AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 623, 4 July 1882, Page 2

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Me.w* 11. Matso.i an I Co. report on the Lire Stock Al.-uk-.'t, &c. i!o." thy wook ending Tlmrslay, J me *29tU, 1882,. as fellows :—For* Wednesday".-! Adiliiifrton s;i!e theru vv in n uonsi Ui-übly increased supply of Hlieep h«nt to hand ; in fact the yards were i-rammed with mutton, of which a i.'irgo proportion came from South Canlerfiury. As special lines we imy mention Messrs W. Grant, E. Wushbmirno/lt. Wright, Stu Iholm?. W. Hnrtnel, W. B. Chirkson, and li G. Writ's crosHbrods. fill or whi-h sold at from 14a to 18s per head, wiiiht in mer.n >s \v« placed on account <f M.'s.srH Hiirtnell, White, and ltn:ld aovoi-Al choi-i'o lots :it from IOUo 13.s pur hon-l. At iUn opsming, and gem-rally throughout the s.-de, there was a hick of any spirit in \.\v>. biddings, raid fully onotlvrd of the sheep oiEdrcl were withdrawn, thoaa sold clumping , liautls in the majority of. cases at pricea la por head uuier last week's quotations, or nboiH equal to last Wednesday week's rites, Privately after tha Bal<3 we disposed of nearly every line th.lt had previously been passed, prices boing fully equal to unction values. Had there not been fcevenil outsido buyers in the market for alioap to " liul.l ov«r " or put on turnips, 'must have given Wiy atiil fiirth.ir, aid a mui.'h larger nti'nbur of shyvp li.we been tuni'.;.l out unsold, as the tndo wero siinp'y unable to no;-;oci.it'j itio ! trgo supply. In beef tin-re was more tlnm w.:a ruq-iiie.l, though tho qu.ility, with a few exceptions, wan not up to' the murk. Mr Birdling'a etoers wore fH UHual well '• Gnished out." and sold (it from £3 to £8 12a 6d per head, but £5 10s to £0 10s was about the representative values of the bulk of what passed nndar the hammer, uud lia 1 to do the turn for beef. Every maiket here ahotrs uir.;'o plainly tho Si-urcily goo«l fat cattle, and tho hotter vuluus oLuionbie for As it w.is. yee'orduy there were very in* , lota iNirioM, buyers having lo take vviiHt tii'jy cniild y;<ii rather tlnm what l ] >. y Would liavi:. Tli<; niore ohl'lo tcude in.iy be said to be a little tirmi.-r, without iiiik;ii djingi tin canso in.)re tiie al)Beac»i ol; ti.-ilouulo lines ot: cattle than 'juy-ifM. of. whiijii tlioie uro and soon will be tjls-Jty in tha market. The lotuls

yarded for tho day comprised—7s4l sheep, 457 head of cattle, and 101 pigs. M.i.ws Robert Wilkin and Co. report : — Wo hold tho usual weekly sale of sheepskins on Thursday in our NZ. Wool Ston-H. at which there was an average littendiiiK-e of buyers. Tho com portion was suavely as keen-us <it the previous sale, which caused a Blight depreciation in values. 1814 skins wer« catalogued and all sold. Butchers' crossbred, large, 5s Id, 5a Bd, 6s 4d ; do do, second quality, 2s Bd, 3s 6d, 4a 4d, 5s Id ; do merino, large, 3s lid, 4a Bd. 5s 5d ; do do, second quality, 2s, 2h Bd, 3a 4d, 3m lid. Country crosshre.l, large, ss, 5s 6d, 6a ; do do. medium, 2s2d, 2s 10d. 3s 6d, 4s 3d. s<; do do, Rinill, Is sd, Is 10d, 2h 2d ; do merino, largo, 3s 4d,3s lOd, 4s 4d ; do do. medium, 2s, 2a Bd, 3s 4d ; do do, email, Iβ sd, la Bd, 2a. Fat aod tallow—There was a good Attendance of buyers and biiek demand, 79 package were catalogued and all disposed of. Fat, best quality, clean and well saved,. to 2|d per Ib; second quality to 2£d per Ib. Tallow, in Bound lots, at l£d, 2£d, and 2sd per Ib. Hides, sound, at 4d l-'l6ths per Ib ; do damaged, weighing 551bs and over, at 3d per Ib ; do do, weighing under 551bs, at 2£ 1 per Ib.