OPOSSUM SKINS
ROYALTY REDUCED .'TO 6d. /:y. \’ WELLINGTON, May 29. ■Cabinet has decided to reduce the royalties payable to the State on opossum skin* from "Is to 6d with the usual condition that an extra 3d shall bo payable for late stamping or stampingj,; outside the district in which the '' animals arc taken. Many • /persons ' undbrtake opossum tipping "W: profitable occupation during the season, and there is a likelihood of ,a number of men at present *V 7 -'Unemployed Peeking a livelihood by ( , this means. •, The • Minister of Internal Affairs, -the. P. A; de la Perrelte, said ;: to day that Cabinet bad had the •--Question ofreducing the royalties on skins under consideration for some time. Tire step had been taken to assist, trappers who were suffering from the fall in the price obtained for the skins.
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 June 1931, Page 3
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