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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
France
From
Germany
From other
foreign
countries
Amount
of duties
received
  $
Specific and ad valorem        
30 per cent–brandy, 103,141 gallons 164,757 137 72 80,142.73
10 per cent–molasses, 2,070,614 gallons - - 168,607 143,821.69
5 per cent–coffee, Green, 1,222,833 lbs - 20 6,249 44,822.16
15 per cent–sugar, refined, 270,786 lbs 365 706 84 8,986.20
10 per cent–sugar, other than refined, 37,381,463 lbs. - - 705,766 925,023.44
15 per cent–tea, 6,775,501 lbs 5 - 319,601 607,119.34
20 per cent ad valorem        
Carpets and hearth Rugs - - 11 61,343.80
Chinaware, earthenware, and crockery 2,406 308 12 37,235.72
Cordage - - - 19,091.08
Cottons 11,561 8,285 - 1,408,842.04
Dried fruits, and nuts of all kinds, 6,612,581 lbs 22,700 35 75,082 64,252.42
Drugs, not otherwise specified 2,925 210 - 37,983.11
Fancy goods and millinery 48,863 12,888 1,226 133,300.90
Glass and glassware 37,121 9,509 46,101 68,204.76
Hats, caps, and bonnets 1,052 7,361 - 73,327.01
Hosiery 2,162 3,434 - 51,841.46
Iron and hardware 2,340 22,699 3,317 281,879.86
Leather 158,390 6,257 - 49,667.91
Linen 311 2,300 9 303,826.51
Manufactures of leather, or imitation of leather 99,068 7,224 765 39,509.73
Musical Instruments, including musical boxes and clocks 714 4,893 3,152 20,607.20
Other machinery - - 550 51,381.36
Oils, in any way rectified or prepared, 201,909 gallons 35,289 335 8,172 31,456.89
Paints and colors 862 3,360 - 24,099.33
Silks, satins, and velvets 110,026 20,898 7,935 230,590.65
Small waves 35,109 8,931 577 246,125.70
Wine, of all kinds, in casks, 578,362 gallons 86,068 16,256 154,816 67,605.65
Woollens 129,506 134,056 31,991 1,357,094.34
Unenumerated articles 9,091 849 2,537 44,511.70
10 per cent ad valorem        
Copper, brass, or iron tubes, and piping, when drawn - - - 15,362.04
Cotton yarn find warp - - - 24,028.78
Jewellery and watches 20,584 3,785 9,033 25,352.80
Iron–Canada plates and tin plates - - - 21,814.46
Iron–railroad bars, wrought iron chairs and spikes - - - 11,254.75
Steel, wrought or cast - 501 - 17,350.54
Free goods        
Animals–horses, 1,239 - - - -
Articles for the public uses of the Province - - 256 -
Bark, berries, nuts and vegetables, woods and drugs–used solely in dyeing 1,110 1,680 5,277 -
Books (printed), periodicals and pamphlets–not elsewhere specified 40,493 220 1,165 -
Carriages, and vehicles of travellers, etc. - - - -
Cheese, 1,893,081 lbs. 1,008 - - -
Coal and coke, 220,276 tons - - 960 -
Commissariat and ordnance stores - - - -
Cotton, wool - - - -
Flax, hemp, and tow–undressed - - - -
Fish–Fresh - - - -
Fish–Salt - 754 309 -
Fish oil–crude - - - -
Fruit, green 1,906 - 4,104 -
Furs and skins, pelts or tails, undressed - 17,038 - -
Flour, 81,945 barrels 432 24 - -
Grains–Indian corn, 2,075,834 bushels - - - -
Grains–Wheat, 2,018,486 bushels - - - -
Hides and horns - - 8,287 -
Meats, fresh, smoked, and salt, 7,619,561 lbs - 1,106 285 -
Military and naval stores - - - -
Pig iron, pig lead, and pig copper 4,566 - 6,377 -
Rice - 1,766 - -
Sal ammoniac, sal soda, soda ash 568 - - -
Salt 68 - 12,676 -
Seeds 716 129 - -
Settler's goods 200 37,822 95,605 -
Tallow, 2,039,754lbs. - - - -
Timber and lumber of all sorts, unmanufactured - - - -
Tobacco, unmanufactured, 4,620,561 lbs. - - - -
Wool, 1,640,104 lbs. - - - -
Firearms, etc., as per order in council, 21st March, 1866 - - - -
Value of total imports–1866        
Goods paying specific duty - - - 64,540.88
Goods paying specific ad valorem duties 177,516 29,217 1,261,780 2,007,756.18
Goods paying 30 per cent ad valorem duties 5,645 1,447 15,856 51,586.30
Goods paying 25 per cent ad valorem duties 5,061 494 - 21,048.85
Goods paying 20 per cent ad valorem duties 901,510 295,115 374,074 49,360,413.58
Goods paying 15 per cent ad valorem duties 37 - - 302.76
Goods paying 10 per cent ad valorem duties 36,894 4,503 17,678 255,076.28
Free goods–coin and bullion - - - -
Other free goods 88,427 63,034 167,597 -
Total 1,215,090 393,810 1,810,615 7,330,724.83
Foreign reprints of English copyright works - - - -
Grand total 1,215,090 393,810 1,810,615 7,330,724.83
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1867.