STATISTICS OF FUR PRODUCTION 187 



APPROXIMATE AVERAGE YE.ARLY PRODUCTION OF THE WORLD'S 

 FURS IN THE THREE YEARS, 1907-1909 



By E. Brass 



The value of the world's production for each year amounts to 

 360,000,000 marks (S9o,680,000), of which furs to the value of 

 160,000,000 marks come to Leipzig each year. 



Skins used by the natives and hunters, for supplying their own 

 requirements are not included. 



Bears 

 White bear: 



Polar regions, Asia and Europe, 600; America, 400. 

 Grizzly bear: 



America, 1,200. 

 Brown bear: 



America, 2,000; Asia, 6,000. 

 Black bear: 



America, 20,000; Asia, 1,000. 

 Common brown bear: 



Asia, 3,000; Europe 2,000. 



Beaver 

 America, 80,000; Asia, 1,000; Europe, a few skins. 



Nutria 

 South America, 1,000,000. 



MusKRAT OR Musquash 

 America, about 8,000,000; Russia, 3,000. 



Chinchilla 

 Peru, 600. 



Chinchillina 

 Peru and Bolivia, 12,000. 



Bastard Chinchilla 

 Bolivia, 3,000; Chili, 25,000. 



Badger 

 Europe, 100,000; America, 30,000; Asia, Japan and China, 

 30,000. 



