The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-06-23


countries was the subject Of a recent
investigation by the State Department
through the Consular Service. A large
number Of answers on the subject have
been received.
Consul Smith writes from Victoria,
British Columbia:
During the past year. the exports OF
deerskins have been 2O.O05. much larger
than for several years past. as owners
had been holding them for better prices.
These deerskins were Of the average
weight of 225 pounds per 100 skins. and
were sold here at IS and 19 cents per
pound. They were all sent to the United
States principally TO Portland. Oregon,
and San Francisco.
The laws of British Columbia prohibit
the expectation OF raw deershns. and the
American duty on dressed or tanned deer
skins makes ii Improbable TO send them
to the United States. Those shipped dur
ing the last year were picked which the
courts here decided could be exported, and
they WGre reported 10 be admitted flee
Of duty to American ports.
Deer have measurably disappeared
from this province, and it is understood
that the provincial parliament of British
Columbia, in obedience to public senti-
ment, Will pass a law in $500 absolutely
prohibiting the export Of deeTskins in any
state. which VIII, of course, enec,ually
extinguish the export trade in that article
from this port"
Consul GeaeraI Barlow sends the fol-
lowing from Mexico City:
There are very few deerskins exported
from this district. I am advised that the
dealers pay for them from 30 10 So cents
Mexican silver (23 10 % cents gold per
pound. and that they average IA pounds
each in weight"
Vice Consul NIosca reports from La Paz:
The total yearly export from this dis
trict amount 10 1000 skins, Of an average
weight Of 90 pounds per 100 pieces. ard
the uniform price has bees 80 cents Mexi-
can "a cents gold per pound The pro-
ductlon is decreasing n0ticeably, as there
is 10 restriction On hunting at any season
The skins have been regularly exported
20 he principal commission houses Of san
Francisco
Vice Consul Wells. of Tuxpan. says,
Exports from This port for the quarter
ended September 50, 1883, amounted 10
ffty-eight bales. averaging 20 pounds 70
the bale, covering from - 10 10 skins
each. Weight varies from two to four
pounds.
The increase Of shipments from this
port has been remarkable, those for the
quarter ended september 80 were 80 per
cent more than for tn entire year ended
June 30. 1879
Prices vary according 20 size and con
di;ion. averaging SO cents Mexican OF
cents gold per pound.
The c-fr= r,ne+ carefully I'd
and the trade promises 20 be steady, many
OF the merchants extending their business.
All skins and hides are shipped 10 New
York.
The following has been received from
Consul jenkins. OF san Salvador:
The deerskin in Salvador varies in
weight from to 2 I-2 pounds. and is sold
for 25 20 80 cents 90 TO = cents gold per
pound The expectation 20 the United
States amounted 10 ? go pounds for the
year ended June 80. 1889. or about % per
cent OF the total shipments
The greater part OF the expectation goe1
to Hamburg. where it is claimed, better
prices prevail
The freight rates per pound are as fol-
lows san Francisco. 1 cent New York. IS
cents. via Panama, Hamburg. 1 cent, via
Magellan. England. $2lS9 per ton Of 2.240
pounds. via Straits Of Magellan"
Vice Consul Krause writes from Pernam-
buco that nc deerskins are exported from
that district.
Consul Swain. Of Monteyideo. says:
The export Of deerskins from Uruguay
is small and consists almost wholly OF
skins sent down the river from Paraguay
In 1895 the total export was 1857 pounds.
valued at $lS4S; in 1886. the export fell
TO 6,565 pounds, of $S75 value; and in 1897
the export was .. I6S pounds valued al
Z he ha
of stag and carp;nchO skins TO the United
States was SS,SiS. exceeding by over S60O0
the shipments OF the year previous For
the past two years the exports have been
taken almost exclusively by European
houses, that market apparently being
deemed the most advantageous 10 the sell
CT here.
There is a constant decrease in the
supply Of deerskns. For the past year,
the invoice value Of shipments to the
United States Of 'oarpincho and stag skins
tbaled togeJherl was $2.374- There is an
export duty on these skins Of SI.04 per
100 Kilograms The price in this market
has ruled quite steady at SO for narrow
and $3.50 for wide, per 100 kilograms
The supply is small, and viii be less
Manufacturers would do we'll 10 address
their communications 10 Messrs- Thomas
W Howard & Co, exporters. 81 Gale
Soils Montevideo. who have had an ex-
perienee of thirty years in American
trade"
Consul Plumacher writes from Mara
caibO; .-DeerSkins are plentiful in this
section of Venezuela. but up TO date very
little attention has been paid 10 this ar
ticle. Prices vary from to 121s cents
per pound. They are packed into bales
OF leo skins to bale, Weighing from go
to $50 pounds. All the skins from this
district are shipped 10 New York
Consul. Wilcox of Hankau, China
reports: From the best information that
I have been able to gain. learn that no
deerskins are exported from here. The
only deer that has its habitat in this re-
giOn is Cervis axis, commonly called hog
deer. There has been no special demand
for their skins, which are generally ruined
by being shot full of holes. The size of
the skins averages 20 by 10 inches, and
the weight per 100 skins is So pounds.
The price is about p cents gold per skin
IF the trade were worked up il is es-
timated that 10. coo could be purchased
here annually, and the skins would be
brought TO market in a better condition -
TESTING MCLEAN ORDNANCE.