AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VI, Issue 561, 29 November 1881, Page 2

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Mr A. I. McGregor reports that he held "hie usual monthly sale of properties, etc., in the Town Hall, here last Saturday. There was but a sparse attendance of the public, and biddings were exceedingly languid. The cottage and section in «Ji>l!ie .street. Akaroa, was withdrawn at £200, this figure not being "up'to owner's (■xpeet.ilioii. A paddock of ;3;'f acres .and l.i r#o slipH near the brewery were not uft't'ivu , fur lit auction at all, but a privnte offer was received tittc-r the mile which will he submitted to owners. It is to be fi-ared that fielWs of small properties near Akaroa are guided too much by Christchurdi piicew. SmsiH properties near to tue iity are valuable as building sites for n large class of wnge-enrning pnri'h is -is, a class that does not exist here, and consequently the demand for sites of the wort indicated is very "limited, and the land is aa a rule not worth much ■more thin pastoral land.

Messrs H. Mnt-on and Co. report on the Live Stock Market, etc.. for the week endiuir Thursday, "November 24th, 1881, as follows:—Yesterday's sale at Addington brought forward a small entry of sheep,; about 5500 only being permed, half of which were stores. Most of the trade had stocked in heavily l..ut week, and were only buyers on a small scale, so that tho limited supply was quite sufficient to meet all requirements without in any w iy altering values. Biddings at the ear!)* part of side i'.uiio more freely than at the close, Ui(t luken fin a whole tbe slifp nale was a somewhat dragging nffni/. Shorn crosslir»:drf wethers, heavy weights, brought 11s to 13a ; mixed weights iind ( J.s to lOri G'l. A few prime merino wethers, (.•hanged hands at Bs, but tliis i-s quite Is per head above tin*, p v , .?. p>i»l for average lot?. In store shoep tlime is not quite so mui'li enquiry, the u'lsofii'o of rain for Hume time p'l.st hnrinu , (he growth of feed on ibe dry lands of (he province. The supply of ir.it lam'>B waa far in excess of what was wante.il, and as a natural consequence lines that were not up to thf* mark vrero very difficult to quit, am) fv.veral lots had In he vevt out unsold. P.rii:cß ruivd from 'is to 7t> G \ for average qniilitj'; extra quo.i to 'Jβ. In fat cattle the fitjjjply wiih smaller than usmil, the Teault iieing "tlmt trine-tenth:-! of the entry mat 'a tvaly salt , nt firmly- maintained ntes. Ifi'ivvj- weight steers brought £8 lOsj to £10; mixed sexes niid light weights. i& to £7 10s. Tho store cattle nin:ktt w,iK again a Jiuavy one, and with I in- attendance of povoiml outside buyers, tho re was scivively iv Hue that <iitl not eh uige owncra. Tiiros may be quoted as unaltertul, three-year old steers being worth Ho to ii 6 ; tw-o-yeir-ol<K £3 to £4; yearlings and upwards, £'2 to £2 10s. For fat pigs there seems' to bo a sudden collapso in llu- trade, ' unleamen having io cnbinit to a decline oi : fully 4s per head under last week". 1 ; rates, to effect a cluaraMce of yesterday's small, entry. Light porkers and store- are se'Hng better in proportion than heavier weights, but values for all classes aro very 10-.v. Tho totals yarded for rho <iay comprised— 51!)9 sheep, 553 head of uattlo, and 117, pigs.

Mossrg'R. 'Wilkin and Co. report: — Thore was a good attendance of buyers at our weekly s:de of sljaepskins lield on Tluirs'Jny in our New Zealand Wool stores TliH competition was vor) animated throughout, iuhl goid piicen were ol>tiUn<-'d v,'f: inn! void 2424 skins. r»'ii..;lic :':j" '.:ru.>,vor<.;d fj-i, G-- 7d ; do vlu-.u'oniu! juility, 6s H. s>s 6d, do iM-ttho large. 5s Bdj 5-i lid. (/s Id; do do qualify, 3s 4<i, 4s sd, 5s 8d ; pells, iii\st quality, Is, Is s<l, Is 9d ; do second do, 6,1 'J.I, Is ; Uunb*, large. Is 6d to lv lOd ; do. cecond quality, la 3d to Is Gd ; riiiiii.iv crosftbrud, hrge, 5s 4d, 5s 7d, 5s 10 i ; *lo do, in »iMini, '2< !i.l, 3s 7(1, 4s 7d, !y. II ; d<. do nm:i!!, In '.)■!, ?«, 2s (Jrf ; do .. .■I-μ)."!,!!,;!:!, o i .'id, 5i.7d, 5s lCd ; do do ■

second quality, 2s 2d, 3s 2d, 4s Id, 5s 3d. Fat and Tallow.—There was an average attendance of buyers and spirited demand Fut, best qtiality, clean and well saved, to 2fd per lb ; second quality, to 2£d per lb ; interior, at Id per lb. Tallow, in small lot, at 2d, 2{d, to 2|d per lb, according to quality. Hides, sound, at 4d per lb and 4£d per lb for pome heavy hides. Hides, damaged, weighing 551bs and over, at 3d per Id ; do do under 551bs, at 2£d per lb ; calfskins, >ound, at 4d per lb ; do, cut and otherwise "damaged, at 2d per lb.