607. Anthracite in 3-feet and 6-feet seams, comparing favourably with that from Pennsylvania, has been found in Queen Charlotte's Island. 608. Samples analysed give the following results :—, 609. The following table gives the production of coal in Canada, by provinces, during the last three years, the figures in each year, however, being subject to revision: PRODUCTION OF COAL IN CANADA, 1891, 1892 AND 1893. 610. The following table shows the production and distribution of coal, by counties, in Nova Scotia, for the nine months ended 30th September, 1893 : PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF COAL IN NOVA SCOTIA, 1893. 611. The following table shows the production and distribution of coal in Nova Scotia for four years : PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF COAL IN NOVA SCOTIA, 1890, 1891 1892 AND 1893. 612. In British Columbia the only collieries at present in operation are on Vancouver Island, and are situated at Nanaimo, Wellington and Comox, and are four in number. Shafts are being sunk and prospecting carried on on Tumbo Island, between Victoria and the mainland, and also at Kamloops, on the mainland, but the output at present is nil. 613. The total output in 1893 was 1,095,689 tons of 2,240 pounds, as compared with 826,335 tons in 1892, an increase of 269,354 tons. 614. The following are details of the production and distribution of British Columbian coal : PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF COAL IN BRITISH 615. The coal is bituminous and of a very high quality, commanding a better price at San Francisco than any United States coal. In an analysis published by the State Mineralogist of California in 1887, the relative values for steam of British Columbian and Washington Territory coal were given as: Wellington, 1,047; Nanaimo, 1,335, and Seattle, 1,330. 616. The next table shows the production of coal in the provinces of Nova Scotia and British Columbia, in each year since. 1874 PRODUCTION OF COAL IN NOVA SCOTIA AND BRITISH 617. The development and the direction of the development of the coal trade of Nova Scotia is shown in the next table. In 1873 the total sales amounted to 881,106 tons, distributed as follows:-Sales within the province, 215,295 tons; sales to neighbouring provinces, 337,977 tons; to countries outside of the Dominion, 327,834 tons. In 1883 the total sales were 1,297,523 tons, of which 471,327 tons were within the province, 688,111 to neighbouring provinces, and 138,085 tons to outside countries. In 1892, the last full year of which there is a record, the total sales were 1,752,934 tons, of which Nova Scotia took 623,978 tons, the neighbouring provinces 1,112,224 tons, and outside countries 16,732 tons. Thus, in twenty years the total sales have increased 989 per cent; the amount consumed within the province has increased 190 per cent, and the purchases of neighbouring provinces have increased nearly 230 per cent. NOVA SCOTIA COAL SALES (IN TONS OF 2,240 LBS.) DURING THE YEARS ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1868-1893. 341,391 69,113 278,120 154,118 84,731 44,891 57,651 1880.. 1881.. 954,659 1,035,014 1882. 1883. 1884. 1885. 1886 1887. 1888. 1889 1890. 1891. 1892. 1893* 453,301 148,445 22,913 239,091 97,817 503,641 148,960 382,413 268,628 123,526] 1,250,179 666,476 124,751 458,952 383,031 153,617| 1,297,523 688,111 138,085 471,327 410,605 167,740 1,261,650 691,817 76,783 493,050 396,782 158,420 1,254,510 76,643 40,215 454,652 493,917 148,634 1,373,666 835,324 78,105 460,237 538,762 175,918 1,519,684 970,037 80,183 469,464 650,858 186,511 1,576,692 1,033,025 33,762 509,905 678,321 214,630 1,555,107 969,453 35,229 550,425 631,796 195,174 1,786,111 1,128,583 55,572 601,956 751,931 224,776 1,849,945 1,180,691 29,517 639,737 775,286 229,315 67,473 108,617 1,752,934 1,112,224 16,732 623,978 746,037 214,550 56,638 94,999 1,485,924 1,001,644 16,352 467,928 719,805 195,579 42,419 46,767 69,626 49,313 62,174 50,096 79,732 *For the year ending 30th September. |