0 1 157 TABLE OF WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND MONEY. Articles of wrought iron or steel, rough, not polished or var- Articles of sheet iron, varnished, enamelled or tinned Sewing needles and knitting needles.. not polished or painted... surgical Machines and detached parts thereof, all kinds Arms and ammunition: Arms, of all kinds, and parts thereof.... TABLE OF FOREIGN WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND MONEY, WITH THE IMPORTS AND EXPORTS--CANADA. The following tables, relative to Canadian Imports and Exports during two specified periods of years, are taken from pages v, vi, xii, xiii, xiv, xv, xvi, and xvii of the Trade and Navigation Returns for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1877. No. 1.-Value of total Exports, Imports and Goods Entered for Consumption in the Dominion, with the Duty collected thereon, for ten years. No. 2.-Value of Exports, Goods Imported, Entered for Consumption and Duty Collected, in the Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, for the following years :- VALUE OF GOODS IMPORTED FROM GREAT BRITAIN INTO CANADA AND ENTERED FOR CONSUMPTION IN EACH YEAR, FROM 1872-3 TO 1876-77 INCLUSIVE. Note on page XIII.-The value of coffee from Great Britain consumed in 1872-73 was $95,482; and in 1873-74, $131,307. The whole of the former, and $115,983 of the latter, being included in the amount shown as the total value of free goods. The total value of tea entered for consumption in 1872-73 was $3,287,318, of which $3,285,476 is included in the value of free goods. The consumption of 1873-74 shows the diminished value of $1,716,793, of which $1,418,267 is also included in free goods. The reason for the great apparent excess of consumption in 1872-3, is found in the repeal of the duties on tea and coffee, which caused all of these goods in warehouse to be entered out free. The excess of free goods imported from Great Britain in 1872-73 and 1873-74 is accounted for chiefly by the large supplies of railway iron received, and by tea and coffee being then free, also by metals of various kinds being included, which were subsequently transferred to the list of goods chargeable with 5 per cent. duty. VALUE OF GOODS IMPORTED FROM THE UNITED STATES INTO CANADA AND ENTERED FOR CONSUMPTION IN EACH YEAR, FROM 1872-73 TO 1876-77 INCLUSIVE. Note on page XV.—Coffee to the value of $213,689 in 1872-73, and $73,246 in 187374; and tea to the value of $2,822,846 in 1872-73, and $470,282 in 1873-74, are included in the total value of free goods in addition to the amounts included in the totals of dutiable goods. Note by the compiler.—Before July 1, 1872, duties were charged on tea and coffee imported into Canada, from all countries alike. From that date to January 1st, 1873, these articles were free from all countries alike. From January 1st, 1873, to May 1, 1874, tea and coffee imported from the United States were liable to 10 per cent. duty; being free from all other countries; but on the latter date the duties on these articles, imposed by the Customs and Excise Act of that year, took effect, and the differential duty against the United States was abolished. These dates must be remembered in reading the figures given in the two tables of imports next above, and in the one next following. VALUE OF GOODS IMPORTED FROM COUNTRIES OTHER THAN GREA BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES INTO CANADA, AND ENTERE FOR CONSUMPTION IN EACH YEAR, FROM 1872-73 TO 1876-77 I CLUSIVE. Note on page XVII.-Coffee to the value of $114,375 in 1872-73, and $207,164 1873-74; and Tea to the value of $1,663,051 in 1872-73, and $1,055,921 in 1873-74 are included in the total value of free goods, in addition to the amounts included the totals of dutiable goods. BRITISH IRON DUTIES FOR 147 YEARS. The following figures show the varying import duties on foreign iron, levied by the British Government during a period of 147 years-1679 to 1825 inclu sive. They are taken from an article in the New York Tribune of December 24, 1866, which has been extensively republished, both in the United States and in Canada. As far as the compiler of the present volume knows, the figures given have never been challenged; and it may be assumed that they are true to the record : In 1825 the prices of iron per ton were as follows in the countries named :-France £25 108.; Sweden, £13 138.; Belgium, £16 14s.; Russia, £13 13s.; Germany, £16 14s.; England, £10. In 1826 the English duty on bar iron was reduced to £1 10s.; and on hammered rods, small sizes, to £5: while hoop iron remained at £23 10s., pig iron at 10s. per ton. and In 1785 Parliament prohibited the exportation of tools, engines, models, or plans of machines used in the manufacture of iron, under the penalty of one year's imprisonment of the shipper, £200 fine, confiscation of the articles shipped or intended to be shipped; a fine of £200 on the master of the vessel; and the same on the custom house officers, who were to be dismissed, and be thereafter incapable forever of holding office. For enticing iron workmen out of England the penalty was one year's imprisonment and £500 fine for every workman so enticed; the fine to be doubled for the second offence. In 1795 the Act prohibiting the exportation of tools and machinery was made perpetual. In 1796 England had 121 furnaces, and made 124,879 tons of iron; and in 1802, 168 furnaces, making 170,000 tons annually. In 1818 the production per annum had risen to 300,000 tons. |