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 LOT 6. 
 
 Tlmlior Dcrtli In ilio Tuwntlilp of Siiowilon, i-nvoroil 
 liy Mci'iisu Nu. I.'l of ijeAiion Ifttll ami 1HU2, and Nu. 4 uf Sviihuii 
 IHWi und l<4*:i ; 
 
 I)iri<lu'l liilo four |iaroi>l» as follows. 
 
 PARCKI- No. 1. Tho pari of l-i t is Norlli of H\irnl UlviT, 
 Lots °i'i to 2M iiii'liisivo, niul I.otNit!. .u ii'icl ^d in Iho I'MrsI, C'mi- 
 ri'sslon. I.ols £i lo liH iricluslvi'. Hnd :il, ;u and ;W in lliii Si'i'ond 
 ('i)n<'('ssion. liOls ;£* to !tt inrlusivu in th<j Third I'onrfMsion. 
 Lots -il und .'12 in tliv Itli Con ; 
 
 — iir<"ft, rij s(i. Ill i lost more or losn. 
 
 rAIICKI, Xo. 2. l.nt 5, and tlin jxir''"'' ". " imil «, N.iith of 
 Hurnt Uivir. Lots H, Id, 11, l.'i, 17, JU. itiul lil, in \\w .Si . oml (on 
 cossion. I,i.ta2 II, 7, H, !), 11,17,21, iind -'i'iii llii' Tliiiil fuiici'ss. 
 ion. I.nis 1, 2, :i, I, II, ll.and 12. iiihl lot.s to to 21 iiiiliiNivc in lli(> 
 Fourth ('oiR'ONAion. liOth 1,2 ami .North hiilfofb, io£ I, Lot l;i 
 North Imlf It, Kiot hiiif lil, and l.otit 17 lo22 iii(lnilv<', und Lot 
 21 in WiK l''iftli L'>nicussioii ; 
 
 •area, "i sq. miles more or hisH. 
 
 I'.ARCEL No, II. T.otK I, ,■), and West half Ln, and r,oi>. 17 lo 
 Sit inilnilvi' ill Iho Sixlli folUTSslon. I.otn H, I. ."i. 1:1, It, l.i, 
 \V''Kl half 1(), jiiid Lots 17 to ICt iiK-liisivc in tho Scvi'nth Cinires- 
 kIoii. Lots ;i to 7 incliisivi'. Lot L'i, and Lois 1.^ in 'X\ im liisivc in 
 i{\v Kiizhl CoiiM-ssion. Lots21 to;i:t iiicliistvf in tin' .NintliCon- 
 ri-'ssion. Lot 21, Lot.-4 211 to ICUnfliisivi' in llu; Ti-nth t'onri'.ssion. 
 Lots ao toitt iiiilusivi! in the lltli ('■n. ; 
 
 - urea, ilijt mj. niilea more or iiiss. 
 
 PAKCKL No. I.- Lots in. 2."). 211, and Lois 2Nlo;VI iinhisive in 
 tlie Twelfth Coni'i'^sion. Lots 21. 2il and Itll in tin; Thirteenth 
 Conuession. Lot IW in the I*'ourteen*h Coiioessioii ; 
 
 ' -area, 2 .^i^uare miles more or less. 
 
 LOT 7. 
 
 Tinilier Rerth In the Tvnvii.vliip of Uarv , cover.d I>y 
 Li.'i-nse No. 40 .Sca-on ISJl and l.'<'i2, mid N... 1 of Seasi ii 
 lsV2 and ISIKI ; ('oiiiposed uf Lot .*> in I'oin-ession T\\< . 
 Lot ID. K.i>t Imlf 22, L"ls 2;t ami %) in l'<ilic< ssii n Nine. Vm-^K. 
 jiarl of Lilt II, Kast Ii:ilf22, West Imlf 211, l.nis 27, 2s, 2!i. Ill an. 1 
 i)2 In Colieessioli Ten. Lots West half 22, West half 21, ami 
 Lots 2.'» to ;(2, im Insive in Coneession Eleven. Lots Last half 22, 
 West hal(2:t. Lots 2-t, ii, 2H, 2(1, and North half IK), Lots ;)1 
 Hiid 1*2, in Confession Twelve. Lot West half 2,'l. Lot 24, and 
 Kast. half 3(1 in I'omessioii Thirteen. Lot 2H in Con' ession 
 isi.xteeu ; 
 
 --area, ^\ square miles more or les*. 
 
 LOT a. 
 
 TiinSer H'rth la tin* TovMisliip of Il.irvey, eovered \\y 
 Lleen-"' No. llofSMion Hll and H.IJ, and No. A of Season IXIU 
 and ISIM; and eoiii|iosi-d of Island .No. 1, eoinnioiilv eallej 
 ''Iron Kland" in the Tiivviislii|> of Il.irvey ; iiU.i Islands No, ;l, \ 
 H and II, in Itinkliurii Lake, also Island .No. 10 eommunly 
 callel "Eo.v Island,' 
 
 --area, Ti square miles more or less. 
 
 Lor 
 
 W'ateriiower svw mill ai II ih'ayKeon c.nlaiiilnK oiin eirrnlnr 
 aiiillhn'i' vfanK«aie>, lin;iers, triinniers, lath iimehinery, ete., 
 wiih refiisi- Imrner, tramways and rolllii« stoik, and piliiiK 
 Krooiid, li)ardin.( li.inses, staldeH, worksliojis, workmen's houses 
 ell'., 01.;. AUju w.Her [ii.v ir planing mill in eonneelion. 
 
 LOT 10. 
 
 .Mill site at .South Ka-.t Ha;- of Lake Nlpissiii« comprising the 
 i'rsierly porilon of Lot .No. 2 in the 27th Coiidssion of Ihu 
 Tiwn^liipiif lliiinvor;heoiitaiiiiiiii;tl ai r s and the .Suit h Kas- 
 tei-ly iiation of Lo! No, 4 in the 2-lili I'oiiiesslon of the saiiin 
 T iniisliip eoiilainin,; 211 aeres, and the s.nitheily portion of l.oi 
 No. 7 III the 24111 I'o.i 'otsioa of till' saaie t ivvii.,liip ; also Island 
 "iC" in La^e .N'ipi.ssiii^', lyin;ielof,; to th,; la.id-i ahove mentioneJ. 
 
 LOT 11. 
 
 Luinherinn idant, eonsistiiin of wa«i{oii», sleighs, anrhors, 
 ctiiiins, ropes, capstans, hlanke(s, cisikery, ete., etc. 
 
 LOT 12. 
 
 yteain tug lleauboe iw. and eleven liiiolier lmr(?e», 
 LOT 13. 
 
 Th.> following lands held under ininiu'; paienl^ from theernwn 
 together wiih liinlier lieense.s eove iiij? hanie from Uiitarlu 
 (iovei niiient : 
 
 I'akiki. \o. 1 .N. nth-east part, -.d L'll 1."), in Con. a. Township 
 J Siiowdon. 
 
 I'.vncKi. No. 2 .South half of Lot '1, Con. .% Tovvnshi|> of 
 Jsnowdoii. 
 
 1'akc Ki. No. .1 Lot I'l, C n\. ."i. Towns.' ip of Snowdon. 
 
 I'.MICKI. No. 4~ West half Lot Iti. Con. .'> ! own-hip of .Siiowdon. 
 
 rAKCHi. No. a -East half Lot LI, Coo. 11, Tow nshlp of Smuvdoii. 
 
 I'viiiKI. .No. (I -Lot 111. Con. 11, r.iwnship ot Miowdon. 
 
 l'\iu'Ki. No. 7 Kist half Lot 111, C .ii. 7. T iwiishipof Siiowlon 
 
 I'AurKi. No. H -Lot ;tl, in Cm. W. i'ownsliip of (ilanioriraii. 
 
 I'vHi i;i. No. II S aiih (|,iarti-i' Lit :il, in Con. 4, Township of 
 (■lamorf^an. 
 
 L>r 14. 
 
 T !.• f illowinx la'i U.lie'd iiioler ininiu;; patents from tho frown 
 - Lots 1.1, 111 an 1 17, iiitlie liMli Ciiie.-.sdoii of the Township of 
 K.i.'.-iijiriie, eo.itiiirii.iK io;!eilier lit.') aeres, more or loss, 
 
 LOT 1.5. 
 
 .Mill SI.e at III mill o.' Kreinli river, on lleor^iau liay. 
 
 KnrlhT iiif r-niitiori will h? furnish 'd and every usiistanco 
 readitre I t ) puriins vvishiiij to e.xainiiie the liniiis, ele., on 
 apiilii-alion lo MDsSOM IIDYI), ft jlie.-iyneon. Ont.ar:.), or to 
 Messrs. Wiekliaiii, Tli imps in & 1''iij!){jrald, Canada Life Build- 
 ing, Torunio, Out., Vendors' !?olieitoi-s. 
 
 HI 
 
STATISTICS OF LOSSES 
 ON HULLS AND CARGOES 
 
 On steamers trading to and from the River St. Lawrence 
 
 during the season oi" St. Lawrence navigation, 
 
 from the year 1889 to 1899, 
 
 both inclusive. 
 
 
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 Compiled by the Montreal Marine Underwriters' Association, (in connecnnn with Montreal Board of Trade) 
 
 J. Stanley Cooke, Secretary, Board of Trade Office. Montreal. 
 
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Statistics of Marine Losses 
 
 The accompanying statistics were prepared in resixinse to a request from the Council of the Montreal 
 Board of Trade, but owing to certain events, which need not lie herein discussed, it was deemed advisable 
 to place the figures in the hands of the Government for criticism and advice before arriving at any decision 
 whereby the results should Ije made generally i)ublic. 
 
 The statistics were placed before the Premier and several members of the Cabinet in a personal inter- 
 view on 1 2th Nov., 1900, with the request that they might be criticised and analyzed closely, the Board of 
 Underwriters holding themselves at the service of the Government to supply any additional information that 
 might be required. The indiscriminate publication of statistics is always fraught with danger, not so much 
 from the criticism of any facts that may be issued as facts, but from deductions that may lie drawn, parti- 
 cularly by parties not having an intimate knowledge of the intricacies of the profession of marine insuraiico. 
 
 The Underwriters present their figures with the assurance that every jxissible care has been taken to 
 obtain correct information, and that wherever there isdoubi they have given the benefit to the route. 
 
 It is well known that there is no port in the world to which comparison might be made with Montreal, 
 and in connection therewith the navigation of the river and Gulf of St. Lawrence. It is certainly not right 
 to speak of the additional premium that is charged for a risk from Montreal to Liverpool, over a like risk 
 from New York to Liverpool as a discrimination against the former ix)rt. A vessel leaving the port of New 
 York is in the open sea in about five or six hours ; a vessel leaving Montreal has about one thousand miles 
 to traverse, occupying about three days, with more or less intricate and dangerous navigation, liefore she 
 passes Newfoundland and can be placed on a parity with the steamer leaving New York. 
 
 The only proper way to arrive at the solution of the c[uestion as to whether rates charged are exces- 
 .sive or not, is to take the premiums and losses of the St. Lawrence business on its own merits for a term of 
 years. 
 
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Special attention is directed to the fact that there has not been included in any of the statistics losses 
 from Atlantic ports, although it has been necessary, in order to convey full information, to note the losses 
 that have occurred outside of the Oulf, as well as inside, on steamers sailing to and from the St. Lawrence, 
 i the premium charged must be sufficient to carry the risk from jwrt to port. 
 
 In presenting these statistics it should be explained that during the ten yearf. prior to 1899, marine 
 insurance rates oti cargoes from Montreal (excepting duritig the closing months of each season) were otdy 
 slightly higher on the better class of steamers than the rates charged from Atlantic ports. During that 
 period the experience of underwriters engaged in the St. Lawrence business was very di.sastrous. Many 
 prominent foreign companies closed their agencies here, while others materially reducedthelines they carried 
 on steamers by that route. The frequent heav\' losses in the River and Gulf and the almost innumerable 
 smaller claims from strandings, occurring year after year, resulted in the business proving a source of serious 
 loss to English Lloyds and other European underwriters, as well as to the companies having Head Offices, 
 or Agencies, in Canada. The natural outcome of this experience has been a very material increase in rates. 
 This increase was made between 1S96 and 1899, and has been maintained during the past .season, and the 
 chief question to be considered in dealing with this subject is whether the advance in rates has been greater 
 than was warranted by the pa.st record of this route. To ascertain this the total amount of the cargo lo.><.ses 
 recorded by steamers sailing from Montreal lias been compiled for a .series of years, and the total premiums 
 upon the values of all shipments from that port during the .same period have been computed at the rates which 
 prevailed in the respective years embraced in the calculation. It should be .stated, however, that while the 
 premiums are calculated upon the amount of the total exports fiom Montreal — as shown by the Custom 
 House figures — the lo.sses do not include those from many of the strandings and minor accidents which in 
 the aggregate would materially increase the total amount of the losses. 
 
 The total exports by .steamer from Montreal from 1889 to 1899, inclu.sive, were $411,813,749. At 
 the rates charged by Montreal agencies during that ])eriod, the total premiums upon this sum would amount 
 to $1,598,71 1. Allowing 20 per cent. ($319,742) for tlie expense of conducting the business, there remains 
 $1,278,969 to pay losses during the same period, whicli are shown to have amounted to $2,921,609 — leaving, 
 in round figures, A NET LOSS TO THlv UNDI'RWRITERS OK ONE MILLION SIX HUNDRED 
 THOUSAND DOLLARS. 
 
It may )«.• dainu'd that in fixing tlic advam-cd rates of thf ])ast two years, the Coiiipatiies should have 
 taken a more recent period, and not one embracinR the exceptionally disastrous year 1S89. To meet this 
 objection, the figures of the five years, 1895 to 1899, inclusive, may he taken. These show total cargo 
 losses of $1,786,144, and premiums upon the total shipments, at the rates which prevailed in those years, of 
 $903,681. I)e''ucting 20 jier cent. ^$180,736) from these latter for expenses, would leave $722,945-^making 
 A NET I.OSvS TO UNDERWRITKRS ON MONTREAL SHIPMENTS FROM 1895 TO 1899, IN- 
 CLUSIVE, OF OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS. 
 
 The experience of the eleven years embraced in these calculations would, therefore, have justified an 
 average rate for the .season of upwards of one per cent. The average rate actually charged in 1899 and 1900 
 — taking the variation from 40c. during the summer months to the much higher figures charged in October 
 and November — was about 60c. per $100. The companies would therefore have been warranted — had they 
 not anticipated more favorable results in the future than they had experienced in the past — in charging 
 nearly double the rates of premium of the tariff which the majority of them adopted for the year 1900. 
 Fortunately that year resulted favorably to the under writers — there having been no total loss of a steamer 
 sailing from Montreal during that season, although the "Mareotis," .sailing from Quebec, was a total lo.ss 
 near Cape Ray, and the " Montpelier," inward, was a total lo.ss near the .same i)lace ; but they can .scarcely 
 be expected to ba.se their rates upon the experience of this one favorable year and ignore the disastrous 
 record of its predecessors. 
 
 The premiums and losses taken into account here refer to exports only — the rates charged oiit of 
 Montreal being those which have been chiefly criticized. It may be stated, however, that losses on inward 
 cargoes since 1899 amount to .some $i,5(X),cx)o, while the los.ses on hulls — inward and outward (steamers 
 only)— are estimated at over $6,000,000. These together show TOTAL RECORDED LOSSES OF 
 OVER TEN MILLION DOLLARS BY THE ST. LAWRENCE ROUTE DURING A PERIOD OF 
 ELEVEN YEARS. 
 
 In considering the que.stion of marine insurance, it should be remembered that companies doing 
 marine insurance business only are sjiecially exempted by the Dominion Insurance Act from dejxjsits, taxes, 
 etc., such as are required from companies doing F^ire, Life or Inland insurance. Ocean Marine insurance 
 
is therefore on an absolutely free trade basis, and the only reason why so few of the leading British and 
 foreign companies have agencies here is the known iuiprofital)leness of the St. Lawrence route. 
 
 It should lie iK)inted out also that inasmuch as the combined value of many of the steamers and their 
 cargoes sailing from Montreal anunints to upwards of half a million (lollars, on the largest modern steamers 
 the value of hull and cargo would probably exceed a million and a ([uarter dollars. It recptires a mtml)er of 
 strong companies to carry these risks, and no action that any one comi)any might take could bring alxjut 
 any general reduction in rates. This catJ only be accomplished efTectually and permanently by a reduction 
 in the risks of navigation in the River and Gulf. Any field of marine insurance which offers a reasonable 
 prospect of profit will soon be entered by the many companies which are carrying the risks of the conunerce 
 of the whole world, and competition will secure sliii)jKTs and vessel-owners here as it does elsewhere, against 
 being called ujxjn to pay rates out of proportion to the risks assumed. The evidence given by captains and 
 others experienced in St. Lawrence navigation, at the encpiiry instituted l)y the shipping interest and the 
 Marine Underwriters into the needs of the »St. Lawrence route— which has been jiresented to the Govern- 
 ment — indicate pretty clearly the lines ujxju which such improvements are recinired. 
 
 It would be unjust not to acknowledge the many valual)le works that liave already been completed, in 
 lx)th the River and Gulf. That jwrtion between Montreal and Quebec is in a mucli more advanced stage 
 than the other, from the fact that the necessities were greater, and the work w;>s begun at an earlier date. 
 
 There have been some very valuable improvements in the Lower St. Lawrence, notably the permanent 
 lighthouse pier at the Traverse, the improvements at Helle Isle, and the probable completion this year 
 of the telegraph line on the north shore as far as Belle Isle, with antici]>ated connection with the island. 
 
NOTES IN CONNECTION WITH STATISTICS. 
 
 The fiRUies upon whicli the followiiiK tables are based are all extremely liberal in placing the matter 
 liefore those interested in the best liKht, t"avoral)le to the St. I<a\vrence route. 
 
 1. The losses do not include Particular Averajjje (/. c, partial !ossj claims on carjjoes of vessels where 
 no serious accident or straiidinjj has occurred, as it was foinul absolutely imjiossil)le to obtain any reliable 
 data, but it is estimated that from five to ten per cent, of the animal premiums would not be an unreasonable 
 allowance. 
 
 2. Below Montreal no sailitijj vessels are inclu.Ud nor have steamships leaving the port of Quelx^c 
 with lumber been included in the tables dealing with Kxp )rts o'My, as it was found necessary to confine the 
 figures dealing with premiums to the port of Montreal, and no statistics were procurable for the lo.ss of deck 
 loads of wood laden steamers. 
 
 3. While premiums should be sufficient I cover all coiuingencies, such as ihe fire on the S.S. 
 "Acadinn"; fire on the dock at St. John's, Ncvvi'oundland "I'e in the Hamburg-Am'.'rican sheds at Montreal, 
 and although these losses have been serious it has beei: di. :iied advisable no' to include them in the state- 
 iiuut, nor has any note been taken of the loss on vessel- iradiiig to Newfoundland, such as the " Thames," 
 total loss, and Mie "Tiber," heavy P.A. and G.A. 
 
 4. The statistics upon which the premiums are based were oblnMied through the courtesy of Mr. R. S. 
 White, Collector of Customs at the port of Montreal, and adopted with the concurrence of the Coniinittee of 
 the Corn Exchange. But the collector points out that his figures also include such goods as may have been 
 exjjorted liy ♦•«// during the period of St. lyawreiice navigation, and shii)ments to Newfoundland. 
 
 5. As Hulls are insured almost entirely in I/)ii(lon with Companies and at Uoyds, no statistics of 
 premiums are available. 
 
 6. It was found iinpractical)le to give a comparative statement of premiums and losses on Imports. 
 A large quantity of goods are insured at the point of shipment and it is quite impossible topbtain knowledge 
 of the Particular Average claims, which constitute a heavy proportion of losses. 
 
 7. The table of comparative losses and iiremiuins on exports are fairly accurate, and if anything, as 
 explained in previous notes, err in favor of the route, as all losses charged can be substantiated, but there 
 are many which cannot even be estimated with an>- degree of accuracy, and have therefore been passed over. 
 
IMPORTS. 
 
 Datb. 
 
 Vkssbl. 
 
 VOYAOK. 
 
 Natibk ok 
 Claim. 
 
 Particulars, 
 
 Intkukht. 
 
 LOHH ON 
 
 Hull. 
 
 Loss ON 
 Cargo. 
 
 May a, KS8!I . . 
 
 S.H. Cynthiii 
 
 (ilas|,'in\ -Montreal . . . 
 
 TL 
 
 Sunk in colli.sion at Loii«ue I'ointe. 
 
 (ieneral cargo.- 
 
 «ir)0,fjoo 
 
 #220,000 
 
 1S!)0 . . 
 
 " Mt. Oliv.'t 
 
 Manila-Montreal 
 
 " 
 
 Sunk in collision, Straits of (iiliraltar. 
 
 Sugar. 
 
 175,000 
 
 1 1)0, 000 
 
 .Inly 11, l«!t(>,. 
 
 " Hm.ri IV 
 
 Havre-Montreal 
 
 
 Sunk off Croasai, France. 
 
 (Jeneral cargo. 
 
 125,000 
 
 25,000 
 
 " 1«, l«il2.. 
 
 " Circe 
 
 (ilaH(fi)w-Montreal.. . 
 
 i* 
 
 .-\ntieoati. 
 
 .. 
 
 1.17,500 
 
 10, 00 
 
 Nov. i&na... 
 
 " (icroiia 
 
 Newcastle-Montreal . . 
 
 (1 it I' A 
 
 Ashore, coast of Scotland. 
 
 " 
 
 7.5, (K)0 
 
 .50,000 
 
 May 20, 1893.. 
 
 " Crai^Hidi' 
 
 Man tanza.s- M( ni treal. . 
 
 T/L 
 
 Foundered off Whitehead, C/anso. 
 
 Sugar. 
 
 12.5,000 
 
 235,000 
 
 May, ISiW.... 
 
 '' Wan il I'll am 
 
 Antwerp- Montreal . . 
 
 (! & P.\ 
 
 Stranded in St. Lawrence. 
 
 (ieneral eargu. 
 
 2,S,300 
 
 44,100 
 
 July, ISiW... 
 
 " Alcidi'.s 
 
 CJlaHgow-Montreal.. . . 
 
 " 
 
 Stranded near Heath Point, .-Vnticosti. 
 
 " 
 
 31, WO 
 
 21,355 
 
 Juiy 7, IH'.M . . 
 
 " llavcrton 
 
 N. Sydney -Mont real. 
 
 T/L 
 
 .\shore at St. Croi.^ Hay. 
 
 Coal. 
 
 150,000 
 
 (),500 
 
 Aiifr. 14, iwr). 
 
 " Draconii 
 
 Newcastle- Montreal .. 
 
 
 A.shore at Fame Point. 
 
 Iron. 
 
 150,000 
 
 1,000 
 
 .Inly 2, 1S1I7 .. 
 
 " Huiinaria 
 
 Sydney-Montreal 
 
 " 
 
 Wrecked <in Cape Hreton Island. 
 
 Coal. 
 
 13,5,000 
 
 7,000 
 
 Nov. 1,S<I8 .... 
 
 " Wcstmcatli 
 
 Haniljvirg-Montreal . . 
 
 " 
 
 .Vlianiloned at sea. 
 
 General cargo. 
 
 376,000 
 
 420,000 
 
 .May 14, 1H<I!>. . 
 
 " (iiillia 
 
 Liveipool-.Montreid . . 
 
 (i A >t const T L 
 
 .-Vsri"""! <■" Stone Island, near Sond. 
 
 " 
 
 107,414 
 
 10,377 
 
 .luly 14, LSiti).. 
 
 " .Mi'iriiiiac 
 
 Bristol-Montreal. ... 
 
 i. &.V A 
 
 .Vshoic. .-Viiti(H)sti. 
 
 Irim and steel. 
 
 180,000 
 
 30,000 
 
 Auk. •"'. 1«!'!>- • 
 
 " Tuni't Court aiitl 
 Haniillii's 
 
 1 ( 
 
 1 1 
 
 111 collision near 
 liati.scan. 
 
 Kaniillies beached. 
 
 
 1,5,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 Aug.lO,lSiin.. 
 
 " I'liiladi'lpliiaii 
 and Klla Sayt'r. 
 
 1 .( 
 
 1 1 
 
 In collision at 
 (iiiel)ec. 
 
 lUitli liadly (li.'iiajfe<l. 
 
 
 35,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 Sept. 23. lH!li». 
 
 " Scotsinai' 
 
 Liverpool-Montreal . . 
 
 TL 
 
 Straits of Helle Isle. 
 
 (ieneral cargo. 
 
 400,(100 
 
 22.5,000 
 
 Nov. 5, 18i»i). . 
 
 " Mani'lmster Knt- 
 crprisi' 
 
 .Manchester- .Montreal 
 
 t( 
 
 Kouiidered at sea, Nov. loth. 
 
 (• 
 
 17.5,000 
 
 01,413 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 .1!2,5(5!),7!»4 
 
 «1, 520, 745 
 
EXPORTS. 
 
 
 Date. 
 
 1220,000 
 ]{iO,000 
 25,000 
 10. 00 
 50,000 
 235,000 
 44,100 
 21,355 
 0,500 
 1,000 
 7,000 
 420,000 
 10,377 
 30,000 
 
 May 2, 1889. 
 Aug. 4, " . 
 Oct. 1 •' . 
 July 28, 1890. 
 June, 1891. 
 Sept. 15, " . 
 
 Oct. 4, 1892. 
 
 June, 1893.. 
 Nov. 5, " . . 
 
 June 4, 1894.. 
 " 20, " . . 
 Sept. 0, " . . 
 July 7, 1895.. 
 Sept. 24, " 
 Oct. ?, 
 
 " 27, " 
 Nov. 21, " 
 Aug., 1890.. 
 
 Nov. 18, " 
 
 May, 1897 
 
 July, " 
 
 Sept. 26, " 
 
 Nov.21, " 
 
 June 20, 1898 
 
 July 8, 
 
 July, 
 
 Sept. 15, " 
 
 Oct. 8, 
 
 July 15, 1899. 
 
 Aug. 31, " 
 
 Sept. 6, " 
 
 Oct. 10, " 
 " 10, " 
 " 27 " 
 
 S.S. 
 
 Vehhkl. 
 
 Polynesian 
 
 Montreal 
 
 (>eograplii(|ue . . . 
 
 Idaho 
 
 (JothenburgCity. 
 Mondego 
 
 State of (ieorgia, 
 
 Lake Nijiegon 
 Hurona 
 
 VoY.\GK. 
 
 Montreal-{Jli»sg()\v . . 
 
 Liverpool. 
 
 Havre.,.. 
 " Bristol .. . 
 
 Hartle])n'l 
 " Dinidee- 
 
 Contincnt 
 " AVwrdi'fii. 
 
 LiveriJOdl. 
 Dundee 
 and Leitii. 
 
 Texas " Uristo 
 
 Amarynthia .... " tilasgow 
 
 Humiiton " Bristol. 
 
 Me.xico . . 
 MariiHisa 
 Lake Winnipeg.. " Liverpool. 
 
 Bra/.ilian " LoikIoii 
 
 Nessniore " Livi'r|«)(il. 
 
 Vancouv( 
 
 Memphis I " Bri.stol . 
 
 Arcadi.T. I " Hanilmi 
 
 IJaltimore City . . I '" Manches'r 
 
 Arabia " Hanilnirg. 
 
 Turret Ca|H^ j " Hristol . . . 
 
 Livonian | " London . . 
 
 Milwaukee ; " " 
 
 Ilisden |(^iiebec - Plymouth 
 
 Laurentiaii Mont!val-Liveri)()ol. 
 
 fianges i "' Newcastle 
 
 Manchester Port] " M.inchcs'r 
 
 Parisian " Liverpool. 
 
 Ahnerian " Antwerp.. 
 
 Buenos Ayrean . . " Londoi' .. 
 
 Escalona " Aberdeen 
 
 Merrimnc l^uebec - Belfast.. . . 
 
 n.vtuhe ok 
 Claim. 
 
 (J 
 
 C and 1'; A 
 T/L 
 
 (i and P/A 
 
 (i/A 
 T/L 
 ( ! and P/A 
 (i'A 
 TL 
 
 (i/A 
 
 (1 and P/A 
 
 T L 
 
 C PA 
 
 TL 
 
 G and PA 
 
 T/L 
 
 (Land PA 
 
 A&Const.T 
 
 t. PA 
 
 TL 
 
 (i A 
 
 TL 
 
 (i and PA 
 
 Pakticulabs. 
 
 In collision at I^ongiie Pointe 
 
 Straits of Helle I.sle 
 
 St. I'ierie, Miqiielon 
 
 Anticosti 
 
 Kast coast of Kngland 
 
 St. Pierre, Miipielon 
 
 (Jeneral Caigc 
 
 Deals* Phos'te; 
 (Jeneral Cargoj 
 
 Strande<l Im'Iow (Quebec, after making re- 
 pairs, went forward and put into St. 
 John's, Ntld., in distress 
 
 Put back with jjeak full of water after colli- 
 sion with ice in straits 
 
 Stranded at Hochi'laKa 
 
 Coast of Newfoundland 
 
 Struck Isle Koude 
 
 ( irouiided near Contret'oenr 
 
 Straits of Helle Isle 
 
 (J A 
 
 ( i and P/A 
 
 T/L 
 
 Stranded at Varennes 
 
 .•Vsliore below (^ucIh^c 
 
 Coast of Scotland 
 
 In collision in (Julf with S.S. Lake (hitario. 
 
 Vancouver held to blame 
 
 Kintail Head, Scotland 
 
 .Vsliore near Channell, N. K 
 
 Near Bonne Hay 
 
 Stranded in mid-cliannel, near Batiscan. . . . 
 Stranded opposite St. V'alier, lielow (^uelK'c. 
 
 .-Vsliore (m Ked Island 
 
 Touched in Kiiihelieu Rapids 
 
 Straits of Belle Isle 
 
 Stranded at Longue Point 
 
 Ferrol Point 
 
 Put into St. .lohn's bows stove in by ice. . . 
 
 Struck bank foot of St. Mary's Current . . . . 
 
 I Ashore on Beaumont Keef. below C^uel)ec. . . 
 
 Put into .St. John's, N. K. cargo .shifted. . . 
 
 " ' " — on tire 
 
 Never heard of 
 
 Tntkukst. 
 
 Loss ON 
 Hull. 
 
 78,000 
 175,000 
 125,000 
 275, 0(W 
 100,(M)0 
 l(K»,0tM) 
 
 •M.mo 
 
 •* 
 
 3,000 
 
 2.500 
 
 •' 
 
 1,000 
 
 1,(!«0 
 
 '* 
 
 12.5,000 
 
 164,260 
 
 i( 
 
 40,000 
 
 30,000 
 
 11 
 
 3,450 
 
 12,085 
 
 ** 
 
 2t)0,000 
 
 230.840 
 
 '* 
 
 425,000 
 
 173,125 
 
 '* 
 
 3,400 
 
 7,im 
 
 " 
 
 31,300 
 
 62,850 
 
 ' ' 
 
 18,5,000 
 
 184.(i08 
 
 •• 
 
 91,(KK) 
 
 27.500 
 
 ** 
 
 200,000 
 
 261.929 
 
 o 
 
 144,000 
 
 128,(H)0 
 
 i( 
 
 200,(K)0 
 
 91.676 
 
 ** 
 
 127,500 
 
 124, .500 
 
 Grain 
 
 ]20,0fMI 
 
 55,500 
 
 General Cargo 
 
 48,310 
 
 166,910 
 
 *' 
 
 39,000 
 
 ,53,500 
 
 Lunitier 
 
 140,000 
 
 72.000 
 
 (ieneral Cargo 
 
 4,000 
 
 7.00(J 
 
 " 
 
 150,000 
 
 98.783 
 
 '* 
 
 2(i,2(!7 
 
 9.993 
 
 '* 
 
 12, .500 
 
 7.500 
 
 '• 
 
 42,500 
 
 17,500 
 
 it 
 
 3,(HKt 
 
 7,000 
 
 ** 
 
 10, (KK) 
 
 21.400 
 
 Liunber 
 
 200,000 
 
 6.5.000 
 
 $3,463,427 
 
 $3.0.58,609 
 
 Loss ON 
 Caboo. 
 
 2(i.200 
 
 177,980 
 
 166,327 
 
 411,420 
 
 40,000 
 
 93,868 
 
 59,225 
 
statistics "A." 
 
 Losses OH vessels trading to and from the River St. Lawrence during the season of St. Lawrence 
 navigation, whetlier such losses have been incurred inside or outside the St. Lawrence, from the year 1889 
 to 1899, both inclusive : divided under two heads— Exports and Imports. 
 
 Hull Cargo 
 
 K^po''*-^ $3,463,427 $3,058,609 
 
 I"'Po''t'^ 2,569,794 1,526.745 
 
 ^6-033,221 $4.5H5,354 
 
 Grand total of losses $10,618,575.00 ; 
 
 Statistics "B," 
 
 as {Statistic "A," but divided into losses incurred in the St. Lawrence River and Gulf, and lo.sses incurred 
 outside the river and gulf. 
 
 Hull ! Cargo ! 
 
 St Lawrence River and Gulf $4,423,221 ,; i, $3,317,404 
 
 I Outside the Gulf 1,610,000 1,267,950 
 
 $6,033,221 $4,5«5,354 .' : 
 
 Statistics " C." 
 CO. . ^°"\P%'''^^'^'^" statement of losses incurred on steamships leaving the port of Montreal during the 
 season ot St. Lawrence nivigatiau, siinving also the premiums that would have been received if the can^oes 
 had all been insured, calculated at the current rates of the year. For years 1889 and 1899 inclusive. 
 
 Hull Cargo 
 
 ; $3,123,427 $2,921,609 ; . 
 
 CargoLosses $2,921,609 
 
 i Cargo Premiums ,,278,969 
 
 ^j^, ,. , . „ Deficit $1,642,640 
 
 Note. — Reter specially to note 2. -t t 
 
statistics •• D," 
 
 as"C," but shov^ing total export losses in the St. Lawrence and total Export losses outside the St. 
 
 Lawrence. 
 
 Hull Cargo 
 
 St. Lawrence exports $2,638,427 $2,435,072 
 
 Outside exports 485,000 4«6,537 
 
 $3,123,427 $2,921,609 
 
 Losses and Premiums. 
 
 Outside export cargo loss ,^ 4S6 537 
 
 Pieniium thereon at 20 cents -40,240 
 
 Profit. $253,703 
 
 St. Lawrence export Cargo loss $2,435,072 
 
 Premium thereon, being balance left over] 
 after charging 20 cents for outside ri.sk l" •■' 53°, 729 
 
 I ^ ' , Deficit $1,896,343 
 
 Statistics "E," 
 
 same as " C," except the period for five years from 1895 to 1899 inclusive, as requested by the Board 
 
 of Trade. 
 
 Hull Cargo 
 
 $1,817,777 $1,736,144 
 
 Cargo Losses $1,736,144 
 
 Cargo Premiums 722,945 
 
 Deficit $1,013,199 
 
 ♦I 
 
STATISTIC "F." 
 
 vStatistics of the iiuinher of total losses (luring the period of St. Lawrence iiaviKalioii, from the year 
 1889 to 1899 inclusive. Arranged by months. 
 
 YK.Mi. 
 
 Ma\. 
 
 .IrxK. 
 
 July. 
 
 Al'iji'st. 
 
 SKlTKMHEIt. 
 
 OCTOBKH. 
 
 NovKMHKH. Totals. 
 
 1 
 
 IKSil 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 3 
 
 IH'.tO 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 3 
 3 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 IMill 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 IK! 12 
 
 
 j 
 
 
 
 IHOU 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1H04 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 1S!».^) 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 
 . 
 
 
 l«!t() 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 18!t7 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 1808 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 189!t 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 
 
 Totals 
 
 4 
 
 3 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 ' 
 
 3 
 
 h 
 
 28 
 
 12 
 
Menioranchini of exports from the port of Montreal, by water and rail, during the months of May to 
 November, both inclusive, for the years 1889 to 1899, both inclusive. 
 
 Received from the Collector of Customs at Montreal the following memorandum : 
 
 i8«9 $26,562,583 45c. 
 
 1 890 38, 574,720 40c. 
 
 i«9' 35.^67,150 35c. 
 
 I ^592 40,477 , 562 30c. 
 
 i«93 37.944.64« ^oc. 
 
 ■'"^94 36,508,395 27k\ 
 
 I 895 32 ,950,082 22ic. 
 
 1X96 33,962,169 35c.- 
 
 i''<97 45.272,599 40c. 
 
 I S98 46,538,229 53c, 
 
 i''^99 47.155.612 60c. 
 
 less 20 percent $ 95,625.30 
 
 9'. 439-11 
 
 100,428.02 
 
 97,146.15 
 
 91,067.15 
 
 80,318.47 
 
 $411,813,749 
 
 20 
 20 
 20 
 20 
 20 
 
 20 
 20 
 20 
 20 
 20 
 
 59,310.15 
 
 95,094.07 
 
 144,872.32 
 
 197,322.09 
 
 226,346.94 
 
 $556,024.20 
 
 - 722,945-57 
 
 $1,278,969.77 
 
 The above figures represent the value of all goods exported from the port of Montreal during the 
 periods mentioned, except coin and bullion. 
 
 13 
 
A partial list of genera! average adjustmetits during the period under consideration 
 tatements not being available were not included in statistics, but a fair J''''''''''''''''' 
 null and cargo. 
 
 General Average 
 erage would be 2>^ per cent, on 
 
 I89I— 
 
 -S.S. Aniaryntliia 
 
 1892- 
 
 - " Ontario 
 
 
 " Cilurniiiu 
 
 
 " Tiber 
 
 1893- 
 
 " vSarnia 
 
 
 Dominion 
 
 1894— 
 
 " Menii)his 
 
 
 Vancouver 
 
 
 State of (leorgia 
 
 1895- 
 
 Merriniac 
 
 
 Hisi)ania 
 
 
 " Christiana 
 
 
 Escalona 
 
 1896— S.S. Amasis 
 
 " Durham City 
 
 Acadian 
 
 Grecian 
 
 Lake Ontario 
 
 Derwent Holme 
 1897— " Aniarynthia 
 
 Aloedene 
 
 Keeniun 
 
 Ormiston 
 ' ' lona 
 " Monte Videan 
 
 Beechdene 
 
 " Sir Walter Raleigh 
 
 Roman 
 r.SgS— •' Californian 
 
 Baron Belhaven 
 
 Lokoja 
 1 899— ' ' Manchester City 
 
 Mennion 
 
 14 
 
Strandiiigs l)etwei;ii Montreal atid Quebec entailing General Average and in some cases G. A. avoided. 
 
 1895 s 
 
 1896 
 
 1897 
 
 Merrimac 
 
 Turret Crown 
 
 Abbywood ( Collision ) 
 
 Lake Winnipeg 
 
 Turret Crown (Collision ) 
 
 Carolina 
 
 Kingswell (2) 
 
 Aniarynthia 
 
 I sis 
 
 Assaye 
 
 Vancouver 
 
 Sarmatian 
 
 lona 
 
 Buenos Ayrean(Collisior 
 
 Parkmore 
 
 Monte Videan 
 
 Tyo 
 
 1897 vS.S. Cilurnum 
 Bjorguin 
 Beechdene 
 Turret Bay 
 Strathgarry 
 Milwaukee 
 Queensmore 
 Vancou\er 
 lona 
 Kildona 
 Lake Huron 
 Bengore Head 
 Turret Cape 
 Lake Superior 
 Turret Bell 
 Montcalm 
 Madura 
 
 189.S vS.S. Cynthiana 
 California 
 ' ' Merrimac 
 
 I S99 
 
 Madura 
 
 Trygg 
 
 Lowlands 
 
 Lokoja 
 
 Carlisle City 
 
 Livonian 
 
 Glenniore Head 
 
 Baron Bel haven 
 
 Turret Age 
 
 Greetlands 
 
 Grecian 
 
 Louisburg 
 
 Greta Holme 
 
 Mapleniore 
 
 15 
 
Addenda for 1900. 
 
 seas^^f^lT:"' ''" ^""" "' "" """ ""^^" '"^^^^ ^"^^^ ''^'^'^ occurred in the St. Uwrence during the 
 
 S.S. ''Mareotis," June, Quebec to LivenH.,1 ) "'''"'■ ^'■'«''° 
 
 total loss near Cape Ray ' } $275 ,000 $ 75 ,000 
 
 S.S. " Mont Blanc," Julv, ashore at PortiRnit" ; 
 Montreal to Havre, G.A. $5,000. ' | 
 
 S.S. " Montpelier," Liverpool to Montreal, ) 
 
 total loss near Cape Ray, no cargo. ) 225,000 
 
 S.S. "Ottoman," Montreal to London, Oct- I 
 
 ober, .stranded leaving harbour. | 3.S.000 45,000 
 
 S,S. "Palaiki," Montreal to U.K., daniagerl I 
 
 and went to dry dock Halifa.x. > 25,000 
 
 ^.Sf'O.ooo $120,000 
 
 '^^tal $680,000. 
 
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