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Summary statement of the quality and value of, and amount of duty collection on, the articles of British and foreign merchandise entered for consumption

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Summary statement of the quality and value of, and amount of duty collection on, the articles of British and foreign merchandise entered for consumption
			From British Colonies
	Total value of imports	From Great Britain	North America	West Indies	From the United States
	$
Specific and ad valorem
30 per cent–brandy, 103,141 gallons	188,425	21,879	749	-	831
10 per cent–molasses, 2,070,614 gallons	470,607	1,910	34,668	27,324	238,788
5 per cent–coffee, Green, 1,222,833 lbs	177,697	63,754	2,130	7,146	98,398
15 per cent–sugar, refined, 270,786 lbs	18,069	16,005	119	80	710
10 per cent–sugar, other than refined, 37,381,463 lbs.	1,827,516	367,929	98,460	63,851	591,510
15 per cent–tea, 6,775,501 lbs	2,313,307	1,658,352	9,173	3	376,703
20 per cent ad valorem
Carpets and hearth Rugs	306,870	303,258	-	-	3,601
Chinaware, earthenware, and crockery	191,439	181,956	516	-	6,241
Cordage	110,345	92,769	1,213	170	16,193
Cottons	7,149,509	6,955,297	8,236	-	166,190
Dried fruits, and nuts of all kinds, 6,612,581 lbs	323,721	190,619	587	-	34,698
Drugs, not otherwise specified	190,984	158,572	150	40	29,087
Fancy goods and millinery	668,542	482,271	20	24	123,250
Glass and glassware	342,877	108,586	88	-	141,472
Hats, caps, and bonnets	369,635	253,534	80	-	107,608
Hosiery	260,578	253,188	20	-	1,774
Iron and hardware	1,442,990	901,795	4,632	237	507,970
Leather	249,814	63,075	407	-	21,685
Linen	1,019,437	1,005,925	-	127	10,765
Manufactures of leather, or imitation of leather	197,735	72,688	-	-	17,990
Musical Instruments, including musical boxes and clocks	103,688	6,007	-	-	88,922
Other machinery	256,917	44,499	-	-	211,868
Oils, in any way rectified or prepared, 201,909 gallons	160,885	95,058	1,537	-	20,546
Paints and colors	122,583	95,025	103	-	23,233
Silks, satins, and velvets	1,153,813	976,297	-	-	39,657
Small wares	1,234,157	1,091,146	-	-	98,394
Wine, of all kinds, in casks, 578,362 gallons	341,904	82,630	374	70	1,690
Woollens	6,855,317	6,353,414	7,969	837	197,544
Unenumerated articles	263,562	131,646	2,776	277	116,386
10 per cent ad valorem
Copper, brass, or iron tubes, and piping, when drawn	153,622	145,361	-	-	8,261
Cotton yarn find warp	242,144	100,877	62	-	141,205
Jewellery and watches	254,178	179,017	-	-	32,759
Iron–Canada plates and tin plates	218,713	218,158	-	23	532
Iron–railroad bars, wrought iron chairs and spikes	125,316	116,197	-	-	9,119
Steel, wrought or cast	175,968	161,895	10	-	13,562
Free goods
Animals–horses, 1,239	104,404	1,688	949	-	101,767
Articles for the public uses of the Province	459,055	81,232	150	-	377,417
Bark, berries, nuts and vegetables, woods and drugs–used solely in dyeing	120,266	30,888	124	53	81,134
Books (printed), periodicals and pamphlets–not elsewhere specified	470,308	220,908	10	-	207,512
Carriages, and vehicles of travellers, etc.	184,740	-	-	-	184,740
Cheese, 1,893,081 lbs.	232,472	13,614	-	-	217,850
Coal and coke, 220,276 tons	906,700	419,847	30,003	-	455,890
Commissariat and ordnance stores	136,617	133,736	-	-	2,881
Cotton, wool	288,848	7,773	-	-	281,075
Flax, hemp, and tow–undressed	185,221	77,289	-	-	107,932
Fish–Fresh	123,519	8	4,011	-	119,500
do Salt	462,111	5,790	309,612	-	145,646
Fish oil–crude	266,457	2,610	195,974	-	67,873
Fruit, green	2,392,246	13,786	96	-	219,354
Furs and skins, pelts or tails, undressed	148,039	83,533	19,427	-	28,041
Flour, 81,945 barrels	402,277	240	10,977	-	390,604
Grains–Indian corn, 2,075,834 bushels	1,062,012	-	-	-	1,062,012
Wheat, 2,018,486 bushels	2,164,749	1,887	-	-	2,162,862
Hides and horns	675,129	7,904	1,616	-	657,322
Meats, fresh, smoked, and salt, 7,619,561 lbs	771,570	4,075	5,209	-	762,895
Military and naval stores	382,083	374,493	4,623	-	2,967
Pig iron, pig lead, and pig copper	472,690	428,363	322	-	33,062
Rice	212,008	203,162	394	-	6,686
Sal ammoniac, sal soda, soda ash	106,891	99,393	38	-	6,892
Salt	384,707	152,602	3,583	-	215,778
Seeds	177,094	42,844	49	-	133,356
Settler's goods	882,398	322,808	2,184	12	423,767
Tallow, 2,039,754lbs.	200,884	462	-	-	200,422
Timber and lumber of all sorts, unmanufactured	140,700	68	2,872	-	137,760
Tobacco, unmanufactured, 4,620,561 lbs.	381,048	344	-	-	308,504
Wool, 1,640,104 lbs.	483,079	47,381	-	-	435,698
Firearms, etc., as per order in council, 21st March, 1866	160,534	487	-	-	160,047
Value of total imports–1866
Goods paying specific duty	185,474	26,980	1,318	-	157,176
Goods paying specific ad valorem duties	5,227,302	2,201,502	156,450	101,317	1,299,520
Goods paying 30 per cent ad valorem duties	176,189	107,260	566	75	45,340
Goods paying 25 per cent ad valorem duties	121,732	92,325	6,406	384	17,062
Goods paying 20 per cent ad valorem duties	24,976,506	20,873,587	71,649	3,151	2,483,790
Goods paying 15 per cent ad valorem duties	2,019	1,501	-	-	481
Goods paying 10 per cent ad valorem duties	2,582,615	2,166,347	1,811	23	355,359
Free goods–coin and bullion	5,191,842	9,931	53	-	5,181,858
Other free goods	15,335,201	3,515,097	619,669	710	10,880,667
Total	53,798,880	28,994,530	857,922	105,660	20,421,253
Foreign reprints of English copyright works	3,439	-	-	-	3,439
Grand total	53,802,319	28,994,530	857,992	105,660	20,424,692
Note: Fiscal year ending 30^th June, 1866.
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1867.