Commercial.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VI, Issue 553, 1 November 1881, Page 2

Commercial.

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS,

Mr A. I. McGregor reports that since l-i.s-.fc week lie has sold two i-ections of 'and iv Mill road, Akaroa, containing 3£ acres, for £350, on terms, On Saturday he offered, at the Town Hall, two small properties in Aylmerton, with cottages, viz., that of Mr E. F. Welchnian and that of Mr Charles Burns. In both cases the biddings were anything but spirited, and neither property coming up to the expectations of .mi owners, vi-ore withdrawn. Several inquiries have been made privately in reference to these properties, and considering the low price and ensy tetuis on which they can le purchased, there is little doubt they will be moved off during the week.

0 i the same day and at the same place, a sale of miscellaneous household furniture, etc.. was held, at which fair prices were realised.

Messrs. 11. Matson and Co. report on the Live Stock market. &c, for the week endin .r Thursday, October 27th, as follows :— The cold siormv weather of the last day or so had the effect of producing a sornewh it thin market at 'Addington on Wednesday last. In sheep tbe supply was • •i-nsidernbly below the average, the deficient y being alike shown in botn fat and stores. There was, however, sufficient mutton for "trade purposes,'und although the sale was a trifle better as regards price, there were still several lots of sheep unsold, butchers being evidently well supplied. Prices ruling throughout the day were very irregular, in sume eases they were marked byn advance of 61 to Is per head, whilst in others, late rates were with diltieilty maintainr-d, Woolly crossbreds (medium weights) brought 14s 6d to 16s, shorn crossbreds (prime) to 12s 6d, price, wilii the exception of one Biwd'Pjwu, lit 1 Is 6'!, we topped the market Stirre were not selling quite bo 'well .«•-• of l»Ue, attributable more to iiiU'.hsejiv-sjof buyers than any actual altera--1 run of v».tlii'iv. OroK«bred hoggets brought lo 12s; frhom crossbreds, mixed ages, in irr-sh condition. Gs to 7s. In fat lambs then? was n very •sumll supply (probably ow.m >;1o the v,x;iiUi..T), and prices rose 2s lo Ms I'd per head over ie-st weeks rates. In beef ■I'tei.v.v.r*' bur, n limited Fiitty, a lair yi--»p"'iti .»a httmg prime quniily, the rest beii-M hidi'iYre,-*!. Of tbe belter -.-hiss there wan very little Mint found its way lo the hammer, the bulk being disposed of privately pri.-r to tbe auction. For ihe balaneo r-*ady buyers were found, and the various !oU easily dispowed of at prices showing an advance of 10s per head and upward.*, as per description. In stores there was also a decided improvement. Tho cattle on offer were superior to most of tho so sent to hand this spring, and with an attendance of one or two outside buyers nearly every duo way disposed ot—either nt imeiion or privately—at belter values. Three to four-year-old steers brought £5 5.- to £0 2s 6.1 ; younger ages proportionate rates. The totals yarded for the day compii-ed 54-53 sheep, 458 head of cattle, and 1-19 pig-'.

large, 6s 4d, 6., 7d. 6s 10... ; do do, second quality, 4s 6d, 5s 4d, 6s 4d ; do, lambskins Is4d.'lssd; do pelts, Bd, lOd ; country crossbred, large, 5s 7d, 6s, 6s 5d ; do do, medium, 2s, 2s lOd, 3s 6d, 4s 7d, 5s 7d ; do do, small, Is 2d, Is 7d, 2s; dodo, medium, large, 6s. 6s 4d, 6s 7d, 6s lOd ; do do, medium, 2s 4d, 3s 4d, 4s Gd, 5s 4d, 6s ; do do' small, Is 2d, Is 9d, 2s, 2s 4,1 ; do lambskins, 10' I, Is 5d ; do pe'.ts, lOd, Fat and Tallow.—The trade was well represented and the ••oinpelitioii was brisk ; 66 packages were eata and sold. The prices for fat were even. Fat, best quality, clean aud well saved, to 2$ ncr lb : second quality, at 2jd per ib. Tallow, in small lots, at 2Js and at 2£, l per* 1.. Hides — 104 hides and oal i'skins\vere offered and disposed of a*- follows:—Hides, sound, at 4dper lb, im-UJ-l per Ib for s'rum Iravy hides ; hides, d weighing 551b and over, in 3 I p.:r lo ; do do, under 55!b, at 2_ per H> calfskin--, !*oiind, at 4d per lb ; do, cut and damaged, at 2d per lb.

Messrs J T. Ford and Co. report. —On Oct. 24, we offered at auction, at Geraldine a quantify'of busli land, situated in l\:el Forest ami Raukapuk'. In spite of tiie inclemency ot the weather ;i number of buyers a.*,sembled i'ruin all parts of the district. ami the sale was a most successful one. Out of 14 sections submitted to auction 10 changed hands, at prices very satisfactory to vendors. One section (41 acivs) in Raukapuka bush, realised £,29 per acre, and another £28 per acre, whilst the late ■Sir Cr.iciofl Wilson's sections, in Peel Forest, were disposed of at prices ranging from £9 10s o £15 per acre. The following are the particulars of the sale :—Sections in Peel Forest, on account of Sir Cracroft Wilson's Executors. Lot 1, 50 acres, Mr A. M Coll, £12 10s per acre, £625; lot 2, 50 acres, Mr- A. M'Coll,. £12 10s per acre £G25 ; lot 3, 50 aces Mr A. M'Coll, £12 10s per acre, £625 ; lot 4, 50 acres. Mr li. T. Button. .£ls per acre, £750, lot 5, 25 acres, Mr R. T Button, £12 10s, £312 10s ; lot 7.20 acres, Hon J. B. Acl-iiid, £11. £220 lot 8,20 acres, Hon J. B. Acland, £9 10s, £190 ; total, £3347 10s. Sections in Raukapuka Bush, on account of Mr \V. K. M'Donald's executors, U.S., 40 acres 3 roods purchased by Mr Amos Sherratt, at £29 per acre. The right to remove timber from 9 acres 3 roods 34 perches, by Mr A Sherratt, at £10 10s per acre. R.S. No. 3153, lOaeres, purchased by Mr Sherratt, at £28 per acre. Total of sale, £4913 17s Id.