THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1917. ER ke me me ---- me ------ ee ingston's Custom's 'Collections Show ~ Growth 'wr Indreasing Imports of Raw Materials [7-- Show Progress of Local Il W.R.McRae & Co. Manufactures. | Retail and Wholesale Judging By the Figures to Date the Fiscal Year of 1917-1918 is Go- | i ing to be a Banner Due in This Respect. pe lipostation Are Groceries incipall teri ti ilding, Cotton i Francipally Materials for SSWIGHYS Building, an || Golden Lion Block-Brock St. If an attempt were made to prove Kingston's growth by quoting | 3 the figures in only one line of activity it might be argued that there was some special reason for the increases shown therein. But that is not the method' followed. During the course of these three spécial | x ; issues of the British Whig, figures covering a period of years will be | POWER & SON quoted as regards the customs Jeveiiue, the export trade to the | United States, the Post Office business, the building permits granted, | Lp #4 and any others than can be obtained. It will be found that in every | Registered Architects case there is clear and unmistakeable evidence of steady progress. JOS. W. POWER. ARCA. CE / » . + > INP *y The Customs collections are given below: 90910... are... os. . $IB6628 | Fel. R.A.LC. IMAL... Lee 194,908 MERCHANTS BANK CHAMBERS. 1910-12... .. .. ev sa vee Tw 20,215 ll Phone 212. Kingstén,, Ont. 1243, a, ood Ten 203 { > , M4... So 393130 | melmoeeseesssesnssosesss bee 194-15... 0 ov vadiam ee 0 SN 5 24058 ----_---- | PUS-10 cn Sh hE OSH fl of Canada 1916-17 : 479.413 | i The collections for the current fiscal year, now about half way i Your Xmas Gifft to : through, show an increase of $60,000 over the corresponding period = | 0 : of 1916-17. If the same ratio is maintained until April next, the col- || ( ; al Banki Busi lection for the fiscal year 1917-18 will be about $600,000. The in- [I the Boys verieas Gener nking business crease during the past three years is mainly due to importations of It is not too early to begin thinking Wha you Are to send--eo . : ii materials for locomotive building, and hides and cotton, although the | Jot us Teip you with a few suggestion of umsful gifts that our Savings Department at all ll figures are of course affected by the prevailing high values and by | Tor shinping any asticle you selust. Branches il war taxes. Nevertheless, there is plenty of good, solid growth when Wriis Watches. with plain or luminous dials, fitted with protectors. : . . H Gold Wriste Watches ... .. all the special factors have been fully discounted. ; Fiver WHINE WHICH «=n ns sie adeirninin ensla § The following comparative table shows the increase at a glance: [|| Sic Marsrr=omete sna Autswirap "0 000 Sate CIP020) -- ll I rs Tae pot TIA Aa 1 x12 pa mrinis : | Writing Portfolios |. . ERIE meas Tarte » Sliver Cigarette Canes ... ... ... ... «, «cu «s:+..8500 Nickel Cigarette Cases .. | Kingston Branch: Cor. Brock || - | | SiR * and Wellington Sts. | . [Se Roos Seas apie" 1] Lr ee de day «aaa JST Sternan Canned Heat ... . ibe a tin Signet and Emblem Rings ... ... 0.0000 U0 UU 8400 te $15.00 The Lust Mail For Xmas Delivery Is Afuut to le Closed. G. E. HAGUE, Mgr. || RE -------- || Kinnear & d'Esterre l on i , i 100 Princean xy a Very Large giv Battalion simon t | a SEE r---- ee = es Richardson & i] / Owners and Operators of Public Terminals, Pri te Tei . Is : and Country Line Elevators . + Grain Receivers -- Gain Shippers -- Grain Exporters : Privai 'wires : ¢ C st to C. L Ee ---------- eA AAS