§ MR. SEELY (Lincoln)To ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies what percentage of the total imports into Canada came from the United Kingdom in the years 1897 and 1902 respectively.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain.) According to the latest Annual Report of the Department of Trade and Commerce of Canada the percentage of the total imports for consumption of merchandise into Canada from the United Kingdom in the years 1897 to 1902 was as follows:— Year ended 30th June, 1897, 27.58; year ended 30th June, 1898, 25.36; year ended 30th June, 1899, 24.72; year ended 30th June, 1900, 25.66; year ended 30th June, 1901, 24.10; year ended 30th June, 1902, 24.95.