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LEONARD TIL LEY, C.B., K.C.M.G., Minister of Finance of the Dominion of Canada, THE MKMORIAL OF THE MONTUEaL BOAUD OF TRADE, BY ITS COUNCIL, Most Hbspkctfully Shkweth, That your MemorialiRts hnvt; received information from an official Boiirce, which shows that the Canal Board of the State of New York has abolished all tolls on West-bound merchandise, — the new arrangement to take effect at the commencement of the approaching teason of navigation; and, further, that the question of making the Canals entirely free, by aboIii*hing all tollp. is undisr consideration, — it being proposed that these works shall be maintained by a State Tax; — That your Memorialists have given earnest consideration to the subject of the tolls imposed on merchandise pas .ing Westwan! and Eastward on the WellandandSt. Lawronce canals ; and, while (in the face of a large Free List of merchandise on the Fkie)they have been constrained to conclude that the canal tolls of Canada are burdensome to the commerce of the St. Lawrence route, yi'it I lemorialists believe that the recent action and contem- plated policy of the Canal Bcux and Legislature of the State of New York, will undoubtedly place Canadian Merchants und Common Carriers at a far greater disadvantage than before, in competing for the through traflic from the seaboard to the West and the North- West ; — That, while recognizing the action of the Montreal Harboi Trust, in reducing Tonnage and Harbor dues, under the provisions of a recent Act of the Dominion Parliament, your Memorialists would very res|(ectfully represent to you, that these dues really constitute but a small portion of the burdens, which have, in the past, been pressing heavily upon the carrying-trade of the Dominion between the seaboard and the Upper Lakes; — That your Memorialists have ul.su rdiabh! information showing that the ttunounce- ment of the new policy of the State aatlioritics herein-mentioned has led trans-Atlantic Shippers, as well as Western Merchar.cs, to expect reduced rates of freight; that the rates now quoted to Canadian Forwarders, (though exactly thesame as those ottered to forwarders in the United Statis.) are more disadvantageous than formerly, and are inducing heavy merchandise to !-eck those channels where rates are lowest, to the loss and detriment of Canadian commerce ; and further, that parties in New York and elsewhere are making such inquiries in the Dominion, as may enable them to draw otf more of our trade in the near future ; — That, in view of the very large and increasing trade between the St Lawrence River and the Lower Lakes on the one hand, and Lake Superior on the other, your Memorialists are regretfully constrained to believe, that the Welland and St. Lawrence canal tolls will also operate obstructively to the trade that is springing up between the older Provinces of Canada and the new Provinces of our own North-West ; and that they will, if not greatly modified or removed, divert business from Canadian into foreign hands ; — That yo ir MomorialiHtR confidently believe that tlic further removal ofhurdenR and ob- RtructJons from tlie steaniHhipH and sailing? vepselH that seek the St. Lawrence trade, would go far towards increasinp: Canadian commerce, — but all the more necesBity would, and even now does axlst, for ho modifying canal tolls, as that homeward fr<;ip;ht mifrht be provifled for them ; and your Memorialists Iii]i(^ve tiwit such a jxilicy would u'reatly encourage the new SteamHbi|) Lines between thn7, 1881. ^nt! CANAL TOLLS AND HARBOR DUES. Supplementary Statement presented to the Council of the Montreul Bodrd o/ Trade, 2'Mh March, 1881, by the Secretary."^ \ A reduction iu duos levied on tonnatxe and merchandise in the Harbor of Montreal, under a recent Act of the Dominion Parliament, will tend to increase the numbers of trailing vessels and Hteam-hips in the Trade of the St. Lawrence River ; but the serious consideration will, nevertheless, remain, that provision has not been made lor enlariiing the volume of ni'^rcluindise requiring transporta- tion on the inland waters, either to f^vts in Canada ur the United States. While the River St. Lawrence is spoken of, in the abstract, as the natural highway from the ocean to the interior of North America, there are obstacles to its being used as such, — and it is worth knowing what they are. Passing over the superior advantages afforded by the capacity of the Canadian Canals, as compared with the Erie Canal, — leaving, also, out of con- sideration the shorter distance from the sea-board at Montreal to ports on the Upper Lakes, as contrasted with the distance from New York, — it appears that the existing Canal Tolls levied on merchandise passing westward and eastward, are very great barriers in the way of an increase of traffic ; at any rate, they seem to be much greater hindrauees than are the Harbor I )ues inniosed at Montreal. These Tolls, moreover, are believed to be apportioned somewhat arbitrarily, and to discriminate considerably against certain classes of merchandise. An examination of tlie following particulars, will show liow much the inland traffic through Canada is handicapped, as compared with that going westward from New York via tiie P]rie Canal. The examples show what the charges are which • It was ascertained, after the Statement had been laid before the Conncil, that the Harbor Commissioners had revised and remodelled the Tariff of Harbor and Tonna<;e Dues. Steamships and Sailing Vessels are now to be charjjed \c. and h'. respcctivciy per ton, — the rednctions being J,r. and .|c. per ton. Reductions of 5c., \'2l\, and 15c. per ton are made upon Iron, Tin Plates, and Wines and Liquors respectively; while there is an increase of 5c. per ton on Mineral VVaters. A notable feature of the new Tariff is, that the classification is simpler than before. — the maximum rate on merchandise being now 25c. per ton, instead of 50c. The examples given in this Statement are allowed to stand, as at first submitted; because these changes will not materially affect the cuuclusious arrived at. — V/.J. P. the Canadian Carrier has had to pay out of hi« proportion of the through rates on merchandiHe from Kuropo to ports on Lake Michigan : — Soda Axil and Cmisfic Soda. Montreal If arbor Diieg 25c'. per 2,000 lbs., cqiiftl to 28c. per jjroHH ton. LBcbine Ciinal Tolls 20c. Welhiiul Cftuul TollH 40f. I; II l< II ^2Vc. 44!c. Tin Plnti'H. Montreal Harbor Dues 2c. per box, Lacbin*! Canal Toll.s 2()c. per 2,000 lbs., Welland Oanal Tolls 40c. " c(|ual to 40c. per gross ton. " 22i|c. " II 44 ("c. << L Ulnars. Montreal Harbor Dm s 40c. per 2,000 lbs., oqiinl to 44 !c. per gross ton. Lacbino Canal Toll.s 20c. " '• 22-(c. •< Wellaiid Canal Tolls 40c. " '• 44!c. " Mliiei'iil Wc. per 2,000 lbs , equal to 28c. per gross ton. Lacbine Canal Tolls 15c " " 16',c « Welland Canal Tolls, none, baving paid tolls on Lacbine Canal. RccAipitaiatlou. Total extras on Soda Ash and Caustic Soda 95 > per gross ton. «' Tin Plates Sl.OT'i " Liquors 1.12 ' " «« Mineral Water 89U " " Iron 44i '• As an illustration of the way in which these imposts militate against the trade of the St. Lawrence, take the Ibllowing example. If a consiijnment of 200 tons of Tin Plates were divided at Liverpool and shipped for Chicago, — one half via Montreal and the St. Lawrence Canals, and the other via New York and the Erie Canal, — the experience would be thus : — Via Montreal. Montreal Harbor Dues, — levied wbetber the merchandise is landed on the wharf, or transhipped to inland craft without being landed, — on say 2,000 boxes, at 2c. per box Lacbine Canal Tolls on 100 tons gross weight, equal to 112 tons of 2,000 lbs., at say 20c. per ton Welland Canal Tolls (on 112 tons at 40c.) Via New York. Wharfage, if transhipped to inland craft without being landed. . . Erie Canal Tolls, from West Troy to Buffalo, 345 miles, — rate, one-fourth of a cent, per mile, per 1000 lbs., or on 2,240 lbs. Balance against Canadian route 140.00 22.40 44.80 $107.20 Nil. $19.30 S87.90 tVie t of —one aud 5 This very p:reat diflFcrenco in amount of Harbor Dues and ToHh levied upon merchandise niovinf: westward via the Canadian inland water route, haa existed for some years; but in the season of 1881, tlie obstaele will bo increased to 8107.20, — for the liCgislaturu of the State of New York has abolished the tolls upon all west-bound freight curried on the Erie Camil, According to an official statement, the tolls derived from that class of freight in the season 187l>, amounted to 894,008, — levied upon 1,347,15- tons (2,000 lbs. to a ton) of goods, vulut'd at $1 51,580,31)8 ;— the revenue from same source in 1880, was 8108,450. The proporti.m of the through freighting charges upon the merchandise' thus particularized, from Montreal to Milwaukee or Chicago is about 83.00 per gross ton, out of which, generally speaking, all the Dues and Tolls have to be paid. The U. S. inland forwarder can therclbre be content with a much lower rate (say 82.00 to 82.25 per ton) for his share of the si-rvice, and yet earn more money than his Canadian competitor. The expected reduction in Harbor Dues alone, therefore, will not go very far towards relieving our forwarders from the burdens under which they are laboring in an une(|ual competition. This condition of aflFairs sufficiently accounts for the recent loss by a firm here of an opportunity to transport 18,000 tons of merchandise from Montreal to Chicago, to be delivered there during the coming season, — and which was to be the first of a series of large engagements initiating a new trade on account of parties (ui the continent of Europe. In this proposed transaction, the steamship rates were practically the same as those to Boston and New York. A concession of one shilling a ton was however offered, to assist in meeting the requirements of the case ; but the mland transportation service was so hampered with the Tolls and Dues, that the carrier by the longest and most tedious route (the Erie Canal) carried oflf the contract. It may be incidentally stated, that the failure to secure that single contract, involved an estimated loss, one way and another, to trade as per the subjoined memorandum : — IVn steamors of 1,200 tons register would have l)een needed to bring that 18,000 tons of freight to Montreal. The difibursements of each steamer hero would have been about as follows: — Stevedores, unloading and loading, S800 ; — Lining, $400 ; — Cattle Stalls, S300 ; — Bag-hire and Sewing, SuOO ; — Provisions and Stores, :^900 ; — Commissions and Incidental Expenses, S600;— or in ail #3.500.00 Wharfage, Harbor and Police and Hospital Dues for ten days,. . . 240.00 Cartage, &c. — cannot well be estimated $ 3,740.00 Or a total for the ten steamers of 37,400 .00 The inland carrier would have earned .52 pet ton on the whole transaction, §36,000.00 The " coaling " of these steamers at Cape Breton would have beuetited the trade there to the extent of at least 10,000.00 ■.A. Afl a Kcetningly fair illustration of the general effect of the Welland Canal tolls in lesscnin*; the volume of wcst-bnund inerchandiMC, and of course in reducing revenue, tuko a few particulars for a scries of Hix years, collated from the Inland llevcnue returns : Statemknt No. I. Aktiolkh. 1876 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 Total ill nix yearn. Bl'tT TollM. 27 6 30 120 13 140 21 14G 507 317 29 6 280 TonN. 100 6 186 105 4 67 25 132 240 174 54 14 337 'runs. 12 36 726 50 8 53 1,522 193 454 2,719 745 6 119 TJonn. 21 29 834 56 51 31 1,194 40 1,590 3,072 1,926 7 163 TdllH. Tons. 8 TtlllH. 168 Crockf ry 77 Dye Woods ii Dye Stuffs. Eiirflictiware 31 11 6 1,807 348 (ilascwiiri' 76 CIlnKH (window) > 17 7 89 341 1,355 41 33 6 34 262 32 20 341 MolllHHt'H 2,774 NiiilH 634 Sodii Asli . , , , 3,394 7,669 2,815 33 Siiffiii' Tin Vint'iriir ..... Whiskey, etc. • 12 23 934 The decreases shown here are rcnarkablc ; so are the aniall totals for the six years. While writinfi this, the Secretary has a statement before him which shows that, if in 18H0 all the Welland Canal tolls had been abolished on the upward movement of the following articles, the lo.'is of revenue from the traffic of that year would only have amounted to $186.80, — viz: Beer, Manilla, Paint, Resin, Vinegar, Crockery, MolasHi-s, Pitch, Soda Ash, White Lead, Earthenware, NaiJs, Tar, Sugar, Whiting, Window (llasH. Oil, Rags, Tin Plates, Whiskey. But the showing for Iron of various kinds and for Salt is better than that in the foregoing table. The next Statement relates to the (|uantities of these articles passing westward through the Welland Canal during six years : Statement No. II. Railwav Iro.n. PlO Iron. All otiikh Iron. | Salt. Ykarb. Tons, Tolls. Tons. Tolls. Tons. Tolls. Tons. Tolls. 1875.. 8,024 $1,203.60 1,082 $ 162.30 360 $ 54.00 496 $ 74.40 1876.. 17,598 2.639.70 175 26.25 277 41. .55 2,277 34^55 1877.. 354 53.10 749 112.35 133 19.95 2,747 412,05 1878.. 4,712 706.80 1,244 186.60 308 46,20 6,442 966.30 1879.. 6,261 939.16 2,634 395.10 745 111.75 8,156 1,223.40 1880.. 3,375 506.25 11,594 1,739.10 174 26.10 7,130 1,069.50 >al In (Min.sidftrinf; *1u'ho two Stntoinonts, it slmuld he bnino in mind that the artich's in No. I. pay tolls lor thn St. liawnuico oiinals and aNn for tht» Weiland Canal ; while Iron and Salt have tin- advantaije of paH!.'5, 12"H1», and Iti'lO per cent. No tolls are levied ..n any of the loUowinL' articles when transported on tlie New York Canals: — *Pork. *Bac'oii. * Butter. •Lard. ♦ThIIow. nVooI. 'Live t-'attit!, Hogs, and Klitop Cotton. 'I'otiac'jo, iiniuaniilactnrcd. Htnip. (.'lovor and (lraH.>< Seed. Flax S.'fd. TTopB. Uoniestic Spirits. Oil Cake. Bar and I'i^t Lt-nd. I'omi'.'^tic WoolltnH. " Cottons. ( ofli-e The rate of toll-that would he hivied on the ar i' .es to wliich li asterisk (*) is prefixed, on passinjj; each icny throuyli the Weiland Canr' is 'iOc. per ton; the rate upon tiit uihers is 40e. per ton. V further rate of 15^. per ton would have to b< Paid before any of tlieni could pass down to, or up Iroin Montreal, — while the additional charge on .some of them would be 2()c. per ton. [Note. ~ln addition to the particulars on this and t)ie preceding page, a number of Statements, eontaining iniiioitant details relating tc. Oinal Tolls, will be found on pp. 9,10.1 A future opportunity may occur for answering a most important ()uestion — What will be the cflFect of Canal Tolls — especially those on the Weiland — upon the carrying trade of the near future between the older Provinces of Canada and those of the North-West via Lake Superior? The Secretary has also at hand the statements of a season's trade by the Sault Ste. Marie Canal, from whieli it may be fairly inferred that these Canadian (-anal Tolls will operate voiy adversely to the hitercsts of the Merchants and Common Carriers of the Dominion. [Note. — The Statements on pp. 11 to 15 inelusivo, can hardly fail to show, (1.) how great the traffic may very soon become between the older I'rovinces of the Dominion, and the new Provinces in the Canadian North-West; and (2.) lead to the conclusion that Canal Tolls on the St. Lawrence and Weiland, will certainly impede the developement of that inland trade.) h So much for the burdens under which west-bound freight through Canada has to compete with the far less expensive route of the Erie Canal. The following particulars aflFord an illustration of the impediments to the eastward movement of merchandise : — A contract has been made with parties at a port on Lake Erie, for a pro- peller once a week to take 370 tons of boxed meats, lard, etc., to Montreal, to be 8> transshipped here to a steamer for Liverpool. The inland freight charge is hnxed on current rates for grain at Toledo and Detroit at dates of shipments. Now, the Canadian canal tolls on wheat or corn amount to 20c. per ton, that chart^e including passage throuuh the Wclland and other canals down to Mont- real ; on boxed meats, however, the Welland Canal rate is 20c. per ton, and 15c. more I'or the St. Lawrence canals — or a discrimination of 15c. in favor of a ton of United States wheat, against a ton of Urited States boxed meats. It seems desirable, among other things, to cultivate this freighting of boxed meats, as affording a considerable amount of dead-weight for the trans-Atlantic steamers ; and the shippers are anxious to continue and enlarge the trade, if the tolls can be made less burdensome. The tolls affect shippers thus : — A cargo of wheat or corn from any port on tlio Upper Lakes, — (say of 370 tons) pays canal toil at the rate of 20c. per ton to Montreal But a cargo of 370 tons of boxed meats has to pay 35c. per ton . . $ 74.00 129.50 Difference against each cargo of boxed meats $55 .50 Or, if 26 trips were made during next staon of navigation, the discrimination agaitiKt shippers, (becan.se they deal in boxed meats instead of grain,) would amount to about Si, 500. It is unnecessary to multiply examples. The desideratum seems to be, the securing of such modifications and reductions in the tariff of Canal tolls, as would be certain to lead to a great increase of west-bound merchandise, much of which has gone out of the hands of Canadian forwarders, and for cheapness has taken the Erie canal route ; — while there ought to be such changes effected as will induce an increase of freight towards the seaboard by the St. Lawrence route. There can hardly be any question, that, unless there be a considerable increase in the quantities of stuff to be carried seaward from the port of Montreal, or a development of some entirely new export trade, the benefits of a reduction in Harbor Dues, however considerable, might possibly be soon lost, in consequence of steam and sail tonnage being constrained, after all, to seek some other ports where there is likely to be more freight to compete for. an C« : W£ sta ST. Merc Sa, Po Dittc Qm As an incentive to immediate action it need only be stated that the question of Free Canals has been agitated by the Merchants of New Yoik, and is uudcrstood to be under consideration by the Le^iislature at Albany — the proposi- tion being to abolish all tolls on the Canals and to provide for their maintenance by a State tax. As was said elsewhere, " it would appear to be the dictate of " wisdom that the loater high-wai^s of the Dominion shoidd, in the meantime, be " made available for enlarging and extending Canadian Commerce, WHETHER •* THEY YIELD ANY PRESENT DIRECT REVENUE TO THE GOVERNMENT OR NOT." Iron Salt. Gliiss Soda Tin . . lieer . Whisl Merch 9 ' AGGREGATE REVENUES FROM TOLLS, The f')nowing Summary Statement shows the aggrepitij amounts of Tolls collected and Merchandise transported, Westward and Eastward, via the St. Lawrence and Welland Canals, during the past three fiscal years : — > 1880. 187U. 1S78. Aggregates of Tolls ?323,828 S31 1 ,236 8337,630 Tons of Merchandise 2,370,868 2,206,679 '2,478,257 PROPORTION OF TOTAL TOLLS LEVIED ON BREADSTUFFS. The proportions of the amount of Tolls levied upon Grain and Flour, passing down- ward through the Canals, during the past three years, as deduced from the following statements and the foregoing summary, — were : — 1880, 1879. 1878. .§323,828 $68,316, or 21 percent. , 311,236 52,470, " 17 , 337,630 48,413, " 14j STATEMENT shewing the Quantitt of Freight passed from Montreal to Canadian and United States Ports Wkst of Port Colborne, on Through Passes issued at Montreal; also the Iron and Salt passed free on Welland Canal, not included in the Through Passes, and the amount of Tolls collecte.! on the same for the seasons of navigation in 1878, 1879 and 1880. Merchandise, exceptinjr Iron and Salt, front Montreal to Canadian Ports Ditto, to United Stntes Portu Total . 1878. Tons. Tolls. 24 « 14 40 874 500 40 8i)8 *514 80 1879. 1880. Tons. 1,552 075 Tolls. i<:<83 20 308 00 'luns. 588 1348 1930 Tolls. $334 55 705 55 2,227 5Sl,251 80 .-^1130 10 QUANTITY AND TOLLS on the following Articles passed from Montreal to Ports beyond Port Colborne. of he [ER T. 1878. 1879. 1880. Iron Tons. 7,385 7,092 7 27 2 7 52 93 Tolls. i*l,107 75 1,1.53 80 4 20 10 20 1 20 4 20 31 20 , 65 80 ; Tons. 13,278 13,224 4 32!) 270 23 33 509 Tolls. »1,991 70 1,983 00 2 40 107 40 105 00 13 80 19 80 305 40 Tons 18,032 10,403 9 7a(! 447 52 50 275 Tolls. .'Ji2794 80 Salt 2409 45 Glass and Gla.saware 5 40 Soda Ash 459 00 Tin 208 20 lieer 31 20 Whiskey, «Scc Merchandise 30 00 105 00 Total 16,205 82,374 .15 27,070 $4,079 70 38,094 80223 05 10 STATEMENT Bhewing the Qoantity of the following ARTictss, passed from Ports West OP Port Colborne to Montreal, and the amount of Tolls collected thereon during the seasons of navigation in 1878, 1879 and 1880. With reference to Goods passing down the St. Lawrence Canals, having been trans- shipped after passing the Welland Canal, the port, whether Canadian or Foreign from whence they come, can only be ascertained by reference to the Ships' Reports, which would occupy two or three weeks. • 11 STATEMENT I. ' Showing the amount and kind of Freight carried through the d inal (Sa ult Ste. Marie) to Lake Superior on boats running between Lake S uperior and the lower Lakes during the season of navigation 1879. UPWARD frei(;ht. Acid carboys 262 Apples bbls 10,245 Butter lbs 92,424 Barrel hoops bdls 3,501 Barrel heads bdls 330 Beef bbls 340 Boilers 28 Beer kegs 330 Bar Iron tons 2,692 Brick m 946 Cattle 54 Canned Goods cans 5,200 Crock(!ry crates 1 5 Coal Oil bbls 7,342 Coal..... tons 110,112 Candles lbs 61 ,548 Cheese .... , lbs 5,849 Coffee bags 7,635 Coarse Grain bush 5,030 Cement bbls 11,735 Cider bbls 20 Coke tons 200 Dried Fruits lbs 120,889 Engines 21 Eggs bbls 153 Fish kegs 8,923 Flour bbls 1,432 Furniture pieces 2,519 Fire Brick m 145 Fire Clay tons 564 Ground Feed tons 1,055 Horses and Mules 71 Hogs I Hay tons 960 Lime bbls 3,292 DOW Butter lbs 2,600 Bones tons 8A Coal Oil bbls 421' Carboys 561 Corn bush 374,876 Copper Ingot tons 15,719', Copper Mass tons 1,435 J Copper Stamp Work tons 4,630;^ Flour bbls 246,623 Flour sacks 1 1 7,340 Fertilizer , sacks 300 Feed tons 170 Leather rolls 178 Lard Oil bbls 1,798 Lard lbs 3,959 Liquors bbls 967 Limestone tons 8,838 Lumber 360,000 Mowers and Reapers 87 Malt lbs 234,197 Machinery tons 528 Moulding Sand tons 500 Nails kegs 47,532 Pig Iron tons 368 Pork bbls 368 Powder tons 172 Potatoes bush 3.636 Railroad Iron tons 21,044 Railroad Spikes kegs 5,833 Salt bbls 88,368 Sugar bbls 23,107 Soap boxes 11,291 Soda lbs 13,822 Syrup bbls 3,'"'"" Staves 1 ,104,000 Shingles m 388.000 Tea chests 6,684 Tobacco lbs 213,539 Tallow lbs 1 ,050 "Vinegar bbls 702 Vegetables bush 6,530 Window Glass bo.xes 2,343 Wagons 271 Merchandise not otherwise enu- merated tons 38.505 Passengers 1 2,659 DOWNWARD FREIGHT. Flax Seed bush Furs and Pelts bales Fresh Fish cars Fish half bbls Horses and Mules Hides bales Hides Household (Joods pieces Iron Ore tons Kaolite tons Lindseed Oil bbls Lumber 19,870 25 147 4,261 4 491 1,049 484 539,542 138 40 20,382,000 12 STATEMENT \. DOWNWARD FRKIGHT— (Continued.) Oats bu8h 20,000 Oilcake 227 Potatoes bush 1 ,96 1 Powder tons 49 Potash tons 1 1 4 Pig Iron tons 4,597 Quartz tons 492 Rags tons 28 Kags bales 131 Silver Ore tons 47 Scrap Iron tons 548 J Shingles 120,000 Stjuare Timber c. feet 64,000 Tallow lbs 417,798 Telegraph Poles 280 Wheat biii-h 2,223,462 Morchandise not otherwise enu- merated tons 376 Passengers 1,719 STATEMENT II. Showing the amount and kind of Freight carried through the Canal (Sault Ste. Marie) to Lake Superior ou boats running between Chicago and Lake Superior Ports during the season of navigation 1879. UPWARD FREIGHT. Apples bbls Butter lbs Bacon lbs Beef bbls Boilers Beer kegs Beer cases Bar Iron tons Brick ni Cattle Coal Oil bbls Coal tons Candles boxes Cheese lbs Coffee bag.s Coarse Grain bush Cement bbls Dried Fruits lbs l^Iggs bbl 8 Fish kegs Flour bbls Furniture pieces Fire-Brick m Ground Feed tons Horses and Mules Hogs Hay tons 2,846 129,970 208,679 2,256 7 2,854 3,860 102 158 645 7 262 3,609 17,559 1,130 247,425 1,518 12,110 1,284 1,738 8,049 7,603 6 1,475 210 560 1,390 Lime bbls 1,735 Lard Oil bbls 177 Lard ....lbs 93,516 Liquors bbls 1,290 Malt lbs 481,343 Mowers and Reapers 9 Machinery tons 18 Nails kegs 2,340 Pork bbls 3,647 Potatoes bush 5,462 Railroad Iron .....tons 78 Rnilroad Spikes kegs 92 Salt bbls 187 Sugar bbls 2,802 Sheep ],.^31 Soap boxes 5,804 Syrup bbls 504 Tea chests 1 ,035 Toliacco lbs 55.975 Viuegar bbls 450 Vegetables bush 5,704 Window Glass boxes 969 Wagons 36 Merchandise not otherwise enu- merated tons 10,374 Passengers ] ,384 376 1,735 177 93,516 1,290 181,343 9 18 2,340 3,647 5,462 78 92 187 2,802 1,331 5,804 504 1,035 55.975 450 5,704 969 35 10,374 1,384 13 STATEMENT II— (Continubd.) DOWNWARD FREIGHT. Butter lbs Bones tons Brown Stone tons Beer kegs Beer cases Copper Infj;ot. tons Copper Stamp Works tons Flour bills Feed tons Furs, Pelts bales Fresh Fish cars Fish half-bbls Horses and Mules Hides , Household Goods P^K^ Iron Ore tons 5,140 Kaolite tons 9 108 Lumber 11,161,000 1.018.000 2,226 Lath 500 Pickets 68,000 2 069 2,257 429 Pig Iron tons Quartz tons 1 351 90i Kaihoad Ties 5,950 98 6,076,000 581 32 Rags Shingles tons 5,963 Scrap Iron tons 514 1 Tallow lbs 45,617 2 640 5,355 Wool lbs 12 Wheat bush 75 9.581 1,026 -'lenhandise not othe mi'rated rwise enu- tons 129 533 Passengers 1,057 STATEMENT III. Showing the amount and kind of Freight carried through the Canal (Sault Ste. Marie) to Lake Superior on Canadian boats during the season of navigation 1879. UPWARD FREIGHT. Apples bbls Butter lbs Bacon lbs Beef. lbs Boilers Beer kegs Bar Iron tons Cattle Coal tons Coal Oil Candles 1 bs Cheese lbs Cement bbls Coffee bags Coarse Grain bush Dried Fruit lbs Engines Eggs bbls Fish kegs Flour bbls Furniture pieces F lat cars Ground Feed tons Horses and Mules Hogs Hay tons Lime bbls Lumber m Lath 1,633 241,590 173,500 569 7 301 477 1,291 330 851 14,260 3()J730 10 190 39,050 4,600 11 255 993 5,781 2,633 32 100 638 •265 834 20 2,676,000 450,000 Lard Oil bbls Lard llm Liquors bbls Malt lbs Mowers and Reapers Machiutirj' tons Nails kegs Pork l«Ms Powder tons Potatoes bush Pig Iron tons Railroad Iron tons Riiilioad Spiiics keys Salt hbls Sugar bbls Sliee[) Soap boxes Soda Ihs Syrup l,bls Shiugles Tea chest Tobacco lbs Vine^iar bbls Vegetables bush Window ( ilass boxes Wagons Other Merchandise tons Passengers 3 1 7,500 871 55,960 147 513 3,540 667 10 750 24 6,675 2,737 3,690 5,731 833 2,885 10,700 212 388,000 2,793 36,924 171 131 8 Barrel Hoops bdls IVirrel i leads bbls Bacon lbs Beef bbls Boilers Beer kegs Beer cases Bar Iron tons Cuttle , Canned Goods cases Coal Oil bbls Coal tons Crockery crates Cider bbls Candles lbs Cheese lbs Coffee, bags Coarse Grain bush Cement bbls Coke tons Dried Fruits lbs Engines Eggs bbls Fish kegs Flour bbls Furniture pieces Fire Brick m Fire Clay tons F'lat Cars Ground Feed tons Horses and Mules Hogs Hay tons UPWARD FREIGHT. 262 14,724 466,984 3,500 330 382,179 3,165 42 3,4>^5 3,860 3,271 1,990 5,200 8,200 110,704 ]5 20 79,417 54,138 8,955 291,505 13,323 200 137,599 33 1,692 11,654 15.262 12,755 151 564 32 2,630 919 856 3,284 Lime.... bbls ,070 Leuther rolls 178 Lumber 3,036,000 Lath 450,000 Lard Oil bbls 1,978 Lard lbs 114,075 Liquors bbls 3,128 Limestone tons 8,83!< Malt tons 771,500 Mowers and Reapers 243 Machinery tons 1,059 Moulding Sand tons 500 Nails kegs 53,41 2 Pork bbls 4,682 Powder tons 182 Potatoes bush 9,848 Pig Iron tons 392 Railroad Iron tons 27,797 Railroad Spikes kegs 8,662 Salt bbls 92,245 Sugar bbls 31,640 Sheep 2,256 Soap boxes 19,980 Soda lbs 3,182 Syrup bbls 2,662 Shingles 388,000 Staves m 11,040 Tea chests 2,856 Tobacco lbs 1 20,645 Tallow lbs 1,050 Vinegar . . ; bbls 81 Vegetablea bush 695 Window Glass boxes 377 Wagons 26 Other Merchandise tons 17,406 Passengers 21,488 15 STATEMKNT IV.-(Continued.) DOWNWARD Butter ll)s 15,740 BoneH tow 116.1 Brown Stonr tons 2.226* Buttalo Itolx 8 Ixilcs 297 ^''<''" kf'gs 500 B''er cdses '2,2o7 Coppir Ingot tons Kj'usi 'Copper Mass tons l,439'-i Copper Stamp Works tons 4 721 ' Carboys 'g^i ' Corn bush 6:59,091 Flour bbis 372,840 JJo""- t'iuks 126,103 i'^^o tons 1,238 Flax Seed l.uHh 22,452 Furs and Pelts bdls 8 502 Fresh Fish ears 'l48 Fish half-bdls 12.071 Horses and Mules 17 2it« •• 13,932 H'dt'S bales 491 Household Furniture pkgs l 562 Iron Ore tons 540075 Kaohte tons 147 FRRliaHT. [•'""''"•'■ 32,562,000 '/'^''- • 1,018,000 l^'i''^'"'! Oil 1,1,1s 40 "'' t-ake u^aH 287 '*"^*'^ bush 20,000 ''"t'ttoes i,„sh 1 961 I'otash tons '114 Pi^^' I"*"" tons 6,666 "■l^''t« 68,000 l'"'W'i''r tons 49 ^■i^^i^^ix tons 1 .84.3 ^^^S» tons 196 Itaiirofld Ties 5 ppQ ""^''^ bales 131 Square Timber (pine) c feet 574 Oi '"^''^■'■i' Ori^' tons 324 [?'""«'"« 6,202,000 Scnii) Iron tons 1 092 ,'!>,""^^---- lbs 475,615 telegraph Poles \,f^Q Zr^\ •''•« 44,710 ;^ '^''** bush 2,603.666 Other Merchandise tons 585 Pas,senger8 ^,320 16 fk ORDER-IN-COUNCIL, 1860. GOVERNMENT HOUSE, QUEBEC, Monday, 28lh May, 1860. Pretent: His EXCBLLKNCV THE GOVEUNOK-GENEllAL In Cocncil. His Excellency was pleased to lay before the Council a Memorandum dated 26th May, 1860, from the Hon. the Minister of Finance, on the subject of the expediency of abolisiiing tollw on the Provin(.ial Canals in furtherance of the views and policy expressed upon that KnV)jf(t during the recent SeKsion ot the Provincial Purliument, whereupon His Excellemy in Council was pleased to order, and it is lienby ordered that through all, each and every of tlie following Canals, locks, and the several sections thereof, viz.: — The St. Lawrence Canal, the Ilideau, Carillon and Greuville Canals, the St. Anne's Lock and the Burlington Bay Canal, vessels and goods shall pass toll free up or down, whether such vessels be American or Canadian, both of which will be entitled to the same exemption on their conforming to such regulations and orders as may be from time to time made by the Department of the Minister of Finance, in reference to the passage through all or any of the above-mentioned Canals or Locks. That with regard to the Welland Canal, all vessels and goods going through or using that Canal shall continue to pay the tolls at the ratis charged by the existing tarifif — but of the tolls so paid, 90 per cent, shall be refunded whenever the vessel and goods that shall have so paid toll on the Welland Canal shall enter the St. Lawrence Canals, or report inwards, and enter the goods at any Canadian Port on Lake Ontario, or on the St. Lawrence. That vessels and goods passing through the Welland Canal and entering at a Canadian port, before they shall be considered as entitled to be refunded the 90 per cent, on the Welland Canal tolls, shall make such declaration and execxite such bonds as the proper Department may require, that the goods landed at such Canadian port are bona fide intended and landed for consumption in Canada, or to be shipped via the St. Lawrence ; and the owners and masters of such vessels shall otherwise conform to such regulations as may be considered necessarj', and be established to prevent any evasion of the conditions upon which such 90 per cent, of the tolls is to be nfunded. That vessels and cargoes passing outwards through the Welland Canal shall be treated in the same manner as vessels and goods passing downwards, that is to say: — That snch vessels and cargoes, if hailitjg from a Canadian port, or which shall have come up through the St. Lawrence Canal, shall be charged 10 per cent, only of the rates of toll authorized by the present tariff, upon the master of such vessel producing such evidence of his having come through the St. Lawrence Canal, or of his hailing from a Canadian port, as may be required by the proper officer at the Welland Canal. It is also ordered that the regulations herein-above made take effect upon, from and after Saturday, the nineteenth day of the current month of May. Cerlijied, JOHN COTfi, Clerk F. C. f