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Quantities of, an<l rates of Only on, Wheat and Wheal 

 Fluur entereil for hotiiP coiisiunptioii from a!! the Biiliih 

 Possessions ia North Americu, except Ciioadu. 



Qrs. I 



From 28th Sept. to :28th Doc. 1843 3372 



— 4lh Jau. 184 1, to 21st Mar. 1814 ^25 



— 28th Marih. 1844 (i2 



— 4th April to Uth April 1^03 

 ~ 18th April to 25th July 47(i3 



— 1st August to IDlh December :HS-22 



rn 



13.450 3 

 In 1811 thft population of Etijjlaiul and Wales was 

 15.911,72.3. Mr. Charles Smith, in his celebrated '* Three 

 Tracts on the Corn Trade and Corn Laws," estimated 

 the annual consumption of Wheat in England and Wales, 

 at one quarter per head lor each individual, and JMc 

 CuUacii considers that ostimate tolerably correct also for 

 the present time. 



Takinif this for granted ond adding 800,000 as the 

 increase of population up to the present time, it appears 

 that in the 12 months (ending; 5th October, 1843) previous 

 to the Canada Com Law of 1843 coming into operation, 

 the quantify of Wheat and Wheat Flour from all th© 

 British Colonies, entered for home consumption in the 

 United Kingdom, was equal to the consumption of England 

 and Wales for a little more than one day and 16 hours. 



The quantity of W^heat and Flour /rowi Canada alone, 

 since the Canada Corn Law came into operation (the 10th 

 October, 1813) to (he 3rd October, 1844, entered for home 

 consumption in the United Kingdom, was equal to the 

 consumption of England and Wales for 5 days and 19 hours. 



Monthly average duty on Colonial Wheat entered for 

 home consumption in 1842. 



January 5 April 1 3 July 1 Oct. 4 4 

 February 4 11 May 1 Aug. 1 Nov. 6 

 March 5 June 11 Sept. 2 5 Dec. 5 



THE FUTURE OPERATION OF THE ACT. 



The next branch of the enquiry is the probable future 

 operation of the Act of 1843. With this is connected the 

 consideration of the following circumstances : — The 

 Agricultural capability of Canada — the prices of Wheat 

 grown in the Colony — the expense of inland and foreign 

 transit — the supply of United States' Wheat — and the 

 probability of the latter being smuggled into Canada. In 

 ;i former page particulars are stated relative to the natural 



