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TABLE 



Showing the principal fur-bearing and wild animals found in Ontario, with 

 average value of the skins, and the purposes for which they are used. 



Name of animal. 



Moose 



Wapiti 



•Caribou 



Virginia Deer 



Black Bear 



Wolf 



■Cross Fox 



Hed Fox 



T^ynx 



Otter 



Beaver 



Fisher 



Sable 



Mink 



Wolverine 



Skunk 



Raccoon 



Muskrat 



Ermine 



Weasel 



Porcupine ... 



Ground Hog 



Northern Hart, 



Grey Rabbit 



Squirrel, Flying 



Squirrel, Red 



'I I M_ 



Squirrel, Grey and Black 

 ■Chipmunk 



Average value 

 of skin. 



20 cents per lb. 



$5 to $25 



.50 cents to $2 . . 

 $^.50 to $5 .... 

 75 cents to §1 . . 



$1 to $2 



$4 to 18 



$5 to $12 .... 



$2 to 15 



$1 to $1.50 



50 cents to $2. . 



$4 



25centsto$l.L.O 

 25 cents to $1 . . 

 10 to 25 cents. 



40 cents 



10 cents 



Valueless 



Purpose for which 

 skin is used. 



Leather trade 



Remarks, 



Robes 



Trimming 

 Not used . 

 Furs and trimmings 



Fox skins are not used in 

 Canadian markets, but 



Ncrt used If l''l!'."„f^Pr,*„^?„ *° ^^'- 



many and Russia. 



Not used. 



TNot used in Canada. Skins 

 •] can be imported cheaper 

 (^ from Europe. 



