The daily union., 1854-07-20


The only portion Of the value Of this supplied by
the colonies Is then the labor and wood required in the
construction
have to add in relation TO colonial tonnage that in
1886 the British North American colonies owned four
serenhs OF the vessels and threes of the tonnage of All
The colonies When forty thousand seameu were employed
n The colonial trade OF the empire twenty thousand five
hundred men We're engaged Ia the trade of these colonies
when oss46 tons employed in the British trade with
iheT colonies only 466 100 tons employed in the
trade, including India
The tonnage Of all the British colonies In 84g
TO s,lso vessels, measuring Cos, l5T tons.
In saa 22ls vessels, OF sse69G tons entered Great
britain from the British colonies and 7oG vessels
oe tons cleared for the colonies from British ports
The valuable and increasing trade by between the
United States and the Atlantic colonies Nova Scotia New
Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Prince Edward Island is
chiefly earned the returns prove in British vesselss
The number and tonnage Of vessels engaged in the trade
although this IS 10 be properly valued is important
consideration than the trade Itself This trade is
most important nursery for seamen Colonial Snaps
nanded by colonial shpnasters and manned BY colo
NAL crew in all parts of the world and are
the most active competitors with Americans when they
meet in our in foreign ports The character of
colonial ships has greatly improved within few years
and the ships particularly those Of St John n b. and
Quebec Justly considered fine specimens OF naval areh-
lecture
The trade between the colonies called the ncr-colonial
trade returns of which are to be found with the statistical
tables until 1888 and 1919 had contend with unwise
and unnecessary restrictions Although the colonies had
many Interests In common and such good basis for
reciprocal trade II was not estimated fosereda neg
lec Influenced undoubtedly by the external legislation to
which they Were subjected Since ls4s there have been
reciprocal tariffs between Canada Nova Scotia and New
Brunswick, in the following articles, viz animals beef
pork biscuit bread butter paste, grain of
all kinds, flour, fish, fresh saed picked hsii-o
fnrs skins, the produce OF fish living the
gypsum horns meat poultry plants shrubs and trees
potatoes and vegetables of all kinds seeds Of all kinds
skins pelts, furs tails undressed wood lin rlanks
boards stlves timber and frewood
This brunch Of the colonial trade RAPIDLY proving It's
Importance and VIII yearly under the influence Of
Liberal legislation, as il is the policy and unquestionay
the true interest OF the colonies to have interchange of
their produce and manufactures the scted
terms And in view OF the character of colonial produce
their increasing commercial marine and great extent
Of seacoas there viii undoubtedly be- very years
profitable trade around the Bay Of Fundy and Bay of
Cher AZ also by the great lakes the river and Gulf Of
ST Lawrence.
The returns Of imports into all the colonies in ls4s and
jS49 are worthy consideration showing the guam
uty and value of articles the growth produce and
tacture of the United States actually consumed in the
nies and not re-exported.
IN 1856 under the railroad excitement Ia England
and The stimulating prices for lumber the imports from the
United States and Great Britain were about twenty
millions Of dollars which increased iu 1878 causcd By
the demand for hreadstntts to twents-six millions of
dollars.
These colonies enjoyed, up 1886 large import and
export trade with Great Britain and 10 some extent with
the West Indies Large quantities of wheat were imported
into Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, there
ground and then shipped to England where being Of colo
nial manufacture il also treated OF colonial growth
The potato blight in Ireland aud The change the
law in 1896 destroyed that branch OF trade about Which
there had been much legislation.
Canada sent -four 10 England Nova Scotia and New
brunswick sent -four 10 England provisions, &C. the
West Indies The imports from the United States into
Nova Scotia increased up to lS4 and then fell off the
amount necessary for consnmptonn s4o, f24s 29e: in
lS4l f449,653. Ia s4l f493,1as WAS exported 10 the
West Indies IN lS49, Elao,275 only, consisting OF fish,
lumber, &c.-soey the produce of the colony.
In ls4o New Brunswick imported from the United States
E254laI in l6i7 f34oo9s, the largest inn
ported from the United States in any year. which fell
off TO f2s4 562 in s4e In 1889 New Brunswick exported
in only in
ls4c- the exports to England E760646, including
-four, &C In ls49 tl63si4he produce Of the colony
The direct open trade is only commencing a re-
ciproci basis and II allowed under the inu-
ence OF wise laws 1t viii soon prove its importance to the
people on both sides of the boundary
The total exports from the United States 10 the colonies
IN lS40 were SG oo,5ol of this S5S95966
domestic produce and S20535 foreign produce The
year ending june 1850, total exports 50 SAC 0b 65s
29l domestic; Sl790 74a foreign.
Total exports from Great Britain the colonies in 1910
were Sl5 ,Ss5 l66; in l6i9, Sll ,346,33a.
The following will show The relative imports from Great
Britain and the United States and the total from
all countries, in lS49;