XXXIV • WARBLK FLY. 



of the subject, by Mr. Joseph Wing, Hide, Skin, and Fat Broker, 

 16, Pen Street, Boston. 



"Re. warbles, we give you particulars as far as possible. The 

 number of hides sold in the Hide Market in Liverpool and the 

 American Lairage in Birkenhead is about 130,000 per year; this is 

 exclusive of the hides under 30 lbs., which we call kips. 



" We reckon the warbled hides to be — -in the month of February, 

 20 per cent. ; in March, 45 per cent. ; in April, 30 per cent. ; and in 

 May, 20 per cent. 



" The average weight of the above 130,000 we calculate at 65 lbs. 

 each, and the loss in price at three farthings per pound." * — Messrs. 

 Whinyates, Webster, MgNaught & Co., Hide, Skin, and Fat Brokers, 

 The Market, Gill Street, Liverpool. 



" I regret I am unable to give you any reliahle information respecting 

 warbled hides, as in this neighbourhood we have never kept a separate 

 class and account of them. 



" Here we have thrown them into the same class as cut hides and 

 damaged hides, and previous to some years ago we passed them as 

 sound hides unless they were badly warbled. 



" The Bristol slaughter of beasts would be about 700 per week, 

 and during the summer and autumn months fully one-third of this 

 number would be warbled. Some of the heavier hides would lose in 

 consequence ten shillings per hide, and even more ; but taking the 

 heavy hides and light hides together, their average loss would be not 

 less than five shilhngs per hide."t — William Willis, Bristol and 

 Western Counties Butchers' Hide and Skin Co., Limited, 88, Thomas 

 Street, Bristol. 



"In our market we have a system of inspection for all market 

 hides, being hides of cattle slaughtered in Glasgow and neighbourhood 

 for food purposes only. Under this system the hides are classified, — 

 first and second classes, the latter being faulty flayed, and warbled 

 hides. 



" Keferring to enclosed sheet you may note that m 1888 the total 

 number of such hides have been 104,551. 



* "We handle large numbers of horse-hides, and we never saw a warbled 

 horse-hide." 



t " Taking the above estimate of 700 hides per week, would give 36,400 in the 

 year, and 12,133 for four months (say) May to August inclusive. One-third of this 

 amount (that is, 1011 hides), estimated to be warbled at a loss of five shillings per 

 hide, would show a loss of £1011," 



