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 ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS

Mineral Production in 1912.

XCi

Metallic —

Copper lbs.

Gold ozs.

Pig iron. tons of 2,000 lbs.

Lead lbs.

Nickel ,,

Silver. . . . . ozs. Other metallic products

Total

Less pig iron from imported ore. . tons of 2,000 lbs.

Total metallic

value

Non-Metallic — Asbestos and asbestic

tons of 2,000 lbs. Coal. . ,,

Gypsum Natural gas. Petroleuni. Salt Cement Clay products Lime

Stone

Miscellaneous non-metallic,

brls.

tons of 2, 000 lbs.

brls.

busli.

Total non-metallic Grand Total.

1911.

Quantity.

55,648,011 473,159 917,535 23,784,969 34,098,744 32,559,044

875,346

127,414

11,323,388

518,383

291,092

91,582

5,692,915

7,533,525

Value.

Dols.

6,886,998

9,781,077

12,307,125

827,717

10,229,623

17,355,272

411,332

57,799,144 11,693,721

46,105,423

2,943,108

26,407,646

993,894

1,917,678

357,073

443,004

7,644,537

8,359,933

1,517,599

4,328,757

2,142,842

57,115,571

103,220,994

1912.

Quantity.

77,775,600 607,609 1,014,587 35,763,476 44,841,542 31,931,710

978,232

131,260

14,699,953

576,498

243,336

95,053

7,120,787

7,992,234

Value.

Dols.

12,709,811 12,559,443 14,550,999 1,597,554 13,452,463 19,425,656 982,676

75,278,102 14,100,113

61,177,989

2,979,384

36,349,299

1,320,883

2,311,126

345,050

459,582

9,083,216

9,343,321

1,717,771

4,675,851

3,364,017

71,949,500

133,127,489

Railways.— The railway mileage of the Dominion in 1912 was distributed as follows :-

Provinces.

Ontario Quebec. Manitolia Saskatchewan Alberta. British Columbia

8,546 3,883 3,520 3,754 1,897 1,854

Provinces.

New Brunswick. . Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island Yukon Territory

Total

Miles.

1,545

1,358

269

101

26,727

Post Office.— The annual report of the Postmaster General of the Dominion of Canada for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1912, shows total receipts from all sources amounting to 13,771,502 dollars. From the total receipts was deducted 3,289,247 dollars for salaries, allowances, etc., leaving a net income of 10,482,255 dollars. The expenditure amounted to 9,172,035 dollars.

There were 13,859 post offices in operation in the Dominion on March 31, 1912, or 535 more than on the corresponding date of 1911. The official estimate of the number of letters and other articles' of mail matter posted in Canada during the fiscal year under review is given as .-—Letters, 566,140,000; post cards, 54,727,000; registered letters, 13,021,000; free letters, 18,215,000; second-class matter, 11,968,000; third-class matter, 94,934,000 ; foMrth-class matter 8 385,000 ; parcels, 213,682. The total amount of money