RABBITSKIN SALE

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 13, 16 July 1934, Page 12

RABBITSKIN SALE

PRICES FAVOUR SELLERS

The combined brokers—Dalgety and Company, Limited',,the New Zealand Loan and ■■ Mercantile Agency. Company; Limited, and Wright, Stephenson, and Company, Limited, report having held their third rabibtskin sale of the season on Friday, when tin attractive catalogue of all grades andr, descriptions drawn from the King Country, Slarlborqugh, Wairarapa, Taihape, . and various parts of the North Island was submitted. . There was fairly good inquiry on American account for bucks, prices showing an improvement on late quotations". Does sold well up to the level of. previous rates. Other grades sold in sellers' favour.: Skins are now coming forward freely to store and with the cold weather -lately; experienced, some good lines of winters were submitted. Super winter bucks sold up ..to 78d, first winter bucks to 74d, first early winter bucks to 64% d, super winter does to 36% d, first winter does to 33 ]/4d, first incomings to 36d, outgoing bucks to 35d. If these values are maintained, trapping this season should prove a profitable occupation. ' The following, is the range .of prices:— Smalls, 2d to 3d per Ib; runners, to sd; lacks. 9%d to lO%d; dawny autumns, lid to 12d; early autumns, lS^d.to lQd; late autumns, 18% dto 23d; first incomings, 34d. to 36d; second incomings,. 2"d to 29%.d; winters broken, 16d to 18d; second broken,, to 9d; third broken,. 4d to 6d; outgoing bucks, 2~iYtA to 3pcl; outgoing does/169id to 18% d; first early winter bucks,1 to 64% d; first early winter does, to 29% d; super winter' bricks, 76d to 78d; does, to 36% d; first winter, bucks, 72d to 76d; first does, to 33% d; incoming and early -n-inter blacks, 15% d" to :16%d; winter blacks,'-to" 23d; autumn blacks,'* 10%d'-to 12d; springs, 7%d to !l2d; summers, 6d to 794d:,hares, 5d to 6d; milky,. 7%d to B'/id. Broken, blood-stained, and flatstretched skins sold at low rates.