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Summary statement of the quality and value of the principal articles of Canadian produce and manufacture exported
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| Total exports | To what country exported | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total quantity | Total value | Great Britain | British Colonies – North America | British Colonies – West Indies | |
| tons | $ | ||||
| The mine | |||||
| Copper ore | 3,637 | 213,049 | 198,440 | - | - |
| Pig and scrap iron | 5,654 | 132,691 | 5 | - | - |
| cwt. | $ | ||||
| The Fisheries | |||||
| Fish | |||||
| Dried and smoked | 147,312 | 730,486 | 79,381 | 32,324 | 16,860 |
| Pickled | 30,891 | 116,716 | 2,097 | 21,733 | 2,166 |
| brls. | $ | ||||
| The Forest | |||||
| Ashes | |||||
| Pot | 29,797 | 965,199 | 616,796 | 354 | - |
| Pearl | 4,797 | 139,804 | 82,384 | - | - |
| tons | $ | ||||
| Timber | |||||
| Elm | 29,483 | 255,670 | 250,443 | 51 | - |
| Oak | 64,026 | 710,861 | 608,824 | 934 | - |
| White pine | 450,950 | 2,324,063 | 2,088,912 | 74 | 40 |
| Red pine | 85,638 | 593,134 | 577,275 | 2,286 | 150 |
| mille | $ | ||||
| Standard staves | 2,417 | 346,968 | 286,166 | 417 | 500 |
| Other staves | 8,441 | 258,652 | 154,056 | 5,416 | 3,276 |
| height* | $ | ||||
| Deals | 53,947 | 1,992,033 | 1,969,817 | 516 | 461 |
| M. Feet | $ | ||||
| Planks and boards | 465,812 | 4,683,075 | 34,531 | 4,528 | 4,289 |
| Cords | $ | ||||
| Firewood | 240,193 | 462,566 | 12 | - | 12 |
| mille | $ | ||||
| Shingles | 77,848 | 161,455 | - | 12,449 | 1,566 |
| Other woods | - | 198,680 | 11,564 | 986 | - |
| number | $ | ||||
| Saw logs | 128,336 | 118,796 | - | - | - |
| Animals and their Produce | |||||
| Animals | |||||
| Horses | 27,811 | 2,590,725 | - | 220 | - |
| Horned Cattle | 146,641 | 4,312,222 | - | 20 | - |
| Swine | 36,652 | 319,774 | - | - | - |
| Sheep | 167,633 | 570,202 | - | 8 | - |
| Poultry | - | 100,412 | - | 24 | - |
| cwt. | $ | ||||
| Produce of Animals | |||||
| Bacon and Hams | 14,521 | 174,500 | 154,896 | 769 | - |
| Beef | 16,246 | 159,626 | 20,925 | 5,978 | - |
| lbs. | $ | ||||
| Butter | 10,448,789 | 2,094,270 | 753,104 | 82,056 | - |
| cwt. | $ | ||||
| Cheese | 8,703 | 123,494 | 84,042 | 5,509 | - |
| dozens | $ | ||||
| Eggs | 1,811,100 | 241,190 | 270,044 | 275 | - |
| Furs, dressed | - | 473 | - | - | - |
| Furs, undressed | - | 367,089 | - | 1,542 | - |
| Hides | - | 107,376 | 1,787 | 1,644 | - |
| cwt. | $ | ||||
| Pork | 74,869 | 618,536 | 19,978 | 64,517 | - |
| Sheep's pelts | - | 104,188 | - | - | - |
| lbs. | $ | ||||
| Wool | 1,784,733 | 756,239 | 2,975 | 151 | - |
| bus. | $ | ||||
| Agricultural Products | |||||
| Barley and rye | 6,355,191 | 4,623,341 | - | 4,533 | - |
| Flax seeds | 91,244 | 146,103 | 140 | 6 | - |
| brls. | $ | ||||
| Flour | 855,558 | 5,198,746 | 501,778 | 1,011,407 | 1,188 |
| Meal | 62,481 | 243,343 | 61,683 | 33,078 | 155 |
| bus. | $ | ||||
| Oats | 4,450,102 | 1,615,185 | 690,942 | 12,326 | 3,335 |
| Other seeds | 53,113 | 115,481 | 956 | 3,741 | - |
| Peas | 1,549,51 | 1,234,215 | 888,231 | 16,619 | 624 |
| Wheat | 2,339,588 | 3,106,112 | 48,894 | 10,196 | - |
| $ | |||||
| Manufactures | |||||
| Hardware | - | 172,922 | 322 | 12,189 | 2,040 |
| Leather | - | 239,743 | 84,436 | 61,213 | - |
| Wood | - | 108,315 | 11,231 | 18,789 | 25,309 |
| Coin and bullion | - | 2,397,591 | 214,973 | - | - |
| Other articles | - | 668,815 | 4,556 | 18,192 | 352 |
| Recapitulation | |||||
| Produce of the mine | - | 422,570 | 199,345 | 614 | - |
| Produce of the fisheries | - | 980,311 | 114,154 | 76,433 | 19,026 |
| Produce of the forest | - | 13,846,986 | 7,144,317 | 30,089 | 10,394 |
| Animals and their products. | - | 12,682,683 | 1,326,055 | 166,990 | - |
| Agricultural products | - | 16,651,074 | 2,217,975 | 1,114,049 | 6,394 |
| Manufactures | - | 989,936 | 168,780 | 164,749 | 27,827 |
| Coin and bullion | - | 2,397,591 | 214,973 | - | - |
| Other articles | - | 668,815 | 4,556 | 18,192 | 352 |
| Total value of exports | - | 48,639,966 | 11,390,155 | 1,571,116 | 63,993 |
| 58 Vessels built at Quebec, during the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1866. 38 vessels: 27,358 tons, at $40 per ton; and 20 vessels: 13,857 tons, at $38 per ton | - | 1,616,886 | 1,591,486 | - | - |
| Total value of exports as reported | - | 50,256,852 | 12,981,641 | 1,571,116 | - |
| * Standard height of dominant trees. | |||||
| Notes: - Fiscal year ending 30th June, 1866. - Value of exports from, Quebec: $9,029,829, Montreal: $6,831,635, Gaspé and Outports: $886,360, Rimouski: $37,899, New Carlisle: $1,587. - Total from Seaports: $16,787,310. - Total from Inland Ports, as reported: $33,469,542. - Estimated amount short returned at Inland Ports: $4,183,692. - Goods not the Produce of Canada: $1,877,836. - Grand total of exports for fiscal year ending 30th June, 1866: $56,328,380. |
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| Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1867. | |||||
