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Mail subsidies and steamship subventions, 1905 to 1907

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Mail subsidies and steamship subventions, 1905 to 1907
  1905 1906 19071
  $
Canada and Great Britain 239,275 282,391 373,916
Canada and South Africa 146,000 133,833 97,333
Canada and Australia 194,667 186,975 135,382
Canada and New Zealand - - 31,147
Canada and Mexico - 54,905 40,419
Saint John and Glasgow 15,000 15,000 13,500
Saint John, Dublin and Belfast 3,000 6,000 5,250
Saint John, Halifax and London 36,250 42,250 33,750
Saint John and Digby 12,500 12,500 9,375
Saint John, Digby and Clementsport - 1,039 1,125
Saint John, Digby, Annapolis, etc. 1,500 1,500 1,125
Saint John, Halifax and Yarmouth 10,522 10,000 7,500
Saint John and Minas Basin 3,000 3,000 3,000
Saint John and Westport 1,500 1,500 1,125
Saint John, Halifax and South America 65,700 65,700 48,012
Halifax and Jamaica 13,800 13,800 10,350
Halifax, St. John's, Newfoundland and Liverpool 20,000 20,000 15,000
Halifax and Newfoundland 2,000 2,000 2,000
Halifax and Canso 4,000 4,000 3,000
Canada and Manchester 35,000 35,000 26,250
Magdalen Islands and Mainland 15,000 15,000 15,000
Grand Manan and Mainland 5,000 5,000 3,750
Prince Edward Island and Mainland 12,500 12,500 12,500
Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton and Newfoundland - 7,750 -
Prince Edward Island and Great Britain 7,000 - -
Quebec and Gaspé 8,500 8,500 8,500
Quebec, Natashquan and Blanc Sablon 8,000 18,000 20,000
Quebec and Esquimaux Point - 1,821 -
Quebec and Isle of Orleans - - 500
Murray Bay and River Ouelle 2,000 - -
Pictou, Murray Harbour and Montague Bridge 1,200 1,200 800
Pictou and Cheticamp 2,000 2,000 -
Pt. Mulgrave, St. Peters, etc. 6,000 6,000 6,000
Pt. Mulgrave, Canso, Guysboro, etc. 7,930 7,969 7,929
Petit de Grat and Mulgrave 2,926 3,000 2,250
Baddeck, Grand Narrows, etc. 5,000 5,825 4,575
Gaspé, Dalhousie and Campbellton 9,583 15,000 15,000
Paspebiac and Gaspé - 400 -
Sydney and Whycocomagh 1,000 1,000 1,000
Sydney and Bay St. Lawrence Ports 1,500 1,500 1,500
St. Stephen, St. Croix, etc. 3,000 3,000 3,000
St. Catharines Bay and Tadoussac 2,000 2,500 2,500
Annapolis and Hull, England 3,000 - -
Victoria, Vancouver and Skagway 12,500 12,480 9,375
Victoria and Vancouver Island (west coast) 2,500 5,000 3,750
Victoria and San Francisco 5,000 3,000 2,250
Port Essington and Queen Charlotte Islands - 500 -
Petitcodiac River - 2,000 1,500
Newcastle, Neguac and Escouminac, Mirimichi River - - 2,625
Pelee Island and Mainland - - 1,375
Canada, China and Japan2 73,000 73,000 54,750
Canada and France2 22,222 122,222 88,889
Wrecking plant 5,000 - -
Schooner Service, Lower St. Lawrence - - 1,000
Total subsidies and subventions 1,027,075 1,227,560 1,128,877
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book 1907.