Note 107 — PART II. CONTAINING THE CONQUEST OF SIBERIA, AND THE HISTORY OF THE TRANSACTIONS AND COMMERCE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND CHINA.
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List of furs sent from England to Petersburg in the following years:
Beaver-skins.Otter-skins.
1775, 464607143
1776, 2770012086
1777, 2731610703
The finest Hudson's beavers have been sold upon an average at Petersburg from70 to 90 roubles per 10 skins.
Inferior ditto and best Canada beavers from50 — 75
Young or cub-beavers from20 — 35
Best otter-skins from90 — 100
Inferior ones from60 — 80
The qualities of these skins being very different occasion great variations in the prices.
At Kiachta, the best Hudson's Bay beaver fetches from 7 to 20 roubles per skin.
Otters' ditto6 — 35
Black foxes skins from Canada are also sometimes sent from England to Petersburg.
At Kiachta they fetch from 1 to 100 roubles per skin.