Annual report of the New Westminster Board of Trade, 1891 . Canning Co 12,000 British Columbia Canning Co 11,500 The value of the plant employed in the fishing and oil industryis $1,357,000. Employment is given to 7,500 men, and the wages paidand other working expenses amount to $1,025,000 annually. The value of gold exported from the Province by express in 1890was $411,877, a decrease of $177,046 as compared with 1889. Recentdiscoveries in the mining regions lead to the confident expectationthat we are on the eve of extraordinary mining developments, espec-ially in silver. Coal is now the chi
Annual report of the New Westminster Board of Trade, 1891 . Canning Co 12,000 British Columbia Canning Co 11,500 The value of the plant employed in the fishing and oil industryis $1,357,000. Employment is given to 7,500 men, and the wages paidand other working expenses amount to $1,025,000 annually. The value of gold exported from the Province by express in 1890was $411,877, a decrease of $177,046 as compared with 1889. Recentdiscoveries in the mining regions lead to the confident expectationthat we are on the eve of extraordinary mining developments, espec-ially in silver. Coal is now the chief mineral product of the country,and this industry is also capable of vast development. In fact, it maybe fairly said of most of the industries of the Province that they arein their infancy and awaiting the advent of capital. Iron, copper, —29— lead, platinum and other valuable metals have been discovered invarious parts of the Province, and every year reveals the existence ofnew resources which will some day find a place in our The number of foreign vessels arriving at the port of New West-minster during the last fiscal year was 28, with a tonnage of 11,989. —30-Th e number for the previous year was ten, and for the year beforefour. The exports from this port for the same period were as follows : Products of the Mine $ 10 Products of the Fisheries 171,321 Products of the Forest 21,783 Animals and their 11 Agricultural products. 5,148 Manufacturies . 3,276 Total $201,749 Exports for 1889 36,394 Imports for 1890 $255,055 Imports for 1889 155,549 Duty paid on imports, 1890 $ 60,231 Duty paid on imports, 1889. 3I>299 Returns from the city postoffice show the following statistics : Stamps sold in 1890 $ 9,598 Stamps sold in 1888 7,807 Increase $ 1,791 Money orders issued, 1890. $ 5,039 Money orders issued, 1889 4,131 Increase $ 908 There are registered at this port 61 vessels, aggregating tons. There are two daily newspapers publis
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