AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VI, Issue 613, 30 May 1882, Page 2

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Messrs 11. Mn.son n id Co. rppnrt on tbe Live Stock Mmkei 8-c. fn- the week ending Thursony. May 25th, 1882, as follows : — Show Sftle.—At the sale of fat stock held on the Aarienltnrnl Grounds nfter Thursday's show, we effec'ed the following poles : _'A -count Mesprs Henderson nnd Me Benth. 5 erossbrpd wethers nt 25s to Mr Horwell, 5 nt 21s to Mr Rosewnrne, 5 erosshied ewes at 18s to Mr Tndbnll. and sat 16s to the same buy-r: for Mr J. Rennie. 5 cnssbred we., hers nt 17s to Messrs Henderson nnd Mcßentb : nnd for Mr P. Mnir. 5 ewes nt 23s to Mr Tpdbnll.

Messrs Robert Wilk<n nnd Co. report —On Tlmrs-lflv we held the weekly sale of fcheeofci.ir.R. &c.. in oit New Zealand wool «toies. Nt which there wns a good attendance of buyers nnd brisk demand. Our catalogue pninpr.eed 1781 fkins of vnrionsdeßciiptionp:—Biiiche'-s' erosshied, hire, to fis 1d ; do do, second qnnlity, to 5h 2d ; merino Inrge. to 5s ; do do, medium, to 4s : do do. smnll. to 2* ; country crossbred to 3s 10d each ; do merino. Inrge, to 5s ; do do medium, to 4s 2d ; do do smnll, to 2s ; pelts, hnlf woolled, to 1s 3d. Fnt nnd tallow—The trade was well represented, nnd the competition was good ; 74 packages were cntaloerned and all di.-mnsed of. Fat— tiest qnnlity clean ai d well snvad to 2|?-d per lb; scond quality to 2d per lb ; tallow, in smnll lots, at 15s per cwt for casks, and to ?|d per lb for bags.