9 



£. £. 



183G 1(J5,8;U 1840 1.31:3,884 



1837 189,048 1841 8y8,<)88 



lH3h3 510,248 1842 884. {)98 



1839 1,029,070 1843 806,007 

 Total £(;,398,077. 

 The special grants on account of the rebellion of 1837 

 wero 



£ £. 



1838 50O.(H)0 1841 108,000 



1839 1,000.000 1842 108.000 



1840 35l.74(> 1843 25.300 



Total £2,090,04 (). 



In the official return of the public expenditure for the 

 year ending 5lh January, 1843, we find au item of" Insur- 

 rection in Canada £253,343 12s. 4d." 



The British Army maintained at the present moment in 

 Canada, consists often re;^iinpnts or battalions, viz. the 14th 

 foot, reserve battalion of 23rd foot, 43rd foot, 52nd foot, 

 2nd battalion GOth foot, reserve battalion 7lst foot, 81st 

 foot, 82nd foot, 89th foot, 93rd foot. There is also u 

 Colonial Corps — the iloval Canadian Rifle Regiment. The 

 Militia in l«42, amounted to lG0.^30--viz. for Lower 

 Canada 90,5G2. Upper Canada 75,208. 



IMPORTS, EXPORTS, MANUFACTURES, &c. 



In the Petition of merchants, millers, agriculturists, &,c., 

 of West Canada, April, 1842, it was stated, that Canada, 

 at that time, purchased a lirgcr amount of British manufac- 

 tures, and furnished eniplovmeut to a much greater number 

 of British ships, than several of the most populous kingdoms 

 of Europe combined. 



The declared value of British and Irish produce and man- 

 ufactures exported in 1842 from t!io United Kingdom into 

 th« British North American Colojiies, was £2,333,525. In 

 that sum are included. 



£ 



Apparel, slops, and haberdashery 282,551 



Cotton manufactures 485,490 



Hardwares and cutlery 128,181 



Iron and steel wrought and unwrought 145,744 



Linen manufactures 108,548 



Silk manufactures 74,074 



Soap and candles 50.736 



Stationery 44,750 



Sugar refined 55,109 



Woollen manufactures 425,122 



£1.806.965 



