The Statistical Year-Book of Canada for Volume 15 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ...Fishing nets and seines, fishing lines and twines, &c Glove fasteners, metal eyelet-hooks and eyelets Gotta percha, crude Hatters' bands (not cords), bindings, tips and sides, &c Jute cloth Metals, viz.: --Brass Copper Iron and steel Tin Zinc All others, N.E.S From 1st January. SUMMARY OF IMPORTS FOR HOME CONSUMPTION-Cowiw&rf. Articles. Imports Fob Home Consumption. Value, 1898. Value. 1899. Manufactures, &c--Con. Newspapers, magazines and weekly literary papers, unbound Tsoils Oil cake and oil cake meal, cotton seed cake, &c Oils, cocoanut and alm i. other Plaits, chip, manilla, cotton, mohair, straw, &c. Potash, muriate and bichromate of, crude Rags of cotton, linen, jute, hemp, &c Resin Rubber, crude Rubber, recovered and rubber substitute and hard rubber sheets Surgical and dental instruments Veneers of ivory, unmanufactured All other articles Total Manufactures, &c. Miscellaneous Articles. Articles imported for use of Dominion Government... M for use of the army and navy, i ex-warehoused for ships' stores Coffee, green, imported direct from country of growth. Paintings in oil or water colours Settlers effects Tea, black, imported direct.. green u._ Coins, gold and silver, except IT. S. silver coins Gold and silver bullion, in bars, blocks or ingots Other miscellaneous Total M iscellaneous Total Free Goods Total Dutiable and Free The following table gives the total value of imports and the value entered for home consumption, by countries, distinguishing between dutiable and free goods, in 1899: --Vnited States Germany France China Japan Belgium Austria Italy Spain Spanish West Indies East Possessions, all other Switzerland.. Turkey Dutch East Indies Holland South America--Argentine Republic. Brazil Chile Peru Ecuador Venezue