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doululcss continue to he a demand tor them for picker 

 purposes. 'I'hey are shipped under \arious marks, the 



most reHahle heinu; 



RJ],I)ouhle Ea.rle, 



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S H Y, I) ou hi e 

 Plioenix. 



Amsterdam is 

 the market torliides 

 from ( a \' a and 

 China, whicli are 

 sold hv tender, hut 

 at the present time 

 hides trom fava are 

 heing sent direct to 

 England in tairlv 

 large t] u a n t i t i e s . 

 1 .ondon is the prin- 

 cipal auction mar- 

 ket tor Singapore 

 hiiies, althouirh in 

 recent years a large 

 proportion ot the 

 hides ha\'e heen houuht "to arri\e," so that, as the 

 North ot England is the ultimate destination, arrival 

 contracts are made tor Liverpool. 



The huttlilo hide market in the Orient is in the 

 hands ot the Chinese, who are among the shrewdest trad- 

 ers in the world, and great care in having must he exer- 

 cised to guard against talse weights, due to stuffing 



Wft huftalo hides being taken trom a 

 Chinese shop in Rangoon 



