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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 | United States | France | Germany | Other foreign countries | |
| tons | $ | |||||
| The mine | ||||||
| Copper ore | 3,637 | 213,049 | 14,009 | - | - | - |
| Pig and scrap iron | 5,654 | 132,691 | 132,686 | - | - | - |
| cwt. | $ | |||||
| The Fisheries | ||||||
| Fish | ||||||
| Dried and smoked | 147,312 | 730,486 | 3,162 | - | - | 598,759 |
| Pickled | 30,891 | 116,716 | 90,720 | - | - | - |
| brls. | $ | |||||
| The Forest | ||||||
| Ashes | ||||||
| Pot | 29,797 | 965,199 | 348,049 | - | - | - |
| Pearl | 4,797 | 139,804 | 57,420 | - | - | - |
| tons | $ | |||||
| Timber | ||||||
| Elm | 29,483 | 255,670 | 508 | 4,088 | 360 | 220 |
| Oak | 64,026 | 710,861 | 78,828 | 11,764 | 9,413 | 1,098 |
| White pine | 450,950 | 2,324,063 | 197,310 | 23,995 | 7,478 | 6,254 |
| Red pine | 85,638 | 593,134 | 1,270 | 9,294 | 379 | 2,480 |
| mille | $ | |||||
| Standard staves | 2,417 | 346,968 | 27,239 | 17,223 | 1,083 | 14,340 |
| Other staves | 8,441 | 258,652 | 85,960 | 9,028 | - | 916 |
| height* | $ | |||||
| Deals | 53,947 | 1,992,033 | 7,530 | 7,681 | - | - |
| M. Feet | $ | |||||
| Planks and boards | 465,812 | 4,683,075 | 4,608,554 | 5,611 | 420 | 5,608 |
| Cords | $ | |||||
| Firewood | 240,193 | 462,566 | 402,542 | - | 4,210 | 21,352 |
| mille | $ | |||||
| Shingles | 77,848 | 161,455 | 147,022 | 418 | - | - |
| Other woods | - | 198,680 | 182,770 | 2,360 | - | 1,000 |
| number | $ | |||||
| Saw logs | 128,336 | 118,796 | 118,796 | - | - | - |
| Animals and their Produce | ||||||
| Animals | ||||||
| Horses | 27,811 | 2,590,725 | 2,590,505 | - | - | - |
| Horned Cattle | 146,641 | 4,312,222 | 4,312,142 | 60 | - | - |
| Swine | 36,652 | 319,774 | 319,774 | - | - | - |
| Sheep | 167,633 | 570,202 | 570,194 | - | - | - |
| Poultry | - | 100,412 | 100,388 | - | - | - |
| cwt. | $ | |||||
| Produce of Animals | ||||||
| Bacon and Hams | 14,521 | 174,500 | 18,835 | - | - | - |
| Beef | 16,246 | 159,626 | 132,723 | - | - | - |
| lbs | $ | |||||
| Butter | 10,448,789 | 2,094,270 | 1,254,436 | - | - | 4,674 |
| cwt. | $ | |||||
| Cheese | 8,703 | 123,494 | 33,943 | - | - | - |
| dozens | $ | |||||
| Eggs | 1,811,100 | 241,190 | 240,907 | 8 | - | - |
| Furs, dressed | - | 473 | 473 | - | - | - |
| Furs, undressed | - | 367,089 | 95,303 | - | - | - |
| Hides | - | 107,376 | 103,945 | - | - | - |
| cwt. | $ | |||||
| Pork | 74,869 | 618,536 | 534,041 | - | - | - |
| Sheep's pelts | - | 104,188 | 104,188 | - | - | - |
| lbs | $ | |||||
| Wool | 1,784,733 | 756,239 | 753,113 | - | - | - |
| bus. | $ | |||||
| Agricultural Products | ||||||
| Barley and rye | 6,355,191 | 4,623,341 | 4,618,808 | - | - | - |
| Flax seeds | 91,244 | 146,103 | 145,957 | - | - | - |
| brls. | $ | |||||
| Flour | 855,558 | 5,198,746 | 3,671,250 | - | - | 13,123 |
| Meal | 62,481 | 243,343 | 148,272 | - | - | 155 |
| bus. | $ | |||||
| Oats | 4,450,102 | 1,615,185 | 908,158 | 400 | - | 24 |
| Other seeds | 53,113 | 115,481 | 110,784 | - | - | - |
| Peas | 1,549,51 | 1,234,215 | 328,670 | - | - | 71 |
| Wheat | 2,339,588 | 3,106,112 | 3,047,022 | - | - | - |
| $ | ||||||
| Manufactures | ||||||
| Hardware | - | 172,922 | 151,915 | - | - | 6,456 |
| Leather | - | 239,743 | 94,062 | - | - | 32 |
| Wood | - | 108,315 | 52,986 | - | - | - |
| Coin and bullion | - | 2,397,591 | 2,182,618 | - | - | - |
| Other articles | - | 668,815 | 645,025 | 10 | - | 680 |
| Recapitulation | ||||||
| Produce of the mine | - | 422,570 | 222,611 | - | - | - |
| Produce of the fisheries | - | 980,311 | 171,908 | - | - | 598,790 |
| Produce of the forest | - | 13,846,986 | 6,461,015 | 111,174 | 32,035 | 57,962 |
| Animals and their products. | - | 12,682,683 | 11,184,741 | 68 | - | 4,829 |
| Agricultural products | - | 16,651,074 | 13,298,008 | 400 | - | 14,248 |
| Manufactures | - | 989,936 | 604,335 | 40 | - | 24,205 |
| Coin and bullion | - | 2,397,591 | 2,182,618 | - | - | - |
| Other articles | - | 668,815 | 645,025 | 10 | - | 680 |
| Total value of exports | - | 48,639,966 | 34,770,261 | 111,692 | 32,035 | 700,714 |
| 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 | - | 4,640 | 20,760 | - |
| Total value of exports as reported | - | 50,256,852 | 34,770,261 | 116,332 | 52,795 | 700,714 |
| * 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. | ||||||
