CANADA, PARLIAMENT OF. 



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RAILWAYS IN CANADA. 



June 30. 



1868.... 



1870. 

 1871. 

 1872. 

 1878. 

 1874. 

 1875. 

 1876. 

 1877. 



RAILWAYS OF CANADA TONd CARRIED. 



Tons. 



1876 6,331,757 



1877 6,859,796 



1878 7,883,472 



1879 8,328,810 



J880 9,938,858 



1881 12,065,325 



LIFE INSURANCE IN CANADA NET AMOUNT IN FORCE. 



1882 . . . . 13,575,787 



1883 13,266,255 



1884 13,712,269 



1885 14,549.271 



1886 15,608,128 



1869 $35,680,082 | 1878 



1870 42,694,712 I 1879 



1871 45,825,935 1880 



1872 67,234,684 1881 



1873 77,500,896 I 1882 



1874 .85,716,325 [ 1883 



1875 84,560,752 j 1884 



1876 84,344,91611885 



$84,751,937 

 86,278,7ii2 

 90,280,293 

 103,290,932 

 115,042,048 

 124,196,875 

 135,458,726 

 149,962.146 



1877 85,687,903 | 1886 171,809,6*8 



FIRE INSURANCE IN CANADA AMOUNT AT RISK. 



Dec. 31. I Dec. 31. 



1869 $188,859,809 ! 1873 $409,899,701 



1870 191,594,586 i 1879 407,857,985 



1871 228,458,784:1880 411,568,271 



1872 251.722,940 



1873 278,754,835 



1874 806,848,219 



1875 364,421,029 



1876 454,608,180 



1877 420,342,681 



1881 462.210,968 



1882 526,856,478 



1888 572,204,041 



1881 605,507,789 



1885.. 611,794,479 



BUSINESS FAILURES IN CANADA. 



1873 $12,334,000 



1874 7,696,000 



1875 28,848.000 



1876 25,517,000 



1877 25.523,000 



1878 23.itiN.000 



1879 29,347,000 



1880 $7,988,000 



1881 5,751.000 



1882 8,587,000 



1883 15,872,000 



1884 18,939,000 



18S5 8,748,000 



1886 10,887,000 



The single cloud on the horizon was the 

 threatened non-intercourse on the part of the 

 great republic to the south. The fishery ques- 

 tion was not a party question. All parties 

 were agreed that the Government should main- 

 tain the admitted rights of Canada. Every- 

 thing that could be done to deal with this ques- 

 tion in a manner agreeable to the Government 

 of the United States had been done. He thought 

 the interests of both countries were bound up 

 in close commercial relations. During the last 

 fifty years there was a balance of trade be- 

 tween the two countries of $2,350,000,000 in 

 favor of the United States. 



He read a statement showing Canada's trade 

 with the United States for a period of fifty 

 years, comprising three periods, the first period 

 of thirty-three years from 1821 to 1853, prior 

 to the Reciprocity Treaty, the second period 

 from 1854 to 1866, under the Reciprocity Treaty, 

 and the third period from 1867 to 187&, that is, 

 from the date of confederation to the adoption 

 ot the protective policy; then the fourth peri- 

 od, embracing the time since the protective 

 policy was adopted. The statement was as fol- 

 lows: 



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CANADA'S TRADE WITH UNITED STATES. 

 1st period, 33 years, 1821-'58 

 United States exports to British North Amer- 

 ica 



Home products $140,152,214 



Foreign products 27,064,495 



Total exports to British North America.. $167,216,709 

 United States imports from British JSorth 

 America 67,794,426 



Balance in favor of United States $99,422,288 



Average annual balance in favor of United 



$8,009,786 



2d period, 1854-'66 



United States exports to British North Amer- 

 ica 



Home products $300,808.870 



Foreign products 62,379,718 



Total exports to British North America . . $863,188,088 

 United States imports from British North 

 America 267,612,131 



Balance in favor of United States $95,575,957 



Average annual balance in favor of United 

 States $7,851,766 



3d period, 1867 -'79 



United States exports to Canada 



Home products $477,164,790 



Foreign products 84,653,810 



Total exports to Canada $511,818.600 



United States imports from Canada 899,428,536 



Balance in favor of United States $112,895.014 



Average annual balance in favor of United 

 States 8,645,770 



4th period, 1880-'86 

 United States exports to Canada 



Home products $297,542.282 



Foreign products 16,382,229 



Total exports to Canada $818,874,511 



United States imports from Canada 274,947,511 



Balance in favor of United States $88,927,000 



Average annual balance $5,561,000 



These figures were instructive as showing 

 that tlie United States had gained by its com- 

 mercial relations with Canada under every sys- 

 tem in operation during fifty years. But what 

 would have been the position of Canada if the 

 threat of non-intercourse had been made before 

 the completion of the Canadian Pacific Rail- 

 way? Before the Northwest Rebellion? Had 

 Canada been dependent upon United States 

 means of communication with her Northwest 

 Territories, the rebellion might have been a 

 much more serious affair. Every member of 

 the House and every intelligent Canadian 

 would deeply deplore any interruption of the 

 commercial relations which exist between this 

 country and the United States; but, if this 

 policy of non-intercourse were adopted, it 

 would lead to the development of those chan- 

 nels of communication between ourselves, and 

 that the commerce of Canada, which to-day is 

 building up New York the through traffic 

 which to-day is building up Boston and Port- 

 land, would be carried through exclusively 

 Canadian channels to Canadian ports, and 

 would build up Montreal, Quebec, St. Andrews, 



