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"The United States' Corn imported u:jd«r t!ii.i T.;»\v [of 

 18 13] must be derived partly from the Wrsfcrn pi.it of 

 the iSuUe of Nuw York hoideiiiij;' on Jiuko Ondirio, 

 but principally no doubt from tiio NoiUurn parts of Ohio 

 bordering on Luke Erie. The navigation thence to Montreal, 

 partly by uatuj.d and partly by ju-tilicial cbannols is tedious, 

 Uillicult, and expensive, and when tlie Wheat has arrived 

 at the latter or at Quiibec. luul [ncu groiuid, the voy;ige to 

 England is longer, the risk greater, and the rate of freight 

 materially Iiigher tlian IVoni New York or nahimore." The 

 Montreal papeis state \\x.d on thf "Jnd of NW)V€mber, 18-1-1, 

 the freight of Flour iVoni tlial port to Liverpool and Iho 

 Clyde, was from 4s. C], to in, p?r barrel. 



Mr. Tlnbback, n Liverpool nierehant of great experience 



says •• The rate of f. eight (Voni all the main shipping points 



on the United Statt's' jido of Luke Erie, to any one point in 



Canada, is generally the same nt the same tiiue; i. e. the 



freight on thelst J ujy fr<»m BinTnlo, Cleveland, Sandusky, or 



Detroit, to Kingston vs'ould be tije name, The ireight from 



all points on Lak*; Mii higan to uny one point in C.nuida is 



th<isarne. The dillerence offr^Mght bet ween Lakes Michigan 



and Erie, is met !)y ^lio diifcrence in ths price of "Wheat; 



thus,si!pjU)sing V> heatat Cleveland 75 cents per bushel, and 



freii'-ht to Kinuston 10 cenls, at (.'lucajro. Wheat at the same 



» time will be 'uo cents, and fi\-ig!]t to k'ngsl(,n 20 cents. 



J The princii a! pf^v's in Caniuia to which Whea.t from the 



J United States'? ide is sent are ir't. Catherine's on tleV/elland 



I Canal (the most importanOTorcnio, Ilingt-ton. and Prcscott. 



j The rate cf freight from uuy port on the United .Slates' side 



of Lake Erie is 



cents. average. 



To St. Catlierine's 5 to 8 per bushel G to 7 



• Toronto or Kingston 7 V2 f) 10 



• Prcscott 10 lit 12 13 



I From Chicago on Lake Michigan to St. Catharine's,' the 



freight ranges from 13 to 18 cents per bushel. The 

 insurance from Lake Michigan to Lake Ontario ranges 

 from 1 to 2 per cent according to th.o season ; from I ake 

 Erie to St. Catherine's i to ^i per cent. The usual length 

 of passage from Cleveland to St. Catherine's is 4 days, 



I from St. Catherine's to Montreal 10 or 11 days; from 



Chicago on Lake Michigan to St. Catherine's is very un- 



i certain, especially in the spriag and fall, say 15 to 80 days." 



In the report of the Special Committee of the Legislative 



Assembly of Canada, in January, 1843, it was stated that the 



I cost of conveying a barrel of (lour from the Welland Canal, 



by way of the St. Lawrence to any part of the United King- 

 dom was 14s. 6d. — that the freight from Cleveland (Ohio) 



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