COMMERCE IN RAW FURS 



131 



being 182s. for the finest quality and 743. for lower grades. Cape Horn 

 skins numbered 1505 in 1910, compared with 611 in 1909. 



"It will be realized that, m the valuation of furs, so much depends 

 on size, condition, colour, age, district, etc., that a mere list of prices 

 is no guide to the fluctuations of the auction-room value of the skins." 



Badger . . . 

 Bear: 



Black.. 



Brown. 



Grizzly 



White.. 



Beaver 



Cat 



Civet . . . 



House . . 



Wild . . . . 

 Chlnclillla: 



Bastard . 



Real . . . . 

 Ermine — 



Fisher 



Fitch 



Fox: 



Blue . . . . 



Gray 



Jap 



Red 



Red .Australian . 



White 



Kangaroo 



Kolinsky 



Lyn.x . 



Marten 



Bautn 



Japanese 



Stone 



Mink 



Mole 



Musquash 



Black 



Opossum: 



American 



Australian 



Ott«r 



Raccoon 



Sable, Russian . . . 



Skunk 



Squirrel 



Wallaby 



Woir 



89,512 

 12,473 

 12,460 



1,820 



5, 294 



105, 985 



679 



817 



1,800 



1, 299 

 13,019 



017 

 28,459 

 3,883 



2. G97 

 1,559 



47,172 



301 



11,345 



775 



1,167 



2,854 



82,987 



109,618 



651,164 



14,920 



302, 920 

 452, 165 

 3,868 

 174,225 

 6, 574 

 362, 216 

 124,147 

 66,981 

 22,617 



22 



155 



105 



45 



140 



£32 



56 



3 6 



2 11 



60 



310 06 

 175 



Highest 

 price 



80 



10 



90 



2 9 



6 



165 



180 



92 



20 



28 



66 



30 Oc 



64 



58 



21 



31 







800 

 27 



190 Oc 

 8 6 

 05 



IjQwest 

 price 



2 



5 



13 



13 

 £1 



10 



10 



4 



4 



18 Oa 



13 Oa 



13 06 



8 



3 



13 



614 



37 



2,353 



37,893 

 16,261 

 15.499 



1,825 

 _', 468 

 25,005 



298 

 10,632 

 15,224 

 14, 831 

 11,174 

 2,561 

 988 

 25,710 

 675 

 2,847 



9,373 

 2,046 

 23, 460 

 324, 828 

 627, 440 

 14,015 



77,302 



293, 309 



4,992 



74,256 



1,462 



140, 700 



195,997 



86.292 



17,871 



2 11 



3 9 

 56 



980 Oa 



400 Oa 



400 06 



90 



6 



280 



75 



Highest 

 price 



19 



135 



90 



42 



95 



£8 



44 



2 

 6 

 

 50 

 50 



10 



145 



23 



280 



21 



210 Oc 

 



[iOwest 

 price 



3 



1 3 

 9 



40 



9 

 £2 



7 



1 2 

 5 

 1 



90 Oa 



60 Oa 



10 06 



2 



164 

 2,719 



1,096 

 24,235 

 4,456 



2,995 

 1,474 

 28, 560 

 46 

 4,790 



161 



2,064 



12,210 



12, 278 



24,341 



4,221 



3,784 



37,934 



872 



1,993 



80 



2,247 



1,012 



12,513 



308,711 



478,444 



12, .380 



28,982 



606,264 



3,600 



9, SS2 



1,945 



14,620 



295, 894 



183, 800 



3,728 



Highest 

 price 



90 

 £16 

 33 



2 3 

 1 11 

 12 



1,000 Oa 



600 Oa 



320 06 



90 



1 10 





 2 6 

 5 3 



5 

 

 2 



6 6 

 2 

 5 

 Oc 

 42 

 41 



4 7 



11 



100 



19 



360 



15 6 



150 Oc 



Lowest 

 price 



9 

 £1 

 8 



140 Oa 



20 Oa 



1 06 



17 



aPer dozen. 6Per "timber," or 40 skins. cPer 100. 



Prices of Silver Fox Skins 



Emil Brass, a German commercial agent, who, for thirty- 

 Production five years, has been engaged in collecting statistics of the 



fur trade, states that the average number of fox skins pro- 

 duced annually in the period from 1907 to 1909, was 2,042,300. The 

 following figures are based on his estimates : 



Common Red Fox 



{Vulpes vulpes) 



Redskins 1,515,000 



Cross skins 18,000 



Silver skins 4,300 



