MINERAL SUBSTANCES. 
Whence Imports, | Imports, | Imports, | Imports 
Bobieeces- Imported. | 1853. | 1854. '| 1855.'| 1856. 
tons. tons. tons. tons. 
Salt (Common) .,...sesee0000.{Portugal ....0. to 213 V60e  sseccecicces 295 
FYANCe ...cceeeiess|ccceosacvies 80 
Alexandria ....0.{cosseseeveee|eeees ass. 95 
213 240 95 295 
Saltpetre .cc.ssseevvessceesesseen(Calcutta ceseeeese|ore Vaasa seal avec ecasecee seoveeveeeee(L56 tons. 
tons. tons. tons. 
Brimstone POEPOC eee eereenretens Sicily eeeeeeeeeons 3401 9938 4240 
France .......55 ae 568 (3/2 es | COCR EEE OD 
tally? ic. ceectnes: 370 DGteitsevecsecens|Cepeey “on 
Malta ...ceseese : 191 110 43 Badce ras 
Alexandria ......|.. cesccssess GO eresctvcwes|s Raasaseeaen 
Portugal ...... sea [eccanteane tasloesseconsees teeeesaseees 
NeW Work? coes5,ccstecscsese|socseusdestuters sSsceeene|sccseecvess 
4530 | 10,969 4283 9372 
tons. tons. tons. tons. 
Manganese soresessseereeseseeeefROtterdam ...... UI, caeparcanplesrscceccese 8 
; St. John’s, N. B.|.....00. “aos seo Sodeercacleess 110 
Marseilles) <sevevs|sccdatessess|recestedeseglassececseese|oe ipbhavacss 
Leghorn ....... ee[teececeerecs[ecccsecnencs|tetneenseesleeseeenenses 
Ddey- leat teserecls snacoveee é 118 
Manganese Ore .....+...+0+...|Rotterdam ...... 945 tons./333 tons.!331 tons.|230 tons. 
St. John’s, N. B.]...ccsesssss/eee sdagteaedlhwerersepigelavedysetcens 
tons. tons. tons. tons. 
LGA cccccccccccccssscnvesecsecsss(SPAIM seccsceseree] 299 49 78 149 
France ...cceseeses GOR woscsceeec Bawoasssenes|caevetaan cee 
Montserrat ......Jesecsees Biikclusneneseeses 3 
453 49 81 149 
: tons. tons. tons. 
Litharge weeeereneseecverseeeeces Hamburg ceeees 17 7 
Rotterdam ...... 6 15 4 
23 22 4 
EEGs cd oapebeddertbsorpeccccuceess Cronstadt,.....+.. Sareeasacevelocdsuetevett|cercasspens,[2G00 DALSS 
[ron Ore ......eseceepeeseseeeeee| NeW York ooeese 
ape cescevysclssdesaeasens|sesccesnecns] 20 Cite 
Sienna Earth .......... obearece Leghorn .........| 144 cwt.| 87 cWt. |..e.cereees.| 42 cwt. 
(Hydrous Sesquioxide of! 
Tron.) 
Pig Tron | .0sscvscecreeeversseees.|Ste JOHN'S, Ne B.leccerosesces|ecseeesescee|s poemesste 14 tons. 
St. Petersburg ..}.......s00.-[ees veevereceleeeseceeeses| 10 tons. 
CHIE oep.sccorsoecceceesesscesee| NANTES soscoes .»»..[300 tons. 
ROQUCIecteraeedsia)|nccdaco0eeer]ccansopaccad(acsaneceense) 0 t00K 
cwt. 
Plumbago eveceveveseceeeseess.( ROtterdam eeeeee 1 
7 
237 
Imports, 
1857. 
tons. 
3 
3 
30 tons. 
tons. 
3448 
206 
25 
129 cwt. 
St. John’s, N. B. 6 small |quantitiesjoccasionallly. 
