Roughing It in the Bush eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 662 pages of information about Roughing It in the Bush.

Roughing It in the Bush eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 662 pages of information about Roughing It in the Bush.
3,485 barrels of Potash ....................     L27,880   0   0
33,198     "      Flour .....................     33,198   0   0
357 bushels of Grass seed ................        133  17   6
1,450     "      Barley ....................        181   5   0
4,947     "      Peas ......................        594  14   0
4,349     "      Rye .......................        434  18   0
37,360     "      Wheat .....................      7,472   0   0
198 barrels of Pork ......................        396   0   0
54     "      Beef ......................         74   5   0
1,141 Sheep-skins ..........................        114   2   0
4,395,590 feet square Timber ...................     74,903   2   6
173 kegs of Butter .......................        540  12   6
Furs .................................        716   0   0
Fatted Cattle ........................      1,840   0   0
High Wines ...........................      3,098   0   0
Whiskey ..............................      1,830   0   0
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L153,411  16   6

Our exports to the United States are made up as follows: 

30,686 bushels of Wheat .....................     L6,137   4  11
3,514     "      Rye .......................       351   8   0
3,728     "      Peas ......................       466   0   0
90     "      Barley ....................         9   0   0
316     "      Grass seed ................       118  10   0
18,756 barrels of Flour .....................    18,756   0   0
338     "      Potash ....................     2,366   0   0
1,000 bushels of Potatoes ..................        62  10   0
92    M.      Shingles ..................        23   0   0
117    M.      Laths .....................        43  15   0
18,210 lbs.        Rags ......................       190   0   0
9,912 lbs.        Wool ......................       481  19   6
466 Sheep-skins ..........................        57  10   0
61 kegs of Butter .......................       122   0   0
19,648,000 feet sawed Lumber ....................    21,296   0   0
513 Cows .................................     2,052   0   0
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L52,532  17   5

The River Moira passing through Belleville, where it discharges itself into the Bay of Quinte, is one principal source of its prosperity.  The preceding statement will show the quantity of sawed lumber exported, most of which is furnished by the saw-mills of Belleville, or its immediate vicinity.  Besides saw and flour-mills, there are cloth and paper manufactories, a manufactory of edge tools; pail manufactories, where great quantities of these useful articles are made at a low price by machinery; planing machines, several iron foundries breweries, distilleries, &c., in almost all of which establishments steam-engines, or water-power from the river, are used.  A remarkable feature in Belleville, in common with other towns in Canada, is the great number of tailoring and shoe-making establishments, when compared with towns of an equal population in Great Britain.  This shows, more than anything I am aware of, the general prosperity of the people, who can afford to be large consumers of such articles.

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