PROPERTY SALES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1583, 25 March 1882, Page 15

PROPERTY SALES.

1 The remaining unsold sections in the township of Holyrood, Kaikorai; wore dispoaed'otat- 'auction by Messrs M'Landress, Hepburn, fcnd, Co. onsSaturday, and realised an ( average. price ,of £19 10aJ each, tho total prices amounting to, £1471. The gross sum 'realised from tho Bale of the township U £$369. The pricee and buyers of the secttbns'sold on Saturday we» c as follow :-Nos. 16, 17, ÜB, and 19, £40 4ch, T. W. KempthorneT 20,,, 2 i; 22,^ and' 28,1£26 each, same buyer.; 24 and 25. £28.ips each^R. N. Adanfs ; 31 and 32, £27 each.T. W/ Kemnthqrno ; 33, £26,|W. Turnbull; 35 and 36, ,£26 'each, T..>. Kempthornej;«37, t £26, >. Cfucas ; 38 \£24 lOj/J. Mellor; hi, 52, and aßVto'lW.W l^'^- KeVhpthorne; 61. £21, A. HitcnmoTigh' 1 , ''55- arid •56,ii'£l6f each, T. W. Kemp?' thorne", 57i<58,'and'59f £,l»10f each, R. N. Aflame; 50, 60, arid 60A,' £16 JLOaJeachij,^. Olucas; ; <fl and 62, l£U 108, ilaV"'HaW;FU8; £14<i«une/ibuyer |U9}al2o,^ and 121, £28- 10a each, W. Clucas ; 122, , #I£il% Clucas ; 127; 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133 134. 135, 137,.l88,'£14.^ach,i!0V>!F. Kempthome; 139 and 140, £17 each, G.l'erguson. , Mr. J Everest. auoWoneer.Palmerston, hai privately T ,T,-&'.l Duncan 1 ,: the. 1 present lessee, {osfhe»Bnin tsf Mes'aw Bastinp; Leary, and--Cor~repoA having ■onSaturdaysold •flections.Oand W, townshib .of.Mfvia/'. VtfrO. B.:sxtAea.t6ttote and £33 respectively. All the other properties offered were passed in.' Messrs G T, Clarke and Co. report havirlg sold the following at their proporty sale at Watson"fi Hotel 'on Saturday :-Soßtiona' Oiand 92, Fitzroy Estate, to T. Walton at £62 10s each ; sections 15 and 6, block JCIV,. Ascot, Vale,to Alfred G.,Prjco, at^lO; section 21,. Mock XII, 'SotrtVDunSdiri, with building,[to Fredk. Smith, for £275;- section lfl [.fWockmiJ Jp Fredk. Smith for £76 ;,.section 12, .block,,Xll, to Ti M'Geo,, for £70. ' Therb was no offer for eeVcral propertAOs in. South Dunedin, and thrco Boctions in Oab6rne. were passed in at £20 each. ,^ £ ,' ( j, „;,,,

,CHRISTCHURCH CORN EXCHANGE. ' Wheat.- Tuscan, of "good quality, wworjih from 4a 4d to 4a 6d': Hunter's white pearl and velvet chaff, 4a 31 to 4s 4d per bushel f o.b'. ; second-class samples, 3s 9d to 48 per.buehel ; chick wheat. 2a,6d to ,3s 3d, per bushel, delivered in Christchurch! J l- " # Oats.— A steady inquiry has been manifest during the week, with an' evident roluctance on the part of holders to part. • Sales 'have been effected for good samples at from 2s lOd to 3s per bushel ; fegd samples about Id to" lid under the foregoing quotations. { Barley.— Little or no business is being transacted in this cereal, partly from the fact that growers are disinclinelto accept the offered prices ; and secondly, that there is not much to offer. (Ffrime malting will command 4s 3d to 4s 6d per bushel ; second-rate sampies, from 3s 6d to 4s per bushel ; ( f,eed quality has not vet been offered. .' „ \ '.*■}'. ''.' • Grass Seed. -Jhe demand is stilljwell niaintajned. •f • "4s 6d to joa, 3d .Der P

Good clean seed is worth •worn as .p bushel ;'indifterently'cleaned, according to pample.