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CANADA, DOMINION OF. 



$18,199; in 1893, $276,446. Mail subsidies and 

 steamship subventions in 1*78, $257,534; in 

 s.n:;.!):;s. Civil government in 1878, 

 $823.869; in 1893, $1,367,570. Adulteration of 

 food in 1878, $5,964 ; in 1893, $24,249. Mis- 

 cellaneous expenditure in 1878, $02.968; in 

 ITS. Mounted police in 1878, $334,- 

 in !*!:!. siiir,.4T9. Total in 1878, $5,256,- 

 : IM:J. $10,384,272. 



Commerce. The following tabular statements 

 convey all accurate idea of the condition and vol- 

 ume i"-f tin- export trade of Canada with the 

 t'nitrd States and (Jreat Britain for the past 



Subjoined is a statement of the principal im- 

 ports last year: Wool, 10,503,645 pounds; cot- 

 tons, 40,263,333 pounds; raw sugar. 252,644,060 

 pounds: hides, eta, $2,045,1 75; rubber, $862,1 13; 

 jute, $3HO.:>77:lumberandtimber(foreign), $877,- 

 364; veneers, $80,0:5* ; hemp, $1,150,134; furs 

 and skins, $785,433; raw silk, $206.471; cork- 

 wood, $72,!M:i: broom corn, $146,987; pig and 

 scrap iron, 107,000 tons. 



Fisheries. The total vsdne of the Canadian 

 fisheries for la-l year \v;is estimated at $20,686,- 

 <;;<>, divided MS follows : Nova Scotia, $6,407,279; 

 N.-w I'.ninsuick. S:j.74r,.l2l ; Hritish Columbia, 

 K448.988: Quebec, $2,218,005; Ontario, $1,694,- 

 '.):;(); Pi-inn- Kduard Ishmd. $l.i:w,:{(58; and 

 Manitoba ;md Northwot Territories, $1,042,093. 

 The total value shows an increase, of $1.500.000 

 over the year preceding, due entirely to t he enor- 

 mous t-alcli of >almon in I'.ritish Columbia. 



Tin- value of the different, kinds of fish mar- 

 keted wa> :i- follows: Cod. S4.M2S.44S ; salmon. 

 !?:!.s!io,i;iJ: lobsters, x-j.4s4.5r,x : herring, si - 

 s.VJ.siM ; \vhitcfish, S1.2US.744; mackerel, $],- 

 nn;.(ii;i; : seals ss:i.s.i'j : trout. x(;:,s.<;n : had- 

 dock, $44(i.:K<): smelts. $414.171: hake. $367,- 

 S2:?: pollock, $241,581; sardines, $218,018- 



halibut, $215,367; alewives, $212,714: pike, 

 $209,688; pickerel, $157,410; oysters, $156,440; 

 eels, $118,793; sturgeon, $105,795; bass, $79,- 

 201 ; shad, $77,076 ; tomcod or frostfish, $77,- 

 070 ; clams, $68,658 ; squid, $43,744. 



The Government expenditure for the fisheries 

 for last year are as follow: Fisheries, $72,314.- 

 68 ; fish" breeding. $47,322.49 ; fisheries protec- 

 tion service, $106,805.39 ; fishing bounty, $159,- 

 752.14; miscellaneous expenditure, $100,602.14; 

 total, $486,796.84. 



The Liquor Traffic. The extent of 1'Js 

 traffic in 1893 is shown by the following table : 



Increasing the first cost by 100 per cent. a 

 very moderate estimate the cost of intoxicants 

 to consumers in the Dominion last year would 

 exceed $40,000,000. There are in the country 162 

 breweries, 8 distilleries, and 5 maltsters' estab- 

 lishments, which use machinery to the value of 

 $1,409,000, employ 2,243 men, and pay in wages 

 $1,070,331. The total amount of capital invested 

 in breweries is $8.309,644, and in distilleries $7,- 

 054,000. 



Forest Products exported. The total 

 value of the products of Canadian forests ex- 

 ported last year was $28,212,552. The chief 

 consumers of these products are the United 

 States and Great Britain. 



A marked feature of the export to the United 

 States is the increase in the number of pine saw 

 logs imported from Canada, which increased 

 from 4,335,000 feet in 1882-'85 to 269,868,000 

 feet in 1890-'93. The imports of timber from 

 the United States during the same period were : 

 Logs, $266,990 ; timber from Maine to be sawed 

 in the mills of St. John, $900,000. 



Immigration. During last year the number 

 of immigrants arriving at the port of Quebec 

 was 46,888, divided as follows : From England, 

 33,628 ; Ireland, 873 ; Scotland, 1,672 ; Germany, 

 5,340; Belgium, 4,569; France, 275; St. Pierre 

 et Miquelon, 7; and Iceland, 524. The number 

 of immigrants arriving in Canada in 1894 is esti- 

 mated at 50,000. This enumeration does not in- 

 clude expatriated French Canadians, of whom 

 40,000 were estimated to have returned to the 

 province of Quebec from the United States dur- 

 ing the summer of 1894. 



Considering the expenditure of money made 

 to encourage immigration into the country and 

 the vast agricultural areas awaiting settlement 

 in the Northwest Territories and elsewhere, the 



