Preface to Second Edition 



Rapid progress has marked the fur-farming industry since the publi- 

 cation of the Commission's first report on the subject a year ago. From 

 all parts of Canada requests have been received for information and for 

 copies of the report. To meet this demand it was deemed advisable 

 to issue a revised and enlarged edition, so as to make the report as up- 

 to-date as possible. 



Assistance in the preparation of the original report, as well as the 

 revision, has been received from various sources, many of which it is 

 impossible to acknowledge here. It seems fitting, however, that special 

 mention should be made of the courtesy and assistance rendered by 

 Mr. Ernest Thompson Seton for helpful suggestions, as well as for 

 permission to reproduce from his "Life Histories of Northern Animals," 

 the maps showing the ranges in Canada of the Red Fox, Raccoon, Mink, 

 American Marten, Skunk, Muskrat, and Beaver. Valuable statistics of 

 fur production and sales were furnished by the Hudson's Bay Co., through 

 the office of the Canadian High Commissioner, by Messrs. C. M. Lampson 

 & Co., Messrs. A. and W. Nesbitt, Mr. Emil Brass, Mr. J. D. Whelpley 

 and others. Messrs. Henry and Ernest Poland, of P. R. Poland & 

 Sons, London, England, courteously revised a number of tables of 

 statistics, in addition to providing considerable new material. Mr. 

 R. H. Campbell supplied a short article on the Reindeer, Mr. Johann 

 Beetz on the conservation of game in Quebec, and reports of the Ameri- 

 can Breeders' Association, and the Fur News Magazine have been freely 

 quoted. 



Mention should also be made of the kindness shown by Provincial 

 game authorities and others who furnished the names and addresses of 

 fur farmers and fur-farming companies given in Appendix XI. 



