FUR-FARMING IN CANADA 



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The Loxdox Fuk Market 



Many skins are manufactured and used in the country 

 Auction Sales of their origin, but the bulk of the world's fine furs are 



sold at auction in London. These sales are held in June, 

 October, January and March, but most skins are sold at the winter sales, 

 particularly the March sale, which attracts numerous buyers from all 

 parts of the world. A large proportion of the pelts are purchased by 

 brokers on a commission basis. The Hudson's Bay Company's auction 

 sales are held first and, as no reserve bids are placed on the skins of- 

 fered, the results are taken to represent the state of the market. Messrs. 

 C M. Lampson and Co., Messrs. A and W. Nesbitt, Frederick Huth 

 and Co. and Henry Kiver and Co. are the chief firms selling American 

 furs. 



LONDON FUR SALES FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 31st, 1906 



Size in 

 inches 



24x 12 



72x36 

 36x24 



18x9 



30 X 15 



9x4 



12x7 



12x2^ 



30x12 



12x3 



20x7 



24x8 



27x10 



24x8 

 24x8 

 20x7 



24x9 



12x2i 



Kind of Fur 



Badger 



" Japanese 



Bear 



Beaver 



Cat, civet 



" house 



" wild 



Chinchilla, bastard. 

 " finest. . . . 



Deer, Chinese 



Ermine 



Fisher or Pecan 



Fitch 



Fox, Blue 



" Cross 



" Grey 



" Japanese 



" Kit 



" Red 



" Silver 



" White 



Goats, Chinese 



Hares 



Kangaroo 



Kid, linings and 



skins, equal to. . . 



Kolinsky 



Lambs, linings and 



skins, equal to. . . 

 Lamb, slink 



No. of 



Pelts 



28,634 



6,026 



18,576 



80,514 



157,915 



126,703 



32.253 



43,578 



5,603 



124,355 



40,641 



5 

 77 



1 



10 

 59 

 81 



4 

 158 



2 



27 



261 



049 

 578 

 893 

 ,276 

 ,561 

 429 

 023 

 ,961 

 510 

 ,463 

 ,190 



41,256 

 7,115 



5,080,047 

 114,251 



214,072 

 167,372 



Kind of Fur 



Lamb, Tibet 



Leopard 



Lynx 



Alarmot, linings and 



skins, equal to. . . 



Marten, Baum 



" Japanese... 



" Stone 



Mink, American. . . . 



" Japanese 



Moufion 



Muskrat or Mus- 

 quash, brown 



black 



Nutria 



Opossum, American 



" Austral 'n. 



Otter, land 



" sea 



Raccoon 



Sable, American... . 



" Japanese .... 



" Russian 



Seal, fur 



« hair 



Skunk 



Squirrel 



" linings 



Tiger 



Wallaby 



Wolf 



Wolverine 



Wombat 



No. of 

 Pelts 



794,130 



3,574 



88,822 



1,600,000 



4,573 



16,461 



12,939 



299,254 



360,373 



23,594 



5,126,339 



41,788 



82,474 



902,065 



4,161,685 



21,235 



522 



310,712 



97,282 



556 



26,399 



77,000 



31,943 



1,068,408 



194,596 



1,982,736 



392 



60,956 



56,642 



1.726 



193.625 



Note. — The Persian lambs, astrachans and Russian squirrels are sold 

 and manufactured in Russia and Germany. 



