RABBITSKIN MARKET

Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 September 1939, Page 3

RABBITSKIN MARKET

SALE AT DUNEDIN. KEEN COMPETITION. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, September 13. The rabbitskin sale listed for Tuesday was held this afternoon on receipt of advice from Wellington that in the meantime the sale of rabbitskins shall be free from the provisions of the emergency regulations in regard to price fixation. About 35 tons of skins were offered. Competition throughout the sale was keen. This may be partly attributed to clarification of the position in regard to war risk freights, and also to the fact that a suitable steamer is loading for United States ports at the end of this week. Taking present conditions into consideration, the sale must be considered satisfactory from the trapper’s point of view. Following is the official range of prices: Small, BJd to per lb; racks, 19id to 23d; summers, 22?,d to 24jd; autumns, 26|d to 29d; incomings, 20d to 36d; spotted winter bucks, 60jd to 62Jd; spotted winter does, 33|d to 35Jd; second winter bucks, 75d to 79d; second winter does, 39$d to 41Jd; first winter bucks, 84d to 87d; first winter does, 46d to 48d; outgoing winter bucks, 474 d to 53£d; outgoing winter does, 32jd to 32fd; furrier does, 39Jd to 40d; spring bucks, 36£d to 39d; spring does, 31|d to 31Jd; first milky, 35jd to 29Jd; milky, 23J to 25? d; second winter broken, 29fd to 30fd; first winter broken, 33|d to 34d; autumn fawns, to 36d; winter fawns, to 56d; autumn black, 20d to 27Jd; first winter black, SB£d to 41Jd; first hare skins, 28d to 301 d; bare skins, 14d to 17d; horehair, 19d to 23Jd first ferrets (each), 5s lid to 7s 4d.