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Statistics of industries, 1871

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Statistics of industries, 1871
  Establish-ments Wage earners Capital Wages for labour Cost of materials Value of products
  number $
Chemical and allied products 671 2,232 2,049,656 582,508 2,792,804 5,815,504
Drugs 38 202 465,900 64,076 475,535 810,250
Explosives 3 22 94,000 10,175 55,000 124,000
Oils 54 524 651,740 204,850 1,499,642 3,169,781
Paints and varnishes 12 67 84,850 21,706 181,315 294,700
Patent medicines 16 73 57,650 19,850 48,543 171,050
Salt 18 185 206,100 63,030 23,935 136,599
Starch 5 72 121,000 27,100 101,150 222,684
All other industries 525 1,087 368,416 171,721 407,684 886,440
Clay, glass and stone products 1,757 7,702 1,630,824 1,333,486 747,493 3,482,427
Brick, tile and pottery 507 3,432 606,783 497,207 135,807 1,255,854
Cement, natural rock – Cement, Portland 6 66 56,000 15,300 14,680 51,300
Glass 6 318 136,120 104,860 102,275 293,130
Grindstones and pulpstones 33 328 58,509 53,987 4,820 78,395
Lime 1,010 2,042 128,508 157,943 97,543 502,156
Monuments and tombstones – Stone, cut 176 1,169 200,704 408,021 385,672 1,072,874
All other industries 19 347 444,200 96,168 6,696 228,718
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1907.