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| Establish-ments | Wage earners | Capital | Wages for labour | Cost of materials | Value of products | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | $ | |||||
| Timber and lumber and their re-manufactures | 9,965 | 51,923 | 20,588,645 | 9,314,517 | 21,393,748 | 41,065,971 |
| Baskets | 68 | 182 | 17,250 | 23,261 | 35,238 | 82,032 |
| Billiard tables and materials | 1 | 6 | 8,000 | 2,200 | 9,000 | 16,000 |
| Boxes, wooden | 65 | 517 | 100,793 | 100,734 | 271,558 | 536,430 |
| Cooperage | 1,739 | 3,442 | 450,514 | 644,953 | 686,270 | 1,772,663 |
| Corks | 3 | 31 | 83,800 | 8,100 | 27,360 | 51,260 |
| Lasts and pegs | 9 | 82 | 33,250 | 25,004 | 10,305 | 54,357 |
| Log products | 6,608 | 38,791 | 16,529,662 | 6,321,395 | 17,101,895 | 31,148,242 |
| Lumber products | 222 | 2,519 | 967,294 | 735,715 | 1,614,988 | 3,008,641 |
| Matches | 24 | 1,127 | 106,015 | 92,801 | 78,499 | 230,137 |
| Pumps and windmills | 157 | 280 | 66,964 | 69,240 | 37,648 | 191,820 |
| Shooks, box | 10 | 47 | 15,900 | 11,860 | 15,948 | 39,030 |
| Woodworking and turning | 74 | 161 | 63,986 | 37,557 | 24,665 | 99,950 |
| All other industries | 131 | 95,042 | 52,262 | 65,600 | 254,431 | |
| Note: In this table statistics are given for all establishments enumerated, irrespective of the number of persons employed. They are for the calendar year 1870. | ||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1907. | ||||||
