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Actual sales for 1919-1921 were reported as follows: 3 



Skunk 6,895,674 Fisher 32,014 



Weasel or ermine 3492,412 Marten 309,808 



Mink 1,683,000 Stone marten 107,0/5 



Sea otter 76 Sable 57,908 



Land otter 111,059 European polecat 1,094,411 



The following fur table has been compiled from statistics furnished 

 by Seton: 4 



AVERAGE ANNUAL CATCH OF SKINS 



In 1927 the following estimate of world production for 1923-24 was 

 published: 5 



Ermine, 1,000,000 from Asia, 300,000 from Europe, 1,000,000 from North 



America. 

 Badger, 30,000 from Europe (100,000 in 1913), 20,000 from North America, 



25,000 from Asia and Africa. 

 Mink, 300,000 from North America. 

 Otter, 40,000 from Europe, 30,000 from North America, 10,000 from South 



America, 5,000 from Africa. 



3 Osborn and Anthony, Journ. Mammalogy, in, 226, 1922; Natural History, 

 xxii, 393, 1922; in the first paper the number of mink is given as 1,683,900, in the 

 second as 2,540,000. 



4 Seton, Lives of game animals, n, 1929. 



5 Innis, The fur trade of Canada, table opp. p. 76, 1927. 



