AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 675, 2 January 1883, Page 2

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Mr A I. McGregor reports that during 'last week he sold by auction in the estate of the late Mrs Mnnns, n cottage and section of 17 perches in Jolie street. Akaroa, •for the sum of £300, and the well-known propextpan German Bay, belonging to the Boffirestate, for tho sum of £400, being at the rate of £100 per acre. The terms in both were ca.sh, find the purchaser of both properties Mr Francois Narbey, of Long Bay. Immediately after 'the above sale, the personal property was disposed of the old china, bringing firm prices, and the other goods being at usual auction rates, as many of the deceased lady's friends were anxious to obtain souvenirs.

Messrs 11. Matson & Co. report oh the Live Stock Market, &c, for the week ending Thmsday, December 28th, 1882. as foflowß :—The effect of the Christmas holidays on trade was nowhere more noticeable than at the Aldington Yards on Wednesday, IVoth in the supply of stock and the absence of any desire to do business on the part of those present. We cannot, help thinking that it would have been wiser to have foregone this sale altogether, as butchers as a rule stock in sufficiently heavy before Christmas to enable them to bolil over for a fortnight, and this would in every ease l>e -ione were there no prospect of getting supplies until after the New Year. For several years past tho Christmas week siilo ha 1 ! been a failure, and although yesterday's auction was somewhat better than usua', yet it could en S ;i y have been dispensed with altogether. In shuep jess than half an average supply cmujo to 'liand, fat and stores being penned in about equal proportions. For the few good lines ol mutton late rates were maintained, and in somo instances improved upon, whilst in placing stores slightly lower prices had to be accepted. Prime crossbred wethers brought 11s 4d to 13s; mixed lines. 10s to 11s 6d, or equal to lfd to 2d per lb. In fat lambs there was a full supply, and values gave way to the extent of about la per head all round, 7s being the ruling rate for prime lots. The rain which has fallen during the past 24 houre will no doubt again quicken our pastures,. and we expect to see lambs largely bought for store purposes at from 7s to 8s per head, in preference to older sheep out of the wool at late exorbitant rates. In beef there was very little on offer, and that little proved more than was required. • About two thirds of what came to hand was disposed of, at prices little better than 20s per 1001b. Of store cattle there was a considerable entry, but very few buyers were present, and the bulk of the business ( doric was effected privately after the sale. In comparison to the relative values bein<* paid for store sheep, we cannot help thinking that store cattle arc-unwarrantably neglected, since at' the prices at which the latter may now be secured there must be a better prospect o-f return for the buyers' outlay than there seems to be in sheep. The totals yarded for the day comprised 3512 sheep, 304 ■head of cattle, and 8 pig's.