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Chief exports of domestic produce from Canada to Great Britain : —

Articles

1908-9

1909-10

1910-11

1911-12

£

£

£

£

Wheat

9,258,130

10,130,600

8,667,114

12,061,416

Wheat Flour .

929,090

1,825,900

1,637,967

2,000,612

Pease

109,090

43,500

19,464

122,080

Wood

2,018,310

2,267,ftOO

2,393,026

2,250,977

Cheese

4,154.970

4,415,700

4,ll%508

4,261,796

Cattle

2,073,740

2,051,400

1,588,428

687,301

Sheep

20,150

2,300

522

1,320

Fish and fish products .

733,820

1,055,800

887,178

1,054,920

Apples, green or ripe .

551,910

860,200

319,672

961,639

Bacon and Haras .

1,768,1.80

1,405,300

1,701,679

1,607,696

Furs, dressed and undressed.

220,9(30

312,500

487,626

355,099

Leather, <fec

432,(360

238,800

344,883

354,935

Butter

2(31,060

120,700

80,324

363,733

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

Imports (consignments) into U.K.

from Canada . . . . Exports to Canada :

British produce . . . .

Foreign and Colonial produce .

1908

£

24,463,488

12,243,960 1,968,487

1909

£

25,222,963

15,688,105 2,386,662

1910

1911

£ ! £ 25,634,886 24,593,945

19,645,155 jl9,715,058 2,969,817 3,010,523

1912

£

26,880,502

23,512,495 3,788,947

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

Articles

1907

1908

1909

1910 I 1911

1

£

£

£

£ ! £

Wheat .

5,272,004

6,484,399

7,604,262

7,059,659 5,840,325

Wheatmeal and

flour

730,486

817,764

1,188,454

1,565,236 1,769,881

Maize

612,040

44,851

34,771

219,526 423,981

Wood h timber

3,727,356

3,236,431

3,378,858

3,565,559 3,086,619

Cheese

4,961,043

4,459,798

4,518,539

4,424,806 4,590,515

Cattle .

2,016,115

2,051,372

1,922,082

1,442,781 796,239

Ai)ples, raw

946,709

838,283

960,156

651,291 804,561

Bacon

2,414,645

1,827,636

1,364,357

1,449,637 1,793,946

Fish of all kinds

797,834

899,628

758,341

1,118,644 948,791

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

Articles

1907

1908 £

1,427,848

2,196,930

1,621,977

295,720

1909 1910 j 1911

Iron & steel, & manufactures thereof

Woollens

Cottons .

Apparel .

£

2,481,168

3,049,328

2.473,278

457,607

£ £ £

1,898,086 2,493,717 2,165,831

3,078,792 3,940,703 3,744,244

2,126,714 2,724,128 2,411,320

354,507 568,940 579,800