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INTRODUCTION 



TABLE K Continued. 



THE GRAIN TRADE OF THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER. 



The grain trade of the St. Lawrence river has of late years attracted the attention of the leading 

 statesmen and merchants, both of Canada and the United States. The construction of the Welland 

 canal, and the completion of the various Canadian canals around the rapids of the St. Lawrence, pro 

 vided an uninterrupted water-course from the head of Lake Michigan to Montreal and Quebec. 



For many years the trade of this river was confined chiefly to the products of Upper Canada, but 

 the increased production of grain in the northwestern States during the past ten years has so crowded 

 the other avenues to the seaboard that the trade has naturally sought an outlet to the ocean by the St- 

 Lawrence. 



The following table shows the receipts of Hour and grain at Montreal during the past three years : 



Receipts of flour and grain at Montreal for three years. 



The following table shows the exports of flour and grain from Montreal during the past three 



years: 



Exports of flour and grain from Montreal for three years. 



