TEADE ACT INDUSTEY.
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Trade and Industry.
The trade of the Dominion of Canada is chiefly with the United States and Great Britain, the greater part of the imports being derived from Great Britain, but the greater part of the exports going to the United States. The following tabular statement gives the total value of exports, the total values of imports and of imports entered for consumption in the Dominion of Canada, during the year ending June 30, 1868 :—
Ontario and Quebec Nova Scotia . New Brunswick .
Grand total .
Total Exports | Total Imports
Entered for con- sumption
Dollars
47,499,876
5,441,285
4,626,727
Dollars
57,805,013
9,131,236
6,523,395
Dollars
57,248,229
8,213,682
6,553,395
57,567,888 ; 73,459,644 71,985,306
The countries with which this trade was carried on, together with the value of exports to and imports from them, are shown in the following table : —
Value of Exports
Value of Imports
Dollars
Dollars
Great Britain ....
21,329,010
36.663,895
British North American Colonies .
1,634,166
1,634,414
British West Indies
1,718,463
928,907
United States of America
27,534.292 .
26,315.052
France ......
96,672
1,365.295
Germany .....
44,943
485,943
Other foreign countries .
2,248,620
2,114,354
The principal exports were : —
Produce of the mine
,, fisheries
„ forest
Animals .
Manufactures .
Agricultural products
Ships
Dollars
,446,857
,357,510
262,170 ,893,167 ,572.546 ,871,055
837,592
In consequence of the abrogation of the Reciprocity Treaty with the United States, there was a reduction in the imports from the
