Appendix XII 



Report of Sale of Furs 

 By C. M. Lampson & Co. 



64 Queen Street, E.C., 



London, 3rd April, 1914. 



Compared with last January Sale 



OPOSSUM, AUSTRALIAN Realized Old Prices. 



The Blue and Thirds sold comparatively better than the other kinds 



OPOSSUM, RING TAIL Declined 10 Per Cent. 



WOMBAT Too smaU an offering to quote. 



WALLABY Declined 5 Per Cent. 



The Victorian and Tasmanian kinds brought fully last sale's prices, as did 



also the Thirds and the Second quality Furriers Silvery Light sides, but 



the first quality of these latter show a reduction of about 10 per cent 



in values. 



KANGAROO Realized Old Prices. 



FOX, RED AUSTRALIAN" Declined 15 Per Cent. 



The offering consisted of late caiight skins, and the decline was most 



marked on the lower qualities. 



Compared with last March Sale 

 SKUNK Declined 27J Per Cent. 



The Black and Short Striped sold at about 10 per cent below January, 



but the Long Striped and White realized nearly January prices. 



The Southwestern kinds did not sell as weU as those from the better 



sections. 



MUSQUASH Declined 32J Per Cent. 



" Southern " 45 " " 



" Black " 15 " " 



were maintained. 



The few "Spring" contaiued in the Catalogue were mostly early-caught. 



The strong-pelted "Winter" were keenly competed for, and the Fall and 



Southern were somewhat higher. 



Black met with good demand, and prices show a material improvement 



as compared with January. 

 SABLE RUSSIAN Realized Old Prices. 



The offering, which consisted almost exclusively of Kamschatka skins, 



met with good competition, and realized fully last March values. 

 OPOSSUM, AMERICAN Declined 20 Per Cent. 



These barely brought January prices. The bidding was without animation, 



and it was evident that the unusually heavy offering had a depressing 



effect. 

 RACCOON Declined 35 Per Cent. 



Mainly owing to the extremely large offering, January prices could not 



be maintained, and values show an average production of 15 per cent 



