Canada Yearbook - 1897

TRADE AND COMMERCE. 211
IMPORTS OF PRINCIPAL ARTICLES FOR HOME CONSUMPTION IN
1897—Continued.
VALUE.
INCREASED OK DECREASED VALUE.
ARTICLES.
Actual
in
1897.
At
Prices of
1896.
Due to Variation in
Quantity.
Price.
Actually
more or less
than in 1896.
Chemwalg, Dye Stuffs, &c.
—Con.
Soda, nitrate
Turpentine, spirits of....
Resin
Liquorice
Other articles
Total
299,791
153,483
101,221
95,239
2,200,660
3,389,318
298,000 — 18,000: +
162,000
137,000 + 25,000|—
94,000 — 28,000 +
2,428,000 + 238,000 —
3,655,000 + 218,000
2,000
9,000
36,000
1,000
227,000
+
15,919
8,865
11,278
26,237
11,220
266,000 — 47,622
Oils
1,483,655
1,500,000 — 116,000
16,000 — 132,366
Raw Materials.
Coal, anthracite
" bituminous
Cotton waste
" wool
Grease
Gutta percha, crude
Hemp, undressed
Rags
Rubber, crude
Silk, raw
Tobacco, unmanufaetur'd
Wool
Other articles
5,695,168
3,254,217
172,548
3,117,692
175,353
1,992
531,372
191,697
1,055,837
133,354
2,032,841
878,339
5,512,247
5,246,000
3,310,000
187,000
3,250,000
189,000
8,000
1,294,000
70,000
999,000
137,000
2,183,000
771,000
5,756,000
421,000
11,000
135,000
404,000
90,000
178,000
549,000
172,000 +
147,000
53,000 —
835,000 —
444,000; +
543,000 —
449,000
56,000
14,000
132,000
+
14,000
6,000
763,000
122,000
57,000 +
4,000
130,000 +
107,000
244,000
28,072
44,808
148,644
272,321
104,260
1*3,975
214,358
50,125
203,742
57,003
705,464
337,241
299,351
Total
22,772,651
23,400,000
996,000
627,000 + 368,536
Manufacture!.
Books, periodicals, &c..
Carriages, all kinds
Carpets
Cement
Cigars and tobacco
Cotton
Flax and hemp
Glass
Iron "and steel
Jute cloth
Leather
Lumber and timber
Oil cloth
Pain'.s and colours ...
Paper
Musical instruments...
Silk velvet
Sheet iron
Tin plates and sheets...
Twine, all kinds
1*J
1,191,199
1,590,747
712,951
260,812
282,679
4,214,541
1,294,401
1,139,764
10,006,726
446,242
1,377,545
1,436,748
156.013
519,445
1,001.858
261,294
132,728
810,175
919,596
205,968
1,150,000
2,014,000
736,000
259,000
291,000
4,174,000
1,294,000
1,031,000
10,767,000
430,000
1,529,000
1,190,000
164,000
517,000
926,000
300,000
125,000
800,000
1,024,000
201,000
4, 000
625, 000
129, 000
4, 000
32, 000
633, 000
260, 000
74, ,000
1,151, ,000
31, ,000
276, ,000
5,
,000
23.
,000
48.
000
000
so;
46,000
48,000
101,00
12,000
41,000
423,000
23,000
2,000
8,000
41,000 —
109,0001 +
760,000; +
16,000 +
151,000 +
247,000!+
8.000 —
2,000| —
76,000 —
39,000 —
7,000;—
10,000; +
105,000 —
5.0001 +
44,830
201,793
152,437
5,813
23,982
592,074
265,902
35,282
390,662
47,434
125,401
25V 26
31,316
46,391
4,141
39,226
?8,500
58,470
3,683
17,192