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NECESSITY

KOR

REDUCING THE CANAL TOLLS.

Paok.
I. — Memorial to Hon. Sir Leonard Tillby, C.B., K.C.M.G., Minister of

Finance 1,2

II. — Supplementary Statement on Canal ToIIp and Harbor Dues 3 to 8

III. — Additional Statements, showing particulars of Canal Tolls 9,10

IV. — Four Statements in detail, showing the upward and downward

traffic on the Sault Ste. Marie Canal, in 1879 II to 16

y. — Order-in-Counoil, I860, authorizing change in Canal Tolls 16

ONLY A FEW COPIES PRINTED FOR INFORMATION OF THE COrNCIL
OF THE MONTREAL BOARD OF TRADE.

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s^%

MEMORIAL RESPECTING CANAL TOLLS.

*■

To the Honorable

SIR S. 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 th<i K.uropean Continent and Canada, while they in turn
would afl'ord valuaVde facilities for bringini; imniitcrants from Germany, France. &c. ;—

" That your Memorialists are very duply impressed with a sense of the impending
danger to the commercial interests of the Dominion of Canada, ho far as these are
involved in our Great Water-Highway, and the sea-^oiug and inland tiade of which it is
the channel, — and with the evident necessity which presses for the immediate establish-
ment of an effective counteracting policy ; — because, as your Memorialists believe, it can
be shown that, whilt; the toll-! act as deterrcmts to commerce, those on the Welland are
yielding a comparatively small and diminishing revenue ; —

That your Memorialists have approached you, and (through you, as they earnestly
hope) your Colleagues in the Dominion Government, in no spirit of heltislmess nor of local
feeling or pf)licy, but on the broad ground of National interest, — pleading with you, as
they desire it to be understood, in behalf of the welfare and proRi)erity of all classes of our
wide-s])read populati(m ; —

That yuiu' M( niorialists find that tliey are iniable to embody in this do;ument all
that might or should be said in exposition of their views on the vital question to which
they have been soliciting your attention ; they are not without hope, however, that enough
lias been adduced to impel you to give the subject your consideration, — and that you may
feel warranted in recommending to your Colleagues in the Privy Council some such
method of imme'lutte relief by Order-in-Council (as in I860), until a year's experience may
warrant more permanent and decisive action by Parliament at its next session ; —

WuKKKFonK, — for the reasons herein adduced, — your Memorialists most earnestly
invoke s.ich immediate inquiry into the question of the onerousness of the Canal Tolls in
all their bearings, and sui h consideration as may enable you to recommend to your
Colleagues in the Privy Council the adoption of a policy that may forthwith tend greatly
to lighten, and possibly entirely remove, the burdens that threaten so imminently to em-
barrass more than ever before the commerce of Canada.

Signed on behalf of the Montreal Board of Trade, and its Council,

F. W. HENSHAW,

President.
WM. J. PATTERSON,

Secretary/.
Montreal, IKA .4/>n7, 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.

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. <<

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 W<itei\

Montreal Harbor Dues 20c. per 2,000 lbs., eqnal to 22-,c. per gross ton.

Lachiue Canal Tolls 20c. "' " 22 ic. "

Wollaud Canal Tolls 40c. " " 44*0. "

Iruv .

Montreal Harbor Dnes 2.'>c. 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

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

1877

1878

1879

1880

Total ill nix
yearn.

Bl'tT

TollM.

27
6

30
120

13
140

21
14G
507
317

280

TonN.

100

186

105

132

240

174

337

'runs.

12
36

726

1,522

193

454

2,719

745

119

TJonn.

834

1,194

1,590

3,072

1,926

163

TdllH.

Tons.
8

TtlllH.

168

Crockf ry

Dye Woods ii Dye Stuffs.
Eiirflictiware

31
11

1,807
348

(ilascwiiri'

CIlnKH (window) >

341

1,355

33
6
34
262
32
20

341

MolllHHt'H

2,774

NiiilH

634

Sodii Asli . , , ,

3,394

7,669

2,815

Siiffiii'

Tin

Vint'iriir .....

Whiskey, etc. •

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!<injr free through tlie
VV^elland, il' tolls have hoen ])aid on passiriir thnmuli tlic St. Lawrt:nce canals.

The traffic on the Weiland Canal, up and down, during- 1H77, 1878, and 1879,
was lerts in these years rcsjMictively than in lS(i!), by ltV<>.'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.)

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

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.

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ST.

Merc
Sa,
Po

Dittc

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.

« 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

1878.

1879.

1880.

Iron

Tons.

7,385

7,092

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

32!)

270

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

7a(!

447

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

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.

•

STATEMENT

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

147

4,261

491

1,049

484

539,542

138

20,382,000

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

2,854

3,860

102

158

645

262

3,609

17,559

1,130

247,425

1,518

12,110

1,284

1,738

8,049

7,603

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

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

6,076,000

581
32

Rags

Shingles

tons

5,963

Scrap Iron

tons

514

Tallow

lbs

45,617
2 640

5,355

Wool

lbs

Wheat

bush

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

301

477

1,291

330

851

14,260

3()J730

190

39,050

4,600

255

993

5,781

2,633

100

638

•265

834

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

1 7,500

871

55,960

147

513

3,540

667

750

6,675

2,737

3,690

5,731

833

2,885

10,700

212

388,000

2,793

36,924

171

131

<tH7

210

10,725

7,445

STATEMENT III— (Continued.)

DOWNWARD FREIGHT.

Biittor lbs

Buflalo Robes balet:

Copper Mass tons

Corn bush

Flour bhls

Flour Slicks

Fnrs and Pilts bales

Fish (fivsli) half bb!s

Fliix Sf'd ,..bush

Feed tons

Hides

Horses

8,000

297

265,155

125,636

8,763,

2,514

2,455

2,582

1,036

3,302

Household Goods pkgs 62

Lumber 1,020,000

Oil Cake tons 60

Square Timber Pine c. feet 510,000

Silver Ore , tons 276^

Scrap Iron tons 30

Tallow lbs 2,200

Wheat bush 380,129

Wool /• lbs 42,070

Other M'-rchandiso 80

Passengers 3,544

STATEMENT IV.

Showing the ajxirregate Trade passing lhrou<,'h tlie Sault Ste. Marie Canal : —

|i;

Acid carboyw

Apples bbls

Butter 11>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

3,4>^5

3,860

3,271

1,990

5,200

8,200

110,704

79,417

54,138

8,955

291,505

13,323

200

137,599

1,692

11,654

15.262

12,755

151

564

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

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

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.