FURS AND FUR SKINS, DRESSED, AND MANUFACTURES OF.5

5 Included in "Furs and fur skins" prior to 1912.

Total for first 6 months of calendar year 1921, $771,506.

Exports of foreign merchandise, by countries, fiscal years.

FURS, AND MANUFACTURES OF, EXCEPT FUR HATS.

Exported to

1

1910

1911

Belgium.. France. Germany. England. Canada.

$5, 202

$1,908

60, 719

$1,180

197, 922

70, 871

22, 273

19, 053

141, 735

92,075

15, 432

All other.

224, 867

14, 827

27, 556

43, 332

82, 725

· Total...

1,694

1,760

Exports of foreign merchandise, by countries, fiscal years-Continued.
FURS, AND MANUFACTURES OF, EXCEPT FUR HATS-Continued.

Exports of foreign merchandise, by countries, fiscal years-Continued.
FURS-PRICES PER PELT AS OF JANUARY OF EACH YEAR QUOTED.
[Data from War Industries Board, Price Bulletin No. 27.],

Rabbit skins.

Kinds or grades.

Russian sable.

Mole.

$2.50

1.70

2.75

.25

The following statement shows the number of furs sold at public auction by Lampson & Co., London, England, during 1918 and 1919: *

Estimate of the average annual fur production of North America, estimated by E. Brass on the basis of production for the three years, 1907–1909.

Kind of fur:

[Commission of Conservation, Canada: Fur Farming in Canada, 1914, p. 186.]

3,000 30,000

Skunk..

1,500,000

Civet cat (small skunk).

100,000

Otter....

30,000 600,000

400

20, 000

3,000 1, 200 30,000 80,000 8, 000, 000 1, 000, 000 200,000 500

$24, 000, 000

HATS, CAPS, AND FURS-COMPARATIVE STATISTICS FOR 1910 AND 1915.

'Data from Postal Census of Manufactures, Canada, 1916. The census of 1910 was limited to industries employing five hands or over, while that of 1915 included all establishments irrespective of number of employees. Data for 1915 have been brought to 1910 basis.

2 Data from the Canada Year Book.

8 Data from United States Commerce Reports, Aug. 28, 1920.