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we received only 12,897,000 cwt. from the United States in the 

 form of grain, while 17,880,000 cwt. of wheat were required to 

 produce the aggregate weight of the flour we received from that 

 country. The amount of wheat reduced to the form of flour for 

 export to this country has twice previously exceeded the quan- 

 tity shipped in the form of grain in the past twenty years, viz., 

 in 1887-8 and 1 890-1. With a view of ascertaining the whole 

 amount of our indebtedness to the United States for wheat, the 

 following table may be given, shewing the total amount of wheat 

 received from the United States, whether in the form of grain 

 or flour (expressed in each case as grain), distinguishing the 

 proportion in each category : — » 



Table I. — Imports of Wheat and Flour (Expressed as Grain) from the 



United States. 



Cereal Years. 



1884-1885 

 385-1886 



1 886- 1 887 



1887- 1888 



1888- 1889 



1 889- 1 890 



1 890- 1 89 1 



1891- 1892 



1 892- 1 893 



1 893- 1 894 



1894- 1895 



1895- 1896 



1 896- 1 897 



1 897- 1 898 



1 898- 1 899 



1 899- 1 900 



1900- 1901 



1901- 1902 



1 902- 1 903 



1 903- 1 904 



Amount 

 Imported. 



Thousands of Cwt. 



43433 

 35,213 

 5 1 ,066 



37,897 

 27,352 

 36,829 



32,531 

 58,75o 

 63,957 

 47,857 

 45,121 



48,439 

 51,924 

 60,058 

 63,752 

 55,768 

 66,736 

 62,469 

 54-257 

 30,777 



Proportion Received as 



Grain. 



Per Cent. 



60-5 



59'4 

 62 - l 

 48-1 

 52-6 



51- 3 

 48-9 

 577 

 59'3 



52- 2 

 55'9 

 59"0 



61 *o 



6l'2 



59-8 



56'5 



58- 8 

 66-6 



59- 0 

 4i*9 



Flour. 



Per Cent. 



39'5 



40 - 6 



37- 9 

 51-9 



47"4 

 487 

 51T 



42'3 

 407 

 47-8 

 44-1 



41- 0 

 39-o 



38- 8 

 40*2 



43'5 

 41-2 



33-4 

 41 'O 

 5 8-t 



It is to be observed that the above figures of the amount 

 received from the United States do not represent accurately the 

 amount of wheat of United States origin, for the reason that 

 there is a large cross-trade between that country and Canada. 

 What is precisely the effect of this transit trade it is difficult to 



