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WAKBLE FLY. 



Estimated Loss by Warble on Hides passing through Aberdeen Market 

 from February to June, 1888, inclusive. 



Total for 5 months... 4627^ 



14830 



2873 6 3 



"Being about 25 per cent, of total number of hides affected by 

 warble. 



" Average depreciation calculated at ^d. per pound. Weight of hides 

 principally affected, 50 to 70 pounds." — Messrs. William Murray & Son, 

 George Street, Aberdeen, N.B. 



To the above returns I prefix (p. 31) and append the tables, with 

 which I was favoured respectively in 1884 and 1885 through the 

 courtesy of Messrs. Fry & Co., Leather and Hide Factors, of Moor 

 Street, Birmingham, which show how the amount of loss may be cal- 

 culated to a nicety at markets where warbled hides are " outclassed." 



The preceding table, it will be seen, does not include the three 

 classes known as "heavy" and "light" cows' hides, and bulls' hides 

 which also were warbled. In this table the results of calculation of 

 loss on the six classes of hides only are given ; in the folding table 

 the cows' hides are included, and the particulars are given week by 

 week in detail from February 14th to September 19th. 



This accompanying folding table, with which I was favoured by 



