Alphabet of First Things in Canada Author:George Johnson Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Vessels, per Ton.Boats, per Boat.Vessel Fishermen, per Man.Boat Fishermen, per Man.1804. .......$!.'??$1.OO$6.r;1;$3.OO18ocI 3OI OO6.273.OO1896-71.001.OO5-oo3-5... more »oBounty on Beet Sugar—By Chap. 31, Acts of 1891, the Parliament of Canada gave a bonus of $1.00 per 100 Ibs., and in addition thereto 3 cents per 100 Ibs. for each degree or fraction over 70 degrees shown by the polariscope test, to producers in Canada of raw beet root sugar for a term of years ending on 3Oth June, 1893. In Session of 1893 the Act was extended to 3Oth June, 1895, producers to pay cost of Customs supervision. In Session of 1895 the bounty was made 75 cents per 100 Ibs. and an additional I cent per 100 Ibs. for each degree (or fraction) over 70 degrees, polariscope test, such bounty in no case to exceed $1.00 per 100 Ibs.: time extended to 1st July, 1897. The following bounties have been paid :— Year ended June soth,Quantity, Lbs.Value, $Average Rate per Lb., cts.1802 $23.767 1801.. . .... 20,568 1804..423.4327,7661.83 cts18951,546,52729,4491.90 "1806.. .1, 158,12O11, 7T?1.OI "Bounty on Pig Iron—The Dominion Parliament in 1883 authorized the payment of a bounty of $1.50 a ton of 2,000 Ibs. upon all pig iron manufactured in Canada. This bounty was continued until 1st July, 1889, when the rate was increased to $2.00 a ton until 1st July, 1897. In Session of 1894 an Act was passed, authorizing payment of a bounty of $2.00 per ton on all pig iron, and on all steel billets made in Canada from Canadian ore. These bounties are applicable till 26th March, 1899, in the case of furnaces in operation on 27th March, 1894, and in cases of furnaces beginning operations after that date, but before 27th March, 1899, for five years from the date of commencement. The Ontario Legislature in 1894 passed an Act appropriati...« less