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
