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The following talilc shows the value of the leading imports and exports in 1897 :—
Imports, 1807,
Exports of Canadian
Dollars
for Home Consumption
produce, 1897.
"Wool, manufactures of
7,125,748
Cheese
14,676,239
Iron, steel, and manu-
Horned Cattle .
7,132,807
factures of
10,613,630
Horses
1,710,922
Coal and coke .
9,276,534
Sheep
1,002,011
Breadstufts
1,136,263
Eggs
978,479
Cotton manufactures .
4,269,620
Other animal products
13,744,794
Tea and coflee ,
4,034,208
Wood pulp
741,959
Sugar of all kinds
8,560,790
Wood k other manu-
Cotton wool and
factures of
32,169,087
waste .
3,290,240
Wheat and wheat flour
7,085,048
Silk and manufac-
Peas ....
2,352,891
tures of
1,988,305
Apples
2,682,472
Provisions
655,316
Hay.
999,238
Wool, raw
878,339
Other agric. products
4,862,997
Wood, and manufac-
Codfish .
2,706,827
tures of
861,728
Fish of other kinds .
7,607,496
Animals, living
397,902
Coal ....
3,330,017
Flax, hemp, jute, and
Gold-bearing quartz
manufactures of .
1,362,853
and nuggets, &c. .
2,804,101
Spirits and wines
1,379,436
Other minerals .
5,164,797
Coin and bullion
4,676,194
Iron and steel and
All other articles
50,786,915
manufactures
522,988
Leather and manufac.
1,541,732
Coin and Bullion
327,298
All other articles
9,815,638
Foreign produce
13,990,415
Total
111,294,021
Total
137,950,253
More than half the revenue of Canada is derived from Customs duties. The following statement shows, for 1897, the amount of imports dutiable and duty-free, and the average rate per cent, of duty on dutiable imports : —
Duties
Av. rate
Nature of Imports
Dutiable
Free
collected
of duty
Dollars
Dollars
Dollars
Food and animals .
13,655,482
5,137,678
3,243,522
23-75
Raw materials for Domestic
indnstrj' ....
4,042,226
19,806,964
1,033,557
25-57
■Wholly or partially manufac-
tured materials for marm-
factures and mechanical arts
10,420,183
8,125,421
2,542,724
24-40
Manufactured articles ready
for consumption .
30,284,115
6,854,958
8,536,340
28 19
Luxuries, <tc
7,S18,759
472,031
4,535,854
58 -tl
Totals ....
66,220,765
40,397,062
19,891,997
30-02
1 Including flsh-oils, furs and skins of flsh, and other products of the fisheries.
