XXXVni WAEBLE FLY. 



were free after May 30tli, and the two others of these heavy classes 

 were free (save two hides in one class and one in the other) respectively 

 after June 27th and July 18th. 



It may also he seen that sometimes, at what may be called the 

 height of the warble season, the number of warbled hides exceeds 

 that of the sound in some of the classes. On April 25th entries occur 

 amongst the '65 to 74 lbs.' and the '55 lbs. and under' hides 

 respectively, of sales of 42 warbled and 38 sound, and 25 warbled to 

 9 sound." 



I was also favoured by the following valuable information from 

 Messrs. Kichard Markendale & Co., Manchester, which may stand as a 

 very special example of the serious amount of the loss which is going 

 forward. A return showing over 83,000 hides damaged by warble, 

 and loss thereon of over £16,000 in one year, is a matter for serious 

 consideration. 



The return I am favoured with is as follows : — 



"March 6th, 1889. Further to yours of January 14th, 1889, 

 re numbers warbled, and loss of hides passing through this market 

 in one year. We now have much pleasure in sending you the 

 information. 



" 1888. Jan. to Dec. Number of hides, 250,740 total. 



,, ,, ,, ,, 83,580 warbled. 



Loss on same, £16,716 for one year." 

 — Messrs. PiIchard Markendale & Co., Limited, Hide, Skin, and Fat 

 Market, Manchester. 



A glance at the sum totals of warbled hides, and calculations of 

 loss thereon, will give some idea of the loss and waste of material that 

 is going on, but very far from a full one. The returns show depreciation 

 of market value, but it should also be considered (as pointed out by 

 Messrs. Eamsey, of Glasgow, and Mr. Hill, President of the Sheffield 

 Butchers' Company) that this loss is quite independent of the sub- 

 sequent waste of money consequent on the expenses of manufacture of 

 damaged material, which, when finished, may be useless for the pur- 

 poses needed. 



Messrs. Eamsey's approximate estimate of this gives about double 

 the original loss on the injured hides as the amount thus wasted to the 

 community, — that is, to the national wealth. 



But further, although the bulk of the English hides are distributed 

 from the hide-markets to the tanneries, there is still no small amount 

 received directly by tanners from local farmers or butchers. 



On my application to Messrs. C. & H. Hatton, of the Barton 

 Tannery, Hereford, as to their estimate of the loss suffered by them- 

 selves from warble -injury, they drew my attention to this point, and 

 added : - 



