106 COUNTER-CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



handled and cured, are classified very differently from a 

 commercial point of view. This applies to skins of almost 

 all kinds, but is specially noteworthy in the case of such 

 fur-bearing animals as the otter, mink, marten, and beaver. 



EXAMPLES OF THIS. 



See also Ap- Thus iu the Hudsou's Bav Company's fur sale of March, 



"D6DU.1X vol 11 "D » i */ 7 



239. ' ' ' ' 1891, No. 1 marten skins from Port George, &c., were sold 



at 23s. to 24.S., froui East Main 20s. to 20s. 6d., from 

 122 York Factory at 13s., from " North- West" at 12s. 6(J. 

 to 12s. 9d., and from Mackenzie River District at 

 lis. Qd. Similarly, and at the same Company's sale in Jan- 

 uary 1892, No. 1 beaver-skins from Fort George sold at 62s., 

 from Moose IMver and East Main at 45s. 6d. to 47s., from 

 York Factory at 39s. Gd. to 41s., and from Mackenzie Eiver 

 District at 33s. Gd. 



FERENCES IN FUR, NOT ON CONSTANT DIFFERENCES 



COMMERCIAL VALUES THUS DEPEND ON SLIGHT DIF- 

 FERENCI 

 OF KIND 



XTnited States 

 ;as 

 ol. 

 575. 



Case Ippendil'! Such differences in value depend of course upon differ- 

 Toi. 'ii, pp. 573; ences of colour, density of the fur, texture, &c., observed 

 in the skins as brought to market, the above comparisons 

 being in all cases made between No. 1 skins from each dis- 

 trict. They are similar in proportionate amount to those 

 quoted in reference to the Ahiska and Copper (Com- 

 mander) Ishmds fur-seal skins.* They occur in this in- 

 stance, in each case, in animals of the same kind, inhabit- 

 ing the single connected land area of the northern part of 

 North America, in which intermingling and interbreeding 

 must be continually in progress. 



"north-west" and "ALASKA" SKINS ARE DIFFER- 

 ENTLY DEFINED. 



^^ibid., pp. 573, II ig further noteworthy, as an index of the amount to 

 which the mode of treating a skin may affect its market 

 value, that the "North-west" skins, being those of seals 

 taken at sea, and belonging, under the contention held in 

 the United States Case, solely to the same " herd " as 

 those derived from the Priblyoft' Islands, are quoted by the 

 same witnesses at about half the price of the latter. 



CHARACTER OF DIFFERENCES OF SKINS ADDUCED IN 

 THE UNITED STATES CASE ON THE EVIDENCE OF 

 FURRIERS. 



c^e"^*)^ 94*9-.'''' '^^^ evidence actually adduced in the Case of the United 

 ase, pp. , ... g^^^g^ Qj^ ^j^Ij^ particular matter, and in support of the 



* In the trade, the skins of fur-seals derived from the North Pacific 

 region are divided under the names of "Alaskas," "Coppers," and 

 "North-west Catch;"' such names respectively implying that the 

 skins come from the I'ribyloff or Commander Islands, or are taken at 

 sea, as the case may be. 



