NOTES OX HYDRAULIC LIME AND CEMENT. — MASON. 189 



The following fiuures of the amount of cement made in and 

 imported into Canada will be interesting. They are from the 

 " Canadian Alining Review," for November, 1908 : — 



" During the year ending June 30th last (1903) the Canadian 

 imports of Portland cement as given by the Department of 

 Customs in the Trade and Navigation returns, amounted to 

 2,316,853 cwt., valued at S868,131, divided as follows:— 



From Great Britain 51G,79(J cwt. $187,572 



" United States 010,445 305,775 



" Belgium 814,252 244,633 



" Other countries 375,360 130,151 



Total 2,316,853 cwt. $868,131 



' This would amount, taking the weight of a barrel of foreign 

 cement as 400 pounds, to an importation of 579,213 barrels of 

 an average v^alue of $1.50 per barrel; to this cost must be added 

 a duty of 12| cents per hundred pounds, amounting, at the 

 average weight taken, to 50 cents a barrel. Now add to these 

 importations the amount of the Canadian production and we 

 have the following : — 



Bbls. Value. 



Imports of foreign cement 579,213 $1,157,737 



Production of Canadian cement ... . 594,594 1,028,618 



Total 1,173,807 $2,186,355 



