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 NEWFOUNDLAND. 
 
 TRADE RELAT 
 
 WITH 
 
 GREAT BRITAIN, 
 
 CANADA, THE UNITED STATES, AND 
 FOREIGN COUNTRIES: 
 
 TOGETHER WITH SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF 
 
 THE COLONY, THE MODE OF TAXATION, AND THE GENERAL 
 
 REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE, WITH TABLES. 
 
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 Bx Jameb Murray, 
 Rx-M.H.A. for the District of Burgeo and Im Poile. 
 
 ST. JOHN'S, N. F. 
 
 J. W. WITHERS. QVBBN'S FRINTEK. 
 
 1896. 
 
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 NE^WFOUNDLAND. 
 
 TRADE RELATIONS 
 
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 WITH 
 
 GREAT BRITAIN, 
 
 CANADA, THE UNITED STATES, AND 
 FOREIGN COUNTRIES: 
 
 TOGETHER WITH SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OK 
 
 THE COLONY, THE MODE OF TAXATION, AND THE GENERAL 
 
 REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE, WITH TABLES. 
 
 By James Murray, 
 Ex-M.H.A. for the District of Burgeo and La I'nile. 
 
 ST. JOHN'S, N. F. 
 
 J. W. WITHERS, queen's PRINTEH. 
 
 1896. 
 
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 TABLE OF NEWFOUNDLAND IMPORTS, 1890. 
 
 Table. \ 
 
 1 
 
 Articles. 
 
 Value. 
 
 Duties. 
 
 No. 1 
 
 1 
 Liquors and Tobacco . 
 
 $173,886 00 
 
 $244,854 46 
 
 No. 2 
 
 Foods 
 
 3,125,669 00 
 
 532,288 85 
 
 No. 3 
 
 Clothing, &c. 
 
 1,471,941 00 
 
 362,357 78 
 
 No. 4 
 
 Fishery materials ... 
 
 334,985 00 
 
 29,989 32 
 
 No 5 
 
 Constructive materials 
 
 433,619 00 
 
 ' 78,716 85 
 
 No, G 
 
 Miscellaneous 
 
 208,042 00 
 
 ! 67,523 98 
 
 No. 7 
 
 'Free List 
 
 488,982 00 
 
 
 
 Totals 
 
 $6,237,124 00 
 
 $1,315,731 24 
 
46 
 85 
 
 78 
 32 
 85 
 98 
 
 24 
 
 THK lii^'lit Jloiioruble the Secretary of State has receiitlv 
 atUh'essed a circular to tlie administrators of '^'ovcimiuMit 
 ill tlie various British c()h)iiies desitr^iied to elicit iiiforiuiitioii 
 beariii}^ upon inter-trade between the several branches of the 
 enqtire, with the view of pnniioting increased mutual commerce 
 within the bounds of British countries. My position as cor- 
 respondent for some foreign journals havin<;' caused me to en- 
 (inire minutely into the subject, I prepared a set of tables 
 desi}.,aied to set forth tlie leading facts l»eariiig upon this im- 
 portant matter as far as Xewfoundland is concerned, and 1 
 have now much pleasure in submitting these Tables, tog(.*tlier 
 with such accompanying comments as the facts revealed by 
 them ol)viously suggest. 
 
 St. doiiN's, Xkwfouxdlaxi), Maucii, 1890. 
 
 The following Tables have been compiled for the sole purpose 
 of showing the proportion of annual imports into Xewfound- 
 land derived, (1) from the United Kingdom and otlier parts of 
 the liritish Empire, exclusive of Canada; (2) from Canada: 
 (3) from the United States; and (4) from other foreign coun- 
 tries. The year selected for this purpose is the year 1890, the 
 customs' and trade statistics of that year l)eing, of a, normal 
 year's commerce — the latest available. The fire of 1892 dis- 
 turbed the normal character of the im])orts for that year, and 
 ]jy S(3 doing prevented us from ascertaining from tlie im])orts 
 of the latter year whether there had been any excess of impor- 
 tation in 1891, and in what particular lines of goods. The 
 same event, of course, also disturbed the normal character of 
 the imports in 1892 and 1893. In 1894 the general commer- 
 cial crisis occurred at the end of that vear, thus disturl>ing the 
 normal character of the imports of 1895, and also preventing 
 us from correcting any inef|ualities in those of 1894. The 
 year 1890 was also one of a moderate fishery, when the prices 
 of fish were fair, and when the harvest was marketed in the 
 usual and systematic manner ; while, on the other hand, the 
 prices of all the leading articles of import were not ailected 
 by any accidental circumstance to unduly depress or elevate 
 them. The rate of taxation has since been increased, but the 
 dillereuce is noted in a subse(iuent table. 
 
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 The whole of the imports have heou clussiHi'tl uiulci' ssevon 
 tiibh^s anil one liuiidred and twenty-seven items. These tables 
 are as follows : — 
 
 Table No 1. — Liquors and Tobaeeo, (includiii;j; the items of 
 Confectionary and Vinegar.) 
 
 Table No. 2.— Foods. 
 
 Table No. '/>. — Clothing, clothing materials, and house fur- 
 nishings. 
 
 Table No. 4. — Fishing materials. 
 
 Table No. 5. — Constructive materials. 
 
 Table No. G. — Miscellaneous. 
 
 'Table No. 7.— Free List. 
 
 This classification explains itself, — No. 1 Table being intended 
 to include articles of undisputed luxury or sui)er[luity, while 
 Tables Nos. 2 and 3 (in connection witli Table No. 0), contain 
 all the articles taxed in which the great body of the population 
 are interested, namely. Food, clothing and liouseliold furnish- 
 ings. Table 5 relates to trade and manufactures entirely, and 
 Tal)le 4 to the fislieries. The Miscellaneous Table (No. G) con 
 tains three items (of which one is Kerosene Oil) tliat could not 
 very well be included in any of tiie classifications, and tlie last 
 Table (No. 7) contains the articles of import that arc not sub- 
 ject to any duty. 
 
 Tiieso tables are very instructive, and, together witli the 
 tables of Exports and comparative taxation which follow, will 
 enable anv person to inform himself of the fads reuardiuL"' anv 
 particular item of import, or line of goods, in wliieli he may be 
 interested. The values of the goods imported ami duties paid 
 in 1(S00 under each of these seven tables were as follows: — 
 
 Tabli' Xo. 1 
 
 4 
 
 Lif^uurs, i^-c. ... 
 
 Foods 
 
 Clothing. X'C. 
 
 Fishery materials 
 5. — Constructive... 
 ('). — -^lisccllaneous 
 7. — Free List 
 
 Totals .. 
 
 ^'ALUE. 
 
 s 173,S8G 
 :;,125,GG9 
 1,471,941 
 
 :;;34,085 
 
 433,610 
 208,042 
 488,082 
 
 DlTV. 
 
 S 244,854 4G 
 
 .'.32,288 8;") 
 
 ■ )o2,.:);)/ /N 
 
 20.080 :;2 
 
 78,7 K) 85 
 
 07,523 08 
 
 ... ^^ 0,237,124 ^1,315,731 24 
 
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 'la 
 
 Ta 
 
JJ 
 
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 OS 
 
 %N» 
 
 It will Ix' iKMf'oivcMl that tiic values n[' tlic inqxirts under 
 tlu'HO seven tal)l"s were derived as follows: — 
 
 I.— Krniii tiie I'liited Kiuf^doni and other jiortioiis ol' the 
 IJritish Kini)ir(!, exeept Canada : 
 
 Tahle No. 1 —[.{([uors, i^-e. ... ... ... S 00,280 
 
 " " 2.— Foods... ... ... ... (;l'0,:570 
 
 " :!. -Clothinn-, \'e. ... ... ... 1,100,714 
 
 " 4 —Fishery ... ... .. l:'.0,r),S8 
 
 " :..— Construetive ... ... ... 10:5,1:):') 
 
 " 0. .Miseellaneous ... ... ... 100,10:; 
 
 " 7.- Flee List ... ... ... 102,r)7r. 
 
 Totals ... ... i^L\472.70:5 
 
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 ■J. — l"'i'()ni ( ';iiiad;i : 
 
 Tal»l(> Xo. 1 -Linudis, vVc. 
 " L'.- -Foods... 
 " :'..—( "lothin--, ^c ... 
 " 4-.-— Fishery 
 
 o. — Construetive 
 0. — Miseellaueous ... 
 " 7.— Free List 
 
 'J'otals 
 
 :"•>. — From the I'nited States: 
 
 Tahle No. 1. -Li(|Uors. iVc. 
 -. -Fo(jds. .. 
 " " :;- Clotliin-', .^-e. ... 
 '• 4.— -Fishei'V 
 " ,").— Construetive 
 " " 0. — Miscellaneous ... 
 7.- -Free List 
 
 Totals 
 
 4. — I'^roni other I'oreiiiu countries 
 
 Table Xo. 1. -Licjuors, ^'vrc. 
 " :,>. — Foods... 
 '• :'..— Clothing, .^c. ... 
 '• 4. — Fisherv ... 
 
 " " o. — Constructive 
 " ' 0. — ^liscellaneous ... 
 " 7.— Free List 
 
 Totals 
 
 s 44,r..-.4 
 
 1,707), 144 
 
 1 .". 1 ,!)04 
 
 :;r..no;5 
 
 177. ,44:5 
 
 L'7,0.1S 
 
 27)4,427. 
 
 S2,o04.2ll 
 
 S :;4.022 
 7S7.O00 
 122,:;ri0 
 00,027 
 02,444 
 S().:522 
 45,00S 
 
 S1.227,r)0S 
 
 s 4,4:50 
 
 4,07)7 
 
 S74 
 
 ii:'5,i77 
 
 2,o00 
 
 .-.oO 
 
 20,884 
 
 8152,782 
 
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 Taking the luUcr disisioii liist, Itccaiisc nf llie CDiiiiMiativj' 
 insi;;iiiti(';in('(' in valuf of tin; iiiiitniis tVoiu rmcij^ii (•(niiiMifs, 
 whicli consist mainly nl" suit, snni«' cdrilaj^n' and tin, and a little 
 I'rnit, it is (tltvions that no necessity <'xists for diminishing, the 
 t|nantity of these imjiorls in tiie interest of the I'nitish em|iire. 
 XoitlK'i' wonld it he likely to allect the resnlt were the exist inu 
 (Inties altenid, for (.'adiz salt, Port wine, ()|miiIo onions, md 
 Unssian corda;_i;e wonld always prohahly he imjforted directly 
 from these loreii;!! ports. Of conrse a mnch lar;j,er ]ir<i|Mtrtion 
 of our annnal imports are really the j^rowth and proiliice (tf 
 I'oreJLrn conntries, althoni^di they come to ns indirectly thr"Mi;j,li 
 (Ireal Uritain. A ;^reat part of niir teas, coiree, cixMia, finit. 
 .su,L;ar, and many other arti(d(>s of import, in their simple or 
 compound forms, heloni^' to this category, iuit, so far as the Xew- 
 i'oundland tiade is concerned, they are Just the same as j'ritish 
 ])ro(hicts, and no changes in the tarilC would allect them one 
 way or t he other. 
 
 As reL!,ai(ls the I'nited States, from which place ahout one- 
 tifth of our imports are derived, to the extent of neaily a mil- 
 lion and a (piarter (Sl,L*27,r»G8) of dollars aiuntally, it is almost 
 e([ually dillicult to see how any discrimination of the tarifl' 
 could alter tin; existin;j,' condition to tlu^ ad\anta^'e of Xew- 
 i'oundland or (ireat Britain. What are the products we now 
 ^■(i from the I'nited States ^ Xone of the articles in the lirst 
 tahle are thence derived except leaf tohacco, and where, in her 
 ^Majesty's dominions, could we obtain that artichM)r an}' suh- 
 stitule for it :' In Foods we ohtain nearly all oui' heef and 
 pork, and ahout one-half of our Hour supply, from the States, 
 and this o])tion could not he disturbed without serious injury 
 to the people of Newfoundland. These items, together with 
 a ])orlion of our Kerosene (jil, iind some Anthracite coal, ac- 
 count for nearly a million of our total imports fi'om the ncigh- 
 lioriuL,' repulilic, while, as for the rest, ($280,000) it consists of 
 some pitch and tar from Wilmini>ton, S. L\, that could not he 
 had elsewhere, a ])articular make of cotton duck canvass, used 
 for the sails of vessels, that is preferred by certain of our 
 ]>eo]tle, and would probably l)e procured at any price, and 
 certain styles in boots and shoes, hardware and cotton goods, 
 that are. mainly taken by our shoj)-keepers by way of variety. 
 Certainly the amount that might po.ssibly be ail'ected by a 
 change of tariffs could scarcelv exceetl IicJf a million of dollavf^. 
 (S500,000), were all the imports now directly brought fronr 
 
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 It is hue that a |Mirti<m ••!' tuir tund siii»j»ly, In the cxtciil nf 
 ]»i(»liaMy aiKillnT lialf million nf dollars (.*^ri(»(),()l)()), is \u>\ in 
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 tcd States Ml ( 'aiiada. — the di'teiiiiinin!'' iniliieiiee heinu in sonic 
 i'U8t'H a mailer of (|\iality, in some ( ases a matter of ]»riee. and 
 in many easi's a matter of frei'^iit. facilities and eommeivial 
 t'oiiiie<t i.ais. r.nt this is a eomiiaiat isely small amount of 
 niaiuiii in l he \ olimie of our annual t rade, (ahoiit one-thiiteenth 
 of the w hoh' im|ioi't N'alue), and, not heinij, maniU'.ictured "^oMtls. 
 is ijoi of nnieli moment to the out-ide |iaities interested. In- 
 dccij it will he found, as a matlei of t'aet, that one eommis.-ion 
 nu'iehaiii or freight a^'enl will cause mure auilation aiiout, such 
 a matter than all the ]»rodufers and eoiisumeis in holh eouii- 
 tries alliM ted hy it. 
 
 W'c aic ah-^olutcly de|iendeiit ujion the I'ni'ed Slali-s I'oi 
 tliri'o fniirt lis of a niillioii of dollars (Jr^7'>(l, (H)(1) of ncccssarv 
 food supijlies e\('ry year. The articles in\-ol\-ed we cannot L>et 
 as well ej-cwhere. They constitute the almost total supply of 
 animal food coiisnnM'd hy the u'lcat hody of our jn'ople; and 
 they are not, only produced at, a minimum of cost hy (Uir nei'4h- 
 liors. lull they also al't'oid us a convenient N'chiclo for the collec- 
 tion of faxes. It is ])ossihle that in time the I'>ritish ])oi'tion of 
 the \\'est( rn continent will he ahlc t<i s\ipply us with sulisti 
 tnte.-; foi' iliese American ])r()ductions, hut at ])r('sent it cannot 
 do so. and any atlem])t to intcrfen' with the natural niaiket 
 now a\ailahle to Xewfoundlandei'S ahroad would only augment 
 the ]trice to the c(»nsumers here, without really honofittiug the 
 produciuLi countries. 
 
 We now como to consider the im})orts from the Uritish Km- 
 pire: (1) exclusive of Canada, and (li) from the latter conntry. 
 These are as follows: — 
 
 1. — l''rom the Tnited KinL!;dom S-,1 10,r)4r» 
 
 " other lU-itish ports :5(J2,218 
 
 •2.— " Canada 2,n94.1>ll 
 
 Total S4,.SGG,074 
 
 Tract icallv this amounts to ahout five millions of dollars 
 (i?o,000,00(^) out of a total import into the country of six mil- 
 
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 lions and Ji .iter (80,250,000) ; so that, witii tli(» exception- 
 of the insigniiicant sum of $150,000, tlie whole of our New- 
 foundland trade is plaed between the I'.ritisli Empire and the 
 United States, Dividin^^ it into five equal ])ortions, tlie United 
 States •jjets one of tliese portions and the Uritish Empire the 
 otlier four, — of which one-lialf ^^oes to Carada and tlie other 
 lialf, eitlier to the Motlier Country herself, or, to the extent of 
 ,^::U;2,2l.S out of 5i>2.500,000, to lier dependencies in the AVest 
 Indies or elsewhere 
 
 As re.n'iirds this aspect of our trade it must not only he very 
 gratifying to every JUiton, hut it is exc»'e(h'ngly dillieult to 
 see liow any interferei'^e with it can work auglit hut ill. For 
 a country that exports ])roduce annually to the full extent of 
 its imports, and sends one half of its whole export to foreign 
 ('(.)untrics, — for this country to })urehase only a million and 
 a half of dollars against an annual out})Ut of nearly six mil- 
 lions and a half, — gi\'ing the wiiolo of the residue to the parent 
 stale or lu'V colonies, is a very favoi'ahle trade showing indeed, 
 and the oidy wondei' ahout it is that it has existed so long and 
 can exist. 
 
 lalance of trade in our favor, exclusive of the L'ni- 
 of nearlv thukk .miluoxs of dollaks annuallv, a 
 
 A", an integral part of the Ihitisli empire it is the startling 
 fact, tli.it. as regards our transactions with foreign countries, 
 we hiiw .1 
 ted Slates 
 
 sum sulticient to [»ay the whole expenses of our governn;ent 
 and more, toe. 1 am very much mistaken in the man, if the 
 liighl nohorable -loseph Cluunherlain, on lieing apjtrised of 
 this fad, will care to disturli — or even care to run the risk (if 
 disturbing — the existing ])osition of affairs, or expect that any 
 alteration can secure a betterment- of that condition. As a 
 matter oi' fact, we sell our iish for cash in all the bn'cign mar- 
 kets that consume it. and bank' the proceeds in England, draw- 
 ing upon the funds then for the ])urchase of our anmial sup- 
 ])lies: audit is a striking commentary upon the wortli of the 
 Xewfoundland trade to the I'nited Kingdom and the other 
 ]>arts of the liritish empire, tiiat, even within the compass of 
 lai)' eomjiaratively small commerce, we take from the former 
 half a million of dollars, and fn)m the latter a million ;ri.;! a 
 half of dollars worth of products more than these respective 
 eountri(,\s take from us, both as consumers and distributins'' 
 centres. The exact tigures are as follows : — 
 
Imports fioiii United Kingdom and other I'ritish 
 
 ports, 1890 "... ... ... $2,472,76:3 
 
 Imports from Canada ... ... ... 2,.*}94,211 
 
 $4,860,974 
 
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 Exports to tlie United Kingdom, 1890 ... 
 '■ Canada 
 
 ** other British ports 
 
 $1,500,382 
 627,718 
 434,308 
 
 $2,562,408 
 
 Outside of the United States, our purchases in foreign mar- 
 kets are so ridiculously small that it is extremcl}' ([uestionable 
 whether any other part of Britain's commercial empire can 
 show a parallel case, the practical reason, of course, Ix'iii;,!, that 
 our hsh is consumed mainly in tropical and sub-tioiiical coun- 
 tries, while we are aot in a position to consume any considera- 
 ble (quantities of lie products of those countries. What wc 
 can l)uy from thei. we do buy, and it consists mainly of mo- 
 lasses, salt, and a li le fruit These supplies are not actually 
 taken in sul)stitutec> Ijarter for fish, and are not in every case 
 freiiidited in the sar • bottoms that convey the fish, liut are all 
 separate and indep ident purchases, paid for l)y draft on Eng- 
 land, and made bee use it suits our interest to make them, and 
 for tiiat reason o' y. Our foreign customers form no hard 
 and fast liargain \.. 'i us, that we must buy of them because 
 they buy of us ; and that condition has never been a feature of 
 the Xewfoundland foreign trade. In past years some Spanish 
 vessels found their way to this port, and brought light cargoes 
 of sugar, which were sold here, but even tliis extent of reci- 
 procity exists no longer, and we find it more convenient to pur- 
 chase sugars indirectly in the large distributing markets wlii(]i 
 refine and classify that article. 
 
 In other words, if the Itenelit of trade :ip))lit's to the manu- 
 facturing and transportation departments of commerce much 
 nu)r(! than to the mere production of the raw material, tlien th" 
 Motlier Country already (uijoys the Ijcneiit of the Xewfound- 
 land trade to the fullest possilde extent. 
 
 As far as the I'nited :uates are eonceriieil. that common- 
 wealth is a i-')0(\ iieighl or of ours, and always has l)een so. We 
 are llie recipients of a good deal of cash Iradi^ from lier lishinj; 
 
10 
 
 vosscls oil our south .'uul south-west coasts that jipi)L'iirs not in 
 jinv ollici'il returns, and slio recruits her labor market with our 
 Hurphis )K)pulation Xearly all our herrin<fs that are sold at 
 an honest price are sent to and consumed in the United States, 
 and the cash received by us for the winter trade in that article 
 in Fortune and Placentia Hays — all of which ciMiies from Anun'- 
 ican ves-:els — is a welcome addition to the earnin<,'s of our ope- 
 rative lisherujen Some would advise imposing a larger tax 
 on these commercial visitors, but it should be remcml)ered that 
 Newfoundland has not the means to shape her foreign policy on 
 tlie strict lines of more powerful peoples, and it would be very 
 easv to drive awav these annual customers, and extinguish their 
 trade, as we have already done in the matter of sup|)lying 1)ait 
 to the French, to jtlease a few monopolists, who know nothing 
 about the practical bearings of tiic. case, and care less. The 
 great granaries of the Western States alTord us the cheapest 
 markets for one-half of our supply of Hour and our whole 
 supjily of pork and beef, which may be called the three prin- 
 cipal articles of the fisherman's diet. To cut us olf from 
 these supplies would be an act of heartless cruelty in any- 
 one who knows the facts, and a discriminative tariif would not 
 only do so but also deprive us of the large extent of pu1)lic 
 revenue (.^200,000) now derived from these articles. We have 
 now a direct line of steamers between St. John's and New York 
 which enables us to avail of all trade facilities with our Western 
 neighbors, and had we similar regular comnnmication with 
 Boston, as we now have of an intermittent kind, it would be 
 greatly to our advantage, for these ports are open to us all the 
 year round. ;ind in consequence of superior railway connections, 
 we can get even Canadian Hours at a cheaper rate via Boston in 
 winter than l>y any other route. The largest colony of New- 
 foundlanders outside the island exists in Boston, and our I'ostal 
 ]\roney Order office attests to the large extent in which these 
 patriotic toilers under the Stars and Stripes affectionately rc- 
 mendicr tlieir " old folks at home," and regularly contribute 
 from their earnings remittances to this island. In fact, of the 
 two nations it mav truthfullv be said, without the slio-jitcst 
 exiiggeratiou, that Newfoundland derives fully as much aid and 
 cond'ort from the Western Itepublic as she does from all ])arts 
 of liie British empire combined, while she contributes little or 
 nothing to the manufacturing revenue of that nation. Take 
 away tlie half million dollars we annually expend in the ])ur- 
 chase of American Hour, beef and pork, and the balance of 
 
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 trade will be in Uncle Sum's favor, while a large proportion of 
 even these purchases are shipped to us from Canadian ports and 
 are freighted to us by Canadian carriers. So that, on tliese pur 
 chases, tiie (Canadian interest is quite as nnich advantaged as 
 that of tlie United States. 
 
 As for the Canadian relationship with Newfoundland, if that 
 country has any statesmen, they will not fail to see that, in en- 
 joying such a large share of the Newfoundland trade as she 
 does at present, Canada already possesses all the advantages that 
 can possibly come to her, and that any closer or political union 
 could only result in mere sentimental advantages, to offset the 
 assumption of liabilities and responsibilities, without which 
 she already enjoys the countervailing benefits. To tie up the 
 conunerce of this island in any direction or degree would 
 simply l)e to inflict upon the political or governing body of the 
 colony a corresponding extent of burden to that which is now 
 borne by the broad shoulders of the public, in its capacity as 
 a free trade connnunity, and under the guise of Imperialism 
 would soon convert industrious and self-supporting toilers into 
 involuntary state paupers, whom England would have to sup- 
 port because Canada has not the means to do so. Tlie latter 
 country is, and always has Ijeen, a hungry bem^ficiary of New- 
 foundland, and if she is wise she will content herself with the 
 large access to our public earnings she already enjoys, without 
 grasping at a sceptre that can never be other in her hands than 
 an awkward encumbrance. There are no loose pennies knock- 
 ing around in Newfoundland, and if a penny is displaced Itrrc 
 it uiust be replaced there, or somewhere else. That is a wise 
 man who knows when he is well olf ; and if he has the con- 
 tents of tiio hive, or the greater portion of them, he may da 
 woise than let the busy l>ees alone to work out their destiny 
 in their own way. There are some unions that are neitlior 
 mutual nor lasting, or the only thing lastnig al)out them is 
 their sting. 
 
 Tlie balance of trade between Newfoundland, on the one 
 hand, and the United States and Canada, on the other hand,, 
 wa.s as follows : — 
 Imports from United States (1890) ... ... $l,127,r)68 
 
 Exports to " " ... ... 440,095 
 
 Imports from Canada " ... ... 2,.'^04,211 
 
 Exports to " " ... ... 027,718 
 
 the balance of trade in our favor with the two countries lieiug 
 S2,444,066. 
 
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 Tf tlie Imperial governincnt really wants to help this Colony 
 in a manly way, without destroying its self-respect or indepen- 
 dence of action, which desire cannot be doubted, let it abstain 
 from interfering in any way with the lines of our taxation. 
 When the principle of Free Trade was introduced by Sir llobt. 
 Peel, as the foundation plank of British policy, in 1846, just 
 fifty years ago, and when that principle, then adopted, proved 
 to be an effective remedy for congested trade, a depleted trea- 
 sury, and a famished country, in Great Britain, the imperial 
 seal was placed upon the principle involved, as the expression of 
 England's commercial policy, — a policy which has enabled the 
 Mother Country to maintain her supremacy as mistress of the 
 seas ever since, and has also enabled her to build up a great colo- 
 nial empire on the same lines and on an independent basis. At 
 that time (184G) this colony was inhabited by less than 100,000 
 pe()i)le, and its revenue was under $250,000 per annum. Dur- 
 ing tlie interval it has grown, amid many vicissitudes and civery 
 discouragement, to a well-established and vigorous autonomy, 
 with a self-supporting population of over 200,000, and a reve- 
 nue, derived from imports alone, of over a million and a half of 
 dollars annually. The principle of our tari ft -taxation is and 
 always has been entirely a free thade principle, without dis- 
 crimination of countries, one-lialf of our taxation being derived 
 from imports of articles of admitted superfluity, and the other 
 half as a moderate tax on articles of prime necessity and con- 
 sumption. Under this tariff it has practically proved tliat we 
 are consumers of British products to the extent of four-fifths 
 of our annual imports, wliile the remainder of our supplies we 
 buv in markets from which Great Britain herself derives the 
 same class of foods. During these fifty years our commerce 
 has been hampered by the restrictions of international and 
 treaty obligations imposed upon us by the parent state, so that 
 we have not been able to compete on even terms with foreign 
 fishermen in our own waters, and the only legacy left us by 
 Great Britain as a Colony has been this clog upon our indus- 
 tries Now, then, if the Mother Country would really assist us 
 to maintain our independence the manner in which she may 
 effectually do so is as follows : 
 
 1. Let her assume and liquify the whole of our public debt, 
 (under three millions of pounds sterling), consolidating the said 
 debt under an Imperial guarantee, and accompanying the as- 
 sumption with a prohibition against contracting any further 
 debt in future. Such a restriction would be compatible with 
 
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 the exercise of our fullest powers of self-government, and woukl 
 immediately establish the solvency of this colony for all time 
 to come. The debt, with the Imperial guarantee, could be 
 readily funded at three per cent, interest, and this colony could 
 as readily pay that interest annually, or semi-annually, without 
 any increase of taxation, 
 
 2. Instead of sending us ships of war to " protect our fislie- 
 ries," or rather to protect foreign fishermen from the competi- 
 tion of Newfoundlanders, let the Mother Country send us out 
 three or four large and well-equipped training ships, which may 
 be located at various suitable ports tliat are centres of population 
 within our coasts and bays, and form a nursery for Britisli sea- 
 men. These ships can do all the local protection service needed 
 in the fishing season in addition to their usual vocation, and 
 from them contingents of recruits for the naval service can be 
 drafted at intervals of the best men the whole Empire can 
 supply. This expedient will also relieve our fishery population 
 of its annual increase for many years to come, and form a tie 
 between the native population and the Mother Country more 
 sacred and indissoluble than the exchange of merchandise. 
 
 3. Fortify the capital, St. John's, and some suitable central 
 point on the West coast near the terminal stations of the trans- 
 insular railway now completing, the effect of which would be to 
 enable the mobilisation of defensive forces at the mouth of the 
 St Lawrence within forty-eight hours or less ; and, in connec- 
 tion with a moderate militia force, and the local training ships, 
 would make this island what nature evidently intended it to be, 
 the Gibraltar of the British North American continent. The 
 expense of all these steps will not much exceed the cost of 
 maintaining a migratory fleet of warships here each season, and 
 whatever the excess is, it will repay itself manifold both directly 
 to Great ]>ritain and indirectly to this, her long-in-credit and 
 " oldest" Colonial possession. 
 
 One word in conclusion. If any one imagines the fishermen 
 of Newfoundland to be a helpless or dependent class of workers 
 let him be undeceived. No peasantry in the world are less so. 
 The circumstances of their lot are such that they can never be 
 bound, or surrender the value of the perennial gifts an all-boun- 
 tiful Providence has placed in their possession. The marine 
 crop they annually harvest is as unfailing as the sun, as endur- 
 ing as the stars, and the fisheries, in connection with the fisher- 
 
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 iiu'ii, iiR! that crop. Wliiitever (lisal)iliti(?s the latter labor uiulor 
 (lisai)pear with the current season ; tiiey create Jind own their 
 eqni])nient as tisiiernien, which is, both by law and ciistoni, an 
 inali('iial)le ])()ssession. They are their own capital, and are 
 precluded I'roni niortj^'agin^^ either their labors or the i)ro(luct of 
 them in advance. Hence they meet the call of every new tish- 
 uv^ season an unencumltered and well-e([uipped army of work- 
 men, a hundred and fifty thousand strong, and representing an 
 annual harvest worth si.\ or seven millions of dollars. The very 
 sinii)li('ity of tlieir lives, and their superiority to artificial wants, 
 makes them strong; for how can they l)e iielpless " hostages to 
 fortune" whose lives and labors are their only ransom. Danks 
 may crash and cai^italists crumble without all'ecting them, for 
 their unfailing capital comes, fresh and free, with each returning 
 spring, and markets itself only by the hands that gather it. 
 Thus it h!i.i)pens that the natural revenues of this Colony insure 
 themselves against disaster, and the premium paid for that in- 
 surance is the inability to diminish them. With sucli a heritage, 
 so held, no country can l»e poor, and with the keys of that ))osi- 
 tion in tlieir own hands, its people can never be otherwise than 
 ceaseless arbiters of their own fortunes. 
 
 The taxation of the fishermen consists of four dollars per 
 hea<l per annum, or, assuming that every inhabitant is tlie coii- 
 sunu-'r of two barrels of flour a vear, it means that all taxation is 
 paid by an increase in price e([ual to two dollars per barrel on 
 each of tiiese. For this a judiciary is maintained, a road system 
 provided, the poor relieved, .schools subsidised, postal and rail- 
 way facilities sup])lied, a light-hon.se system sustained, and all 
 the expen.ses of an independent goverinnent defrayed; and the 
 fact that the resources of the Colony are not exhausted cannot 
 be more convincingly exemplified than in the circumstance that, 
 instead of domesticating its earnings, the latter are annually 
 expended in cash imi)orts to the extent herein displayed. Xo- 
 thing more potential can be desired to clinch the argument 
 against exhausted resources than the exhibition of the fact that 
 m\irly seven million dollars of imports annually enter New- 
 foundland, and, on entry, pay tributary toll to the extent of a 
 million and a half of dollars ! 
 
 At the same time it must be admitted that the ratio of taxa- 
 tion in Xewfoundland at the present time is a very high one, 
 and it bears very hardly upon the capitalists, or those who as- 
 sume the onus of carrying on tiie general trade of the country 
 
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 from season to season. The innnense variety of floods required 
 €ach year to outfit the fishermen, while they afford a convenient 
 taxing medium, and fulfil tlie requirements of a large revenue, 
 also impose the necessity of a heavy capital on the part of the 
 importers, and when a man imports 850,000 to S 100,000 worth 
 of manufactured goods, each Spring and Fall, as many of our 
 large importers have to do, it is a heavy additional burden for 
 such a man to have to plank down from 810,000 to 8.i0,000 
 of hard cash before he can handle the goods. Such a necessity 
 is calculated to restrict and monopolise trade, by forcing it into 
 few hands. The smaller dealers have to buy of these on credit, 
 and the cost and risk of aiding what at the best is a very risky 
 kind of business is largely increased to the capitalist. I think 
 for the benefit of these importers the facilities of our bonding 
 .system ought to be extended as much as possible, and in order 
 to do so the Customs' Department ouglit to be provided with 
 adequate bonding warehouses, so that imports of dry goods, as 
 well as liquids, may be stored until required for use at the im- 
 porter's option. With the very limited capital in this Colony 
 at the present time every effort should be made to encourage 
 the honest trader to do business in the country and to enqiloy 
 his capital in commerce rather than hoard it. The man who 
 increases taxation, especially in a land of limited resources, is 
 an enemy to his country, and every man who aims to restrict 
 expenditure and reduce taxation is his country's liest friend. 
 The dishonest cry for " Trotection," on the one hand, and for 
 state-found " Labor," on the other hand, are simply cries to 
 enable certain sections of the community to act as piok-pockets 
 towards other sections of the community under the protection 
 of law ; and the contraction of puldic debt to satisfy such de- 
 mands is merely a cowardly pretext to inflict u]ion defoncoless 
 successors the long agony of paying compound interest on de- 
 funct political obligations. Every protected trade robs some- 
 body ; and it is only because the robber is more or less distant — 
 morally or legally — from the scene of the theft and the arm of 
 the victim that he is enabled to operate with impunity. The 
 only excuse urged by the capitalist wlio asks protection from 
 the state is that he gives labor and keeps the labor in the coun- 
 try, but what protected capitalist ever returns to the public 
 treasury, or intends to return, as mucli as he takes out of it ^ 
 There is always a residuum of loss which is never represented, 
 simply because it is not the particular duty of any one to repre- 
 sent it, and the interest of the unrepresented victims — the con- 
 
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 suniing public wlio are not interested — goes by default. J Jut 
 that consideration matters very little to the average man in 
 politics, or his capitalist supporter, ^uho gets the cash ; and it is 
 these men and none other who are for ever trying to disturb 
 taritrs and alter these fiscal fences to suit themselves. 
 
 Tlie general commercial interest is greatly prejudiced by 
 these constant tariff disturbances, and trade unsettled. Even 
 at the present moment the Newfoundland trade is kept from 
 developing by this cause, and our leading merchants, capitalists 
 and importers are restrained from helping forward the com- 
 mercial progress of tlie Colony in conse»[uence of this uncertain 
 feeling. There is a fine future before the Colony if we can 
 manage to unite firmly upon a patriotic policy, the first j)lank 
 of which shall be the gangway of ordinary Honesty. Then 
 will follow mutual confidence and all the other fruits of comity 
 and ueighborliness, for wt can never hope to succeed while 
 overy other man's knife is at his brother's throat. 
 
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 NEWFOUNDLAND IMPOKTS— 1890. 
 
 TABLE No. 1. -LiaUORS AND TOBACCO. 
 
 o 
 
 Articles. 
 
 Ale : Pouter, Cider and Perry,- 
 19,572 gallons 
 
 Wines : 
 
 9 
 10 
 11 
 12 
 13 
 14 
 
 274 
 
 560 
 
 178 
 
 1,000 
 
 2,357 
 
 894 
 
 2,332 
 
 Spirits : 
 6,056 
 3,247i 
 46,927?v 
 14,148"' 
 113 
 75 
 
 u 
 
 u 
 
 Champagne ... 
 
 Claret 
 
 Hock 
 
 Malaga 
 
 Port and Madeira ... 
 Sherry and Manzanilla 
 Red ^ 
 
 Brand V 
 Gin \.. 
 Rum . . . 
 Whiskey 
 Undefined 
 Cordialf* 
 
 15 
 16 
 17 
 18 
 19 
 
 Tobacco and Cigars : 
 
 119,765 ll)s. Manufactured Tobacco 
 286,133 " Leaf Tobacco ... 
 80 cwt. Stems, Tobacco ... 
 
 373 M. Cigars 
 
 138i M. Cigarettes 
 
 iVlNEGAR : 
 
 20 4,515 gallons 
 
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 Confectionary : 
 
 21 l,419i cwt. 
 
 Value. 
 
 Ddty. 
 
 $3,914 40 $5,686 10 
 
 978 00 
 271 20 
 156 40 
 350 00 
 3,889 05 
 1,056 63 
 816 20 
 
 16,533 60 
 
 6,221 85 
 
 80,760 38 
 
 32,640 95 
 
 339 00 
 
 148 30 
 
 24,923 20 
 
 57,226 60 
 
 48 00 
 
 2,770 90 
 
 239 60 
 
 677 25 
 
 9,121 25 
 
 1,370 00 
 569 00 
 
 178 00 
 
 1,000 00 
 4,714 00 
 1,341 00 
 2,332 00 
 
 15,140 00 
 
 3,247 50 
 
 46,927 50 
 
 21,222 00 
 
 113 00 
 
 75 00 
 
 19,404 00 
 
 22,890 64 
 
 640 00 
 
 6,229 00 
 367 00 
 
 920 00 
 
 21,292 00': 
 
 73,886 04' $244,854 46 
 
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 XEWFOUNJJLAND lAirOltTS— 1800. 
 
 TABLE No. 2.— FOODS. 
 
 i 
 
 AUTICLES. 
 
 Value. 
 
 DUTV. 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 'I 
 
 5| 
 G 
 ^ 
 
 8 
 9 
 10 
 11 
 12 
 13' 
 14 
 15 
 16 
 17 
 18 
 19 
 20 
 21 
 22 
 23 
 24 
 25 
 26 
 
 All iiuals (live), 6,374 
 
 Hacon, Hiuiis hikI Sausages, 2,007| 
 
 Ikiley and Rice 
 
 Heans 
 
 J3i'et; &o., 10,627 lirls. 
 Hiscnit (lancy anc'l otlier) ... 
 
 Bran ami Malt 
 
 ]}ntt('r (and substitutes) 
 ('anned Meats, 15,142^^ cwt. 
 Clieese, 1,343| cwt. ..." 
 (?( ){!'('(>, Cocoa, &c 
 
 i^^Kg^ 
 
 Fisli, 9icwt. 
 
 Flour, 316,657 brls 
 
 Fruits (all kinds, including presei 
 Hay and Straw 
 Indian Corn and Meal 
 
 Laid 
 
 Fresh Meat and Poultry ... 
 Molasses, 1,146,646 gallons... 
 Oatmeal and Pease, 7,405 brls, 
 Oats, 80,677 bushels 
 
 Pork, 29,614 brls 
 
 Sugar, 21,167J^ cwt 
 
 Tea, 871,281 lbs 
 
 Vegetables (all kinds) 
 
 cwt. 
 
 vcs) 
 
 $100,351 00 
 26,101 00 
 13,174 00 
 .1 3,301 00 
 19,952 00 
 .' 12,372 00: 
 • ! 4,254 00, 
 .' 254,393 00 
 .' 12,248 00 
 .' 18,812 00! 
 .: 24,230 00 
 .1 1,142 00 
 38 00| 
 .i 1,266*628 00 
 .' 89,005 81 
 .1 10,160 00 
 :■ 26,146 00 
 .! 2,.554 00 
 .J 48,737 00 
 .' 342,993 801 
 .1 30,678 00 
 .' 24,202 00 
 .i 384,982 OO! 
 I 66 763 OO; 
 137,834 OO: 
 24,046 OOl 
 
 $18,601 05 
 
 5,019 37 
 
 1,646 75 
 
 754 15 
 
 16,627 00 
 
 2,043 00 
 
 531 75 
 
 41,454 50 
 
 2,971 75 
 
 3,993 50 
 
 7,659 45 
 
 85 
 
 14 
 
 94,997 
 
 24,717 
 
 1,993 
 
 2,372 
 
 603 
 
 5,974 71 
 
 80,265 22 
 
 2,221 50 
 
 4,033 85 
 
 51,824 50 
 
 66,968 75 
 
 65 
 25 
 10 
 39 
 75 
 87 
 15 
 
 79,843 
 6,070 
 
 66 
 23 
 
 y 
 
 $3,125.669 61 $532,288 85 
 
Y. 
 
 01 
 
 05 
 
 19 
 
 37 
 
 40 
 
 75 
 
 54 
 
 15 
 
 27 00 
 
 43 00 
 
 31 
 
 75 
 
 54 
 
 50 
 
 71 
 
 75 
 
 33 
 
 50 
 
 59 
 
 45 
 
 Sf) 
 
 65 
 
 14 
 
 25 
 
 )7 
 
 10 
 
 17 
 
 39 
 
 )3 
 
 75 
 
 12 
 
 87 
 
 )3 
 
 15 
 
 i'4 
 
 71 
 
 55 
 
 22 
 
 n 
 
 50 
 
 J3 
 
 85 
 
 u 
 
 50 
 
 58 
 
 75 
 
 13 66 
 
 •0 23 
 
 10 
 
 NEWFOUNDLAND IMrORTS— 1890. 
 
 TABLE No. 3.- CLOTHING, CLOTHING MATERIALS, AND 
 
 HOUSE FURNISHINGS. 
 
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 Articles. 
 
 Valuk. 
 
 DUTV. 
 
 1 
 
 Cabinet- wares, Woochvare and Brooms ... 
 
 819,629 00 
 
 $5,576 05 
 
 2 
 
 Candles 
 
 2,608 00 
 
 775 80 
 
 3 
 
 Carriages 
 
 48 00 
 
 12 00 
 
 4 
 
 ClocTcH and Watches 
 
 3,709 00 
 
 906 65 
 
 5 
 
 Clothing (Readymade) 
 
 146,510 00 
 
 4.3,314 25 
 
 C 
 
 Cotton and Woollen goods 
 
 812,092 00 
 
 203,023 00 
 
 4 
 
 Earthenware 
 
 25,129 00 
 
 6,145 85 
 
 8 
 
 Feathers and Feather Beds 
 
 3,009 00 
 
 2,106 58 
 
 9 
 
 Glassware 
 
 16,924 00 
 
 4,134 50 
 
 10 
 
 Hardware 
 
 134,.337 00 
 
 32,211 30 
 
 11 
 
 Harnesses 
 
 540 00 
 
 145 30 
 
 12 
 
 India Rubber- ware 
 
 11,066 00 
 
 2,725 80 
 
 13 
 
 Leatherware 
 
 99,344 00 
 
 23,913 60 
 
 14 
 
 Matches 
 
 10,095 00 
 
 2,465 65 
 
 15 
 
 Medicine and Apothecaries' ware 
 
 37,995 00 
 
 5,226 65 
 
 16 
 
 Plate and Jewelry 
 
 6,343 00 
 
 1,536 45 
 
 17 
 
 Sewing Machines 
 
 2,419 00 
 
 580 45 
 
 18 
 
 Soap ... 
 
 28,038 00 
 
 6,871 60 
 
 19 
 
 Soda 
 
 2,187 00 
 
 539 80 
 
 20 
 
 Woollen goods 
 
 92,431 00 
 
 18,486 20 
 
 21 
 
 Yarns 
 
 16,603 00 
 
 1,660 30 
 
 
 $1,451,056 00 
 
 $362,357 7ft 
 
 i8 85 
 
20 
 
 NEWFOUNDLAND IMPORTS— 1890. 
 
 
 TABLE No. 4. 
 
 FISHERY 
 
 MATERIALS. 
 
 '% 
 
 AllTICLES. 
 
 V.VLUE. 
 
 Duty. 
 
 1 
 
 Aniliois and Chains 
 
 8 10,677 00 
 
 81,067 70 
 
 2 
 
 lilocks 
 
 
 
 937 00 
 
 281 10 
 
 :! 
 
 Canvas for Ships' use 
 
 
 
 r>0,663 00 
 
 5,066 30 
 
 4 
 
 Casks and Herring Barrels 
 
 
 
 1,062 00 
 
 394 25 
 
 f) 
 
 (!,'()j)i)('r Paint 
 Cordage 
 
 
 
 2,534 00 
 
 561 67 
 
 f; 
 
 
 
 1 48,588 00 
 
 5,035 80 
 
 7|Corks anil Coikwootl 
 
 
 
 1 1,960 00 
 
 196 00 
 
 8 Doi-ii-'s ami Oais 
 
 
 
 i 3,527 00 
 
 ()08 35 
 
 1) Fishing Tackli' 
 
 
 
 55,475 00 
 
 5,547 50 
 
 10 CJicaso and Tallow ... 
 
 
 
 9,185 (X) 
 
 1,600 25 
 
 11 
 
 Hcailing 
 
 
 
 895 00 
 
 : 223 75 
 
 12 
 
 lee 
 
 
 
 337 00 
 
 67 40 
 
 13 
 
 Masts anil Spais 
 
 
 
 2,886 00 
 
 360 75 
 
 14 Oakum 
 
 
 
 3,900 00 
 
 1 390 00 
 
 1.') Pitch and Tar 
 
 
 
 8,265 00 
 
 i 826 50 
 
 10 Salt,— 34,972 tons ... 
 
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 . 139,888 00 
 
 \ 6,994 40 
 
 17 Staves, dri'sscd an<l nndrcsscd 
 
 
 4,206 00 
 
 697 60 
 
 i 
 
 S 334,985 00 
 
 829,989 32 
 
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 XKWFOUNDLANl) IMrORTS— 1890. 
 
 
 TABLE No. 6. -CONSTRUCTIVE MATERIALS. 
 
 1 
 
 AllTICLES. 
 
 Valuk. 
 
 Duty. 
 
 1 Baf,'f,'in^' funl Hiiii 
 
 !b<7,740 
 
 .S774 00 
 
 2Bmk.s 
 
 4,112 
 
 1,008 80 
 
 3|Iilul)ber 
 
 034 
 
 1.58 50 
 
 -ICcniLMit 
 
 1,798 
 
 437 50 
 
 rjJDyniiniitii aniH iuiipowdtM' 
 
 1 1,.')46 
 
 3,t02 30 
 
 f)|El('ctric ])lant ... ... 
 
 105 
 
 10 90 
 
 7|Grin(lstoiu's 
 
 712 
 
 170 80 
 
 8 Iron 
 
 29,057 
 
 2,905 70 
 
 9 Load 
 
 3,440 
 
 830 50 
 
 lOLoather 
 
 138,032 
 
 25,770 .30 
 
 11 Licorice paste 
 
 3,079 
 
 848 50 
 
 12 
 
 Lnnibev— 3,119 M. feet 
 
 32,243 
 
 8,587 25 
 
 13 
 
 Machinery 
 
 40,022 
 
 4,002 20 
 
 14 
 
 Nails — wro't and cut 
 
 17,.505 
 
 2,225 50 
 
 m 
 
 Oils (all kind except Kerosene) 
 
 29,771 
 
 , 0,792 75 
 
 IG 
 
 Paint 
 
 27,338 
 
 0,711 70 
 
 17 
 
 Pipes 
 
 4,020 
 
 922 20 
 
 LS'Sliinglcs and Laths— 4,G65 M 
 
 9,330 
 
 2,799 00 
 
 19 Timber— 534 tons 
 
 2,070 
 
 320 40 
 
 20|Tin — block and cans ... 
 
 55,993 
 
 8,323 90 
 
 21iTnrpentine and Varnish ... 
 
 i 1,194 
 
 1 1,011 55 
 
 1 ' 
 
 
 $4.33,019 
 
 ' $78,710 85 
 
 
 
 
 
 TABLE No. 6.— MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 o 
 
 Articles. 
 
 I 
 
 1 1 Kerosene Oil— 479,903 galls 
 
 2!Bank Notes 
 
 3 Miscellaneous articles, paying duty 20 p. c. 
 Ditto. paying duty 25 p. c 
 
 Valuk. 
 
 Duty. 
 
 $47,990 $28,794 18 
 
 3,389i 077 80 
 
 22,2711 4,454 00 
 
 134,392 33,598 00 
 
 $208,042 $07,523 98 
 
22 
 
 NEWFOUNDLAND IMPOETS— 1890. 
 
 TABLE No. 7— FREE LIST. 
 
 o 
 
 1 
 2 
 3 
 
 4 
 5 
 
 
 7 
 8 
 
 9| 
 10, 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 15 
 
 16 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 Articles. 
 
 Bark,''(i'xtracl of) ... 
 
 Boilerplate 
 
 Books, fprinted; 
 Coal,— 87,5'<8 tons ... 
 Coke,— 8,766 tons ... 
 Colonial Coixlage Co. iiupdi'ts 
 Co))per Ore, (sealed) 
 Fish, (Dry Cod)— 3,550 qtl 
 Do. (Herrings) 
 Fishing Tackle 
 
 Iron, (pig) 
 
 Miseellaneons Articles 
 Municipal Council import^ 
 Post Office imports ... 
 Printing Paper 
 Railway Company imi)ort.- 
 Religious articl's ... 
 Specie 
 
 Valuk 
 
 61,015 00 
 
 4,424 00 
 
 25,313 00 
 
 218,945 00 
 
 8,766 00 
 
 05,202 00 
 
 280 00 
 
 14,200 00 
 
 600 00 
 
 17,152 00 
 
 577 00 
 
 50,260 00 
 
 12,813 00 
 
 2,765 00 
 
 11,200 00 
 
 12,300 00 
 
 12,870 00 
 
 300 00 
 
 8488,982 00 
 
 Duty. 
 
 ' 
 
23 
 
 NEWFOUNDLAND IMPORTS— 1890, 
 
 TY. 
 
 TABLE No. 1.— LiaUORS AND TOBACCO— showing Countries 
 
 from whence derived. 
 
 o 
 "-A 
 
 Articles. 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (/-■ 
 
 
 , 
 
 
 o 
 
 ^ ,/ 
 
 
 
 cS 
 
 
 '/. 
 
 s 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 w 
 
 O 
 
 t^ 
 
 o 
 
 I'Ale, Porter, &c. 
 
 Wines 
 
 u 
 
 2 
 3 
 
 4 
 6 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 9 Spirits 
 
 10 
 
 (( 
 (. 
 
 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 13 
 14 
 15 
 16 
 17 
 18 
 19 
 20, Vinegar 
 
 Tobacco 
 
 u 
 
 Champagne 
 
 Claret 
 
 Hock 
 
 Malaga 
 
 Port and Madeira . 
 Sherry and Man'a 
 Red 
 
 Brand V ... 
 Gin ' ... 
 Rum 
 
 AVhisky ... 
 Undefined 
 Cordials ... 
 
 Manufactured 
 
 Leaf 
 
 Stems ... 
 
 Cigars 
 
 Cigarettes 
 
 21. Confectionary 
 Totals... 
 
 $3,715! 
 
 1,370 
 
 502: 
 
 1781 
 
 715'; 
 
 1,112' 
 
 1,110; 
 
 1,751 1 
 1 3,000 1 
 
 3, 129 1 
 20,992 
 
 20,4871 
 113 
 
 $35; 
 
 $164 
 
 0/ 
 
 24 
 
 289: 
 
 2,130, 
 
 114 
 
 25,929 
 
 735 
 
 40 
 
 241 i 11,300 
 
 .3,565: 
 i 
 
 " '615! 
 17,610, 
 
 108, 
 
 2,349 
 
 141 
 
 239: 
 
 923 
 
 7,690 
 
 22,890 
 
 472 
 
 315 
 
 226 
 
 66 
 
 2,759 
 
 $90,280 $44,5 54i $34,622 
 
 .S2 
 
 228' 
 3,602j 
 
 107 
 
 292 
 
 10 
 
 4' 
 6 
 
 113 
 
 
 $3,916 
 1,370 
 569 
 178 
 1,000 
 4,714 
 1,341 
 2,332 
 15,140 
 .3,247 
 46,927 
 21,222 
 113 
 75 
 1 9,404 
 22,890 
 640 
 6,229 
 367 
 920 
 21,292 
 
 .$4,430 $173,886 
 
24 
 
 XEWEOUNJ )LAND IMPOIITS— 1890. 
 
 TABLE No. 2.— FOODS— Showing Countries from whence derived. 
 
 o 
 
 Articles. 
 
 pq 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 13 
 
 
 o 
 
 
 U 
 
 , 
 
 
 V. 
 
 u 
 
 <:j 
 
 « 
 
 
 -i-> 
 
 -^-» 
 
 O 
 
 
 ij Animals, (live) 
 
 2 Bacon, Hams and 
 
 ; Sausages 
 
 3 Barley and Rice ... 
 
 4! Beans 
 
 5 1 Beet", &c 
 
 CjBiscuit, — I'ancy and 
 
 other 
 
 7 Bran and Malt 
 
 8; Butter, and substi- 
 
 I tutcs 
 
 O^Cannei" Meats 
 
 10 Cheese 
 
 11 jCoffee, Cocoa, &c. ... 
 
 12Kgg.s 
 
 ISFish 
 
 14Flour 
 
 15 Fruit, — all kinds, in- 
 cluding preserves. 
 
 Hay and Straw 
 
 Indian Corn & Meal. 
 
 Lard 
 
 Meat (fresh), and 
 Poultry 
 
 Molasses 
 
 Oatmeal and Pease... 
 
 22 Oats 
 
 23Pork 
 
 24 Sugar 
 
 25" 
 
 26 
 
 16 
 17 
 18 
 19 
 
 20 
 21 
 
 Tea 
 
 Vegetables 
 
 Totals 
 
 • ■ • • • 
 
 •S 140, }? 99,810 8 70 8 331 
 
 4,420 
 8,035: 
 
 281 ' 
 
 72' 
 
 2,342 
 207 
 
 1,083 
 
 1,498 
 
 1,288 
 
 22,946 
 
 61,870 
 68 
 
 155 
 332,369 
 
 812 
 
 57,238 
 
 133,596 
 
 950 
 
 $629,370 
 
 9,408 
 4,821' 
 1,350 
 
 12,253' 
 
 318 
 
 1.070' 
 
 55,968^ 143,364 
 
 8,145 
 
 3,687 
 
 197,518 
 
 8,989; 
 
 16,782! 
 
 367 
 
 1,142 
 
 38 
 
 958,444' 
 
 15,946' 
 
 10,092 1 
 
 19,786, 
 
 755 
 
 40,850^ 
 
 11,306, 
 
 29,366' 
 
 23,837 
 
 160,550 
 
 483! 
 
 3,739' 
 
 21,965' 
 
 1,885 
 360! 
 
 55,431 
 
 1,761 
 
 742 
 
 001 
 
 .307,308 
 10,040 
 
 6,354 
 1,709 
 
 7,732 
 243 
 
 500 
 289 
 224,094 
 8,921 
 283 
 778 
 
 .Sl,705,144$ 787,096 
 
 20' 
 i 
 
 126' 
 
 361 
 
 16! 
 
 876 
 1,149 
 
 6 
 
 70 i 
 
 76: 
 .3.38 i 
 121 
 216 
 353! 
 
 C3 
 
 
 .S 100,351 
 
 26,101 
 
 13,774 
 
 3,301 
 
 199,524 
 
 12,372 
 4,254 
 
 254,393 
 
 12,248 
 
 18,812 
 
 24,230 
 
 1,142 
 
 38 
 
 1,266,628 
 
 89,005 
 
 10,160 
 
 26,146 
 
 2,554 
 
 48,737 
 343,994 
 
 30,678 
 
 24,202 
 384,982 
 
 66,763 
 1.37,834 
 
 24,046 
 
 $4,0591 $3,125,669 
 
25 
 
 NEWFOUNDLAND IMPORTS— 1890. 
 
 red. 
 
 TABLE No. 3.-CL0THING, CLOTHING MATERIALS, AND 
 HOUSEHOLD GOODS— Showing Countries from whence de- 
 rived. 
 
 ,351 
 
 i 
 
 Articles. 
 
 I 
 British. 
 
 
 B 
 
 Other Coun- 
 tries. 
 
 • 
 
 > 
 
 i 
 
 1 Cabinet-wares, &c. . . . 
 
 $2,302 
 
 810,567 
 
 86,528 
 
 8232 
 
 819,629 
 
 2 Candles 
 
 1,849 
 
 222 
 
 537 
 
 
 2,608 
 
 3 Carriages 
 
 95 
 
 683 
 
 155 
 
 
 933 
 
 4 Clocks an<I Watches ... 
 
 1,102 
 
 936 
 
 1,671 
 
 
 3,709 
 
 5 Clothing (ready made) 
 
 124,596 
 
 5,827 
 
 16,061 
 
 26 
 
 146.510 
 
 G Cotton & Woolen goods 
 
 755,595 
 
 35,361 
 
 20,812 
 
 324 
 
 812,092 
 
 7 Earthenware 
 
 23,834 
 
 1,263 
 
 32 
 
 
 
 25,129 
 
 8 Featliers and Beds ... 
 
 
 ?, 
 
 3,004 
 
 2 
 
 3,009 
 
 Glassware 
 
 9,716 
 
 596 
 
 6,612 
 
 
 16,924 
 
 10 
 
 Hardware 
 
 83,247 
 
 17,411 
 
 33,521 
 
 158 
 
 134,337 
 
 11 
 
 Harnesses 
 
 108 
 
 388 
 
 44 
 
 
 
 540 
 
 12 
 
 India llubber ware ... 
 
 3,769 
 
 3,148 
 
 4,149 
 
 
 11,066 
 
 13 
 
 Leatherware 
 
 48,845 
 
 43,972 
 
 6,522 
 
 5 
 
 99,344 
 
 14 
 
 Matches 
 
 58 
 
 5,651 
 
 4,371 
 
 15 
 
 10,095 
 
 15 
 
 Medicine, &c 
 
 21,413 
 
 11,857 
 
 , 4,725 
 
 
 37,995 
 
 1(5 
 
 Plate and Jewelrv . . . 
 
 2,940 
 
 1,605 
 
 1,798 
 
 
 6,343 
 
 17 
 
 Sewing Machines 
 
 312 
 
 1,407 
 
 675 
 
 25 
 
 2,419 
 
 18 
 
 Soap 
 
 14,469 
 
 3.826 
 
 ! 9,723 
 
 20 
 
 28,038 
 
 19 
 
 Soda 
 
 2,155 
 
 32 
 
 
 
 
 2,187 
 
 20 
 
 Woollen goods 
 
 83,718 
 
 7,227 
 
 1 1,419 
 
 67 
 
 92,431 
 
 21 
 
 Yarns 
 
 16,591 
 81,196,714 
 
 12 
 
 
 ■•••■• 
 
 16,603 
 
 
 Totals 
 
 $151,994 
 
 : 8122,359 
 
 1 8874 
 
 81,471,941 
 
26 
 
 NEWE0UNI3LAN 1 ) IMPOHTS— 1890. 
 
 TABLE No. 4.— FISHING MATERIALS— Showing Countries 
 
 from whence derived. 
 
 c 
 'A 
 
 Articles. 
 
 1 Anchors and Cliains 
 
 •J|Blocks 
 
 3 1 Canvas, Sliip.s' use 
 
 4jCasks & Heiring Brl 
 
 i") Copper Paint ... 
 
 O^Coi'dage 
 
 7|Corks and Corkwood 
 
 8iT3ories and Oars 
 
 OiFisliing Tackle 
 
 10 Grease and Tallow 
 
 11 Heading 
 
 12 Ice... 
 
 13 blasts and Spars 
 14lOakiua 
 15|Pitcli and Tar 
 
 IGSalt 
 
 17'Slaves 
 
 Totals 
 
 
 
 V. 
 
 
 , 
 
 CJ 
 
 J^ 
 
 rt 
 
 ^ 
 
 ^"* 
 
 
 7^ 
 
 
 
 
 -*-' 
 
 rt 
 
 Zfl 1 
 
 • (— ( 
 
 i-N 
 
 
 
 ■Ti 
 
 • 
 
 M 
 
 O 
 
 tJ i 
 
 r5 
 
 89,775- 
 294 
 
 18,690 
 212 
 
 8902 
 132 
 
 3,370 
 602 
 
 33,355 
 1,649 
 
 37,962 
 13 
 
 1.31 
 3,497 
 4,123 
 
 20,888, 
 
 5,828 
 
 247 
 
 722 
 
 4,.363 
 
 2,500 
 
 895 
 
 135 
 
 2,509' 
 
 182! 
 
 480 
 
 8,620 
 
 4,106 
 
 8469 
 
 28,603 
 
 218 
 
 2,473 
 
 6,959 
 
 46 
 
 2,171 
 
 12,769 
 
 6,672 
 
 842 
 
 30 
 
 61 
 
 2,446 
 
 18 
 
 634 
 
 381 
 
 202 
 
 199 
 3,626 
 1,120! 
 
 100 
 
 246 
 
 22 
 
 37 
 
 109,260 
 
 8130,588 835,593! 865,627 
 
 
 
 810,677 
 
 937 
 
 50,66.*^ 
 
 1,062 
 
 2,534 
 
 48,588 
 
 1,96a 
 
 3,527 
 
 55,475 
 
 9,185 
 
 895 
 
 337 
 
 2,886 
 
 3,900' 
 
 8,265 
 
 139,888 
 
 4,20& 
 
 8113,1771 8334,985- 
 
 Til 
 
 y^ 
 
27 
 
 NEWF( WNDL ANl ) I M I'O UTS- 
 
 TABLE No. 5.-C0NSTRUCTIVE MATEMALS-Showing Coun- 
 tries from whence derived. 
 
 .. 
 
 ., 
 
 
 Articles. 
 
 I -; 
 
 
 :n 
 
 I Bagging and Brin 
 2Brickj^ 
 
 3 Blubber 
 
 4 Cement 
 
 5 Dynamite & Gunpowder 
 
 Oi Electric plant 
 
 TJGrindstones 
 
 8!Iron 
 
 9 Lead 
 
 10 Leather 
 
 II Licorice paste 
 
 12 Lumber 
 
 ISlMacliinery 
 
 14! Nails, wrought and cut... 
 15|0ils, (except Kero.) 
 
 16 Paint, (except Copper) ... 
 
 17|Pipes 
 
 18 Shingles and Latlis 
 
 19 Timber 
 
 20 Tin,— block and cans _ ... 
 
 21 Turpentine and Varnish, 
 
 Totals 
 
 M I 
 !§ 7,740';. 
 
 3,.506i 
 
 ■■■i;437i 
 
 9,174: 
 
 1441 
 
 503| 
 
 28,462; 
 2,267 i 
 
 3,2811 
 2,785' 
 
 
 17,960 
 14,068' 
 17,013 
 19,313, 
 
 2,409 
 
 190 
 
 31,392 
 
 1,483, 
 
 i? 177] 
 
 265 
 .-,,372 
 121 
 99 
 1,110 
 602 
 68,223 
 894 
 30,6751 
 19,096; 
 2,61 5 1 
 6,818; 
 2,7601 
 1,475 
 8,978; 
 2,415, 
 23,230; 
 518! 
 
 8 429,.. 
 
 634 .. 
 
 96'.. 
 
 110 
 62 
 
 66,978 150| 
 
 "M15" 353 
 8,966 
 
 783' 39' 
 5,542 398 
 .5,246 19, 
 
 143 
 
 : 352 
 
 25 40 
 
 123 1,248 
 2,093 
 
 o 
 H 
 
 !5 7,74(5 
 4,112 
 634 
 1,798 
 1 4,546 
 265 
 712 
 29,057 
 3,446 
 138,632 
 3,679 
 32,243 
 46,022 
 17,505 
 29,771 
 27,338 
 4,026 
 9,330 
 2,670 
 55,993 
 4,094 
 
 $ 163,133:$ 175,443! § 92,444 8 2,599^3:^319 
 
28 
 
 NEWFOUNDLAND IMVOUTS— 1890. 
 
 TABLE No. 6.— MISCELLANEOUS— Showing Countries from 
 
 whence derived. 
 
 o 
 
 Articles. 
 
 Kerosene Oil 
 Bank Notes 
 Misct'Uaneous 
 
 Totals 
 
 u 
 
 -/- 
 
 7t 
 
 '•J 
 
 o 
 
 <tl 
 
 > 
 
 .«2,r)57 .^45,237 81 OG 847,95)0 
 3,3891 ' 3,389 
 
 ....^100,103 24,r)01 31,696 363 156,663 
 
 ...lgS100,103l $27,058:880,3221 $559 8208,042 
 
 1)11 
 
 TABLE No. 7.— FREE LIST— Showing Countries from whence 
 
 derived. 
 
 Ca 
 
 ^ 
 
 1 
 •) 
 
 3 
 
 I 
 5 
 6 
 
 S 
 
 •) 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 13 
 14 
 15 
 16 
 17 
 
 IS 
 
 Articles. 
 
 P.ai'k (Extract ol) 
 Boiler Plate 
 Books (printed) ... 
 
 Coals 
 
 Coke 
 
 C(tl. Cordage Co. 1iii]mii 
 Cop])er Ore (sealed) 
 Fish (dry cod) ... 
 Fish (herrings) ... 
 Fishing Tackle ... 
 Iron (pig) 
 
 Miscidlaiicons ai'licles 
 -Municipal Conn. Inipoi 
 Post Ollicc IinpoHs 
 Prinling i\(])er ... 
 i Jail way Co's Import- 
 Religious articles 
 i*^pt'cie 
 
 'i'ntal^ 
 
 o 
 Q 
 
 a? 
 
 S4,157| 
 16,671 
 16,827 
 4,187, 
 65,663 
 280 . 
 
 .SI, 01 5 
 
 267 
 
 2,863 
 
 1!) 1,786 
 3,279 
 2,700 
 
 -Ji 
 
 ■I. 
 
 ;- o 
 
 o •r' 
 
 85,779 
 
 10,015 
 
 1,300 
 
 550' 
 
 8335 1 
 
 26,289 
 
 1 5,859 
 
 437 
 
 1 6,000 
 
 12,079 
 
 1,873 
 
 1.760 
 
 612 
 
 <.M70 
 
 1 1,200 
 flOO 
 796 
 140 
 
 is.ooo 
 
 703 
 
 892 
 8,340 
 2,S0O 
 5,762 
 
 49'i 
 
 16,000 
 31 
 
 1,100 
 
 s,88S 
 938 
 
 260 
 
 81,015 
 
 4,424 
 
 25,313 
 
 218,945 
 
 8,766 
 
 :)5,202 
 
 280 
 14,200 
 
 600 
 17,152 
 
 577 
 50,2(iO 
 12,813 
 2,765 
 11,200 
 12,300 
 12,870 
 
 300 
 
 •• 
 
 Se 
 
 . 
 
 C^ 
 
 8(162,575 8254,425 .845,098 .826,884 848?,982 
 
29 
 
 XEWKOrXDLAXI ) KXIM )RTS— 1 890. 
 
 Including the Exports from Labrador. 
 
 Alll'ICI.Kri. 
 
 Dry Codfish 
 
 . 
 
 218,833 • 
 
 Its. . 
 
 208,474 
 
 a 
 
 107,173 
 
 i. 
 
 (i5,574 
 
 h4 
 
 44,04!) 
 
 (( 
 
 35,455 
 
 a 
 
 30,405 
 
 Ci 
 
 23,710 
 
 b. 
 
 10,854 
 
 u 
 
 (;,2(iS 
 
 u 
 
 5,020 
 
 li. 
 
 2,48( 1 
 
 u 
 
 Dkstination. 
 
 Bviizil 
 
 Portuffil 
 
 P.rjlish Wot h\d\v^ 
 
 Spain 
 
 Canaila 
 
 Tnitra Stati's ... 
 
 (liliraltav 
 
 Tiiitrd Kingdom 
 
 , Italy 
 
 , Fivncli Wrst Indie 
 
 .Sicily 
 
 . Ionian Isles 
 
 V.M.UK 
 
 8084,748 
 
 058,080 
 
 385,823 
 
 202,200 
 
 170,800 
 
 141,820 
 
 12(5,384 
 
 01,0(50 
 
 50,502 
 
 22,505 
 
 21,084 
 
 (5.044 
 
 774,2!)' 
 
 .S3, 103,081 
 
 CaNNKI) l.oHSTKRS 
 
 30,010 eases . 
 
 15,707 •' . 
 
 8,741 " . 
 
 4,400 ^- . 
 
 4,052 '• . 
 
 20O '• . 
 
 50 '■ . 
 
 10 " . 
 
 ()0,344 
 
 Seal 
 
 Oil:— 
 
 
 
 3,353 
 
 inns 
 
 
 30f; 
 
 15 
 15 
 
 " 
 
 
 3.71!) 
 
 ^i 
 
 
 ctXFBjarK 
 
 
 (V)i) 
 
 Oii,:- 
 
 
 
 2,-137 
 
 liin.- 
 
 
 70<"» 
 
 »• 
 
 
 30 
 
 l; 
 
 
 -'S 
 
 k. 
 
 I'nited Ivingdoni 
 Canada ... 
 United States .. 
 
 (leiinany 
 
 St. rierie 
 
 Sweden ... 
 
 ., Norway 
 
 . Jersev 
 
 rnileiVKingdoni 
 ('anaila ... 
 
 .IeV>ey 
 
 riiili-d. Stale- .. 
 
 I'nited Killgiiolll 
 
 Canada 
 
 I'nited Stale,- .. 
 
 ,1el>e\ 
 
 i^270.120 
 
 118^477 
 
 05,557 
 
 33.517 
 
 30,3! )0 
 
 1,500 
 
 375 
 
 142 
 
 S5 20,078 
 
 .^301 .770 
 
 :7.5-l() 
 -1,050 
 1,350 
 
 ir;331.710 
 
 ,^185,212 
 
 53.200 
 
 2,280 
 
 2^128 
 
 3,105 •■ 
 
 .S24 2,820 
 
;50 
 
 XKWForXDI.AXI) KXrOKTS--l890. 
 
 Including the Exports from Labrador -(Coiitiuued.) 
 
 AUTR'I.KS. 
 
 DKSTINATroN. 
 
 Hki{kin»;s (pickled):- 
 
 .}3,l:i7 l«rl> Caiiiidii ... 
 
 l,:VJ-2 " 
 
 l,(ii>S '• 
 
 U)!) " 
 
 ■2\ " 
 
 . I'liitiMl St;iti-> ... 
 . I'.ri1i<li Wot Iiidi.- 
 . I'liitcfl Kiiigdoiu 
 . Fii'iicli Wot Iiidii's 
 
 . .Icl-cV 
 
 0(),H7!> '' 
 
 Hkukincs (IVd/.i'ii Cc liulk): 
 
 ;ir),(il7 lirls 
 
 I, ;■-):>.") " 
 
 riiit.'ii stHti- 
 
 ^•iniada ... 
 
 •Ml->\-2 
 
 u 
 
 Salmon (pii' 
 
 kk'd):- 
 
 l,()lt) 
 
 tit'i'd's 
 
 
 (( 
 
 \,->-)i 
 
 
 '.):1H 
 
 bh 
 
 7:i() 
 
 (. 
 
 G 
 
 u 
 
 () 
 
 h* 
 
 , riiiiiMi stiito ... 
 
 , riiitcil Kiiigiloiii 
 
 , Canada ... 
 
 , I'.iitisli Wi'st ludio: 
 
 , JlTX'V 
 
 .aMMMicli Wi'>t Indie 
 
 Salmon (iu'eservud) 
 
 l!l(! " 
 !»() '■ 
 K) " 
 
 ... I'liitfil Kin<,nl()ni 
 ...d^ji'itish West Indie- 
 ...jUnited States ... 
 
 ...iCanada 
 
 ...'St. Pierre 
 ...iFi'eiieli Wi'st Indie- 
 
 7r.() 
 
 Seal Skins:— 
 220,321 
 470 
 
 Tnited Kingdom 
 
 ...Canada 
 
 ...|Jer.«ev 
 
 220,803 
 
 Vam r, 
 
 Sir)0,;)44 
 
 2!»,(;41 
 
 1S,4H() 
 
 r),0!)4 
 
 422 
 
 .S20l,<;')3 
 
 S3.-),017 
 I,n25 
 
 83t;,542 
 
 !?3r),r)rj2 
 
 27,140 
 18,500 
 
 ii,(;i(! 
 
 120 
 
 S!)3,()84 
 
 S!)84 
 
 800 
 
 784 
 
 :584 
 
 G4 
 
 8 
 
 83,024 
 
 8220,321 
 470 
 
 8220,803 
 
 oitf 
 
31 
 
 NKWFOrXDLANl) FAroUTS-lSOO. 
 
 ,944 
 
 ,(;4i 
 ,i«o 
 
 ,094 
 \-2-2 
 
 ,(i53 
 
 ,017 
 ,5:^5 
 
 542 
 
 i,552 
 ,140 
 
 y500 
 
 ,(;i(; 
 
 120 
 
 ak 
 
 !,( )S4 I 
 
 ^<984 
 
 800 
 
 784 
 
 :584 
 
 04 
 
 8 
 
 5.024 
 
 :),321 
 
 470 
 
 72 
 
 1,803 
 
 Including the Exports from Labrador-(Continuc.l.) 
 
 Art If 1-1 :s. 
 
 TuoN Pyiutks: 
 
 1,070 tuns ... 
 
 BoNKi.Kss Codfish:-- 
 133,000 11 X. ... 
 0,000 " ... 
 3,000 '' 
 
 1 2,450 
 
 2,059 
 
 7(J0 
 
 50 
 
 1 5,859 
 
 COPPKU OllK-.— 
 
 2,245 tons ... 
 
 Grekx Fish:— 
 
 7,200 ([tls. ... 
 
 Beuiuks (])rL'servoil): 
 2,!)42 cases ... 
 
 Ice: — 
 
 1,450 tons ... 
 
 Destin.vhun. 
 
 Uniti'il aUiiv. 
 
 Ciuiinlii 
 
 United States .. 
 United Kingdom 
 
 United Kingiloiii 
 
 Canada 
 
 Jersey 
 
 United State> .. 
 
 United Kingdom 
 .S United States .. 
 
 United States .. 
 .. United States . 
 
 V.M.IK 
 
 .S72,315 
 
 !?5,9H5 
 270 
 135 
 
 80,390 
 
 812.450 
 
 2,059 
 
 700 
 
 50 
 
 .815,859 
 
 8220,792 
 
 811,530 
 
 814,710 
 
 811,000 
 
 iscellaxeous:- 
 
 
 1 1 
 
 81,200 
 
 Antimmiv Ore 1 
 
 
 ' 1 
 1 
 
 212 
 
 Bear and Call' Skin> ... 
 
 
 
 80 
 
 Blul.lu.r (Cod) ; 
 
 United Kingdom .. 
 
 S30,885 
 
 35 
 
 Bill Fish 1 
 
 Other British Fort- 
 
 . 10,305 
 
 500 
 
 Bones (old) 1 
 
 Canada 
 
 . 33,599 
 
 155 
 
 Cai>lin: 
 
 r United States 
 
 . 17,883,- 
 
 1,500 
 
 Coi)i>er (old) 
 
 Foreign 
 
 343 
 
 200 
 
 Cordan'f ... ••• •••! 
 
 
 
 1,508 
 39 
 
 Core t'isli. 754 (ill-. 
 
 Eels i 
 
 
 899,01 5 
 
 
 i(;o 
 
 Firewooil and Knees ...; 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 192 
 
 Fish Skins ... ...1. 
 
 J 
 
 
 V 
 
:v2 
 
 XKWForXDLANJ) KXl'i )ltTS— I.S9U. 
 
 Including the Exports from Labrador (( -HHinuLcl.) 
 
 AltTICl.KS, 
 
 MiscKM.ANKKis. - (ContM): ~ 
 Hii.l.|..ck, 7-'l(|tls. 
 
 lliililiiit 
 
 Hcii'iiigs (jirc-crvdl ami 
 >iiioki'il) 
 
 Hides, i,or)7 
 
 Iron (..1(1), i.OIX) t(.ii> ... 
 ,hiiil< (old), l,*;!*!)!!.!!^ ... 
 
 Liu-,', i:]S (|tls 
 
 LiiiiilHT, \:.)-2U M. 
 
 .Metal (old) 
 
 Oil rodLi\H'r,."),44(>giil 
 Oil l[errilll,^ (J.l tuns... 
 Oil Other, ':i<>;iluns .. 
 I'uiirlieon llead- iV >lio(>ks' 
 Salmon (IVi'sli) ... 
 Spindle w <i(jd 
 Steaiine, Aiil lon> 
 Toimiie>&S(nuids,7.")lii'l- 
 Trout, 1,(5-1 il 1 Ills. 
 Whalebone. (•)!) ewt. 
 Sundl'ies... 
 
 l)i;sii NATION. 
 
 (See ]iage '.M .) 
 
 Vai.ik 
 
 !?i,87:i 
 
 '>-2(i 
 
 23 
 
 :j,171 
 
 4,800 
 21,S0(> 
 
 l.(iO(» 
 
 270 
 
 :il,180 
 
 1.280 
 
 2, t48 
 
 ;}2r) 
 
 1 ,030 
 
 1 ,803 
 
 2r)0 
 2,:) 1 3 
 
 2,32.") 
 4.-)0 
 !»,852 
 ;5, l.")0 
 8,200 
 
 i<; »!•.() I.') 
 
 t 
 
 »4B< 
 
33 
 
 NEWFOUNDLAND KXIM )IITS-180(). 
 
 Including the Exports from Labrador-lConiinuca. 
 
 AUTICI.ES. 
 
 Dry Codfish 
 Canned Lobsters ... 
 
 Seal Oil 
 
 Cod Oil 
 
 llenings— pickled 
 
 Do. — frozen & 
 Salmon— pickled .. 
 
 Do. —preserved 
 
 Seal SkinK 
 
 Iron Pyrites 
 
 (bpper Ore 
 
 Boneless Codfish . 
 
 Furs 
 
 (Ireen Fish... 
 
 P>erries -preserved 
 
 Tee ... 
 Miscel!;-.neous 
 
 Li'.lk 
 
 Recapitulation. 
 
 . 774,294 (piintals 
 .| G9,344 cases .. 
 ,.| 3,719 tons 
 .. 3,195 tons 
 .. G0,879 barrels .. 
 ,..| 36,542 barrels .. 
 . 4,639 tierces ., 
 .: 756 eases . 
 
 2,245 tons 
 142,000 lbs. 
 
 7,206 (Luintal.- 
 
 ' V,450 tons 
 
 Total ... 
 Labrador Export:- 
 
 Crand total 
 
 ^ , -^ 
 
 
 Vai.l'E. 
 
 
 83,1!)3,6><I 
 
 
 520,078 
 
 1 334,710 
 
 242,820 
 
 204,653 
 
 36,542 
 
 !>3,084 
 
 3,024 
 
 220,863 
 
 72,315 
 
 226,7!)2 
 
 6,300 
 
 ...| 15,85!) 
 
 ...1 11,530 
 
 ... 14,710 
 
 ...! 11,600 
 
 ...i !i0,015 
 
 
 .«^5,307,6()<; 
 
 ... 
 
 750,752 
 
 
 .S6,0(;7,41 s 
 
 
 
 ■— 
 
 X l^-]Vsides above there were l^xports 'Vmu N.wloundlaud lor tin- 
 v.ar 1890, of products not tin- growth or produetum M th. ( .l^„^,to 
 
 the value (d' .S32,268. 
 
 ftvA 
 
•i*: 
 
 XKWKOrNDLANI) KXPOIfTS— 1800. 
 
 Includin{^ the Exports from Labrador, as follows 
 
 LAHHADOH. 
 
 Articleh. 
 
 Dkstin 
 
 )IIY ('ODKISH 
 
 , 
 
 
 92,055 ( 
 
 tls 
 
 Italv 
 
 70,035 
 
 a 
 
 Smiu 
 
 llnitcd Kiiij^'ilnii 
 
 55,852 
 
 u 
 
 22,43(5 
 
 ib 
 
 (hvcce ... 
 
 18,050 
 
 tt 
 
 (iibniltar 
 
 3,300 
 
 u 
 
 Poitugdl 
 
 4,200 
 
 (. 
 
 Turkey ... 
 
 94 
 
 
 CiinaWa ... 
 
 2G(>,G22 
 
 
 Ihiuunc (pii 
 
 kliMl):- 
 
 
 10,943 1 
 
 n-h 
 
 Canada ... 
 
 541 
 
 u 
 
 United States 
 
 11,484 " 
 
 Salmon (])i('klod): 
 354 tic'i'cc: 
 IGl " 
 15(5 " 
 151 " 
 
 822 
 
 Cork Fish:— 
 
 387 l)rU 
 
 50 " 
 
 437 
 
 'rovt (pii'kU'd): 
 18 brls. 
 15 " 
 
 33 " 
 
 United States . . 
 Canada ... 
 United Kingduin 
 Greece 
 
 Canada . . . 
 United State- 
 
 United State- 
 Canada . . . 
 
 Vai,ir. 
 
 s:i 10,903 
 
 182,091 
 
 145,215 
 
 58,334 
 
 4(5,930 
 
 8,580 
 
 10,920 
 
 244 
 
 i?G93,217 
 
 >i38,300 
 1,894 
 
 640,194 
 
 S7,434 
 3,381 
 3,270 
 3,171 
 
 >:!17,2G2 
 
 81,548 
 200 
 
 $1,748 
 
 ?:«108 
 90 
 
 $198 
 
 •X,' 
 
 Fc 
 
NKWFOrNDLANI) KXTOiri'S— l.SOO. 
 
 Including the Exports from Labrador, as follows: 
 
 LAUUADOU.— (CJontimud.) 
 
 AUTICIiKS. 
 
 Destination. 
 
 Valuk. 
 
 SuNniiiKs:- 
 
 38,080 U.S. Salmon (froz.)J^;''\"^H .: 
 '2(i tuns Cod Oil 
 If) " Sciil Oil 
 r)2f) Si'iil Skin> 
 1 Ijil. Tongues 
 
 ..jUnitiMl Kiuplotn 
 ..lUniti'd Kinf,'(loui 
 .. I'niti'il Kingiloni 
 Canada 
 
 Total value Labrador Exports, 1890 
 
 $ 3,808 
 1,0-24 
 
 »7r. 
 
 4-20 
 
 8 7,133 
 $ 759,752 
 
 .. 
 
 RECAPITULATION 
 
 Of Countries to which combined Exports, including Labrador, 
 
 were shipped. 
 
 United Kingdom ... ••• 
 
 Other British Ports, except Canada 
 
 Canada 
 
 United States 
 
 Foreign Countries 
 
 Grand total 
 
 $ 1,500,38-2 
 
 434,308 
 
 6-27,718 
 
 449,995 
 
 3,055,015 
 
 ^6,067,418 
 
 »4.- 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 OBSERVATIONS ON THE TARIFF. 
 
 T]IK intention of the following set of Tables is to show the 
 rate of duty per centum to cost of all the leading arti- 
 cles of import, by reducing specific rates of duty, where they 
 exist, to a uniform ad ralornn rate, and, in the ease where 
 goods uf the ime class are subject to difl'erent rates of duty, 
 by avertiging these various rates to a common denominator. 
 By this means it is possible to discover any anomalies that 
 mav exist in rating goods of the same class. I am not aware 
 that any attempt has been made to determine this fact before. 
 The second column of the tables sliows the dift'ereuce of duty 
 now as compared with 1890, several revisions of the TarilV hav- 
 ing since taken place, and the rates having been cons'deiably 
 increased on nearly all the leading articles of import. 1 am 
 aware that in valuing goods, on importation, for Customs' })ur- 
 posos, that are not subject to ad valorem rates, it is customary 
 not to Ije exact about such valuations. This should be reme- 
 died, as all valuations are sworn to, and the true value can as 
 well lie given; but it may be assumed that all values given are 
 approximately correct, and in any case they are tlie values on 
 wliicli tlie sum total valuation of annual imports is made. 
 
 Taking these Tables as such, it appears that the ratio of t.ix- 
 ation to cost levied on articles classed under them was in 1890 
 as follows, as compared with what it would have Ijeen were the 
 same (piantity and value of imports made under the 189G taritV 
 
 now existing : — 
 
 Table Xo. 
 
 1. — Liquors and Tobacco 
 
 2, — Foods 
 
 o. — Clothing, &c. 
 
 4. — Fishing materials 
 
 5. — Constructive 
 
 (j, — Miscellaneous ... 
 
 7. — Free List 
 
 llato ISOO. 
 
 140 
 
 17 
 
 25 
 
 9 
 
 18 
 
 Ilato ISOO. 
 
 IGO 
 
 17.1 
 
 ;io 
 
 8^ 
 ■*2" 
 
 AVhile the average on the whole, which was 21.10 in 1890, is 
 now, (1890), 2o.50, or 23?, per cent. That the exact rates on 
 
«> 
 
 each item as laid down in the ollicial Tariff may be compared 
 witli these computations I liave appended a copy of tlie said 
 Tariff as adopted on t!ie 20th of June last and now in force. 
 
 Takin^H' the present Tariff as a whole, I am of opinion that it 
 is an undoubtedly high one. True there are some items t.ixed 
 under the United States and Canadian tariffs as high as GO per 
 cent, ad valorem, but these are such items as never appear in 
 our import list at all or would be imported in such very small 
 (juantities as would not materially affect the gross revenue. 
 AVith us the high ratio spreads over so many articles of general 
 consumption that it cannot fail to produce a larger revenue. 
 The lowest rate is ;' ])er cent., and it applies to only four arti- 
 cles, Salt, Oatmeal, Tease and Vegetables, which combinedly 
 affect an import value of S194fil.^, and an annual import duty 
 of SioyJSO. Tiie free imports represent an annual value of 
 S.iSiS,OS:.\ There is a 7^ per cent, rate, which takes in Tobacco 
 Stems, Kggs, ( Jrease and Tallow', but this only represents a value 
 of 810,007, and a duty of SI, 724. The principal rates that 
 affect tlie general trad(; and consumption of the Colony, and 
 that are applied to articles of universal use (not superfluities), 
 range from 10 to 30 per cent., and all articles included within 
 this range mav be considered — according to the general tariff 
 standard adopted — as being evenly and fairly taxed. 
 
 So also (with perhaps two exceptions) may be considered the 
 articles covered l)y Table Xo. 1 — Liquors and Tobacco, and if 
 this be conceded it is easy enough to deal with the exceptions. 
 All the articles in the table of foods except Sugar, and all the 
 articles in the other table sexcept Feathers and Kerosene Oil, 
 come within this category. There are some exceptionally high 
 rates applied to some manufactures of wood, to casks and tin 
 cans, evidently intended for a special purpose, but as these 
 rates are obviously ])rohibitive, it is not possible to ascertain 
 how far they affect the revenue. At all events it is scarcely to 
 our credit as an industrial community that we annually import 
 Matches to the value of $10,005, Jams and Preserves to the 
 value of $7,880, Hay and Straw to the value of S10,1G0, and 
 Vegetables to the value of $24,046. These articles, together 
 with Confectionary to the value of $21,202, and Dried Apples 
 to the value of $2,251, represent a total import of over $70,000 
 annually, and they are very justly the objects of taxation, al- 
 though even a high rate of duty seems to have little or no eh'ect 
 upon them. The two articles in No, 1 Table which seem to be 
 
 4- 
 
 »«i 
 
it 
 ted 
 
 unfairly l)unl('iir.l .tre Alew and Tobacco, iilthougli it is only 
 fiiir to .say that, in this case also, neitlier the one nor the other 
 seems to mind it, as far as the continued extent of their an- 
 nual ini])orts is concerned. The article of Sugar is taxed fear- 
 fully high — to tlie extent of 115 per cent, ad valorem — and yet 
 the duty on this article has actually increased since 1890 from 
 ii>GG.OGO annually to S?8r),951. It would seem from this that 
 the people of Xewfoundland must and will have Sugar, Tea, 
 and Toliacco and cannot do without the import of KeroscMie 
 Oil (from 500,000 to 600,000 gallons) which is annually made. 
 (^n the whole, therefore, F should feel inclined to class the 
 entire amount of annual duties (as represented by the figures 
 of 1800) into two ])arts, having regard to what I, perhaps, may be 
 allowed to call ordinary and extraordinary taxation, as follows: 
 
 Ordinary 
 Extra. 
 
 . S89;J,42V 
 . 422,567 
 
 Sl,.>15,99-± 
 
 • «l 
 
 Meanintj; bv " ordinarv ' the ordinarv taxation on articles of 
 ordinary consumption, according to the general scale or stan- 
 dard laid down, and by " extraordinarv " meaning the unusual 
 extent of taxation derived from unusually high rates o^' tax- 
 ation, as applied to articles that are deemed unnecessary, or the 
 same high rates as applied to articles that people generally, not- 
 withstandin<:«; — or rather withstandin<f — tliese rates, still con- 
 
 sume as largelv as ever. 
 
 f? 
 
 With thefie and other similar cases Ijcfore us, it is exceed- 
 ingly difiicult to adhere to general principles of taxation, to 
 determine what is a " luxury " and what a prime " necessity " 
 of life, or to ascertain how high any particular article may be 
 taxed before reaching tlie l)reaking strain All that the poli- 
 tical economist can do is to "ive the facts and let the reader 
 draw his own conclusions. Experience shows that it is ex- 
 tremely possible to awaken rebellion against the taxing autho- 
 rity when and where the rate becomes conspicuously special 
 and vindictive. This applies especially to the article of intox- 
 icants. Excluding Wines and Ales, which are articles of almost 
 non-importation into this Colony, we find that the relatively 
 small consumption of Spirits is taxed so high as to drive it 
 into an evasion of the duty, which is perilous to all the inter- 
 ests concerned. The total consumption of spirits per capita is 
 
less in this ishmd, aet'o^rding to the letunis, than in uny otlier 
 countries in the world except Italy and Spain, being only be- 
 tween 00,000 and 70,000 gallons annually, or about one-third 
 (0.3.")) of a gallon ])er capita. The following tii1)le shows the 
 rate of consumption in European countries: — 
 
 (Jails. i>i.T ii'.luiliitiint. 
 
 ... 4.30 
 ... 4.20 
 
 ... 4.20 
 ... 2.135 
 ... 1.29 
 .80 to .90 
 ... .30 
 
 • • ■ •M<V/ 
 
 Denmark 
 
 Sweden and Norway 
 
 Belgium and Holland 
 
 Scotland 
 
 T) eland 
 
 France and England 
 
 Italy ... 
 
 Spain 
 
 And when it is remembered that in most of the above countries 
 the consumption of beer and wine is also large, it will be seen 
 that our consumption of spirits (.33 per inhabitant), is small 
 indeed 
 
 Since connnencing these researches the figures relating to the 
 imports of 1894 have been made accessible. It will l)e remem- 
 bered that at the close of that year occurred our financial crash, 
 but this event did not aflect the imports for the year. I have 
 compared these imports and exports with those of 1890 and 
 find all the deductions made by mo fully confirmed. The figures 
 for 1894 are as follows: — 
 
 ImI'OHTS 
 
 From United Kingdom 
 (Janada 
 
 Jiritish AVest Indies . . . 
 United States 
 Foreign Countries ... 
 
 Total 
 
 Exports : 
 
 To United Kingdom 
 Canada ... 
 IJritish "West Indies 
 Gibraltar 
 United States ... 
 Foreiun C'ountries 
 
 Total 
 
 S2 538,942 
 
 2,643,032 
 
 309,014 
 
 1,577,000 
 
 90 690 
 
 $7,164,738 
 
 sl,320,815 
 755,891 
 241,701 
 360,434 
 073,298 
 2,418,503 
 
 85,770,042 
 
Or, iissmiiiiig tliat tho Exports to Gibraltar were for fdieigii 
 coiisuini)tioii, our account witli countries not Britisli stands as 
 follows :— Exports to $2,778,957 ; Imports from $9G,G00 ; Tial- 
 aneo of trade in our favor for 1894, $2,682,267. The account 
 witli the United States is also in the same proportions as 1890. 
 
 It thus appears that our normal imports range from SOflOO,- 
 000 to %7J)00,000 annually, and that our exports are about the 
 same. Our tariff rates are so evenly levied that there sliould be 
 no fluctuation beyond a range of (say) %100,000 in our annual 
 Custonis' revenue, and any serious decline, either on a s})ccific 
 article of import or on the whole, can be readily detected. It 
 must be a matter of just pride to every patriotic Newfound- 
 lander that our purchasing capacities are still so eagerly prized 
 and sought after. A people who can buy goods to the value of 
 six to seven millions of dollars annually for cash are not to be 
 despised, and mere incidents in their career weigh lint lightly 
 in the balance against that substantial fact. Multiply that 
 sum by 20, and we get the capitalised value of our annual 
 marine wealth, the Fisheries, and is it to be wondered at that 
 Madamoiselle Canada should be seeking the hand of the fisher 
 lad with whom foieign nations have contracted a prospective 
 debt equal in value to a dowry of '^60,000,000 for codfish alone ? 
 Is there any other country of northern latitude where the peo- 
 ple have only to eat, drink and consume as usual in order to 
 roll in an annual revenue sufficient to defray the whole cost of 
 their government, and have only to export their surplus products 
 in their natural condition in order to obtain a credit trade bal- 
 ance with foreign countries equal in value to one-half of their 
 whole exports ? And if this favored country is only tenanted 
 by about 200,000 souls, and if its cost of government is only 
 %1,500,000 annually, and if the balance of yearly trade in its 
 favor is only three millions of dollars, are not these sums, in 
 thoir mutual proportions, productive of such an amount of bene- 
 fit to the people of this country as there is no parallel for in 
 the annals of political economy ? May those to whom is com- 
 mitted the custody of this valuable treasure guard it faithfully 
 in the interests of its owners, for verily the sea-pearl is a peril- 
 ous trust ! 
 
 • ^% 
 
6 
 
 Average ratio per centum oi duty to value on all leading articles 
 of Newfoundland Imports [1890], as per Tables 1 to 7. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ratio to 
 
 
 
 
 
 COST. 
 
 c5 
 
 Articles of Import, 
 
 Value. 
 
 Duty. 
 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1890. 
 
 1896. 
 
 
 Table No. 1. — Liquors d: Tobacco. 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 Ale, Porter, &c 
 
 83,914 
 
 $5,686 
 
 145 
 
 180 
 
 2 
 3 
 4 
 5 
 
 7 
 8 
 
 Wines : Champagne 
 
 Claret 
 
 Hock 
 
 " Malaga 
 
 " Port and Madeira 
 
 " Sherry and Manzanilla 
 
 Red ' 
 
 1,370 
 569 
 178 
 1,000 
 4,714 
 1,341 
 2,332 
 
 978 
 271 
 156 
 350 
 3,889 
 1,056 
 816 
 
 71 
 
 48 
 81 
 35 
 82 
 80 
 35 
 
 90 
 55 
 
 100 
 
 112* 
 82" 
 80 
 35 
 
 9 
 10 
 11 
 12 
 13 
 14 
 
 Spirits : Brand v 
 
 Gin ' 
 
 " Rum 
 
 Whiskey 
 
 Undefined 
 
 " Cordials 
 
 1%140 
 
 0,248 
 
 46,928 
 
 21,222 
 
 113 
 
 75 
 
 16,533 
 
 6,221 
 
 80,760 
 
 32,640 
 
 339 
 
 148 
 
 109 
 190 
 172 
 154 
 300 
 198 
 
 128 
 230 
 200 
 173 
 320 
 220 
 
 15 
 16 
 
 17 
 18 
 19 
 
 Tobacco : Manufactured 
 
 " Leaf 
 
 Stems 
 
 Cigars 
 
 " Cigarettes 
 
 19,404 
 22,890 
 
 640 
 6,229 
 
 367 
 
 24,923 
 
 57,226 
 
 48 
 
 2,770 
 
 239 
 
 127 
 250 
 
 n 
 
 44| 
 65 
 
 189 
 375 
 
 102" 
 
 20 
 
 Vinegar 
 
 920 
 
 677 
 
 73^ 
 
 73^ 
 
 21 
 
 Confectionary 
 
 21,292 
 
 9,128 
 
 43 
 
 50 
 
 
 8173,886 
 
 $244,854 
 
 
 Average rate per cent, of duty to cost on this Table (1890) — 140 % 
 « « « « « (1896)— 160 % 
 
Average ratio per centum of duty to value on all leading articles 
 of Newfoundland Imports [1890], as per Tables 1 to 7. 
 
 73* 
 
 50 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ratio to 
 
 COST. 
 
 6 
 
 Arricles op Import. 
 
 Value. 
 
 Duty. 
 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1890. 
 
 1896. 
 
 
 Table No. S.— Foods. 
 
 $100,351 
 
 $18,601 
 
 18A 
 
 
 1 
 
 Animals (live) 
 
 20 
 
 2 
 
 Bacon, Hams and Sausages 
 
 26,101 
 
 5,019 
 
 19" 
 
 20 
 
 3 
 
 Barley and Rice 
 
 13,174 
 
 1,647 
 
 12A 
 
 12i 
 
 4 
 
 Beans 
 
 3,301 
 
 754 
 
 23" 
 
 30 
 
 5 
 
 Beef, &c 
 
 199,524 
 
 16,627 
 
 8A 
 
 9 
 
 6 
 
 Biscuit (fancy and other) 
 
 12,372 
 
 2,043 
 
 20"" 
 
 30 
 
 7 
 
 Bran and Malt 
 
 4,254 
 
 532 
 
 12h 
 
 12A 
 
 8 
 
 Butter (and substitutes) 
 
 254,393 
 
 41,454 
 
 16l 
 
 17| 
 
 9 
 
 Canned Meats 
 
 12,248 
 
 2,972 
 
 25 
 
 30 
 
 10 
 
 Cheese 
 
 18,812 
 
 3,993 
 
 21; 
 
 21A 
 3ll 
 
 11 
 
 Coffee, Cocoa, &c. 
 
 24,230 
 
 7,660 
 
 31 r 
 
 12 
 
 Eggs 
 
 1,142 
 
 86 
 
 7-; 
 
 7| 
 
 13 
 
 Fish 
 
 38 
 
 14 
 
 37 
 
 _ — 
 
 14 
 
 Flour 
 
 . 1,266'628 
 
 94,997 
 
 n 
 
 7A 
 
 15 
 
 Fruits 
 
 89,006 
 
 24,717 
 
 17| 
 
 191 
 
 16 
 
 Hay and Straw 
 
 10,160 
 
 1,993 
 
 20 
 
 20" 
 
 17 
 
 Indian Corn and Meal 
 
 26,146 
 
 2,373 
 
 8 
 
 10 
 
 18 
 
 Lard 
 
 2,554 
 
 605 
 
 25 
 
 30 
 
 19 
 
 Fresh Meat and Poultry 
 
 48,737 
 
 5,975 
 
 15 
 
 15 
 
 20 
 
 Molasses 
 
 343,993 
 
 80,265 
 
 23 
 
 23 
 
 21 
 
 Oatmeal and Pease 
 
 30,678 
 
 2,221 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 22 
 
 Oats 
 
 24,202 
 
 4,033 
 
 15 
 
 15 
 
 23 
 
 Pork 
 
 384,982 
 
 51,824 
 
 IH 
 
 lU 
 
 24 
 
 Sugar 
 
 66 763 
 
 66,969 
 
 100 
 
 115" 
 
 25 
 
 X 08i ••• ••• ••• •• 
 
 137,834 
 
 79,844 
 
 57J 
 
 62| 
 
 26 
 
 Vegetables 
 
 24,046 
 
 6,070 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 
 $3,125,669 
 
 '$532,288 
 
 
 Average rate per cent, of duty to cost on this Table (1890)— 17 % 
 
 (1896)— 17^ % 
 
 (( 
 
8 
 
 Averag^e ratio per centum of duty to value on all leading articles 
 of Newfoundland Imports [1890], as per Tables 1 to 7. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ratio to 
 cost. 
 
 6 
 
 Articles ov Import. 
 
 Value. 
 
 Duty. 
 
 
 
 'A 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1890. 
 
 1896. 
 
 
 Table No. ,J.— Clothing, dbc. 
 
 $ 19,629 
 
 $5,576 
 
 28 
 
 
 1 
 
 Cabinet- wares, &c 
 
 35 
 
 2 
 
 Candles 
 
 2,608 
 
 775 
 
 29 
 
 35 
 
 3 
 
 Carriages 
 
 933 
 
 277 
 
 25 
 
 35 
 
 4 
 
 Clocks and Watches 
 
 3,709 
 
 907 
 
 241 
 
 30 
 
 5 
 
 Clothing (Readynuule) 
 
 146,510 
 
 43,315 
 
 30" 
 
 35 
 
 6 
 
 Cotton and Woollen goods 
 
 812,092 
 
 203,023 
 
 25 
 
 30 
 
 7 
 
 Earthenware 
 
 25,129 
 
 6,146 
 
 25 
 
 30 
 
 8 
 
 Feathers and Feather Beds 
 
 3,009 
 
 2,106 
 
 70 
 
 70 
 
 9 
 
 Glassware ... 
 
 16,924 
 
 4,135 
 
 24* 
 
 30 
 
 10 
 
 Hardware 
 
 134,337 
 
 32,212 
 
 24" 
 
 30 
 
 11 
 
 Harnesses 
 
 540 
 
 145 
 
 27 
 
 35 
 
 12 
 
 India Rubber- ware 
 
 11,066 
 
 2,726 
 
 24i 
 
 30 
 
 13 
 
 Leatherware 
 
 99,344 
 
 23,914 
 
 24" 
 
 30 
 
 14 
 
 Matches 
 
 10,095 
 
 2,465 
 
 2A\ 
 
 35 
 
 15 
 
 Medicines, &c 
 
 37,995 
 
 5,227 
 
 14 
 
 20 
 
 16 
 
 Plate and Jewelrj'- 
 
 6,343 
 
 1,536 
 
 24 
 
 30 
 
 17 
 
 Sewing Machines 
 
 2,419 
 
 580 
 
 24 
 
 10 
 
 18 
 
 Soap 
 
 28,038 
 
 6,872 
 
 24| 
 
 30 
 
 19 
 
 Soda 
 
 2,187 
 
 539 
 
 24* 
 
 30 
 
 20 
 
 Woollen goods 
 
 92,431 
 
 18,486 
 
 20" 
 
 30 
 
 21 
 
 X Hrnd ••• ••• ••• ••• 
 
 16,603 
 
 1,660 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 
 $1,471,941 
 
 $362,623 
 
 
 ., 
 
 Average rate per cent, of duty to cost on this Table (1890) 25 % 
 « « " " (1896) 30 % 
 
 lb 
 
9 
 
 cles 
 
 TO 
 
 Average ratio per centum of duty to value on all leading articles 
 ot Newfoundland Imports [1890], as per Tables 1 to 7. 
 
 35 
 35 
 30 
 35 
 30 
 30 
 70 
 30 
 30 
 35 
 30 
 30 
 35 
 20 
 30 
 10 
 30 
 30 
 30 
 10 
 
 * 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 IIatio to 
 
 
 
 
 
 COST. 
 
 V, 
 
 Articles ok Import. 
 
 i Value. 
 
 1 I 
 
 Duty. 
 
 i 
 
 1890., 
 
 1 
 
 1896. 
 
 
 TahU No. /^.—Fishinij Material 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 .. $10,677 
 
 1 
 $1,067 
 
 10 
 
 
 1 
 
 Anchors and Cliains 
 
 10 
 
 o 
 
 Blocks 
 
 ..' 937 
 
 281 
 
 30 
 
 35 
 
 3 
 
 Canvas for Ships' use 
 
 50,663 
 
 5,067 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 4 
 
 Casks and Herring Barrels 
 
 1,062 
 
 394 
 
 37 
 
 37 
 
 •> 
 
 Copper Paint 
 
 Cordage 
 
 2,534 
 
 561 
 
 22 
 
 30 
 
 
 
 48,588 
 
 5,036 
 
 14 
 
 10 
 
 7 
 
 Corks and Corkwood 
 
 1,960 
 
 196 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 8 
 
 Dories and Oars 
 
 3,527 
 
 668 
 
 19 
 
 25 
 
 9 
 
 Fishing Tackle 
 
 55,475 
 
 5,547 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 Grease and Tallow 
 
 9,185 
 
 1,600 
 
 m 
 
 n 
 
 11 
 
 Heading 
 
 895 
 
 223 
 
 25 
 
 30 
 
 12 
 
 Ice 
 
 337 
 
 68 
 
 20 
 
 30 
 
 13 
 
 Masts and Spars 
 
 2,886 
 
 361 
 
 12* 
 
 12* 
 
 14 
 
 Oakum 
 
 3,900 
 
 390 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 15 
 
 Pitch and Tar 
 
 8,265 
 
 826 
 
 10 
 
 10&30 
 
 16 
 
 Salt,— 34,972 tons 
 
 139,888 
 
 6,995 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 17 
 
 Staves, dressed and undressed . 
 
 4,206 
 
 698 
 
 16i 
 
 19 
 
 
 $334,985 
 
 $29,989 
 
 
 Average rate per cent, of duty to cost on this Table (1890) — 9 % 
 " " «« « « (1896)— 8^ % 
 
 I 
 
10 
 
 Average ratio per centum of duty to value on all leading articles 
 of Newfoundland Imports [1890], as per Tables 1 to 7. 
 
 Av 
 
 o 
 52; 
 
 Articles of Import. 
 
 Value. 
 
 Duty. 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 15 
 
 16 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 19 
 
 20 
 
 21 
 
 Table No. 5. — GomiHve Materials. 
 
 Bagging and Brin 
 
 ■Dl ICivn ■•« «a« ««a 
 
 Blubber 
 
 Cement 
 
 Dynamite and Gunpowder 
 
 Electric plant 
 
 Grindstones 
 
 Iron 
 
 Lead 
 
 Leather ... 
 
 Licorice paste 
 
 Lumber— 3,119 M. feet 
 
 Machinery 
 
 Nails — wro't and cut ... 
 Oils (all kind except Kerosene 
 Paint 
 
 A *pCS ••• •«• »•, 
 
 Shingles and Laths — 4,665 M. 
 Timber— 534 tons 
 Tin — block and cans 
 Turpentine and Varnish 
 
 $7,746 
 
 4,112 
 
 634 
 
 1,798 
 
 14,546 
 
 165 
 
 712 
 
 29,057 
 
 3,446 
 
 138,632 
 
 3,679 
 
 32,243 
 
 46,022 
 
 17,505 
 
 29,771 
 
 27,338 
 
 4,026 
 
 9,330 
 
 2,670 
 
 55,993 
 
 4,194 
 
 $433,619 
 
 3774 
 1,009 
 
 158 
 
 438 
 
 3,462 
 
 41 
 
 171 
 2,906 
 
 837 
 25,776 
 
 849 
 8,587 
 4,602 
 2,225 
 6,793 
 6,712 
 
 922 
 2,800 
 
 320 
 8,324 
 1,012 
 
 $78,716 85 
 
 Ratio to 
 
 COST. 
 
 1890. 
 
 1896. 
 
 10 
 
 24^, 
 
 25" 
 
 24A 
 
 24" 
 
 25 
 
 24 
 
 10 
 
 24* 
 
 18| 
 
 23 
 
 26^ 
 
 10 
 
 12| 
 
 22r 
 
 24;; 
 
 23 
 
 30 
 
 12 
 
 15 
 
 24 
 
 10 
 10 
 30 
 10 
 30 
 10 
 30 
 10 
 30 
 25 
 30 
 36 
 10 
 18 
 30 
 30 
 30 
 30 
 12 
 15 
 30 
 
 Average rate per cent, of duty to cost on this Table (1890) — 18 % 
 M u ic u <c (1896)— 22 % 
 
 o 
 
 
 1 
 2 
 3 
 
 m 
 
 •i 
 

 11 
 
 Average ratio per centum of duty to value on all leading article, 
 of Newfoundland ImportB [1890], as per Tables 1 to 7. 
 
 o 
 "A 
 
 Articles of Import. 
 
 Value. 
 
 Duty. 
 
 Ratio to 
 
 COST. 
 
 1890. 1893 
 
 Tahle No. C— Miscellaneous. 
 
 Kerosene Oil 
 
 Bank Notes 
 
 Miscellaneous 
 
 847,990 
 
 3,389 
 
 156,663 
 
 828,794! GO 
 
 678! 20 
 
 22,2711 20 
 
 134,392 25 
 
 60 
 30 
 30 
 30 
 
 8208,0421 67,524' 
 
 Average rate per cent, of duty to cost on this Table (1890) 32j % 
 
 ^^ u « " (loyD)o< /o 
 
 I 
 
12 
 
 Average ratio per centum oi duty to value on all leading articles 
 of Newfoundland Imports [1890], as per Tables 1 to 7. 
 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 :i 
 
 4 
 
 r» 
 
 () 
 
 7 
 
 8 
 
 9 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 15 
 
 16 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 
 
 
 Ratio to 
 
 COST. 
 
 AUTICLEH OP ImI'OUT. 
 
 Value DnTv 
 
 
 V t% 1 J \J £i* 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1890. 
 
 1896. 
 
 'UUv No. 7.-Free List. 
 
 1 
 81,015 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 Bftik, (extract of) 
 
 
 lioiK'i' ])liit(' 
 
 4,424 
 
 
 
 
 Books, (printed) 
 
 25,313 
 
 
 
 
 Coiil,— 87,578 tons 
 
 218,945 
 
 
 
 
 Coke,— 8,766 tons 
 
 8,766 
 
 
 
 
 Colonial Cordage Co. imports ... 
 
 95,202 
 
 
 
 
 Copper Ore, (seftled) 
 
 280 
 
 
 
 
 Fish, (Dry Cod) 
 
 14,200 
 
 
 
 
 Do. (Herrings) 
 
 Fishing Tackle 
 
 600 
 17,152 
 
 - Free. 
 
 Nil. 
 
 Nil. 
 
 Iron, (pig) 
 
 577 
 
 
 
 
 Miscellaneous Articles 
 
 50,260 
 
 
 
 
 Municipal Council imports 
 
 12,813 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 Post Otiice imports 
 
 2,765 
 
 
 
 
 Printing Paper 
 
 11,200 
 
 
 
 
 Railway Company imports 
 
 12,300 
 
 
 
 
 Religious articles 
 
 12,870 
 
 
 
 
 Specie 
 
 300 
 
 ■' 
 
 
 
 
 8 488,982 
 
 
 As it is impossible to ascertain from the jiublished tariff whether any 
 alteration has been made on several of these articles, most of which are 
 still exempt from duty, I have rated the whole of this extent of iraiwrt 
 as free. 
 
VA 
 
 tides 
 
 TO 
 
 1890. 
 
 Nil. 
 
 :• any 
 li aro 
 ai)ort 
 
 THE PRESENT TARIFF. 
 
 ADOPTED THE 2eth OF JUNE, 1896. 
 
 Ah coiisidi'iabU' alti'iatioiis havi; liecii made in tin; Tariff of Cii.stoiii.s' 
 duties sinct- 1890, llie I'oUowing htati'Mieiit of tlic I'atcs now in ojn'ration i-i 
 appended : 
 
 TABLE No. 1.— LiaUOBS AND TOBACCO. 
 
 1. 
 
 2. 
 
 3! 
 4. 
 f). 
 
 0. 
 4. 
 
 8, 
 
 0. 
 10. 
 11. 
 12. 
 13. 
 14. 
 If). 
 
 IG. 
 17. 
 18. 
 19. 
 20. 
 21. 
 
 
 It. iid val. 
 Idii-ni. 
 
 Ah; Porto; itc, tlic f,'all()n, .35 ci-nts. 
 JViiiC'i, Clianipaj^MU' — the gallon, 84.20. 
 ('larot— tlic gallon, nf) cents. 
 Hock— the gallon, ^l. 
 *Malaga, (kc, — the gallon, .3r) cents, to ^1 and 12.', jier ( cnt. ad 
 valorem. 
 " Port and Madeira- the gallon, 81.05. 
 " Sherry and Man/anilla— the gallon, 81 ami 12A i)er cent 
 " Red — the gallon, ;i5 cents. 
 
 All other Wines — the gallon, .Si. 10, and 15 ]»er cent, ad val 
 Sjnrit><, lirandy — the gallon, 83.20 for proof Spirits. 
 (Tu\ — the gallon, 82.60 for ])roof S])irits. 
 Hum — the gallon, 82.00 for ])i'oof Spirits. 
 Whiskey — the gallon, .82.30 for pi'oof Spirits. 
 Undefined— the gallon, 83.20. 
 " Cordials— the gallon, 82.20. 
 Tuhaccu, Manufactured (including stripi)ed leaf) — the pound, 30 cents 
 and 5 per cent, ad valorem. 
 Leaf and Stems— tin; ])oun(I, 30 cents. 
 Stems for Snuff — the cwt., (50 cents. 
 Cigars — the M., 89 and 20 per cent, ad valorem. 
 Cigarettes — the M., ^2 and .30 per cent, ail valorem. 
 Vineijar — the gallon, 30 cents. 
 Confrxtionarij (not including ornaments)— the cwt., 87. 
 
 a 
 
 it 
 
 * The dilference in the lates on this Wine is for Wine costing undei 
 and over 80 cents per gallon, respectively, at the poi't of shipment. Only 
 the cheaper Wine is impoited here. 
 
 TABLE No. 2.— FOODS. 
 
 1. Aninwh (live), oxen, cows and hulls — 20 per cent, ad val. Horses, 
 
 mares, tic. — 86 each. Calves, sheep and pigs — 60 cents each. All 
 other live animals 30 per cent, ad val., except animals imjiorted by 
 agricultural societies for stock breeding purposes, which are free. 
 
 2. Jjacoii, Hams, Tongues, Smoked Beef and Sausages — the cwt. 82.65. 
 
 3. Barley and liicc — \2-h \wv cent, ad val. 
 
 4. Beans — .30 per cent, ad val. 
 
 5. Brcf, Pig's Heads, Tongues, Feet and Hocks (salted)— the cwt. 82.65. 
 
 6. Biscuit (shiji's) — the cwt. 20 cents; Fancy — 30 per cent, ad val. 
 
 7. Bran, Malt and Hops— 12]t per cinit. ad val. 
 
 8. Butter (and substitutes) — per cwt. 83. 
 
14 
 
 J). 
 
 10. 
 
 n. 
 
 12. 
 13. 
 14. 
 
 in. 
 
 IG. 
 17. 
 18. 
 19. 
 20. 
 21. 
 22. 
 23. 
 24. 
 
 25. 
 2G. 
 
 2. 
 3. 
 
 4. 
 
 r>. 
 fi. 
 
 ^- 
 4 . 
 
 8. 
 
 0. 
 10. 
 11. 
 12. 
 13. 
 14. 
 15. 
 16. 
 17. 
 18. 
 19. 
 20. 
 
 21. 
 
 ('(iiniid il// ff/x— 30 per caul, ad val. 
 
 (Uiirsr—tlw cwt. §3. 
 
 Cdjfi'c (f:jr('('ii) -tlic lb. 5 cents; (Roasted or grnund) — the lit. 7 cents. 
 
 ('Iiocolatr and C'ocort — the lb. (J cents, 
 iv/r/s — 7.V ])er cent, ad val. 
 Fi'<h (foi'eigii)— i)er fitl. 81.50. 
 j'^hiiir — tht! lian-el, 25 cents. 
 Frmt.-f. Ajtples — the l)rl. 60 cents; Dried ai)i)les--the pound 2 cents; 
 
 Other dried IVuit (as Currants and Raisins) — the lb. 3 cts. Oranges, 
 
 Lemons, ({rapes, Nuts, Limes and Olives — 10 per cent, ad valorem. 
 
 Other canned, bottled or preserveil fruit, 30 per cent, ad val. All 
 
 otlier I'ruit free. 
 7f(i?/— per ton (of 2240 lbs.) $1.80. Straw— pav ton $1. 
 Indian Corn — per bushel (of 57 lbs.) 6 cents. Meal — jier brl. 25 cts. 
 Lard — 30 ])er cent, ad val. 
 F resell Meat an<l I'miltrij — the lb. ].', cents. 
 Mnl((.^.<rs — tlii> gallon 7 cents. 
 
 Oaimcal and /Vrt.se— the brl. (of 200 lbs., 30 cents. 
 Oaf)t — i\w. bushel 5 cents. 
 7'rt;-/,-— the brl. (of 200 lbs.) $1.50. 
 Siajar. Loai', cut and cube — the cwt. 85; Bastard, crystallised and gran- 
 
 nl.h'd — thi,' cwt. $4; Unrefined, brown and straw — the cwt. $3.50. 
 Ti'K ;K,' ]»()und, 5 cents and 30 per cent, ad valorem. 
 Vciiit,;'d(.< : ( 'abbages — 'lie huiidred, $2 ; Potatoes — the bushel, 5 cents; 
 
 Tuinips, Carrots, " 'snips and Beets — tlie bushel, 10 cents ; other 
 
 Vegetables, 10 ])ei' cent, ad valorem. 
 
 TABLE No. 3.— CLOTHING, &c. 
 
 Vahinit-irnn.< — 35 per cent, ad valorem; Musical Ins ruments - 30 per 
 cent. ; I'rooms and AVhisks — 45 per cent. ; otlier manufactures of 
 Avood — 35 per cent. 
 
 ('a)(db:i — 35 per cent, ad valorem. 
 
 Carriages, AVaggons and Sleighs — 35 per cent, ad valorem. 
 
 f'locL-i and JFatchcs — 30 p-r cent. a<l valorem. 
 
 ClothiiKj, (readyniade) — 35 jDer cent, ad valorem. 
 
 Cotton and Woollen goods, (except above) — 30 per cent, ad valorem. 
 
 Farthruvarr — 30 per cent, ad valorem. 
 
 Feathrr.-^ and Feather Beds — the pound, 7 cents. 
 
 (ilasxirare — 30 per cent, ad valorem. 
 
 Hardu-are (general) — 30 per cent, ad valorem. 
 
 Harnvtifica — 35 per cent, ad valorem. 
 
 India Rnhher-v:are — 30 per cent, ad valorem. 
 
 Leafherimrc — 30 per cent, ad valorem. 
 
 Mafrhes — 35 per cent, ad valorem. 
 
 Medicine.^ — 20 per cent, ad valorem ; Apothecaries' wares — 30 per cent. 
 
 Plate and Jevclry — 30 per cent, ad valorem. 
 
 Hexvimj Machines — 10 per cent, ad valorem. 
 
 ;S'6,,^)— .30 per cent, ad valorem. 
 
 Soda (Bi'cad) — 20 per cent. (Washing)- -30 per cent., ad valorem. 
 
 Woollen (joods, — (Stockings, Shirts and Drawers, made by hand), — 
 35 per cent, ad valorem. 
 
 Yarns (and worsteds of all kinds) — 10 per cent, ad valorem. 
 
15 
 
 25 i'U. 
 
 83.50. 
 
 •»4 
 
 TABLE No. 4. -FISHERY MATERIALS. 
 
 1. J//(7io/>' and Chain Cabk's, Coiiper and Composition Metal lor Ships, 
 including Bars, Bolts, Sheathing and Nails of the; same material — 
 10 \n'V tfnt. ad valorem. 
 
 i2. 7)Vw7.x— 35 ]KM' cent, ad valorem. 
 
 3. Cannae, Sailcloth and Tarpaulin Canvas for Shii).-' use — 10 per cent. 
 
 ad valorem. 
 
 4. ('(«.s7,s (second hand, empty) under 45 galloi.s — 45 cents each; over 45 
 
 gallons — $1.45 each. Herring Barrels--2''> cents each. 
 
 5. Copper I'aint — 30 per cent, ad valorem. 
 
 6. (\iri1a<jr. — -10 per cent, ad valorem. 
 
 7. ('ork>i and Vorkvood — 10 ])er cent, ad valorem. 
 
 8. ]hrir.-< and Ihnj Oars — 25 jx-r cent, ad valorem. 
 
 9. l^'ishiiKj Tacldr — 10 per cent, ad valorem. 
 
 10. GraiM; and Tallow, (and Palm Oil) — "ih per cent, ad valorem. 
 
 11. Jf('«i'^i/),7—12i per cent, ad valorem. 
 
 12. /^r— 30 ])er cent, ad valorem. 
 
 13. Masfs (pieces) and Spars (not manufactured) — 12A per cent. 
 
 14. Onkuiii — 10 ])er cent, ad valorem. 
 
 15. Pifrh and Tar, Resin and Baw Turpentine— 10 per cent. 
 IG. Xalt (in hulk)— the ton, 20 cents. 
 
 17. Hfm-is (undressed) — 12i percent. Manuf^ictured or partly, 40 per cent, 
 ad val. Second-hand (manufactured) per hnndied, $1.40 to S5.75. 
 
 TABLE No. 5.— CONSTRUCTIVE MATERIALS. 
 
 1. Jjafifihi;! and IJrin — (for local biscuit) — 10 per cent, ad val. 
 
 2. Bricks — 10 per cent, ad val. 
 
 3. Bluhhcr — (foreign) — 30 per cent, ad val. 
 
 4. Ccinent— 10 per cent, ad val. 
 
 5. Dipiamite and Gunpowder — 30 per cent, ad val. 
 
 6. Electric plant (machinery) — 10 per cent, ad val. 
 
 7. Grindstones — 30 per cent, ad val. 
 
 8. 7>v)«— Hoo]), Bar, Bolt, Sheets, plates and pieces, 10 per cent, ad val. 
 
 (Old iroii, pig iron, and strips for nail manufacture, free.) 
 
 9. Lead — 30 ]H'r cent, ad val. 
 
 10. Leatlin- — 25 per cent, ad val. 
 
 11. Licorice paste — 30 per cent, ad val. 
 
 12. Luvther (rough), per M., $3.50. Other, per M., $5. 
 
 13. Machincnj — 10 per cent, ad val. (Special, free.) 
 
 14. Nails — wro't, 10 per cent. ; cut and wire, 35 per cent, ad val. 
 
 15. Oils (('xcei)t Kero.) Palm, 7i- per cent. ; Olein and other butter oils 
 
 and Olive oil, 10 per cent" For fish preservatives, free. All others 
 (exce]jt Kero.) 30 per cent, ad val. 
 
 16. Paiyit — 30 })er cent, ad val. 
 
 17. Pipes (all kinds)— 30 per cent, ad val. 
 
 18. Shinnies and Jjaths — per M., 60 cents. 
 
 19. Timber — per ton — 60 cents. 
 
 20. Tin — (plates, block and .«heet), 10 per cent. ; cans, 40 per cent. ; all 
 
 other, 40 per cent, ad val. 
 
 21. Turpentine (raw)— 10 per cent. ; Spirits and Varnish, 30 per ct. ad val. 
 
16 
 
 TABLE No. 6.— MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 1. Kerosene Oil — tlie gallon, G cents, 
 
 2. Bank Notes — .30 per cent, ad val. 
 .3. Miscellaneous — 30 per cent, ad val. 
 
 Note. — Goods, wares and niercliandif-e not specially rated and not in- 
 cluded in the free list, are suLject to an ad ralonm duty of 30 per cent. 
 
 The following articles are subject to special rates of duty, as under : 
 
 1. Jjookbindci-^s tools and implements, including Ruling machines, Leather, 
 
 Bookbinder's cloth, 5larble paper, and Pa]ier board, imported direct 
 by Bookbinders for use in their trade, and not for sale, 10 per cent. 
 a(l. val. 
 
 2. Divimj Apparatus, Fishitiij Tackh' {\wi Angler's), Machiiurij lnltiiKj of 
 
 any material. Plaster, and (live) Fotdtrij, 10 pel- cent, ad \i\\. 
 
 3. (hit Nails and cut spikes of iron or steel; pressed nails and presseil 
 
 spikes of iron or steel. Casks in which di'v goods arc^ imported 
 when fit to hoM liquid, 35 per cent, ad val. 
 
 4. Cans (tin) imi)orted in a manufactured state ibr hermetically sealed 
 
 goods, inchuling the cases in whicli they nnt contaiiu'd, 40 per cent. 
 ad val. 
 
 5. BroQws and IVhislx, manufactured wholly or pai-tly of corn, 45 percent. 
 
 ad val. 
 
 Free List. 
 The following impoils are exempted fi'om the payment of duties : 
 
 1. Class List : Articles imported for the use of the Governor ; Ibr the olli- 
 
 cial use of Foreign C'onsuls ; for the use of the St. John's Municipal 
 Council; foi' Beligious purposes, and not intended for sale; and 
 Arms, clothing ancl provisions for her Majesty's land and sea forces. 
 
 2. AfiricuHure (for the encouragement of). — Agricultural implenumts and 
 
 machinery. Ploughs, Harrows; Reaping, Raking, Ploughing, Mow- 
 ing, Stumping, Potatoe and Seed-sowing Machines, to be used in 
 this Colony. Plants, Trees ami Shruljs. Live Stock for l)reeding 
 purposes, when imported by Agricultural Societies. Manures of all 
 kinds ; and Seed for agricultural i)urposes. 
 
 3. lAtcrature, Science and Art. — Printed books,'paniphlets, maps and charts. 
 
 Printing presses, printing papers, printing types and all other print- 
 ing requisites. Type-writing machines. Music, written or printeil. 
 Scientific instruments and apparatus (including Globes) when im- 
 ported for the Use of Colleges and Schools, an<l Scientific or Literary 
 Societies. Works of Art, namely, Engravings, Paintings and Sta- 
 tuary, not intended foi' sale. Specimens illustrative of Xatui'al 
 History. 
 
 4. Manufactnriiuj interests — Bark, for tanning ; Boiler and shi]) plates, (of 
 
 iron) : Ceresene, chrolo di nitro bensole, nitro of ammonia ; C'liair 
 cane or reeds or withrods (unmanufactured); Corn, for broom mak- 
 ing ; Cotton yarn and raw cotton ; Cotton-seed oil, olive oil, boracic 
 acid, acetic acid, and preservalene, wlien for preserving lish or mak- 
 ing fish-glue ; Coke ; Dye Stuffs ; Hemj), hemp yarn, coir yarii, 
 sisal, manilla, flax an<l tow ; Herring baiTel hooj) iron or hoop steel, 
 .•iplayed, punched or nosed, and cut in lengths not to exceed (IS 
 
 -I 
 I 
 
I 
 
 ated and not in- 
 )f 30 per cent. 
 
 ty, as under : 
 
 achines, Leather, 
 , imported direi't 
 sale, 10 per cent. 
 
 ichitKrij licit iiKj of 
 nt. ad val. 
 ails and pressed 
 ods are iniporteil 
 
 II. 
 
 Lirnietically sealed 
 lined, 40 per cent. 
 
 I'corn, 4') percent. 
 
 • >. 
 
 17 
 
 imlics ; Hides (or pieces) not tanned, curried or dresseil ; Materials 
 tor slieatliing the bottom of vessels ; Zinc, coppei or c(nii])0siti()n 
 metal, nails, paper or felt ; Ores to be used for making Co])pi'r 
 paint and as flux ; Parchment or wax paj)er for wrapping bfineles> 
 I'odfish ; Patentetl Machinery for new industries, incliiiling (las 
 engines ; Pig iron ; Nail strips of iron, zinc or ln'ass, and steel >tri|i-. 
 for making cut nails ; Sulphuric acid for manures ; Twines fdi- mt- 
 iir netting ; Unmanufactured wool. 
 
 Minliiij — Crane-, tlerricks, Hit (day and tire brick, rock drills, rolling 
 mills, scparatoi's ami crushing mills, imported by miners for mining 
 purpose's. 
 
 .MiscKM.AMCors ;— 7jrr;V ; CoaU (outside of St. John's, Harbor Grace, 
 (Jarbonear and Placentia) ; Donations of Clothimj for charitable 
 purposes ; Enil;ir(rntH^ houseliohl furniture, working tools and im- 
 plements, and all other i)assengers' baggage ; Finli and fish oils ol 
 Jh'itish catch and cui'e ; J}iiiL\ old iron, cop])er and composition 
 metal ; <Jii.-<tir.< or clams in sludl ; (Refuse) Riri' : S'liid : IFheaf. 
 
 it of duties : 
 
 rnor ; for the otli- 
 ;. John's Municipal 
 ided for sale ; an( I 
 and and sea forces, 
 il implements and 
 y, Ploughing, Mow- 
 nes, to be used in 
 Stock for breeding 
 ies. ^Manures of all 
 
 ts, maps and charts, 
 and all other print- 
 written or printed. 
 Glo1)es) when im- 
 cientitic or Literary 
 Paintings and 8ta- 
 itrative of Xatuial 
 
 and shi]) plates, (of 
 if ammonia ; Chair 
 irn, for broom mak- 
 jil, olive oil, boracic 
 ■^erviny fish or male- 
 ip yarn, coir yarn, 
 [) iron or hoop steel, 
 s not t(^ exceed (iH