Bohemia supplied the balance. The first Nor- 

 wegian purchase of sugar in America was made 

 in 1915 through Mr. Petersen's firm, when this 

 firm purchased 20,000 tons for the Norwegian 

 Government. This contract was placed with 

 New York interests, who continued to supply 

 Norway while the Government Sugar Monopoly 

 continued in operation. 



A few weeks ago, after the monopoly had 

 been lifted, Norwegian interests contracted for 

 delivery of about 2,000 tons refined sugar from 

 Canadian refineries, which, in Mr. Petersen's 

 opinion, should be able to obtain their share of 

 the Scandinavian and Baltic business. The 

 Canadian refined sugar compares favorably 

 with the best American brands. 



Provisions of Canadian origin have not as 

 yet found an active market in the North- 

 European countries, due to the fact that they 

 are of higher quality and commanding a cor- 

 respondingly higher price than the American 

 products offered for sale here. There is, how- 

 ever, a tendency towards increasing trade in 

 these articles. 



Mr. Petersen, who has wide business con- 

 nections, covering the Scandinavian and Baltic 

 countries, says that it is always a pleasure to 

 him to recommend Canadian products, as he 

 then can guarantee high quality and fair dealing. 

 It is, in his opinion, only a question of time when 

 Canada will control a considerable share of the 

 trade with the Northern countries in grain, 

 flour, sugar and provisions, of which they are 

 large purchasers. 



Canada's Postal Department 



Many of our great industries would experi- 

 ence difficulty in existing if there was no suitable 

 medium through which communication could be 

 conducted with distant points with despatch and 

 safety, and the part that the post office plays in 

 the home and business life of the Canadian 

 public is seldom thought of, but its value cannot 

 be computed in monetary terms. From the 

 International boundary to the Arctic Circle the 

 Canadian Post Office Department handles the 

 correspondence ot the public, and this never- 

 tiring machine functions with an efficiency which 

 seems remarkable to the uninitiated. The letter 

 or parcel posted in the little grocery-post office 

 in some out-of-the-way country hamlet receives 

 the same care and attention as that posted in the 

 neat, attractive red letter boxes in the larger 

 centres of community life. Never for an instant 

 does this "machine" relax its vigilance in safe- 

 guarding the property of the public, and its 

 responsibility does not cease until the letter or 

 parcel is delivered to its destination. 



Thirty-six thousand miles of railway are used 

 by the Post Office Department in distributing 

 mail in Canada. There are over 12,000 mail 

 routes, many of which are a considerable distance 



from the railway track, and which can only be 

 reached by a motor or horse driven vehicle, 

 dog-sled, or canoe. The Department operates 

 12,000 post offices, or one to approximately 

 every 700 of Canada's population, as well as 

 5,300 money order offices. Many of these 

 offices are located in palatial buildings, the 

 property of the Federal Government. To 

 receive the mail from the public the Department 

 has distributed at convenient points over 8,000 

 street letter boxes and receptacles, as well as 

 200,000 rural delivery boxes. In the cities and 

 towns the letter boxes are cleared several times 

 a day, while the country mail is collected 

 regularly each day. 



Half a Billion Letters Carried 



Over half a billion letters and post cards were 

 carried by the Department in the fiscal year 

 ended March 31st, 1922, according to Govern- 

 ment statistics. In addition, the Department 

 handled 350,000,000 newspapers, 50,000,000 

 parcels, and 250,000,000 circulars, making in all 

 well over a billion missives carried for the 

 Canadian public during the past fiscal year. 

 At all hours of the day, mail is moving from one 

 point to another. Inclement weather does not 

 retard the delivery of the mails. Even though 

 other public utilities fail to perform their duties, 

 the mail service must go on, and it is that idea of 

 unfailing loyalty to the service that has resulted 

 in Canada having one of the finest of postal 

 systems. 



The Post Office Department can, with 

 justification, claim to have the largest money 

 order business of any organization in Canada. 

 During the period under review the Department 

 issued postal notes and money orders to the 

 value of $295,000,000, of which sum money orders 

 represent $270,000,000 and postal notes the 

 balance. Money orders issued and handled by 

 the Department totalled 10,000,000; postal notes 

 6,000,000; Canadian orders issued on Great 

 Britain 520,000; British orders issued on Canada 

 55,000; Canadian orders issued on the United 

 States 680,000; and United States orders issued 

 on Canada 340,000. In all 15,595,000 money 

 orders and postal notes were issued and handled 

 by the Canadian Postal Department in the year 

 ended March 31st, 1922. 



Ten Thousand Persons Employad 



To operate this huge organization great skill 

 is required and the expenditure of much money. 

 Approximately 10,000 persons are employed by 

 the Department, to whom an annual salary 

 amounting to $14,407,000 is paid. In addition, 

 the rural mail carriers must be paid, the railway 

 for transporting the mail, as well as innumer- 

 able other small items which are necessary in the 

 operation ot this business. The annual cost of 

 rural delivery service totals $2,750,000; salary 

 expenditure $14,407,000; railway mail service 



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