Canada Yearbook - 1920

454 TRADE AND COMMERCE
-Shipments of Grain by vessels and all rail route from Fort William and Port
Arthur for the crop years ended August 31,1919 and 193D.
1918-19. 1919-20.
Vessels. Rail. Total. Vessels. Rail. Total.
•Wheat-
No. 1 Hard....
No. 1 Northern
No. 2 Northern
No. 3 Northern
Sundry grades..
Bush.
158,466
37,520,884
13,957,748
14,856,243
23,923,586
Bush.
23,589
2,122,919
1,106,027
1,165,002
2,346,793
Bush.
182,055
39,643,803
15,063,775
16,021,245
26,270,379
Bush.
15,483
28,981,140
19,849,823
15,147,257
16,866,482
Bush.
4,607,078
2,703,585
2,336,034
2,382,220
Bush.
15,483
33,588,218
22,553,409
17,483,291
19,248,702
Total wheat 90,416,937 6,764,330 97,181,357 80,860,185 12,038,918 92,889,103
Oats
Barley
Rye
6,774,293
9,100,841
1,393,230
691,796
6,913,392
1,381,013
769,826
109,180
13,687,685
10,481,854
2,163,056
800,976
16,607,176
6,677,409
713,584
1,286,730
8,158,129
1,558,949
575,451
21,164
24,765,306
8,236,358
1,289,035
1 307 894
Total grain 108,377,087 15,937,741 124,314,838 106,145,084 22,312,611 138,487,696
BOUNTIES.
The only bounties now being paid are for crude petroleum and
zinc. Bounties on iron and steel ceased in 1911 and on lead in
1918. The total paid on lead bounties from 1899 to 1918 amount
to $1,979,216 for 1,187,169,878 lb. of lead, as in Table 33. For
crude petroleum the amount paid in 1920 was $103,312 on 6,887,498
gallons, making the total paid from 1905 to 1920 $3,017,436 on
201,162,445 gallons. Zinc bounties are granted under provisions
of the Act, 8-9 Geo. V, c. 51, not to exceed $400,000 to 31 July,
1920. The bounty paid equals the difference between the standard
market price of zinc and 9c. per lb. There was paid in 1919-20
the sum of $249,246 on 15,186,694 lb. of zinc sold.
The total amount of bounties paid from 1896 to 1920 was $22,-
508,250; of this amount $16,785,827 was for iron and steel; $1,979,216
for lead; $3,017,436 for crude petroleum (Table 34); $367,962 for
manila fibre; and $357,809 for zinc. The Year Book of 1915, pages
459 and 460, gave a description of the bounties that have been payable
since 1883, as well as tables showing for each commodity the quanties
on which bounties were annually paid, and the amounts of such
bounties for the years 1896 to 1915 inclusive.
33.—Bounties Paid in Canada on Lead, 1899-1918.
Fiscal Year. Quantity. Bounty. Fiscal Year. Quantity. Bounty.
1899 . .
1900 . .
1901
1902 . .
1903
1904
1906
1907
1908
lb.
449,636,000
177,990,000
245,792,000
2,576,000
26,748,104
56,489,523
28,708,428
21,479
15,425,553
$
76,665
43,335
30,000
4,380
195,627
330,645
90,196
1,995
51,001
lb. $
1909
42,533,287 307,434
1910
45,467,545 340,542
1911
33,351,909 248,535
1912
27,823,221 179,288
23,985,569
68,065
1914
8,179
7,197,038
1915
3,217
1916
3,237,897
60
1918....
99,797 52
86,528
Total 1,187,169,878 1,979,316