QUARTER ENDED 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1894.
In order to place before those interested in the trade of the country, statements of the values of Imports and Exports, Revenues and Expenditures, as compared with figures showing those for the corresponding month and months in the previous year, and such other general information, including Tariff Changes, as it may be important to Canadian exporters and others that they should be furnished with as early as possible after coming into force, the Minister of Trade and Commerce has directed the publication of Reports supplemental to those issued annually, commencing with one for the Quarter ended the 30th September, 1894.
The statistical figures embodied in these Reports respecting Imports, Exports, Revenues and Expenditures, it must be understood, are unrevised and consequently may not aggregate at the end of the fiscal year those in the statements as published in the Annual Report, but as they are approximately correct, the finally ascertained differences will not be so great as to detract from their present usefulness.
Although it has not been found practicable to always give the source from which the information given has been derived, the statements in respect of Tariff Changes and general trade have been in most cases taken or compiled from published official documents; in those instances where not from official sources care has been taken to publish only what has the appearance of being authentic.
With these brief explanations the following first Quarterly Report is submitted. W. G. PARMELEE,
Department of TRADE AND COMMERCE,
OTTAWA, 30th September, 1894.