Page:Statesman's Year-Book 1921.djvu/350

 298

THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — CANADA

The share of the leading ports in the trade (imports and exports) for year ended March 31, 1920 (provisional), in dollars : —

—

Montreal

Toronto

Halifax

n_.v.. St. John, Quebec n.B.

Ottawa

Van- couver

Import* Exports 1

246,89S,626 353,13S,249

235,437,854 2,595,509

20,532,135 54,562,947

19,951,075 22,464,945

26,990,916 114,257,976

18,755,041 49,256,913 7,669|89,535,2S3

1 All export entries are delivered at the 'frontier port of exit ' and the totals thereof are credited to the respective ports where the goods pass outwards from Canada.

Value of exports of Canadian and other produce, including bullion and specie, to, and imports for consumption from, Great Britain (Canadian returns). (Dollars converted at rate of 4 '86 = ?.) : —

Exports. £

1913-1 4(-pre-w 3r ) 45,699,680 1915-16 . 95,188,922 19 j 6-17. 155,414,607

Imports. £

27,147,902 16,466,802 22,014,298

1917-18 1918-19 1 1-919-20 1

Exports. £

176,9PS,421 113,468,540 101,947,717

Imports. £

16,716,559 15,010,492 25,955,348

1 Exclusive of coin and bullion.

The following figures are from the British Board of Trade Returns :-

—

1913 (pre-war)

£

30,488,374

23,794,92(1 3,512,258

1917 1918

£ £ 84.3S4.806 124,449,829

16,202,479 14,274,948 1,698,221 642,446

1019

£

115,243,146

15,994,519 2,050,607

19201

Imports (consignments) into U.K.

from Canada .... Exports to Canada :

British produce ....

Foreign and Colonial produce

£

92,S54,0C0

42,7S2,000 0,07\000

i Provisional figures.

The chief imports (consignments) into Great Britain from Canada in five years were (British returns) : —

Articles

1913 (Pre-war)

1916

1917

1918

1919

£

A

£

£

£

Wheat ....

8,803,949

15,245,348

16,949,740

14.4SW.776

'.824

Wbeatmeal and flour.

2,261,783

3,670,015

5,249,777

7,671.

1,084,956

3,595,951

8,12 - 4.833,935 !K)3,640

Oatu ....

750,(193

912,787

2,211,048

Maize ....

64,778

1,203,315

.,049

115,854

Cheese ....

4, OSS, 627

7,132,179

1 1,509,020

7,696,411

4,894

Eggs ....

957

1,173,788

660,864

Milk, condensed.

—

77,437

127,348

1,165

938,041

Sugar, refined

121

469,884

829,072

21.9S4

2,208,!

Apples, raw.

730,036

50?, 790

291,294

114,911

1,722,

Bacon ....

863,139

7.443,684

11, 292, :.H

14,968,849

■

Hams ....

336,695

504,151

327,479

661,

Beef, fresh and refri-

gerated

11, '.HI

470,352

1,269,074

2,993,604

Fish of all kinds.

1,257,885

2,551,202

i, '.'51,216

1,793,845

4,829,1

tures, &c. .

95,281

191,029

400,016

1,106,!

Wood and timber

3,789,477

6,T18,

1.7'A\496

8,772

14, !('.;>, 167

Wood pulp.

169,439

969,064

661,664

66, .11

1,87!

Petroleum : fuel oil

—

—

402,832

8,081,227

2:14,749