WELLINGTON RABBITSKIN SALE.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13312, 20 July 1936, Page 2

WELLINGTON RABBITSKIN SALE.

Dalgety and Co. report on their third sale of rabbitskins held on July 14 before a full atttendance of exporters, furriers and the local trade. Our offering comprised skins drawn from Wellington, Hawke's Day, Taihnpe, Wairarapa and Manav. atu districts. There was good cnqniry on American account, competition being exceedingly keen for winter descriptions. We disposed of practically all our catalogue under the hammer at prices in advance of last sale's quotations. Winter sorts were dearer by 6d to lOd, autumns 3d to 6cl and the lower grades Id to I Pl : ime , . winter bucks fetched i "k° first winter bucks 1,1-1 138 d; second winter bucks itb cl to 122 d, prime winter does 93d to 9d. W e would advise trappers to lor ward their consignments early, so tnat advantage can be taken oi' the p resent favourable market. The following is the range of prices: Prime winter bucks. 136Jd to 144 d per lb ; first winter bucks, 120$d t°_l3Bd per lb ; second winter bucks 107 d to L22d per lb ; spot fed bucks, 84Jd to lG5d per lb ; outgoing bucks, to 85Jd per lb ■ spring bucks, 563 d to 58jd per lb; prime winter does, 93d to 96d_ per lb; first winter does, 84 Jd to 87d per lb; second winter does. 70:Sd to 75jd per lb; spotted winter does, 55£d to 64d per lb ; outgoing winter does, to 55Jd per lb; spring does, 40d to 43d per lb; first early winter bucks 110-d to 121 d per lb; second early winter bucks, to SOJd per lb ; first early winter does, 7 81(] to 83d per lb; first incomings, 90R1 to 97d per lb ; second incomings, 76-id to 783 d per lb ; first late autumns, to 843 d per 1b ; first early autumns. 58d to 62J11 per lb; dawny autumns, 42d to 43d per lb; summer bucks, 32Jd to 33d per lb; summer does, to 29Jd per lb; first, broken, 463(1 to 50.j(l per lb; second broken, 37d to 40 3 d per lb; third broken, to 30d per lb; autumn blacks. 50(1 to 50fd per lb; incoming and winter blacks, 74d to 78d per lb , spring and summers 8.5., 30-Jd to 31d jicr lb; autumns 8.5.. 50(1 to 53d per lb; winters 8.5., 04.5(1 to 70(1 per lb; hareskins, 36d to 361(1 per lb ; weevily (stammers), to 24Jd per lb; weevilv (win- • torsi, to 34(1 per lb. The next rabbitskin sale will bo held on August 11th, and the first opossum skin sale oil August 11th.