The new international encyclopaedia . of thesecanals—the Welland, connecting Lake Erie withLake Ontario—is 26% miles in length and costover .$24,000,000. The severity of the winterseason stops navigation during that period, andwill always detract greatly from the otherwisesuperior advantages of the navigable waters. The province is rajiidly increasing in com-mercial importance. The imports for home con-sumption during the vear 1900 amounted to .$70,-200,000 as against $43,600,000 for the year is the leading import. The duty collectedhas grown correspondingly, and in 1900 was$10,700,0
The new international encyclopaedia . of thesecanals—the Welland, connecting Lake Erie withLake Ontario—is 26% miles in length and costover .$24,000,000. The severity of the winterseason stops navigation during that period, andwill always detract greatly from the otherwisesuperior advantages of the navigable waters. The province is rajiidly increasing in com-mercial importance. The imports for home con-sumption during the vear 1900 amounted to .$70,-200,000 as against $43,600,000 for the year is the leading import. The duty collectedhas grown correspondingly, and in 1900 was$10,700,000. The exports for the same yearamounted to $56,100,000. The foreign trade ofthe province is princijially with the TTnitedStates and England. The merchant marine in1900 consisted of 1064 steamers and 546 sailingvessels, with a combined tonnage of 141,112. Banks. In 1900 the chartered banks and bankbranches of the province numbered 306. Thepost-office savings banks numbered 487, hav-ing 101,000 depositors, and $23,637,000 on de-. c H -> ONTABIO. posit. There was also one Government savingsbank. GovEBNMENT. The relation between the Pro-vincial and the Dominion governments is some-what similar to that lietween the States andthe United States—matters of general interestbeing left to the Dominion Government. See (-A>ADA. The Provincial Government is administered bya Lieutenant-Governor, appointed by the Gov-ernor-General of the Dominion with the adviceof the Prime .Minister for five years. He isassisted by an executive council of eight mem-bers, whicli includes an attorney-general, com-missioner of agriculture, secretary, registrar,treasurer, commissioner of Crown lands, com-missioner of public works, and minister of educa-tion. Tlie legislative assembly has only oneHouse of 98 elective members. Voting is byballot, and there is manhood suffrage limited byresidence and citizenship. The judicial power isvested in a superior court of judicature, consist-ing of the High Cou
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