COMMERCE
The chief imports into Canada from Great Britain were :-
233
Articles
1894
1895
1896 £
1897
£
£
£
Iron and Steel, and
manufactures of .
1,405,320
951,354
877,960
717,565
Woollens
1,651,830
1,355,108
1,424,168
1,146,349
Cottons ....
607,790
635,770
689,870
559,568
Silk, and manufactures of
407,559
355,471
• 389,751
286,852
Wearing apparel, all
kinds ....
—
—
—
—
Fancy goods .
219,860
193,704
186,890
179,421
Flax, hemp, and jute,
and manufactures of .
273,680
253,004
269,378
217,563
The following table exhibits the commercial intercourse of the Dominion of Canada with the United Kingdom, according to the Board of Trade Returns, in 1879, and in each of the last five years.
1879
1893
1894
1895
£
12,798,469
5,285,271
1896
1897
Imports into U. K.
from Canada . Exports of British produce to Canada .
£ 9,834,236
5,926,908
£ 12,945,605
6,658,492
£
12,506,642
5,531,513
£
16,047,263
5,352,029
£ 19,217,918
5,171,850
The chief imports into Great Britain from Canada were : —
Articles
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
£
£
£
£
£
Wheat .
1,023,905
773,952
556,920
1,092,372
1,875,058
,, flour
508,130
481,005
1,003,779
816,487
803,389
Maize
786,614
166,682
263,651
539,205
740,609
Pease
280,513
199,076
134,763
304,049
287,496
Wood & timber
3,185,626
3,492,032
3,179,678
4,206,094
5,546,073
Cheese
2,575,893
2,688,946
2,335,548
2,589,301
3.349,501
Cattle .
1,465,005
1,346,360
1,593,304
1,607,899
2,045,209
Fish
349,390
632,684
566,203
650,409
734,866
Apples
153,604
317,154
278,158
646,262
278,939
Bacon k Hams
667,314
652,709
686,016
1,061,065
783,467
Skins & Furs .
403,262
412,509
407,168
373,291
261,570
The chief exports of British produce and were : —
manufactures to Canada
