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Mail subsidies and steamship subventions, 1914 to 1916
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| 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| $ | |||
| Canada and Cuba | - | - | 2,000 |
| Canada and Great Britain | 951,484 | 645,899 | 421,276 |
| Canada and South Africa | 146,000 | 146,000 | 146,000 |
| Canada and Australia or New Zealand or both on Pacific Ocean | 180,509 | 173,566 | 180,509 |
| Canada (Atlantic) and Australia and New Zealand | 125,000 | 128,333 | 116,667 |
| Canada and Mexico and Atlantic and Pacific Oceans | 4,167 | - | - |
| Canada and France1 | 195,458 | 105,428 | 88,669 |
| Canada, China and Japan1 | 118,850 | 137,019 | - |
| Canada and Newfoundland | 66,142 | 62,670 | 54,233 |
| Canada and Manchester, England | 35,000 | 35,000 | 34,271 |
| St. John and Glasgow | 10,875 | 7,450 | 7,125 |
| St. John, Dublin and Belfast | 6,750 | 7,500 | 7,500 |
| St. John, Halifax and London | 40,000 | 30,354 | 18,750 |
| St. John and Digby | 19,549 | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| St. John, Digby, Annapolis and Granville | 1,500 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
| St. John and Minas Basin | 7,812 | 7,547 | 5,915 |
| St. John, Westport and Yarmouth | 5,500 | 8,202 | 7,414 |
| St. John, Halifax, West Indies and South America | 161,602 | 330,897 | 340,666 |
| St. John and Cumberland Basin | 2,694 | 3,000 | 3,000 |
| St. John and Bridgetown | 2,000 | 2,500 | 2,500 |
| Halifax and Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
| Halifax, Mahone, Tancook Isle, etc. | 2,834 | 2,655 | 3,481 |
| Halifax, St. John, Newfoundland and Liverpool | 20,000 | 17,167 | 13,500 |
| Halifax and Newfoundland | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Halifax and Canso | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Halifax and Spry Bay | 2,000 | 4,000 | 3,680 |
| Halifax and West Coast of Cape Breton | 1,556 | 3,059 | 3,000 |
| Halifax, South Cape Breton and Bras d'Or Lake ports | 3,667 | 3,167 | 2,666 |
| Halifax and Liverpool, or Glasgow | - | 4,000 | - |
| Magdalen Islands and mainland | 15,000 | 18,000 | 17,769 |
| Moncton and way ports and a Port or ports on west coast of Cumberland County | - | - | 2,500 |
| Grand Manan and mainland | 9,904 | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Prince Edward Island and mainland | 12,500 | 12,500 | 12,500 |
| Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton and Newfoundland | 16,500 | 14,279 | 10,417 |
| Quebec and Gaspe Basin | 8,500 | 8,500 | 8,500 |
| Quebec and Blanc Sablon | 16,212 | - | - |
| Quebec and Isle of Orleans | 500 | - | - |
| Quebec and North Shore Isle of Orleans | 4,500 | 4,500 | 4,500 |
| Mahone Bay and Tancook Island | 1,000 | - | - |
| Pictou, Murray Harbour, etc., and Georgetown | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 |
| Pictou, New Glasgow and Antigonish County Ports | 500 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Point Mulgrave and Guysboro | 5,236 | 5,500 | 5,500 |
| Point Mulgrave, St. Peter, etc. | 5,920 | 6,500 | 6,500 |
| Point Mulgrave and Canso | 6,375 | 6,500 | 6,500 |
| Pictou, Mulgrave and Cheticamp | 7,000 | 5,943 | 6,673 |
| Petit de Grat and Mulgrave I. C. R. terminus | 5,839 | 7,000 | 7,000 |
| Baddeck and lona | 5,825 | 5,825 | 5,728 |
| Gaspe, Dalhousie and Campbellton | 20,000 | 9,615 | 20,000 |
| Sydney and around Cape Breton Island | 5,500 | 5,500 | 5,500 |
| Sydney and Whycocomagh | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 |
| Sydney and Bay St. Lawrence Ports | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 |
| St. Stephen, St. Croix, etc. | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 |
| St. Catharines Bay and Tadoussac | 3,431 | 3,297 | 2,392 |
| Victoria, Vancouver and Skagway | 12,500 | 12,500 | 12,500 |
| Charlottetown, Victoria and Holiday's Wharf | 2,500 | 2,500 | 2,500 |
| Victoria and Vancouver Island (west coast) | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| Victoria and San Francisco | 3,000 | 2,971 | 3,000 |
| Petitcodiac River and Cumberland County, New Brunswick | 2,000 | 2,500 | - |
| North Shore River St. Lawrence, between Quebec and Harrington | - | 25,983 | 28,000 |
| Newcastle, Neguac and Escouminac, Miramichi River | 2,500 | 2,263 | 2,500 |
| Pelee Island and mainland | 5,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 |
| Froudes Point and Lockport | 600 | 600 | 600 |
| Prince Rupert, British Columbia and Queen Charlotte Islands | 8,000 | 8,000 | 11,333 |
| Riviere-du-Loup and Tadoussac | 12,000 | 12,000 | 10,855 |
| St. John and St. Andrews, New Brunswick | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 |
| Kenora, Rainy River and Fort Frances | 8,000 | 7,051 | 5,017 |
| Vancouver and northern ports of British Columbia | 16,800 | 16,800 | 16,800 |
| Expenses in connection with the supervision of subsidized steamship services | 2,596 | 2,593 | 2,852 |
| Total subsidies and subventions | 2,383,687 | 2,162,653 | 1,768,757 |
| Note: The figures in the above table are taken from the Canada Public Accounts, as issued by the Finance Department: they represent the amounts paid in connection with contracts made under statutory authority by the Department of Trade and Commerce (Trade and Commerce is called Industry Canada now) for trade services, including the conveyance of mail. | |||
| 1. Under special statute. | |||
| Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book 1916-17. | |||
