COMMERCE IN RAW FURS 



131 



being 182s. for the finest quality and 74s. for lower grades. Cape Horn 

 skins numbered 1505 in 1910, compared with 611 in 1909. 



"It will be realized that, in the valuation of furs, so much depends 

 on size, condition, colour, age, district, etc., that a mere list of prices 

 is no guide to the fluctuations of the auction-room value of the skins.' ' 



Skins 



Badger 



Bear: 



Black 



Brown 



Grizzly 



" Ruaalan. . . 



White 



Beaver 



Cat 



Civet 



House 



Wild 



Chinchilla: 



Bastard 



Real 



Ermine 



Fisher 



Fitch 



Fox: 



Blue 



Cross 



Gray 



Jap 



Red 



Red Australian . . 



White 



Kangaroo 



Kolinsky 



Lynx 



Marten 



Baum 



Japanese 



Stone 



Mink 



Mole 



Musquash 



Black 



Opossum: 



American 



Australian 



Otter 



Raccoon 



Sable. Russian 



Skunk 



Squirrel 



Wallaby 



Wolt 



Number 

 of skins 



1, 



1, 



13, 



28, 

 3, 

 2, 

 1, 



47. 



H. 



1, 



2, 



82, 



109, 



651, 



14, 



302, 



452, 



3, 



174, 



G, 



362, 



124, 



66. 



22, 



830 



290 

 515 

 81 

 519 

 180 

 708 



512 

 473 

 466 



820 

 294 

 985 

 679 

 817 



800 

 299 

 019 

 017 

 459 

 883 

 697 

 559 

 172 

 301 

 345 

 775 

 167 

 804 

 987 

 618 

 164 

 920 



920 

 165 

 868 

 225 

 574 

 216 

 147 

 981 

 617 



Highest 

 price 



s. d. 



22 



165 



105 



45 



140 



£32 



56 



3 6 



2 11 



60 



700 Od 



780 Da 



310 06 



175 



5 9 



450 



120 



18 



2 





 

 

 3 



80 



10 



90 



2 9 



6 

 165 

 180 

 92 

 20 

 28 

 6B 



30 Oc 

 64 

 58 



Lowest 

 price 



8. d. 

 6 



£1 



10 



10 



4 



4 



18 Oa 



13 Oa 



13 06 



8 



3 



13 



2 



1 



2 



3 



10 



2 



1 3 

 8 

 1 



12 



5 6 



4 6 

 8 



5 Oc 

 3J 



01 



5 



2 



3 



6 



3 



17 Oc 



3 



3 



Number 

 of skins 



4,793 



1,694 



237 



18 



614 



37 



2,353 



37, 893 

 16,261 

 15.499 



1,826 



2,468 



25.005 



412 



7,130 



109 



298 



10, 632 



15, 224 



14, 831 



11,174 



2,561 



988 



25,710 



675 



2,847 



829 



9,373 



2,046 



23,460 



324, 828 



627, 440 



14,015 



77, 302 



293, 309 



4,992 



74, 256 



1,462 



146, 700 



196, 997 



86, 292 



17. 871 



«. d. 



19 



.35 



90 



42 



95 

 £8 



44 



2 11 



3 9 

 66 



980 Oa 



400 Oa 



400 06 



90 



6 



Highest 

 price 



280 

 75 

 8 

 18 

 70 

 10 

 80 

 2 

 4 

 140 

 130 

 80 

 20 

 32 

 46 

 40 



60 

 60 



4 4 



16 



146 



23 



280 



21 



210 Oc 



6 



Lowest 

 price 



1 3 

 9 



£2 



7 



1 2 

 5 

 1 



90 Oa 



60 Oa 



10 06 



2 

 7 



34 Oc 

 1 



OCTOnER 



Number 

 of Bklns 



2,259 



1.891 

 80 



981 



164 



2,719 



1,098 

 24,235 

 4,456 



2,995 



1.474 



28. 560 



46 



4,790 



388 



161 



2.064 



12,210 



12,278 



24,341 



4,221 



3,784 



37, 934 



872 



1,993 



SO 



2,247 



1,012 



12,613 



308, 711 



478, 444 



12, 380 



28, 982 



606, 264 



3,600 



9,882 



1,945 



14,620 



296. 894 



183, 800 



3,728 



Highest 

 price 



5. d, 

 19 



110 

 65 



90 

 £16 

 33 



2 3 



1 H 



12 



1,000 Oa 



600 Oa 



320 06 



90 



1 10 



210 



84 



7 





 

 9 

 6 

 



11 



70 



2 



5 



125 



130 



42 



16 



22 



35 



3 

 

 

 

 6 

 

 



30 Oc 

 42 

 41 



4 7 



11 



100 



19 



360 



16 6 



160 Oc 



7 

 30 



Lowest 

 price 



8. d. 

 3 



2 

 13 



9 



£1 



8 



1 7 



2 



3 



140 Oa 



20 Oa 



1 06 

 17 



1 5 



9 

 12 

 6 

 3 6 

 10 

 5 Oc 

 2 

 18 



6Per " timber." or 40 skins. 



Peices of Sjlvbr Fox Skins 



Emil Brass, a German commercial agent, who, for thirty- 

 Production five years, has been engaged in collecting statistics of the 



fur trade, states that the average number of fox skins pro- 

 duced annually in the period from 1907 to 1909, was 2,042,300. The 

 following figures are based on his estimates : 



Common Red Fox 

 (Vulpes vulpes) 



] Red skins 1,515,000 



I Cross skins 18,000 



J Silver skins 4,300 



