Year.

1884-Wheat..

Corn...

1885-Wheat.

Corn.

1886--Wheat..

Corn..

1887 Wheat.. Corn.

1888-Wheat.

Corn..

AVERAGE LAKE AND CANAL RATES ON WHEAT AND CORN SINCE 1883.

Corn. 1897-Wheat..

The following figures show the grain shipments from Buffalo by canal for the seasons of navigation of 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, and 1900:

St. Mary's Falls Canal.

(Sault Ste. Marie.)

COMMERCE THROUGH ST. MARY'S FALLS Canal for EACH CALENDAR YEAR FROM ITS OPENING IN 1855.

The traffic through the "Canadian Canal," which was opened to commerce September 9, 1895, is included in above statement for seasons of 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, and 1899.

ESTIMATED VALUE OF FREIGHT, BY ITEMS, THROUGH ST. MARY'S FALLS CANAL, MICHIGAN.

Total.....

$102,214,948 $159,575,129 $195,146,842 $218,235,927 $233,069,740 $281,364,750

*No record kept until June, 1881. No record kept until 1881. Excluded from calculation average dates.

8,562,325 26.880 177,310 31,251,060

10.875,762

12,984,532

17,646,969

560 62,490 34,742,880

46,700 37,388,760

60,875 468,756

52,873,560

FREIGHT RATES for Water TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM LAKE SUPERIOR.

CANADIAN CANALS.

(From Canadian Official Reports.)

SUMMARY STATEMENT OF THE TRAFFIC THROUGH CANADIAN CANALS, 1884 TO 1898.

1891.

19,246

3,135 454

4,542 830,648
3,364 721,397 24,019
3.602

23,935

3,826,230

81,362

3,166,368

380,616

3,860,869

127,135

2,913,047 330,510

1892.

21.177

3,401,965

1893.

838.116 22.848 3,973,570
8,928 871,795 25,105 4,273,760 152,439 3,031,736
4,585 1,286,295 25,342 4,720,349 134,189 3,546,989
3,048,904 4,131 1,012,027 23,158 4,060,931 142,124 2,942,715
3,109,593 5,010 1,509,771 22,755 4,619,364 154,588
4,039,113 7,716 5,033,869 30,758 9,072,982 166,000
23,375 4,046,283 7.024 4.702,339 30,398 8,748,622 157,682
23,320 4,201,916 6,128 3,624,463 29,448 7,826,379 177,982

FREIGHT TONNAGE CLASSIFIED BY CANALS AND PRODUCTS.

The total quantity of freight passed through the several divisions of the canals is as follows: