second, ajd to 6d lb; inferior, 4Jd to 4Jd lb; cheese, 3jd to 4d lb; honey, section, 3s 6d to 4s dozen; bulk, 2id to 2s; comb, 3d lb; eggs, Is 3d to Is sjd doz; butter, (irsf-class, 6Jd to 7|d; i conds, 5d to 5Jd; inferior, 4d to 4]d; keg, 5Jd to Gd lb; bulk, 5d to ojd; brau, £3 to £3 7s 6d ; sharps, £4 to £4 03: chaff, Is Id to Is 9d sack, £3 2s 6d to £3 7s 6d ton; barley, 2a 9d to 2a lid bushel; maize, 2s lOd to 2s lid bushel; wheat, 3s 9d to 4s 4d bushel. Mr. Richard Arthcr's Weekly Report. —Business during the week was good, potatoes selling a little more freely at from £3 to £4 for prime samples, and any price for supply still exceeds demand. Onions firmer; good samples are worth £7. Kumarae, §d to ?d lb, and £4 to £5 10s ton; pumpkins. £2 liM to £3; piemelons, £2 to £2 15s; citrons, £2 as to £3; red carrots, £210s. Vegetables: Heavy supply, high prices obtained; Canterbury bacon, 6jd to 7d; hams, Bjd to 9d; second-class, any price; cheese, 3d to 4d for good quality; fresh butter, large quantities to hand, price good; corned butter still quiet; eggs, brisk demand; poultry, very heavy consignments to hand: consignors should endeavour to get their poultry in town on Thursday night as a lot comes to hand too late for Friday's market. Table roosters selling; from Is 2d to Is lOd each; ordinary fowls, Is to Is Sd each; chicks, ad to Is each; others, 2s 3d to 3s 6d each; ducks, Is 2d to Is lOd each; geese, 2s to 2s 3d each; turkey gobblers, 5s to 6s; hens, 2s 3d to 3s 6.1 each; small, Is to Is 6d each; half-grown pigs, 16s 6d; small, S3 to 10s each; fresh eggs, Is 3d to Is 7Jd dozen ; fresh butter, 6:1 to 7-Jd lb; corned butter, ad to 6d for first quality, inferior any price. Honey in section, large supply to hand in poor condition, had to be cleared from Is to 2s dozen. Fruit: First-class dessert apples, 3s 9d to 59 3d case; cooking, 2s 6d to 3s lOd case; poor and ordinary, Is to '/s lOd case; pears, choice, 2d to 2|d; others, Id to ljd lb; plums, 2Jd to 3Jd lb; peaches, Is dozen; hothouse crapes, 6|d to lOd lb; out-door. Id to 21b; quinces, fd to l<f lb; poor, jjd u> Jd lb; tomatoes, ljjd to lfid. lb; walnuts, 4d to 5Jd lb; passion fruit, ljd to 2d dozen; figs, Id to li'd dozen. Grain al late prices, Messrs. Ksam and Arthur's Weekly Rβport.—There is nothiug of special mention to report in any department, values remaining about same as already published. Potatoes, if locally grown, are difficult to sell at any price. Onions also are in small demand ; the Southern quotations are low enough to keep prices down also. Cereals in small request. Fresh butter, first quality, gets buyers freely, but salt is unsaleable, principally owing to the inferior quality. Fair inquiry for new cure bacon, but little offering. Cheese is only of medium quality. Eggs continue scarce, and command high values. Fruit: Supplies and Quality as usual: difficult to induce buyers to bid for apples. Bananas ex Ovalau in good condition, with improved prices. We quote as follows:—Potatoes, £2 to £3 15s; kumaras, £4 Ids to £6; pumpkins, £2 10s to £310s; onions, £5 to £610s; oats, 2s fid; white carrots, 30s; fresh butter. 4d to 71d; salt butter, 3d to 6d; eggs, Is 3d to Is Gil; cheese, 3d to 3Jd; bacon, 3d to 5Jd; hams, ad to CJd : honey, 2d; fowls, Is to Is 6d; roosters, Is 6d to 2a; hen turkeys, 3s to 4s: gobblers, 4s 6d to 63 6d; ducks, Iβ 4d to Is 9d; pigeons, 7d to 9d. Fruit: Apples, dessert, free, 3s 6d to ss; cooking, 3s to 4s 9d; others, Is (id to 2s 6d: pears, dessert, Id to 2d; cookiug, fd to lid; tomatoes, Id to ljd ; hothouse grapes, 5d to 9Jd; oat-door, ljd to 2Jd ; walnuts, 5d to 6d; passion fruit, Hd to ljd ; quinces, £d to Id; water melons, 2s to 4s fid; rock melons, Is to 3s 6d; ripe bananas, Id to l|d lb; green, 2a to 2a 9d bunch; figs, 2d; peaches, IOJd to Is 9d dozen.