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 SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION— COMMUNICATIONS 299

The chief exports of British produce and manufactures to Canada were : —

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(Pre-war)

1916

1917

1918

1919

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£

£

Spirits ....

730,142

493,093

730,

Iron and steel, and

manufactures thereof

2,205,569

737,609

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701,79ft

Woollens, Tarn A tops

4,6&:-

5,323,111

4,54:

4,5M,966

Cotton yarn and manut

3,511

2,996,907

163

2,568.336

2.467,599

Linen manufactures.

690,420

619.416

405,719

504,686

Jnte yam and mannf.

401.449

554.787

1S7.431

349

Apparel

961,750

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27

140.9S1

134,040

Cbinaware and earthen-

ware.

493,674

43

377,300

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Hats ....

132.656

Machinery.

3s6,»41

297,004

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Leather and manufac-

tures (except boots

and shoes and ma-

machinery belting).

339,29!

?C!,51

91,127

35,224 !

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Shipping and Navigation.

The registered shipping on December 31, 1918, including vessels for inland navigation, consisted of 4,202 sailing vessels and 4,366 steamers ; tota net tonnage, 1,016,778. The sea-going and coasting vessels that entered and cleared during the year 1919 were as follows : —

Vessels. Entered. Cleared.

Sea-going : No.

Canadian

British

Foreign

Toes.

5,709

1.938.841

3,197

7,669.584

7.C37

3.95*

Total 15,803 11,694.618 16,543 13,566,780

Coasting :

sh and Canadian 7: 71,628 25,433,186

Foreign I,( :.951

Total 73.672. 72,452 26,095,454

In 191S the vessels entered and cleared at Canadian ports on inland waters between Canada and the United States were : Canadian, 25,908 of 13,808,538 tons : United States, 37,141 of 14,159.122 tons.

Shipbuilding has been stimulated by the Imperial Munitions Board. Down to the autumn of 1918 the Board had placed contracts for 90 ships (44 steel and 46 wooden), representing 350,000 tons of shipping. The Canadian Government itself has become the owner of a mercantile fleet. Under the Canada-West Indies Trade Agreement, 1920 (see p. 296 above), endeavours are to be made to establish regular steamship services between the parties to the Agreement.

Internal Communications.

Canada has a system of canal, river, and lake navigation over 2,700 miles in length, and vessels from the lake ports reach the Atlantic without breaking bulk. Up to 1919 126,913,207 dollars had been spent on canals for construction and enlargement alone. In 1919 24.774 vessels, of 13,995,146 tons, passed through the Canadian canals, carrying 291,800 passengers and 9,995,266 tons of freight, chiefly grain, timber, iron ore, and coal. On