CAIN ADA DEPARTMENT OF MINES MINES BRANCH EfoN. W. TEMPLEMAN, MINISTER; A. P. LOW, LL.D., DEPUTY MINISTER; EUGENE HAANEL, Pn.D., DIRECTOR. THE PRODUCTION OF IRON, AND STEEL IN CANADA During the Calendar Years 1907 AND 1908 BY JOHN McLEISH, B.A. Chief of the Division of .3,Iineral .Resources and Statistics OTTAWA GOVERNMENT PRINTING BUREAU 1909 .5893-1 No. 42 ADVANCE CHAPTER OF THE ANNUAL REPORT ON THE MINERAL PRODUCTION OF CANADA DURING THE CALENDAR YEARS 1907 AND 1908. (Tons used throughout this report are short tons of 2,000 lbs., except where otherwise stated.) IRON AND STEEL. INTRODUCTION. The accompanying statistical review of the iron industry in Canada is divided into two sections; the first dealing with the production of iron ores, and the second with the production of pig iron and steel. Although iron ores are of wide occurrence throughout Canada, being found: in practically every province, and in many cases in un.doubted quality, and quan- tity, nevertheless, the development of our iron or deposits has not kept pace with the growth of our iron metallurgical industries. The total production of iron ore in Canada up to date, ha,s probably not exceeded: 5,000,000 tons, while our present rate of production varies from 300,000 to 400,000 tons per annum. Newfoundland, where we obtain from 650,000 to 'i00,000 tons per annum: for use at Sydney—is. producing close to 1,000,000 tons per year. Since 1896, or during the past thirteen years, we have imported: nearly 8,000,000 tons of ore, chiefly from Newfoundland and the south shore of Lake Superior, for use in our Canadian. smelters. The reasons for this large importation of ores, when we have apparently such important and extensive deposits of our own, are, probably, chiefly economic. In Nova Scotia the Newfoundland ores can be laid down at Sydney more cheaply and more certainly than the local ores, while in Ontario, although numer- ous iron ranges are known across the northern portion of the Province north of Lakes Superior and Huron, questions of transportation have undoubtedly delayed their development in some cases, while in others the ores are of too . low grade to compete with the other sources of supply. At the present time there are in Canada about seven or eight producing mines, and of these, only one, the Helen mine, is producing over 100,000. tons per annum. During the past few years the Mines Bran.ch has been carrying on special in- vestigations into the iron ore re„source,s of Canada, and the. following reports have already been published:— The Iron Ore Deposits of Nova Scotia, by Dr. J. E. Woodman,. The Iron Ore Deposits of Thunder Bay and Rainy River District, Ontario, by F. Hille, M.E. The Tungsten Ores of Canada, by Dr. T. L. Walker. Chrome Iron Ore Deposits of the Eastern Townships, Quebec, by Fritz Cirkel, M.E. 5893-11/2 Material. 1008. 1007. Short Tons. Short Tons. Iron ore shipped • Canadian iron ore charged to furnaces Imported n Pig iron made Steel ingots and castings made Finished rolled iron and steel products made (a) Canadian coke charged to iron furnaces Imported Pig iron imported Iron and steel goods imported 312,856 238,082 244,104 209;266 1,117,260 1,051,445 651,962 630,835 706,982 588,763 672,200 566,099 521,068 492,076 327,082 325,670 (b) 150,157 (c) 212,290 (b) 632,868 (c) 851,813 4 Iron Ore Deposits along the Ottawa (Quebeo side) and Gatineau Rivers, Quebec, by Fritz Cirkel, M.E. • Iron Ore Deposits of Vancouver and Texada Islands, by Einar Lindeman, M.E. The production of pig iron and steel in Canada has become an important industry, though dependent to a very large extent, on imported supplies of ore and fuel. The growth of the industry has, no doubt been greatly stimulated by - the payment of bounties on the part of the Dominion government. Production is as yet confined to the eastern half of Canada, chieflY in the provinces of Ontario • and Nova Scotia. There are sixteen completed blast furnaces, with a total daily capacity of about 2,665 tons. The general business depression. of 1908 resulted in only a slightly &creased production of pig iron in that year, while a rapid recovery is indicated by the greatly increased rate of production being maintained during the early months of 1909. The rapid growth of population, the extensive railway construction being undertaken, the replacement of wooden bridges by steel On old railways, and the increasing Use of steel in building construction, all mean a great, increase in our consumption of iron and steel goods, so that in 1908, although our own furnacas turned out 630,835 tons of pig iron, we imported in addition over a million tons of iron and steel. A summary of the chief statistics of the production of iron ore, pig iron, and steel are given hereunder, while many details Will be found in subsequent pages. Statistical Summary of Iron Ore, and Iron and Steel Production, 1907-8. (a) Statistics collected and published by American Iron and Steel Association. (b) Nine months ending March, 1907. 1. The 'figures given do not show the total quantities of (c) Twelve months ending March, 1908. J iron and steel goods imported, as in many cases the quantities are not given in the trade returns. 1907. 1908. 8 cts. 2 39 2 13 312,856 568,1.89 238,082 666,941 Character of Ore. Short Tons. Value. Per Ton. Short Tons. Value. Per Ton. Magnetite Hematite Carbonate • Bog 50,073 205,795 42,740 14,248 2 12 2 30 1 11 2 77 49,946 173,164 4,869 10,103 106,252 473,532 47,701 39,456 $ 124,534 416,127 5,434 22,091 $ cts. 2 49 2 40 1 12 2 19 5 IRON ORE. • The total production (shipments) of iron ore from mines in Canada in 1908 was 238,082 tons valued at $568,189 at shipping point, as compared with 312,856 tons valued at $666,941 in 1907, and 248,831 tons valued at $522,242 in 1906. By provinces the production during the past three years was as follows:- IRON.-TABLE 1. Production of Iron Ore by Provinces, 1906-7-8. • 1906. 1907. 1008. Provinces. • Tons. Value. Tons. Value. Tons. Value. $ 8 $ Nova Scotia .. ... 97,820 151,386 89,839 137,161 11,802 17,620 Quebec.. , .. ...... 9,933 32,938 12,748 34,956 10,103 22,094 Ontario ... ... .. , 141,078 337,918 207,769 488,324 216,177 528,475 British Columbia... , . . .... ...... .. . 2,500 6,500 248,831 522,242 312,856 . 666,941 238,082 568,189 The production during . 1907 and 1908, classified as mag-netites, hematites (including brown ores), carbonates and bog ores, was as follows:- IRON.-TABLE 2. Classified Production of Iron ère, 1907-8. The decreased ore production in 1908, as compared with 1907, was chiefly in hematite and carbonate ores.. The latter are used extensively as a flux at the Londonderry furnace, which was in operation for thirty-eight days only, in 1908. •The shipments from the Helen mine at Michipicoten were also somewhat less than. in 1907. Calendar Year. 1 6 The magnetite,s represent shipments mainly from eastern Ontario, but include in 1907 shipments from Atikokan, as well as small shipments from the Barachois mine, Cape Breton, and Texada island, B.C.; while in 1908 a small shipment of magnetite was made from the deposit being developed at Moose mountain, Ontario. The hematites include the ores mined at Torbrook and Acadia mines, Nova Scotia (from the latter of which the carbonate ores are also obtained), and the Flelen mine, Michipicoten. The bog ores are obtained: and'used in the Province of Quebec, but include, in 1907, a small shipment from Quatsino sound: in Van- couver island, B.C. , A record of the production of iron ore in. past years is shown in. Tables 3 and 4 following:- IRON.-TABLE 3. Production of Iron Ore by Provinces, 1886-1908. Nova Scotia. Quebec. Ontario' C Total. B ol i u i in tis b h ia. Calendar Year. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. 1886 44,388 . 16,032 3,941 64,361 1887 43,532 13,404 16,598 2,796 76,330 1888 42,611 10,710 16,894 8,372 78,587 1889 54,161 14,533 ...... ..... 15,487 84,181 1890 49,206 22,305 76,511 1891 53,649 14,380 950 68,979 1892 78,258 22,690 ..... .... 2,300 103,248 1893 102,201 22,076 1,325 125,602 1894 89,379 19,492 1,120 109,991 1895 83,792 17,783 1,222 102,797 1896 58,810 17,630 ' 15,270 196 91,906 1897 23,400 22,436 2,770 2,099 50,705 1898 19,079 .17,873 21,111 280 58,343 1899 28,000 19,420 25,126 2,071 74,617 1900 18,940 19,000 82,950 1,110 122,000 1901 18,619 15,489 272,538 7,000 313,646 11,02 16,172 18,524 359,288 10,019 404,003 1903 40,335 12,035 209,634 2,290 264,294 1004 61,293 16,152 141,601 219,046 1905 84,952 12,681 193,464 291,097 1006 97,820 9,933 141,078 248,831 1907 89,839 12,748 207,769 2,500 312,856 1908 11,802 10,103 216,177 238,082 • IRON.-TABLE 4. Production of Iron Ore in Nova Scotia, 1876-1885. Calendar Year. Tons. Tons. 15,274 16,879 36,600 29,389 51,193 1876 1877 . 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 • 1884 1885 39,843 42,135 52,410 54,885 48,129 Nova e§cotia.—Although there are two. important iron smelting centres in this Province, Sydney and Sydney Mines on the one han.d, and Londonderry on, the other, the latter is the only furnace at which Nova Scotia ores are now used.. The Sydney furnaces employ Newfoundland ores almost exclusively. The local ore production is obtained mainly from the Acadia mines at .Londonderry, and the Torbrook mines in Annapolis county, both operated by the Londonderry Iron & Mining Co., Ltd. The total shipments in 19.08 were only 11,802 tons, as com- pared with 89,839 tons in 1907, the Londonderry furn.ace having been shut down the greater part of the year. In 1907 shipments were made from the BrookÉeld mine and from Barachois, Cape Breton, in addition ta the mines already men- tioned. A comprehensive report on the iron: ores of Nova Scotia, by Dr. J. E. Wood- man, has recently been published by the Mines Branch. Quebec.—In this Province bog ores are mined in the counties of Champlain, Joliette, Drummond, Nicolet, St. Maurice, and Vaudreuil, and smelted in small charcoal furnaces at Radnor Forges and Drummondville. In 1908, there were 10,103 tons of these bog ores shipped to the above-mentioned furnaces, as com- pared with 12,748 tons in 1907. Magnetite ores from Ontario are used with these ores in the Radnor furnaces. Ontario.—In this Province the production was obtained from four mines in 1908, and five in 1907. The largest output is secured from the Helen mine at Michipicoten. This ore, which is mainly a red hematite, is shipped: to the blast furn.aces at Sault Ste. Marie, Midland, and Hamilton, and to the United States market. About 1,400,000 tons have been shipped d,uring the past nine years. In the western part of the Province the Atikokan. mine was operated; during 1907; the ore, a magnetite, being shipped to the n.ew blast furnace at Port ,Arthur. Neither mine nor furnace, however, was worked; during 1908. The Moose Mountain mine, thirty miles north of Sudbury, which has been undergoing development for several years, made a small shipment in 1908. The ore, a magnetite, is shipped via the Canadian Northern railway to Key Har- bour, a part on Georgian bay, whence shipments can be made to any of .the lake ports. This mine will probably supply a . considerable tonnage of ore during:the next feNv years. In eastern Ontario, shipments of magnetite were made in 1907 from the Wilbur and Radnor mines on the Kingston and Pembroke railway, and from the Mineral Range mine on the Central Ontario railway, to the blast furnaces at Sault Ste. Marie, Midland and Deeronto, Ont, and Radnor Forges, Que., small quantities being also shipped to the Ontario Iron & Steel Co., at Welland, Ont., and to the Electric Reduction Co., at Buckingham, Que. In 1908 the Radnor mine was not operated; the Mineral Range mine was worked under lease by the Canada Iron Furnace Co., shipinents being made to their furnaces at .Midland and Radnor Forges, Que.; while the output from the Wilb-ur mine was shipped to Sault Ste. Marie. eritish) Colmei)a.—This Province is not as yet an important producer of iron ore. Small shipments have been made from time ta time, chiefly.from Tex- Name of Owner. Address. Name of Mine. LoCation of Mine. Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Co., Ltd., Londonderry Iron & Mining Co *J. McDougall & Co *Canada Iron Furnace Co *Canada Iron Furnace Co Wilbur Iron Ore Co., Ltd Mineral Range Iron Mining Co., Ltd The Lake Superior Corporation Moose Mountain, Ltd Atikokan Iron Co., .Ltd Puget Sound Iron Co New Glasgow, Montreal, Que Montreal, Que.. Montreal, Que. Montreal, Que Toronto, Ont Bessemer, Ont Sault Ste. Marie, Ont Selwood, Ont. Port Arthur, Ont.. Van Anda„ B.0 Barachois, C.B. Colchester co., N.S. Colchester co., N.S. Annapolis, N.S. Drummond, Nicolet and other counties. Gratton tp., Renfrew county, Ont. Levant tp., Lanark county, Ont. 11layo tp., Hastings county, Ont. Michipicoten, Ont. Hutton tp., Nipissing- dist., Ont. Rainy River dist., Ont. Texada, island, B.C. Quatsino sound, B.C. Barachois { Acadia. Brookfield Torbrook. Bog ores .. Bo; ores Radnor Wilbur mine,., Mineral range Helen mine Moose mountain Atikokan Bog ore 8 ada island. This ore is a magnetite, and about 1,000 tons are reported as having- been shipped in 1907; in addition, about 1,500 tons of bog or é were shipped from Quatsino sound .according to the provincial mineralogist. No shipments were made in 1908. Following is a list of the principal producers of iron ore:— , * Consolidated under the Canada Iron Corporation, Limited. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. During the past thirteen years the iron smelting industry in Canada has had to draw more and more upon imported supplies of iron ore, a large portion of these supplies being, hovvever, derived from Newfoundland,• which can hardly be looked upon as a foreign. source. Still for purposes of commerce it has to be so considered. The total consumption of iron ore in Canadian furnaces in 1908 was 1,246,141 short tone, made up of 194,699 tons of Canadian ore and 1,051,445 tons of imported ore. The Can_adian, production was, therefore, only about 19 per cent of our requirements. Previous to 1896 the furnaces were s -upplied altogether by Cana- dian. ores. The quantities of Canadian, and imported' ores annually charged to blast furnaces since 1887 are shown. in. Table 10. The Department of Customs does not separately publish statistics of iron ore imports. • Since the opening of the Helen mine at Michipicoten considerable quantities of iron ore have been exported to the United States. The statistics of exports for both calendar and fiscal years are shown in the two tables following, the statistics for the fiscal' year having been added, to compare with the record of imports of iron ore into the United States from Canada, as published in the Foreign Corn merce and Navigation of the -United States,' Washington, D.C., and shown in Table 6a. It so happened that from 1901 to 1906 the figures in the Canadian reports were inaccurate, owing to reasons explained: in footnotes to the tables. Calendar Year. Tons. Value. Calendar Year. Tons. Value. 1893 1894 1895 1806 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901* 1002* • 1903* 1004* 1005* 1906 1007. 1908 7,590 21,294 3,909 1,911 811 278 9,538 18,511 306,199 428,901 868,233 168,828 168,289 74,778 25,901 (a) 2,419 1,571 1,033 403 182 4,145 5,527 762,283 1,065,019 922,571 401,738 407,681 149,177 45,907 9 IRON.-TABLE 5. Exports of Iron Ore. Calendar Years, 1893-1908. *The export figures for the five years indicated are incorrect owing to a duplication of entries. (a) The figures for the Trade Report for this year include the products, and are, therefore, omitted. IRON.-TABLE 6. Exports of Iron Ore. Fiscal Years, 1879-1908. Fiscal Year. Pons. Value. Fiscal Year. Tons, Valu". 8 8 1879 3,562 7,530 1894 1,859 9,026 1880 30,524 76,474 1895 2,315 5,743 1881 44,677 114,850 1896 14 35 1882 43,835 135,463 1897 1,320 2,492 1883 44,914 138,775 1898 360 .. 402 1884 25,308 66,549 1899 1,849 4,968 1885 54,367 132,074 1900 4,327 7,689 1886 7,542 23,059 1901* 58,401 150,657 1887 23,345 71,934 1902* 525,983 1,303,901 1888 13,544- 39,915 1903* , 293,510 733,230 1889 24,752 60,289 1904* 233,850 579,883 1890 13,811 31,376 1005* 224,908 540,909 1891 14,648 32,582 1906*.. .. ........ 148,040 345,540 1892.. .... .... ......... 7,707 36,935 1007t 34,191 65,367 1893 7,811 26,114 1908. 26,310 46,686 " 3;3 foptiuts to Table 5 f Nine months ending March 31, 1907. IRON.-TABLE Ca. Imports of Iron Ore into the 'United States from Canada, 1893-1908.* Short Short Year ending June 30. Value. Year ending June 30. Value. Tons. Tons. $ $ 1893 7,706 17,186 1901 34,453 76,159 1894 301 756 1902 309,527 685,540 1895.. 2,681 10,114 1903 144,725 320,263 1896 39 142 1904 126,995 283,765 1897 2,535 5,243 1905 129,241 245,623 1898 1,313 2,904 1906 113,80 220,112 1899 2,585 5,120 1907 34,731 52,765 1900.. .. . ... ........ 4,477 5,550 1908 32,124 55,617 *Compiled from the 'Foreign Commerce and Navigation of the United States.' 5893,-2 366,456 10,047 275,459 651,962 10 PIG IRON AND STEEL. The total production of pig iron in Canadian furnaces in 1908 'w as 630,835 short tons (563,246 long tons) valued at the furnace ab $8,111,194, as compared with a production of 651,962 short tons (582,109 long tons) valued at $9,125,226 in 1907, and 598,411 short tons (534,296 long tons) valued at $7,955,136 in 1906. The year 1907 was a year of maximum output in the Canadian iron industry. The business depression of 1908; following the financial panic of that year in the United States, resulted in a falling off of only 21,127 tons, or 3.2 per cent in the output of pig iron in Canada in 1908. This decrease is insignificant com- pared to that which took place in the United States, where the pig iron production in 1908 was over 38 per cent less than the production in 1907. These figures of production do not include the output from two' electric fur- nace plants making ferro-products, situated at -Welland, Ontario, and Bucking- ham, Quo., of which returns were not received. Of ,the total output of pig iron during 1908 about 6,709 tons valued at $171;383 were made with charcoal as fuel, and 624,126 tons valued! at $7,939,811 with coke. In 1907 the quantity made with 'charcoal was 10,047 tons valued at $232,004, and with coke 641,915 tons valued' at $8,893,222. According to the American Iron and Steel Association, -which has collected and published statistic,s of iron and steel production in Canada, the production of basic pig iron in 1908 amounted to 375,659 short tons, as against 382,208 short tons in 1907; and the production of Bessemer pig iron was 126,348 short tons in 1908, as against 173,499 tons in 1907. The total production of pig iron. in 1907 and 1908 is shown by provinces in the following table, the average values per ton being also indicated. In the case of Nova Scotia a large proportion of the pig iron is directly con.verted to steel, and in large part the value is estimated and does not necessarily represent a market value. The Quebec production is entirely charcoal iron of a high grade. IRON.—TABLE 7. Production of Pig Iron by Provinces, 1907-8. 1907. 1908. Tons. Value, Tons. Value. Value per ton. Value per ton. a O co g Province. 352,642 6,709 271,484 630,835 Nova Scotia Quebec.. Ontario Total ..... 4,211,913 11 49 232,004 23 09 4,681,309 16 99 9,125,226 13 99 3,554,540 10 08 171,383 25 55 4,385,271 16 15 8,111,194 12 86 Per Cent. (d) 37 (d) 332 (d) 1•4 (d) 3'2 11 The proPortions of the whole contributed by the several provinces were,. ii 1908: Nova Scotia, 56 per cent; Ontario, 43 Per cent; and Quebec about 1 per: cent. The provinces have maintained this relative order of importance in pig. iron production during the past eight years,. During the past four years the, production has exceeded half a million tons annually; while from 1898 to 1904 the production ranged from 100,000 tons to 300,000 tons per annum. Statistics of the total production of pig iron since 1887 by provinces are given in Table 8. IRON.-TABLE 8. Annual Production of Pig Iron by Provinces, 1887-1908. i NOVA SconA. ONTARIO. QUEBF.C. TOTAL. Year. Tons. Value. Tons. Value. Tons. Value. Tons. Value. 8 $ $ 8 1847 19,320 250,000 . 5,507 116,192 24,827 366,192 1888 17,556 211,403 4,243 101,832 21,799 313,235 1889 21,289 388,202 4,632 116,670 25,921 499,872 1890 18,382 262,608 3,390 69,080 21,772 331,688 1‘91 21,353 309,527 2,538 59,374 23,891 368,901 1892 40,019 583,556 . 2,394 53,865 42,443 637,421 1893. .. 46,472 553,408 9,475 236,875 55,947 790,283 1894 41,344 449,533 .... ..... 8,623 196,914 49,967 646,447 1895. 35,192 417,088 7,262 169,653 42,454 586,736 1896 32,351 400,829 28,302 368,942 6,615 154,358 67,268 924,129 L897 22,500 230,000 26,115 291,466 9,392 217,235 58,007 738,701 L898 21,627 221,677 48,253 530,789 7,135 159,929 77,015 912,395 1899 31,100 404,300 64,749 808,157 7,094 164,849 102,943 1,377,306 1900 28,133 421,995 62,387 938,725 6,055 140,978 96,575 1,501,698 1901 151,130 1,764,017 116,371 1,599,413 6.875 149,493 274,376 3,512,923 L002.' ... 237,244 2,477,767 112,888 1,584,273 7,970 181,501 357,902 4,243,541 1903 201,246 2,186,273 87,001 1,345,464 9,635 210,973 297,885 3,742,710 [901, 164,488 1,700,130 127,845 1,746,126 11,121 241,729 303,454 3,687,985 [005 261,014 2,440,722 256,704 3,868,197 7,588 166,267 525,306 6,475,186 1906; 315,008 3,439,217 275,558 4,338,275 7,845 177,644 598,411 7,955,136 90 1 7 366,456 4,211,913 275,459 4,581,309 10,047 232,004 651,962 9,125,226 008. ... . 352,642 3,554,540 271,484 4,385,271 6,709 171,383 630,835 8,111,194 5893-n 1908. 1907. Canadian Quantity . Value. . and Quantity. Value. Imported. Per Cent. $ Canadian iron ore and mill cinder tons. 244,104 726,633 18 ) 209,266 741,491 Imported iron ore n 1,117,260 2,493,921 821 1,051,445 2,432,484 Canlidian coke. u 521,068 1,654,079 01 I 492,076 1,604,411 *Imported coke. u 327,082 1,731,098 39j 325,670 7,525,711 Charcoal bushels 1,682,085 128,495 . 1,121,990 85,738 Canadian lhnestone tons. 395,593 298,097 81 1 418,661 289,705 Imported ■ 1 u 92,959 77,738 19 f 64,404 53,436 Canadian and Imported. Per Cent t13 .31 64(9) } ... 13 j The quantities of iron ore, coke, charcoal, limestone, etc., consumed in blast r aces in 1907 and 1908 are shown, as folloves:— IRON.—TABLE 9. Ore, Fuel, and Flux charged to Blast Furnaces, in years 1907-8: • *Including coke made from imported coal. • Previous to 1896 the pig iron made w.as entirely from Canadian ore. Since that date, however, increasing quantities of imported ore have been used, as well as imported fuels and fluxes, until in 1908 about 83 per cent of the ore charged, 40 per cent of the coke, and 13 per cent of the limestone were imported'. This condition is, of course, due not to non-existence of the raw materials in the country; but rather to questions of costs and transportation affecting each fur- nace. Thus at Sydney, N.S., the ore used is practically all imported from New- foundland, while the fuel and flux are of Canadian 'origin. At Londonderry the industry is based entirely on Canadian materials, as is also the case in Quebec. province. In Ontario .a portion of the ore is imported-65 per cent of the charge in 1908—the coke fuel is all imported, and in the cases of the furnaces at Sault Ste. Marie and Port Arthur the flux is imported. IRON ORE CHARGED. Calundar Year FUEL CHARGED. Limestone Canadian. (a) *Coke froniCana- dian Coal. Imported Coke. Imported. Charcoal. Tons. I Tons. I Bush. I Tons. I Tons. I Tons. 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 189 9 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 60,434 940,400 33,581 ... ...... 17,171 54,956 804,286 30,228 16,857 65,670 755,800 36,333 . 22,122 57,301 539,860 34,073 18,478 60,933 441,812 32,796 11,377 96,948 1,121,365 52,622 22,967 124,053 1,302,720 65,332 27,797 108,871 1,173.970 60,026 35,101 93,208 789,561 51,629 ... ...... 31,585 96,560 46,300 756,600 50,067 33,990 37,462 53,658 55,722 1,031,800 35,800 27,810 31,273 57,881 77,107 836,400 31,952 50,407 33,913 66,334 120,650 1,923,025 44,844 64,648 51,826 71,341 1. 2,042 1,799,737 45,021 59,345 52,966 156,613 361,010 1,835,736 207,835 115,367 169,399 125,664 559,381 2,146,623 362,208 112,314 293,594 82,035 485,911 2, 32,030 350,190 96,540 277,452 180,932 454,671 3,477,470 257,182 130,210 211,278 116,974 861,847 4,404,394 365,897 243,882 369,715 221,733 982,740 2,168,476 462,672 304,676 456,036 244,101 1,117,260 1,682,085 521,068 327,082 488,462 209,266 1,051,445 1,121,990 492,076 325,670 483,065 13 Statistics showing the quantities of ore, fuel, and flux, charged to Canadian blast furnaces since 1887, are shown in the following table:- IRON.-TABLB 10. Iron Ore, Fuel, and Flux charged to Furnaces since 1887. (a) Includes mill cinder. *Includes for the first ten years small quantity of coal. In the tabulated statement showing the total Diineral production of Canada, the production of pig iron from Canadian ore only is given. This has been arrived at .by separating the total production at each furnace into two classes, viz., pig iron from Canadian ore and pig iron from imported ore, the separation being made on the basis of the Canadian and imported ores entering into the pro- duction of pig; iron at each respective furnace. 14 The production durine the' past thirteen years separated in this way has been as folloWs ' Pig iron Pig iron Pig iron Pig iron Calendar Year. from from Calendar Year. from from Canadian ore. Imported ore. Canadian ore. Imported ore. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. 1896 40,720 26,548 1903 42,052 255,833 1897 26,200 31,807 1904 68,297 235,157 '1898 30,553 46,402 1905 68,170 457,136 1899 34,244 6 ,699 1906 104,660 493,751 1900 35,387 61, 188 1907 107,599 544,363 .1901 83,100 191,276 1908 99,420 531,415 1902 71,664 286,238 Of sixteen completed furnaces fifteen were in blast in 1908, for varying periods of time. The operating companies, with numbers and capacities of fur- naces, were as follows:— Dominion Iron and Steel, Sydney, C.B.: four completed furnaces of 275 tons 'capacity each per day; operated throughout 1907 and 1908, with the exception of one furnace which was idle during nine and a half months of 1908. Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company, Limited, New Glasgow, N.B.: one fur- nace at Sydney Mines, C.B., of 200 tons capacity; operated throughout 1907, and eleven months of 1908. Londonderry Iron and Mining Co., Limited, Londonderry, N.S.: one fur- nace of 100 tons capacity; operated about nine months in 1907, and thirty-eight •days in 1908. John McDougall & Co., Montreal, Que.: two small furnaces of seven and eight tons capacity at Drummondville, Que. ; one fijrnace operated throughout 1907, and :both for about half of 1908. Canada Iron Furnaoe Company, Limited, Montreal, Que. : one furnace of fifty tons daily capacity at Radnor Forges, Que.; operated throughout 1907, and six months of 1908. One furnace of 150 tons at Midland, Ont.: operated nine and a half mon.ths in 1907, and 'eleven months in 1908. Deseronta Iron. Company, Limited, Deseronto, Ont. : one furnace with a daily capacity of 50 tons; operated three and a half months in 1907, and' • two months in 1908. Hamilton Steel and Iron Company, Hamilton, Ont.: two furnaces, one of 200 'tons capacity; operatéd throughout 1907, and forty-nine days in 1908; a second fur- nace of 300 tons capacity, operated fifty-two days in 1907, and throughout 1908. Algoma Steel Company, Limited, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.: two furnaces at 'Steelton near Sault Ste. Marie, of 250 tons capacity each; operated ten and a half months in 1907, and seven and a half months in 1908. The Atikokan Iron Company, Limited, Port Arthur, Ont.: one furnace of 100 -tons capacity; operated for about five months in 1907, but idle throughout 1908. The total daily capacity of the sixteen furnaces is about 2,695 tons. The number of .men employed in 1908 was reported as 1;380, and wages paid, '$750,224. • Of the sixten completed furnaces ten were in blast and six idle on December '31, 1908. Fiscal Year. Tons. Tons. Value. 1880. 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890.... ...... 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1006 1907* 1908 Pm IRON. CHARCOAL PIG IRON. TOTAL. Value. 371,956 715,997 1,023,012 1,144,74)) 720,310 572,759 588,569 631,808 648,012 864,752 1,148,078 1,085,929 886,485 766,567 518,755 372430 406,317 327,161 405,636 472,034 850,226 555,154 585,803 1,354,926 894,728 857,879 1,401,047 2,281,535 3,493,600 23,159 43,630 63,431 77,493 52,184 43,398 45,648 50,214 48,973 72,115 87,613 81,317 68,918 62,793 45,282 34,417 37,048 28,702 39,436 46,216 51,583 35,783 40,016 92,612 62,515 71,095 96,797 150,157 212,290 Value. ' Tons. 371,956 715,997 811,221 1,085,755 653,708 545,426 528,483 554,388 648,012 864,752 1,148,078 1,085,929 886,485 682,209 483,787 341,259 304,591 291,788 382,103 452,911 811,490 548,033 585,077 1,338,574 894,728 857,879 1,401,047 2,280,860 3,448,125 Ï1') a) (b) (11)à 23,159 43,630 56,594 75,295 49,291 42,279 42,463 46,295 48,973 72,115 87,613 81,317 68,918 56,849 42,376 31,637 36,131 25,766 37,186 44,261 49,767 35,293 39,978 91,730 62,515 71,005 96,797 150,127 210,053 6,837 2,198 2,893 1,119 3,185 3,919 5,944 2,906 2,780 917 2,936 2,250 1,955 1,816 490 3S 882 30 2,237 211,791 58,994 66,602 27,333 60,086 77,420 84,358 34,968 31,171 11,726 35,373 23,533 19,123 38,736 7,121 726 16,352 675 45,475 15 The furnace p. lantà operated by the Canada Iron. Furnace Co., and John McDougall & Co., have been consolidated under one general management, known as the Canada Iron Corporation, Ltd. Very little pig iron is exported from Canada. Con.siderable quantities are, "however, imported. During the -twelve months ending March, 1908, the imports .of .ordinary pig iron Were 210,053 tons, valued at $3,448,125, and of charcoal pig, 2,237 tons valued at $45,475. The imports during the fiscal year 1907 (nine months ending March) were 150,127 tons of ordinary pig, valued at $2,280,860, . end 30 tons of charcoal pig, valued at $675. The ann.ual imports of these two classes of pig iron since 1880 are shown in the following table. The duty on pig iron. is $2.50 per ton, IRON.-TABLE 11. Annual.Imports of Pig Iron since 1880. * Nine months ending March. (a) Comprises pig iron of all kinds. OA These figures appear in Customs reports under heading iron in pigs, iron kentledge and cast-iron.' 16 • World's production.—The production of pig iron in other countries is given hereunder for the past four years, in eider to show the relative position occupied by Canada in the production of this metal. IRON.—TABLE 12. Production of Pig Iron in Principal Countries of the World from 1905 to 1908: metric tons 2,204.62 lbs. 1905. 1906. 1907. 1908. Metric Tons. Metric Tons. Metrié Tons. Metric Tons. United States 23,310,258 25,706,882 26,193,863 16,190,994 Germany 10,987,623 12,478,067 13,045,760 11,813,511 United _Kingdom 9,746,221 10,311,778 10,082,638 9,438,477 France 3,077,000 3,319,032 3,588,949 3,391,150 Russia . 2,125,000 2,350,000 2,768,220 2,748,000 Austria Hungary 1,372,300 1,403,500 1,405,000 1,390,900 Belgium 1,310,290 1,431,160 1,427,940 1,206,440 Sweden 531,200 552,250 603,100 563,300 Canada.... . 476,549 542,869 591,149 572,283 Spain 383,100 387,500 385,000 375,000 Italy 31,300 30,450 32,000 32,500 Other countries 655,000 650,000 556,900 550,000 ' Totals 54,035,841 59,163,488 60,680,819 48,271,655 * With the exception of those for Canada these figures are talten from the Mineral Industry, New York, 1908. FERRO-PRODIJOTS. These are made in small quantities in electric furnaces at Buckingham, Que., and Welland, Ont. The operating companies, however, have not furnished the Department with any returns of production. At Buckingham the Electric Reduction Company, Ltd., has for a n.umber of years been making ferro-chrome, ferro-silicon, ferro-phosphorus, and other pro- ducts. At Welland, Ont., the ElecÙo ,Metals Company, Ltd., has four furnaces , of from 1,000 to 1,500 horse-power each, in which ferro-silicon is made, the daily. production being from five to eight tons. This firm is also conducting experi- ments on the reduction of iron ores in electric furnaces. The imports of ferro-nianganese, ferro-silicon, etc., into Canada since 1887 are shown in Table 13, the statistics indicating to some extent the home market for these products. 1907. 1908. Short Tons. Value. Short Tons. Value. 8 Description. Ingots, open-hearth (basic) Bessemer (acid). Castings, open-hearth Other steels 9,157,703 4,293,791 2,031,380 129;716 7,684,277 2,535,287 617,126 79,912 459,240 225,989 20,602 1,151 443,442 135,557 9,051 713 Total 15,612,590 10,916,602 706,982 588,763 17 IRON.-TABLE 13. Imports of Ferro-Manganese, etc., 1887-1908. Fiscal Year. Tons. Value. Fiscal Year. Tons. Value. 8 s *1887 123 1,435 1.1898 1,418 22,516 *1888 1,883 29,812 11899 1,160 22,539 *1889 5,868 72,108 1-1900 1,149 39,064 *1890, 696 18,895 1'1901 1,512 38,954 *1891 2,707 40,711 1.1902 6,513 150,977 *1892 1,311 23,930 11903 6,350 162,710 '1893 529 15,858 -1 1904 2,975 75,554 *1894 284 9,885 '11005 12,935 246,815 1-1895 164 5,408 t1906 15,023 462,739 . 1-1896 652 12,811 1.1907 (9 months) 16,414 610,875 1-1897 426 9,233 1.1908 17,417 612,062 * These amounts include : ferro-manganese, ferro-silicon, spiegel, steel bloom ends and crop ends of steel rails, for the manufacture of iron or steel. Ferro-silicon, spiegeleisen, and ferro-manganese. STEEL. Returns for the year 1908 from eight companies making steel showed: a total output of ingots and castings of 588,763 short tons valued at $10,916,602, as compared with 706,982 tons valued at $15,612,590 from seven companies in 1907. These figures are made up as follows:- IRON.-TABLE 14. Production of Steel, 1907 and 1908. .Statistics of production of steel ingots and castings since 1894 aie given in the following table, the figures from 1894 to 1906 inclusive having been collected and - published: by . the American Iron and Steel Association, those for 1907 and 1908, being as above. 5893-3 18 MON.-TABLE 15. Annual Production of Steel Ingots and Castings, 1894-1908. • Short Short Short • Calendar Year. Calendar Year. .Calendar Year. Tons. Tons. Tons. 1894 28,767 1899 24,640 1904 166,381 1895 19,040 1900 26,406 1905 451,863 1896 ' 17,920 1901. . 29,214' 1906 639,396 1897 20,608 1902 203,881 1907 706,082 1898 24,125 1903 203,296 1908 588,763 Following is a list of firms making steel:- • Dominion Iron & Steel Co., Sydney, C.B. Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Co., New Glasgow, N.S. Montreal Steel Works, Ltd., Montreal, Que. The Algoma Steel Co., Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. The Hamilton Steel & Iron Co., Hamilton, Ont. The Wm. Kennedy Sons., Ltd., Owen Sound, Ont. The Ottawa Steel Castings Co., Ltd., Ottawa, Ont. The Ontario Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., Welland, Ont. The American Iron and Steel Association collects and publishes annually very complete statistics of the production of iron and steel in Canada, as well as in the United States, and vee are indebted to this authority' for the follow- ing statistics of the production of finished rolled iron and steel in Canada:- Finished Rolled Iron and Steel.-The prod'uction of finished rolled iron and , steel in Canada in 1908 amounted to about 496,517 long tons, as compared with about 600,179 long tons in 190'7, a decrease of 103,662 tons, or over 1'7.2 per cent. Of the total , production in 1908 about 65,505 tons were iron, and about 431,01 tons were steel, against about 81,093 tons of iron and about 519,086 tons of steel in 1907. The following table gives the production of leading articles of finished rolled iron' and, steel in Canada in the la.st five years:- Products-Gross Tons. 1904. 1905. 1906. 1007. 1908. • Rails 36,216 178,885 312,877 311,461 268,692 Structural shapes and ,wire rods 11.195 48,850 48,351 65,541 41,520 Plates and sheets 3,102 4,944 15,202 18,493 11,656 Nail plate 5,030 4,110 2,183 1.720 2,126 Ail other finished rolled forms ........ . 124,495 149,037 . 193,129 202,964 172,523 Total, 180,038 385,826 571,742 600,179 . 496,517 1 Annual Statistical Report of the American Iron and Steel Association for 1908, p. 82. Years. Years. Years. Gross Tons. Gross Tons. Gross - Tons. 1895. 1896 1897 1898 1899 • 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 ........ 1906 .. . 1907 1908 66,402 75,043 77,021 90,303 110,642 100,690 112,007 161,485 129,516 180,038 385,826 571,742 600,179 496,517 19 The following table gives the production of all kinds of finished rolled iron and steel in Canada from. 1895. to 1908 in gross tons:— 'Forged Iron and Steel.—The total production of forged iron and steel by rolling mills and steel works in Canada in 1908 amounted to about 14,738 tons, of which about 2,300 tons were iron, and about 12,438 tons were steel. ' Out Nails and Wire Nails.—In 1908 the rolling mills and steel works in Canada' which operated cut nail or wire n.ail factories, produced about 298,000 kegs of steel cut nails and steel \vire nails of 100 pounds each, as compared with about 313,200 kegs in 1907, and about 347,000 kegs in 1906. Active Rolling *Mills and Steel Works.—In 1908 there were twenty-five work's in five provinces which made steel ingots or castings, or rolled iron_ or steel into finished forms, against twenty-two works in five provinces in. 1907, a gain of three works. Of the total in 1908 there were nineteen works which rolled iron or steel into finished forms, and six works which made steel ingots or castings, but not finished forms of rolled iron or steel; while in 1907 the number of works which rolled iron or steel into finished' forms was sixteen, and the number of \vorks which did not produce finished rolled forms was six. There were two idle rolling mills and steel works in Canada in 1908. 'Of the twenty-five rolling mills and steel works in Canada which were active in 1908, five were located in Nova Scotia, six in Quebec, twelve in Ontario, one in New Brunswick, and one in Manitoba.' BOUNTIES. • Bounties on iron, and steel made in Canada were provided: for by the Dominion government in 1897 (Chapter 6, Statutes of Canada, 1897). This Act was amended in 1809 (Chapter 8, Statutes of Canada, 1899), and again in 1903 (Chapter 68, Statutes of Canada, 1903). The latter Act provided for the payment of bounty until June 30, 1907. On April 27, 1907, a new Act was passed (Chapter 24, Statutes of Canada, 1907), providing for the further payment of bounties from January 1, 1907, to December 31, 1910, and in the case of pig iron made by electric smelting until December 31, 1912. The Act is as follows:— 20 An Act Respecting Bounties on Iron and Steel made in Canada. (Assented to, 27th April, 1907.) His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senat,e and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:— 1. The Governor in Council may authorize the payment out of the Consoli- dated Revenue Fund of the following bounties on the undermentioned articles when manufactured in Canada for consumption therein, viz.:— (a) In respect of pig iron manufactured rom ore, on the proportion from Canadian ore produced during the calendar year:— 1907.. .. . „ . $2 10 per ton. 1909.. .. 1 70 e' (b) In respect of pig iron manufactured from ore, on the proportion from foreign ore produced during the calendar year:— 1907.. $1 10 per ton. (c) On puddled bar iron manufactured from pig iron made in. Canada during the year:— 1907.. $1 65 per ton. 1909.. .. 1910.. .. 0 60 " (cl) In respect of rolled, round wire rods not over three-eighths of an, inch diameter, manufactured in Canada from steel produced in Canada from ingred- ients of which not less than fifty per cent of the weight thereof consiste of pig iron made in Canada, on such wire rods made after the thirty-first day of Decem- ber, one thousand nine hundred and six, six dollars per ton. (e) In respect of steel manufactured from ingredients of which not less than fifty per cent of the weight thereof consists of pig iron made in Canada, on such steel made during the calendar ye,ar:— 1907_ $1 65 per ton. .. 1 65 " 1910. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 60 " 2. No bounty shall be paid under the foregoing provisions in respect of iron or steel made in Canada by electric process after the thirty-first day.of December, one thousand nine hundred and eight. 1. The Governor in Council may authorize the payment out of the Consoli- dated Revenue Fund of the following bounties on the undermentioned articles when manufactured in Canada for consumption therein, viz.:— Pig iron made from Canadian ore. .... ■ ; imported ore. Total pig iron Steel ingots Steel wire rods Totals 21 (a) On pig iron manufactured from Canadian ore by the process of electric smelting during the calendar year:— 1909... .. $2 10 per ton. •(5) On steel manufactured by electric process from, pig iron smelted in • Canada by electricity from Canadian ore during the calendar year:— 1909.. $1 65 per ton. • 2. Bounty, as on pig iron under this section, may be paid upon the molten iron which in the electric fli.nace enters into the manufacture of steel by the direct process, the weight of the steel so manufactured. 3. No bounty shall be paid on steel ingots from -which steel blooms and billets for exportation from Canada are manufactured. 4. The Governor in Council may make regulations to carry out the intention iof this Act. 5. The Minister of Trade and Commerce shall be charged with the adminis- tration of this Act.. 6. Chapter 8 of the Statutes of 1899, Chapter 68 of the Statute,s of 1903, and Chapter 39 of the Statutes of 1904, are repealed. 7. This Act shall be deemed to have come into force on the first day of Jan- uary, one thousand nine hundred and seven.' The amount of bounties paid on iron and steel during the calendar years 1907 and 1908, ,aS kindly furnished by the Department of Trade and Commerce, was as follows:— IEON.—TABLE 16. Bounty paid during the Calendar Years 1907 and 1908. 1907. Product on which. Bounty was paid. 1908. Tons. Bounty-. 1 Tons. . Bounty. 8 95,91497 201,421 47 101,647 213,458 34 537,80345 591,583 80 517,427 569,169 93 633,71842 793,005 27 619,074 782,628 27 666,58987 1,099,873 37 556,289 917,876 63 68,73622 412,417 26 49,630 297,778 68 1,369,044'51 2,305,295 00 1,224,993 1,998,283 58 Total Bounties. Tons. Tons. Bounties. Bounties. Company. On Pig Iron from Can- adian Ore. On Pig Iron from lin- ported Ore. Algoma Steel Co., Ltd Canada Iron Furnace Co., Ltd.: Midland, Ont Radnor Forges, Que Deseronto Iron Co., Ltd.., . Dominion Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. Electric Reduction Co., Ltd.. Hamilton Steel and Iron Co., Ltd Londonderry Iron and Mining Co. ' Ltd. John McDougall & Co Nova Scotia, Steel and Coal Co 90,533'63 24,40734 1,63532 3,13500 161,754'42 24,97471 $ cts. 83,087 44 20,712 54 1,453 62 2,194 50 135,631 23 21,714 48 29,006 54 $ cis. 104,655 91 23,353 24 5,440 11 2,598 75 135,631 23 235 20 53,741 90 28,505 79 2,062 58 29,006 54 21,01398 28,505 79 1,41263 2,062 58 67,22392 91,430 93 349,041 . 02 293,800 35 385,231 28 16,56749 1,65738 2,76006 386' 00 11200 23,31538 $ cts. 21,568 50 2,640 70 3,986 49 404 25 . 235 20 32,027 42 Tons. ' 191,734'62 188,82552 39,58243 29682 34,78909 Company. Algoma Steel Co., steel ingots Dominion Iron and Steel Co., steel ingots Hamilton Steel and Iron Co., steel ingots puddled iron bars II II Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Co., steel ingots Bounty. $ cts. 243,636 54 234,844 28 50,22,0 47 311 66 46,557 81 455,228'48 575,570 79 '22 The amount of bounties paid to the several companies, and the quantities of the different products on which the bounties were paid, as compiled from the reports of the Auditor General, are shown in the accompanying tables for the fiscal period of nine months ending March, 1907, and twelve months ending March, 1908. Bounties paid on Pig Iron manufactured in Canada during nine months ending March, 1907. Bounty paid on Steel Ingots and Puddled Iron Bars, during nine months end- ing March 1907. -Bounties paid on articles manufactured from Steel, during nine months ending March, 1907. Tons. 49,761'175 7,134740 293'730 6,048830 "Company. . Dominion Iron and Steel Co. ' Ltd., Sydney, C.B., steel wire rods (not more than g" diameter) at $6 Hamilton Steel and Iron Co., angles, etc., at $3 Montreal Rolling Mills Co., angle bars, at $3 Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Co., Ltd., angles and plates, at $3 , Bounties. $ cts 298,567 05 21,404 22 881 19 18,146 51 338,998 97 23 Bounties paid on Pig hon manufactured in Canada, Fiscal Year 1907-8. ON FIG IRON FROM ON Pm IRON FROM (IUMDUN ORE. IMPORTED ORE. Tote Company. Bounties. Tons. Bounties. Tons. Bounties $ cts. . $ cts. $ cts. Algoma Steel Co., Ltd. .. ... .. 29,46207 61,870 36 122,39932 134,639 26 196,509 62 Atikokan Iron Co., Ltd 8,25822 17,210 46 17,210 46 Canadian Iron Furnace Co., Ltd.: Midland, Ont 6,59168 13,842 52 21,34670 23,481 38 37,323 90 Radnor Forges, Que. ... 5,21160 10,944 36 2,67713 2,944 86 13,889 22 Deseronto Iron Co. ' Ltd 93800 1,969 80 4,84500 5,329 50 7,299 30 Dominion Iron and Steel Co., Ltd 3360 70 56 317,89976 349,139 74 349,210 30 Hamilton Steel and Iron Co., Ltd 37,08300 77,874 28 52,07985 57,287 81 135,162 09 Londonderry Iron and Mining Co. ' Ltd 17,82929 37,441 52 ....... .... 37,441 52 John McDougall 84 Co 2,55625 5,368 12 5,368 12 Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Co., Ltd 45800 961 80 57,67311 63,440 42 64,402 22 108,42171 227,553 78 578,42087 636,262 97 863,816 75 Bounties paid on Steel Ingots and Steel Wire Rods, Fiscal Year 1907-8. Steel ingots at $1.65. Steel wire rods,at $6. Company. Tons. Tons. Bounty. Bounty. $ cts. $ cts. .Algoina Steel Co., Ltd Dominion Iron and Steel Co Hamilton Steel and Iron Co., Ltd Lake Superior Iron and Steel Co Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Co Ontario Iron and Steel Co 204,55508 322,76981 52,92620 10,606'42 70,92973 15259 337,515 88 532,570 20 87,328 22 17,500 60 117,034 04 251 77 57,85581 347,134 89 661,939'83 1,092,200 71 57,85581 347,134 89 Corporations. 1908. 1907. Algoma, Steel Co., Ltd Atikokan Iron Company, Ltd Canada Iron Furnace Co., Ltd • • Doseronto Iron Co. Ltd. 'Dominion Iron and Steel Co., Ltd Electric Reduction Co., Ltd Hamilton Steel and Iron Co., Ltd Londonderry Iron and Milling. Co., Ltd John McDougall & Co Lake Superior Iron and Steel Co Montreal Rolling Mills Co. Nova Scotia, Steel and Coal Co., Ltd. Ontario Iron and Steel Co cts . 348,292 48 28,793 35 2,598 75 669,042 56 235 20 125,678 25 28,505 79 2,062 58 881 19 93,710 89 1,299,801 04 $ cts. 534,025 50 17,210 46 51,213 12 7,299 30 1,228,915 39 222,490 31 37,441 52 5,368 12 17,500 60 " »181,43626 251 77 2,303,152 35 Value. „, 8,077 33,595 13,504 33,926 436,793 77,232 163,719 185,430 48,909 128,417 477,766 651 290 9,697 3,720 92,566 8,258 28,062 10,614 126,590 285,257 109,002 169,939 73,807 57,631 59,304 1,169,674 24 Total bounties paid to each company for the nine months ending March 31, 1907, and for the Fiscal Year ending March 31, 1908. EXPORTS AND LUPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL GOODS. The value of the exports of iron and' steel products from Canada in 1908'. was $2,098,138, as compared with $1,607,368 in 1907. Details are shown,in Table 17 below.' IRON.-TABLE 17. Exports of, Iron and Steel goods the product of Canada during the Calendar Years 1907 and 1908. 1907. Quantity. Quantity. Value. 1908. Stoves . No. 698 Castings, N.E.S $ Pig iron Tons. 439 Machinery (linotype machines) e, N.E.S Sewing machines No. 4,193 Typewriters. " • 5,430 Scrap iron and steel • Cwt. 229,229 Hardware, tools, etc $ • N.E.S it Steel and manufactures of 1,607,368 2,098,138 Totals Tons. 212,290 17,661 6,356 69,213 126,172 98,640 373,871 52,706 25,080 2,741 57,046 22,357 25 The total imports of iron and! :steel goods, as compiled from the annual reports of Trade and Navigation, are given in Table 19, showing the imports subject to duty, and Table 20, showing the imports free of duty. The total value of the imports during the fiscal year ending March, 1908, was $61,819,698, as compared with a value of $43,222,626 during the nine months ending Marcha 1907, and a value of $43,235,380 during the twelve months ending June 30, 1006. • The -weights or quantities are in many cases not given, so that it is not pos- sible to state the total tonnage of iron and steel imported. A minimum estimate of the tonnage imported can, however, be arrived at by selecting those items for which the weight is given. • This ha's been done and the results are given in Table 18. It is apparent that the imports of iron and steel during the nine months ending March, 1907, exceeded 783,025 tons; while during the twelve months ending March, 1908, the imports exceeded 1,064,133 tons. IRON.—TABLE 18. Imports of some Iron and Steel products of which the quantities are available. historiai. Twelve Nine months' ending.nonths end- March, 1907. I in March g190S. Tons. 150,157 16,582 19,150 39,945 107,701 106,175 173,411 78,288 16,637 3,537 58,239 13,203 783,025 Pig iron Ferro-products and chrome steel Ingots, blooms, billets, puddled bars, etc. Scrap and scrap steel Plates and sheets ' Bars, reds hoops, bands, etc • Structurafiren and steel Rails and connexions Pipe and fittings Nails and spikes Wire . Forgings, castings and manufactures Total 1,064,133 1,896 5,269 117 7,817 5,620 2,876 220 82 2,043 697 5,832 5 1,321 2,262 290 17,818 687 449 4,181 219 736 163 6,523 12,942 177,287 8,328 4,573 82,759 315,360 10,402. 3,838 613 14,337 1,047 23 6.309 212,783 8,815 498,444 558 18,147 1,142 10,895 3,854 289 22,886 46.235 332,263 48,147 60,334 9,917 154,418 5,491 2,837 123 11,466 3,446 880 562 44 4,436 1,117 1,729 180 2,305 SOO 1,673 16,551 . 1,589 1,044 11,967 531 2,441 222 4 6,469 3,720 277,945 48,471 405,634 57,788 . MON.-TABLE 19, Imports of Iron and Steel Goods subject to Duty. Nine Months ending March, 1907. Twelve Months ending March, 1908. Material. Quantity. Value. Value. Quantity. Agricultural implements, N.O.P., viz.:- Binding attachments 8 Cultivators and weeders No Drills, seed t, Farm, road or field rollers Forks, pronged n Harrows • Harvesters, self-binding . ■ Hay loaders n Hay tedders n Hoes Horse rakes . Knives, hay or straw y Knives, edging, Lawn mowers u Manure spreaders ,. Mowing machines ,. Plou,ghs n Post hole diggers Potato diggers. . Rakes, N.O.P. Reapers Scythes D(..z. Sickles or reaping hooks ,. Snaths , le Spades and shovels of iron or steel, N.0 P ., Spade and shovel blanks, and iron or steel cut to shape for the same r, Parts of agricultural implements paying 12 per cent and 17?2- per cent 8 , ■ r 124„ 174 and 20 per cent ,, All other agricultural implements, N.O.P u Anvils and vises Cart or wagon skeins or boxes Lbs. Springs N.O.P. and parts thereof, of iron or steel, for railway, tramway, or other vehicles.. Cwt. 639 44,983 87,334 18,052 6,548 50,988 85,662 26,432 1,374 g 1,034 • 28, 474 1,207 223 12,884 73,407 47,668 438,129 1,019 41,179 3,350 25,688 12,951 463 • 17 29,877 5,788 314,193 314,598 75,259 70,537 7,035 12.4,001 43,895 , 1,497,690 79,722 431,034 26,371 81,991 (See free list) 16,735 269,331 195 11 28 3,230 659 1,197 7,077,317 89 17,417 3,021,923 297,329 94,441 244,992 210,053 2,237 674 3,052,107 1,352,400 5,324,865 237,872 279,505 13,852 47,815 383,003 67,433 150,127 30 16,414 66,221 5,627 1,479 1,972 350 38 2 2,147,709 75,261 194,551 2,280,860 675 256,835 558,091 297,824 360,203 198,686 159,365 53,603 62,804 547 4,412 180,264 1,953 305,535 564,681 467,554 .36,270 ' 338,651 151,204 597,567 8,758 610,875 531,028 136,558 2,580,823 65,773 262,134 593,672 598,358 458,489 281,304 52,864 1,033 16,346 1,233,089 12,002 19,880 693,153 422,585 274,1'58 67,161 51,014 499,050 5,224 612,062 149,219 578,090 10,212 416,163 135,177 645 608 3,448,125 45,475 336,405 912,371 136,858 Axle and axle parts, N.O.P., and axle blanks and parts thereof of iron or steel for railway, tramway, or other vehicles a Bar iron or steel, rolled, whether in coils, bundles, rods or bars, comprising rounds, ovals, squares and fiats, N.O.P II Butts and hinges N.0 P $ Canada plates, Russia iron, tern plate, and rolled sheets of iron and steel coated with zinc, spelter or other metal, of all widths or thicknesses, N.O.P Cwt. Castings, iron or steel, N.0 P $ Cast iron pipe of every description Cwt. Cast scrap iron. Tons ChaMs, coil chains, chain links, and chain shacldes of iron or steel of " diameter, and over Cwt. Chain, malleable sprocket or link belting for binders $ Chains, N.O.P Tacks, shoe ' Lbs. Nails, brads, spikes and tacks of all kinds, N.O.P a Engines, etc.:- Locomotives for railways No. Motor cars for railways and tramways II Engines, fire. a a gasoline a a .steam a Boilers, steam a a N.O.P Fire extinguishing machines, including sprinklers for fire protection $ Fittings, iron or steel, for iron or steel pipe of every description Lbs. Flat eye-bar blanks, not punched or drilled, for use exclusively in the manufacture of bridges or of steel structural work, or in car construction Tons. Ferro-silicon, spiegeleisen, and ferro-manganese • a Forgings of iron and steel of whatever size, shape, or in whatever stage of Manufacture, N.O.P., and steel shafting, turned, compressed or polished and hammered, drawn or cold rolled iron or steel bars or shapes, N.O.P Lbs. Hardware, viz.: Builders, cabinet-makers, upholsterers, harness-makers, saddlers and car- riage hardware, including curry-combs, N.O.P $ Horse, mule and ox shoes II Iron or steel billets, weighing not less than 60 lbs. per lineal yard Cwt. ingots, cogged ingots, blooms, slabs, puddled bars, and loops, or other forms, a N.O.P., less finished than iron or steel bars, but more advanced than pig iron, except castings a II bridges or parts thereof, iron or steel structural work, columns, shapes or sec- tions, drilled, punched or in any further stage of manufacture than as rolled or cast, N.O.P Tons. Iron in pig a a charcoal a Locks of all kinds $ Machines, machinery, etc. :- Automobiles and motor vehicles of all kinds No. If II a parts of $ 16,065 784 7,058 109 595 1,648 113 708 203 25 700 21 14 649 23,051 2,801 • 36,171 178,951 2,302 2,321 1,033,868 23,352 71,052 386,583 266,427 ..... 96,254 268198 96,745 22,569 546,068 241,445 135,899 707,949 38,331 257,522 8,005,310 IRON.-TABLE 19-Continued. Imports of Iron and Steel Goods subject to duty. Nias months ending," March, 1907. Twelve months eliding IVIarch, 1908. Mat erial. Quantity. Value. Value. Quantity. Fanning mills - No. Grain crushers . Windmills and complete parts thereof. . Ore crushers and rock crushers, stamp mills, cornish and belted rolls, rock drills, air compressors, cranes, derricks and percussion coal cutters $ Portable machines :- Fodder or feed cutters - No.. Horse-powers for farm purposes. . Portable engines with bailers in combination and traction engines for farm purposes . Portable sawmills and planing mills . Steam shovels . ThreShing machine separators . . . . parts of, including wind-stackers, baggers, weighers, and self-feeders for same, and finished parts thereof for repairs, when impôrted separately . S Threshing machine outfits, when consisting of traction or portable engine and separator All other portable machines, N.O.P., and parts No. Sewing machines . . . parts of _ S Slot machines ,, No. Machines; typewriting . type-casting and type-setting, and parts thereof, adapted for use in printing offices . Machines specially designed for ruling, folding, binding., embossing, ereasing or cutting paper or cardboard, when for use exclusively by prniters, bookbinders and by manu- facturers of articles made from paper or cardboard, including parts thereof, com- posed wholly or in part of iron, steel, brass or wood $ Machines for carding, spinning, weaving or knitting,•imported bY manufacturers for such purposes 8 Lithographic presses and type-maldng accessories for same Printing presses All machinery composed wholly or in part. of iron or steel, N.O.P., and iron or steel castings, and iron or steel integral parts of all machinery specified in tariff item 453 . 1,307 42 519 415 12 530 38 637 1,056 13,317 533 4,420 15 18,202 1,259 27,556 115,588 5,023 1,209 583,598 38,241 326,439. 36,653 160,597 254,071 16,547 283,350 59,474 157,508 5,028,003 (free list) 14,566 80,299 49,187 1,278,084 1,225 55,193 859 40,046 660,869 1,064,890 1,474,074 2,202,516 52,735 99,977 105,568 285,670 317,512 539,220 419,733 666,288 230,839 581,624 1,998 6,930 7,706 147,004 200,357 41,141 12,788 17,603 4,124 29,850 7,870 53,561 2,862 -10,359 59,665 27,017 Malleable iron castings Cwt. Nails and spikes, composition and sheathing nails Lbs. Nails and spikes, cut (ordinary builders) Cwt. Railway spikes u Nail wire of all kinds, N.0 P u Nails and spikes, wrought and pressed, trunk, clout, coopers, cigar box, Hungarian, horse- shoe and other nails Lbs. Mould boards, or shares or plough plates, land sides and other plates for agricultural imple- ments, cut to shape from rolled plates of steel, but not moulded, punched, polished or otherwise manufactured Cwt. Pulleys, belt for power transmission Pumps, hand, N.0 P No. Iron and steel railway bars or rails of any form, punched or not, N.O.P., for railways, which term for the purposes of this item shall include all kinds of railways, street rail- ways and tramways, even although they are used for private purposes only, and even although they are not used or intended to be used in connexion with the business of common carrying of goods or passengers Tons. Railway fish-plates If . Railway tie-plates u Rolled iron or steel angles, tees, beams, channels, girders and other rolled shapes or sections, not punched or drilled or further manufactured than rolled, N.0 P Cwt. i Rolled ron or steel beams, channels, angles and other rolled shapes of iron and steel, not punched, drilled or further manufactured than rolled, weighing not less than 35 its. per lineal yard, not being square, flat, oval or round shapes, and not being railway bars or rails . Rolled iron or steel angles, beams, channels, building or structural rolled sections or shapes, not punched, drilled or further manufactured than rolled, N.O.P., and fiat eye bar blanks not punched or drilled Rolled iron or steel hoop, band, scroll or strip, 8" or less in width, No. 18 gauge and thicker, N.E.S If Rolled iron or steel hoop, band, scroll or strip, 12" or less in width, No. 13 gauge and thicker, N.O.P u Rolled iron or steel hoop, band, scroll or strip thinner than No. 18 gauge, N.E S . Rolled iron or steel hoop, band, scroll or strip, No. 14 gauge and thinner, galvanized or coated with other metal or not, N.O.P u Rolled iron or steel sheets or plates, sheared or unsheared, and skelp iron or steel, sheared or rolled grooves, N.O.P Cwt. Rolled iron or steel plates not less than 43" wide and exceeding r in thickness If Rolled iron or steel plates not less than 30" in width and not less than i." in thickness, 1\T.O.P . Rolled iron or steel sheets, No. 17 gauge and thinner, N.O.P tf Rolled iron or steel sheets and strips, polished or not, No. 14 gauge and thinner, N.O.P . Rolls of chilled iron or steel u Sad or smoothing hatters' and tailors' irons $ Safes, doors for safes and vaults . Screws, iron and steel, commonly called ' wood screws,' N.O.P., including lag or coach screw.s, plated or not, and machine or other screws, N.O.P Gross. 14,620 51,252 21,192 3,899 48,941 90,105 3,583 12,477 137,989 7,452 36,180 100,070 470 153,049 72,811 1,867,865 4,960 215,045 953,024 1,293,390 458,975 704,889 288,392 415,164 31,677 54,379 28,740 51,790 25,391 73,158 28,776 62,670 277,333 458,046 3,163 5,000 342,157 543,283 177,435 390,899 83,316 183,429 12,536 32,293 11,304 139,198 167,586 24,561 106,128 765,816 8,982 1,910 73,273 965,335 433,427 33,766 46,550 88,733 102,858 3,045 3,764 309,690 11,560 7,952 264,334 • 195,464 89,428 484,585 9,456 2,084 94,616 1,201,942 48,672 Ce 469,881 c) 16,267 143,781 371,795 321,982 29,942 7,884 221,140 • 130,265 IRON.-TABLE 19-Continued. Imports of Iron and Steel Goods subject to Duty-Continued. Nine months ending March, 1907. Twelve months ending March, 1908. Material. Quantity. Value. Value. Quantity. Scales, balances, weighing beams, and strength-testing machines of all kinds $ Shafting; round, steel, in bars not exceeding 4-" diameter Cwt. Sheets, flat, of galvanized iron or steel u Sheets, iron or steel, corrugated, galvanized. . tl _ Sheets, iron or steel, corrugated, not galvanized ■ 1 Skates of all kinds, roller or other, and parts thereof Pairs. Skelp iron or steel, sheared or rolled ingrooves, imported by manufacturers of wrought i iron or steel pipe, for use exclusively n the manufacture of wrought iron or steel pipe in their own factories Cwt. Steel billets, N.O.P u _ Stoves of all kinds, for coal, wood, oil, spirits or gas $ Stove urns of metal, and dovetails, chaplets and hinge tubes of tin for use in the manufac- ture of stoves ■ t. Swedish rolled iron and Swedish rolled steel-nail rods under e diameter, for the manu- facture of horseshoe nails Cwt. Switches, frogs, crossings and intersections for railways It Tubing :- Wrought or seamless tubing, iron or steel, plain or galvanized, threaded and coupled, or not, over 4" diameter, N.O.P $ Wrought or seamless tubing, iron or steel, plain or galvanized, threaded and coupled, or not, 4" and less in diameter, N.O.P t ■ Seamless steel tubing, valued at not less than 3 cents per lb Cwt. Rolled or drawn square tubing of iron or steel, adapted for use in the manufacture of agricultural implements $ Iron or steel pipe or tubing, plain or galvanized, riveted, corrugated or otherwise special- ly manufactured, including lockjoint pipe, N 0 P It Boiler tubes of wrought iron or steel, including flues and corrugated tubes for marine' boilers n, Tubes, seamless steel for bicycles Ir Tubes of rolled steel, seamless, not joined or -welded, not more than 1 " diameter... $ Iron or steel pipe, not butt or lap welded, and wire bound wood-en pipe, not less than 30" internal diameter, when for use exclusively in alluvial gold mining u Tubing, wrought iron or steel, plain or galvanized, threaded and coupled, or not, over 2" diameter, N.E S rl 240,595 2,813 965 72,397 669,532 . ...... . 14,373 10,334 680 43,387 153,069 2,812 522 114,340 701,709 32,681 (Free list.) 28,69 5,331 80,816 61,766 124,343 23,508 113,407 506,698 131,597 318,820 496,726 656,501 629 1,559,650 146,064 1,969,592 2,237,772 11,099,983 5,503,924 48,555 34,217 685 29 85,769 ' 23,689 7,377 57,924 442,416 310,090 408,945 199,218 co sa. 571,286 1,638 74,020 15,826 74,789 166,538 4,871 269,118 630,449 4,583 95,343 21,785 415,686 294,521 454,429 5,054 341 25,227 74,796 387 48,063 494,585 13,718 1,584 70,457 4,566 33,092. 7,076 8,513 23,609 458,082 264,094 232,263 217,080 150,734 412,666 72,541 220,699 277,549 Tubing, wrought iron or steel, plain or galvanized, threaded and coupled, or not, 2" or less in diameter n Other iron or steel tubes or pipes n Ware-Agate, granite, or enamelled iron or steel ware n 17Vare-Galvanized sheet iron, or of galvanized sheet steel manufactures, N.O.P. n Ware-Iron or steel hollow ware, plain black or coated, N.O.P., and nickel and aluminium kitchen or household hollow ware n Wire bale ties Bundles of 250 ties 2,456 Wire bound wooden pipe, N.O.P Wire cloth or woven wire and netting of iron or steel Lbs. 487,953 Wire, crucible cast steel, valued at not less than 6 cents per lb n 73,523 Wire screens, doors and windows. $ Wise buckthorn strip fencing, woven vrire fencing, and wire fencing of iron and steel, N.O.P., not to include woven wire or netting made from wire smaller than No. 14 gauge, not to include fencing or wire larger than No. 9 gauge.... „ ... Lbs. 637,805 Wire, iron or steel galvanized 9-12 and 13 gauge Cwt. 447,496 Wire, single or several, covered with cotton, linen, silk, rubber or other material, including cable so covered Lbs. 1,508,528 Wire of iron and steel all kinds, N.O.P 8, 610,772 n Wire rope, stranded or twisted wire clothes lines, picture or other twisted wire and wire cables, N.0 P n 2,875,631 Iron or steel nuts, civets or bolts with or without threads, nut bolt, and hinge blank,.and T and strap hinges of all kinds, N.O.P Cwt. 37,653 Iron or steel scrap, wrought, being waste or refuse, including punchings, cuttings, and clippings of iron or steel plates or sheets having been in actual use : crop ends of tin plate bars, blooms and rails, the same not having been in actual use n 509,954 Penknives, jack-knives, and pocket knives of all kinds. $ Knives and forks of steel, plated or not, N.O.P All other cutlery, N.O.P If Guns, rifles including air guns and air rifles (not being toys), muskets, cannons, pistols, revolvers, or other fire arms n Bayonets, swords, fencing foils, and masks. n Needles of any material or lcind, N.O.P n Steel, chrome steel Cwt. 3,367 Steel plate, universal mill or rolled edge plates of steel over 12" wide, impozted by manufacturers of bridges or of structural work, or for use in car construction H 46,730 Steel plate universal mill or rolled edge bridge plate imported by manufacturers of bridges Cwt. 117,593 Steel in bars or sheets to be used exclusively in the manufacture of shovels when imported by the manufacturers of shovels n Rolled iron or steel, or cast steel in bars, bands, hoops, scroll or strip, sheet or plate of any size, thickness or width, galvanized or coated with any material or not, and steel blanks for the manufacture of milling cutters, when of greater value than 3 cts, per lb n 61,582 Steel in bars, hoops, scroll or strip, sheet or plates of any size, thickness or width, when of 'greater value than 2- cts. per lb., N.O.P n 85,301 Steel balls adapted for use in bearings of machinery and vehicles $ . Steel wool Cwt. . Value. Quantity. 76,797 35.383 181,750 87,046 1,017,391 202 cb,̀5D 3,980,631 • 51,435,456 61,132 18,064 166,292 71,872 902,191 1,175 3,018,633 38,444,744 3,114 IRON.—TABLE 19—Continued. Imports of Iron and Steel Goods subject to Duty—Continu' ed. Nine months ending March, 1907. Twelve Months ending March, 1908. Material. Quantity. Value. Tools and implements- Adzes, cleavers, hatchets, wedges, sledges, batnmers, crowbars, cant-dogs and track tools, picks, mattocks and eyes or poles for the same Axes Doz. Saws 8 Files and rasps, N.O.P Tools, hand or machine, of all kinds, N.O.P Knife blades or blanks, and table forks of iron and steel, in the rough, not handled, filed, ground or otherwise manufactured Manufactures, articles or wares of iron and steel, or, of which iron and steel (or either) are the component materials of chief value, N.O.P Totals 5,730 4,381 221,006 262,819 51,908 3,852 255,062 74,806 12,000 14,107 404,150 112,351 306,039 174,235 6,746 391,412 178,427 6,197 Qu'antity. 7,067 197,247 262,819 281,850 61,243 376,944 22,230 173,520 148,525 , 200,340 Value. 24,488 185,416 448,569 ea 136,476 200,054 295,122 460,423 942,880 441,416 960,765 47,878 302,351 341,727 176,518 IRON.-TABLE No. 20. Imports of Iron and Steel Goods free of Duty. Nine months ending March, 1907. Twelve months ending, March, 1908. Material. Anchors for vessels Cwt. Chain, malleable sprocket or link belting Cream separators, and steel bowls for Cream separators-materials which enter into the construction and form part of when im- ported by manufacturers of cream separators to be used in the manufacture thereof.... $ Gas buoys-The following articles and materiaLs, when imported by manufacturers of autotnatic gas buoys and automatic gas beacons, for use in the manufacture of such buoys and beacons for the Government of Canada or for export, viz., iron or steel tubes over 16" diameter, flanged and dished steel heads made from boiler plate, over 5 feet in diameter ; hardened steel balls, not less than 3" diameter ; acetelyne gas lanterns and parts thereof, and tobin bronze in bars or rods Iron or steel, rolled round wire rode, in the coil, not over g" diameter, when imported by wire manufacturers for use in making wire in the coil in their own factories Cwt. Boiler plate of iron or steel not less than 30" width, and not less than -k." thickness, for use exclusively in the manufacture of boilers Flat galvanized iron or steel sheets Rolled iron and steel, and cast steel in bars, band, hoop, scroll or strip, sheet or plate of - any size, thickness or width, galvanized or coated with any material or not, and steel blanks for the manufacture of milling cutters, when of greater value than 3;11 cts. per lb. u, Rolled iron or steel sheets in strips, polished or not, 14 gauge and thinner, N.O.P. . ..... Rolled iron or steel, hoop, band, scroll or strip, No. 14 gauge and thinner, galvanized or coated with other metal or not, N.0 P Iron or steel, beams, sheets or plates, anIdes, knees, masts or parts thereof, and vable chains for wooden, iron, steel or composite ships or vessels Locomotive and car wheel tires of steel in the rough. Scrap iron and scrap steel, old, and fit only tube remanufactured, being part of or recovered from any vessel vnecked in waters subject to the jurisdiction of Canada Quantity. Value. 75 124,552 228,138 257,142 7,166 53,601 29,340 1,060,945 47,687 415,930 165,638 10,130 361,278 5,678 15,148 25,804 - MON.—TABLE No. 20—Continued. Imports of Iron and Steel Goods free of Duty.—Contintted. Nine months ending March, 1907. Twelve months ending March, 1908. Material. Quantity. Value. Machinery:— Articles of metal as follows, when for use exclusively in raining and metallurgical oper- ations viz., coal cutting machines, except percussion coal cutters ; coal heading machines; coal augurs ; rotary coal drills ; core drills ; miners safety lamps and parts thereof, also accessories for cleaning, filling, and testing such lamps ; electric or .magnetic machines for separating or concentrating iron ores ; furnaces for the smelting of copper, zinc and nickel ores ; converting apparatus for metallurgical 'processes in metals ' • copper plates, plated or not ; machinery for extraction of precious metals by the chlorination or cyanide _ process ; afnalgam safes ; automatic ore samplers ; automatic feeders ; retorts ; mercury pumps ; pyrometers ; bullion furnaces amalgam cleaners ; blast furnace blowing engines; wrought iron tubine-, butt or lap welded, threaded or coupled, or not, over 4" diameter ; and integral parts of all machinery mentioned in this item Blowers of iron or steel of a class or kind not made in Canada, for use in the smelting of ores, or in the reduction, separation or refining of metals rotary kilns, revolving roasters and furnaces of metal of a class or kind not made in Canada, designed for roasting ore, mineral rock or clay; furnace slag trucks and slag pots of a class or kind not made in Canada Appliances of iron or steel, of a class or kind not made in Canada, and elevators and machinery of floating dredges, when for use exclusively in alluvial gold raining Well-drilling, and apparatus of a class or kind not made in Canada for drilling for water, natural gas or oil, and for prospecting for minerals, not to include motive power Briquette making; machines Newspaper printing presses, of not less value by retail than 81,500 each, of a class or kind not made in Canada No. Machinery and tools not manufactured in Canada up to the required standard necessary for any factory to be established in Canada for the manufacture of rifles for the Govern- ment of Canada - All ma,terials, or parts in the rough, unfinished, and screws, nuts, bands and springs to be used in rifles to be manufactured at a,ny such factory for the Government of Canada Machinery of every kind, and structural iron and steel for use in the construction and equip- ment of factories for the manufacture of sugar frona beet root 891,731 90 Value. Quantity. 88,864 1,988 126,328 83 11,849 35,947 823 19,725 3,610 3,477 976 3,890 815,084 77,501 402,373 69,851 18,115 188 9,294 11,433 208 3,765 1,520 2,327 969 22,360 1,000 241,520 14,340 608,039 35,460 Mould boards or shares, or plough plates, land sides, and other plate for agricultural imple- ments, when cut to shape from rolled plates of steel, but not moulded, punched, polished or'otherwise manufactured Cwt. Steel balls adapted for use on bearings on machinery, and vehicles 8 Steel, rolled, for saWs and straw cutters not tempered, or ground, nor further manufactured than cut to shape without indented edges Cwt. Steel strips, and flat steel wire when imported into Canada by manufacturers oE buckthorn and plain strip fencing, for use exclusively in their own factories in the manufacture thereof Steel wire, Bessemer soft drawn spring of Nos. 10, 12, and 13 gauge, respectively, and homo steel spring wire of Nos. 11 and 12 ga.uge, respectively, when imported by manu- facturers of wire mattresses, to be used exclusively in their own factories in the manu- facture of such articles Steel, crucible sheet, 11 to 16 gauge, 2r to 18" wide, for the manufacture of mower and reaper knives when imported by manufacturers thereof for use exclusively in the manu- facture of such articles in their own factories Steel No. 20 gauge and thinner, but not thinner than No.. 30 gauge, for the manufacture of corset steels, clock springs, and shoe shanks, imported by manufacturers of such articles for exclusive use in the manufacture of such articles in their own factories Steel wire, flat. of 16 gauge or thinner, imported by the manufacturers of crinoline, and corset wireS and dress stays, for use exclusively in the manufacture of such articles in their own factories Cwt. Steel, No. 12 gauge and thinner, but not thinner than No. 30 gauge, for the manufacture of buckle clasps, bed fasts, furniture casters, and ice-creepers, imported by the manufac- turers of such articles, for use exclusively in the manufacture of such articles in their own factories Steel No. 24 and 17 gauge, in sheets 63" long and from 18" to 32" wide, when imported by the manufacturers of tubular bow sockets for use exclusively in the manufacture of such articles in their own factories Steel springs for the manufacture of surgical trusses, when imported by manufacturers of surgical trusses for use exclusively in the manufacture thereof in their own fa,ctories... Lbs. Swedish rolled iron, and Swedish rolled steel nail rods, under half an inch in diameter, for the manufacture of horse shoe nails Cwt. Steel seamless tubing valued at not less than n cents per pound Steel or iron tubes, rolled, not joined or welded, not more than 1r diameter, N.O.P Seamless steel, or wrought iron boiler tubes, including flues and corrugated tubes for marine « boilers. • Barbed fencing. wire of iron or steel Cwt. Wire, crucible cast steel, valued at not less than 6 cents per lb Lbs. Wire, curved or not, galvanized iron or steel, Nos. 9, 12, and 13 gauge Cwt. Wire, steel, valued at not less than 2î cents per lb. when imported by manufacturers of rope, for use exclusively in the manufacture of rope • 30,768 13,723 22 4,656 7,873 253 3,391 378 1,508 1,454 230 356,605 1,680,018 192,012 207,966 4,409 158,379 871 24,202 • 49,779 1,228 24,631 4,245 5,832 706 44,168 10,465 10,423 655,203 572,766 • 2,765 1,341,416 142,467 10,334,242 4,777,882 Totals.