Canadian Agriculture. 
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The chief items included under " agricultural products " 
were : — 
£ 
Barley 1,258,647 
Wheat 1,176,298 
Flour 503,191 
Hay 180,421 
Malt 227,340 
Potatoes 209,791 
Peas 432,342 
In addition to the above, wheat, in transit from the Western 
United States, was exported to the value of 1,164,377Z. 
As Canada is a joung country, with a sparse population 
widely scattered, her revenue is derived from indirect taxation, 
there being at present many obstacles in the way of the collection 
of direct taxes. The inland revenue in the fiscal year ending 
June 30th, 1883, amounted to 1,375,652/., of which 780,573/. 
was raised from spirits, 81,005/. from malt, and 377,260/. from 
tobacco. Of the last-named article, 9,558,952 lb. were manu- 
factured, of which 454,922 lb, were exported. For reasons 
already stated, and on account of the proximity of the United 
States, where Protection prevails, a protective tariff is imposed on 
all, or nearly all, imports into the Dominion ; and it is claimed 
that owing to this " national policy," formulated in 1878, the 
manufacturing industries of Canada have been very greatly 
developed. Mr. Patterson, Secretary of the Montreal Board of 
Trade, in one of his reports, said that "in 1881 the total foreign 
trade of Canada was larger, in proportion to the population, than 
that of the United States ; while the shipping of Canada, per 
head of the population, was more than four times as large." 
The imports of wheat and bread stuffs from Canada into the 
United Kingdom during the last ten years, are set forth in the 
following table : — 
1 
Wheat. 
Wlieat-meal and 
Flour. 
Cwts. 
Cwts. 
1874 
3,807,174 
389,355 
1875 
3,(;04,610 
358,706 
1876 
2,417,151 
282,053 
1877 
2,912,178 
254,695 
1878 
2,003,580 
294,448 
1879 
4,676,686 
460,435 
1880 
3,893,544 
521,702 
1881 
2,860,854 
260,342 
1882 
2,(184,828 
339,305 
1883 
1,798,050 
469,460 
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