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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 



^lack Bear 



Wolf 



■Cross Fox 



Red Fox 



Jjynx 



■Otter 



Beaver 



Fisher 



Sable 



Mink 



Wolverine 



Skunk 



jllaccoon 



Muskrat 



lErmine 



Weasel 



Porcupine 



Ground Hog , 



Northern Hare 



Crey Rabbit 



Squirrel, Flying 



Squirrel, Red 



"I I M 



Squirrel, Grey and Black 

 Chipmunk J 



Average value 

 of skin. 



20 cents per lb. 



$5 to $25 



50 cents to $2.. 

 $2.50 to $5 . . . . 

 75 cents to $1.. 



$lto$2 



$4 to $8 



$6 to $12 



$2 to S5 



$1 to $1.50 



50 cents to $2. . 



25 cents to $1.50 

 25 cents to $1 . . 

 10 to 25 cents. 



40 cents 



10 cents 



Valueless 



Purpose for which 

 skin is used. 



Leather trade 



Robes 



Trimmings 

 Not used . . 



Furs and trimmings 



Remarks. 



Fox skins are not used in 

 Canadian markets, but 

 are all exported to Ger- 

 many and Russia. 



Not used. 



