Appendix IX 



Statistics of Fur Production 



AVERAGE ANNUAL FUR PRODUCTION BY CONTINENTS* 



By E. Brass 



NoKTii America 



Lynx and Wildcat $90,000 



House Cat 80,000 



Timber Wolf 8,000 



Prairie Wolf 40,000 



Red Fox 200,000 



Silver Fox 4,000 



Cross Fox 15,000 



^Vhite Fox 30,000 



Blue Fox 6,000 



Gray Fox 50,000 



Kit Fox 4,000 



Hudson Bay Marten 120,000 



Fisher 10,000 



Mink 60,000 



Weasel (Ermine) 400,000 



Wolverene 3 , 000 



Badger 30,000 



Skunk 1,500,000 



Civet Cat 100,000 



Otter 30,000 



Raccoon 600,000 



White Bear 400 



Black Bear 20,000 



Brown Bear 3,000 



Grizzly Bear 1 ,200 



Marmot 30,000 



Beaver 80,000 



Muskrat or Musquash 8,000,000 



Opossum 1,000,000 



Hare 200,000 



Musk-ox 500 



Average production, about $24,000,000 



The average value of the fur produced annually in the other 

 continents is estimated as follows: 



South America about $ 2,000,000 



Australia " 6,000,000 



Europe " 24,000,000 



Africa and Oceania " 2,000,000 



Asia " 26,000,000 



♦Estimated on the basis of production of the three years, 1907-1909. 



