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£ dart a bags, ten cents mere be Ee Rog Osuntry Fr Produce. Jamas CS dw Jaise: Dew 8 ou " 145d; Fh si. go Ba tert | oh ter to jh ation ane fe un 1% Wo; interior Eire FE 9% Found | in tins and heat, etrained olo flour and NE APE i CX exoep he dressed turkeys % L78 for primes and $285 for pisiome, = tatoss, Be bags car lots, New Brunswick, fb io aii Der, bag. out of store; 950 Span frin--Par oase, $2.50. CANADA'S TRADE FOR YEAR. Gain of Nearly 28 Per Cent. Over Record for Previous Year. A despatch from Ottawa says: Oariada's total trade for the twelve months of the past year passed the billion-dollar mark by a little over five and a half million dollars. Final or detailed figures will not be available for some weeks yet, but the returns received so far by the Trade and Commerce and Cus: toms Departments show that the billion-dollar mark has been well Jasted As compared with the minion' & trade for 1011 this re- presents a gain of nearly $189,000,- 200, or 23 per cent. Imports for the past twelve months totalled ap- proximately $654,000,000, while ex- ports amounted to nearly $352,000, - 000. . The gain in imports was near: ly' $140,000,000, while 'exports in- creased by nearly $49;000,000. Only one country in the 'world rivals Osnada in the percentage of trade growth during the 'past few years, namely, 'Argentina. By the end of the fiscal r it is expected that | Canadas will 'have reached tenth place among the countries of the world in respect of total trade. -- Dominions trade has doubled within 'the past six years and treb: led within the past thirteen years. The principal gaine- in exports during the past year have been in exports of agriculture, mines and manufactures. The increase in ex- ports of agriculture has been over twenty-five millions, in Hines. over. m! Hn millions, and IH fac: rest and' of animals and 8 Over seven millions. "Exports: 20 inited ad Markets. A oi i) RAE hs = wh rbd to Xe uth, Jan © 4. sheal--No. 3 hard, _s ean | Boas narthe asked; "May, > e 0 pil 2 : Live Steck Markets. sr ionireal, Fi 14. Chelios steers, 87 to 50 'to 6.15... fair at + 3480 0 86, a a od RITE 2% penads, alves ranged to size and Quality, ano "lots of hogs were Bade steady hop ot freely at on 14=-Dattle Choos butéeh- 4 to 86. 85:36 to 5) common, %.10%0 ll; sows, 83 to 3 » 1g, 83 to LL nners, $2 to 8. nlveq aod veal, 3. com. $3.25. Sicokers and Feeders-- to. 780 Lb 83.85 $3. feeding bulls, 600 to 1,000 1bs., at $4.25; 'vearlings, $3.15 to $3.50, and Bpringere-- $80 to jad Jamba dght Ses. 84, to 5.50; lambs, () to Se Boge eo tod and watered, and $8.35 to ON FIRE IN MID-0CEAN. Passengers on Allan Liner Have a Thrilling Experience. A despatch from St. John says: A narrow escape 'from destruction from fire and severe experiences by pastengers and crew were repor y the Allan Line steamer Cartha- inian, which arrived here on Fri- ay night from = Liverpool. The steamer left Liverpool December 28 for Bt. 'John's, Halifax and Philadelphia. 'Capt. McKillop said that when she was three days out her cargo caught fire in some un- explained 'manner. ~The flames spread so rapidly that it was neces- sary to pump an enormous amount of water into the vessel to drown : stantly killing Mrs. Lilaburn v lang uestion cannot be dealt with until "land valuation scheme under-. {| taken in David Lloyd (leorge's fam- ous budget is 'completed and' that! fo | this will require at least another 'gouple of years. GASOLINE LAMP ra, Jonguiere Woman Killed, Another «and Two Children Hart, A despatoh from Quebec says: A. fatal accident 'occurred on Thurs day night at Jonguiere, 10. miles from Chicoutimi, by which one wo- man lost her life and: another Wo- man and two children were badly burned. In 'the residence of 'one Hick, an employe in Price's paper mill, a gasoline lamp exploded, in- Hick servant in the family. Mrs. saps; | and two of her children were badly burned. 'How the explosion o¢ curred is unknown. The house was only slightly damaged. ------ge Te, MONTREAL'S HEALTH BETTER Deaths Have Been Reduced to 19.99 Per 1,000 of Population. A despatch from Mon treal says: Montreal citizens' health is improv. ted | 108), aooording 'to latest report. During 1911 the ' percentage. of deaths was 21.19 per thousand of Population, but in 1912 this had n reduced to 10.99. Deaths of Is children under five years of age in 1912 numbered 49.02 per thousand. 8 from consumption in 1912 numbered 895. : them out. The fire was finally ex-{ tinguished; but for twelye hours the water' was knee deep on the lower deck, Tt is estimated that repairs to the vessel will cost $10,000. A large part of the general cargo was damaged. dene SIXTY VESSELS READY. Unique Result of Sending Icebreak- ers to Fort William. A despatch from Fort William says: Ready with the first breaking | of ice in Thunder Bay and Lake Su- perior to steam out of the harbor] to 'their dedtinations, sixty vessels}: are tied up at the elevators in Fort] William with 18,000,000 bushels of grain in their holds. This work; which has never been equaled at the head of the lakes, is: due to gation had closed. : were able to move to different ele- ie yators with little or no assistance | and. without any. undue rush; i loe- breakers 'are breaking ice two feet "| #hiek in" the harbor and will best dred cows yielded $104 cost $40, leaving $64 profit per ani: mal. : The bet three hey gave over two. million pounds: of mil more than the poorest three hun:| dred. 'Thus' the startling discovery was made that each 'one of the}: three hundred good cows made as much profit as 195 of the poor kind. {mports From Dombsiion ms Only by Those From Jndia a. A despatch from 'London saps A Government return shows that Canada sent here Tast year twenty- one and 'a. half million hu Mrs ndred. | fri weight of wheat, the next: largest ? figure to twenty-five millio the East Indies. Canadian imported totalled 6,800, as & 42,230 in 1911. The value of dian bacon sent here 'was 000, over six hundred 1 than in 1011. The United Kin sent Oanada 1,600,000 gallons "of apirita, The most noticeable ¢ British exports to Canada is the steady drop in raw _ and the steady increase i in 'finichod| | Ohebuoto Hi tion, ring for a Pilot. A dstpaseh from Halter euys:{, Ton From the "stra Uranium 880 Stranded were. ov off at Chel i Head, | reached here 'in, safety. No lives The Uranium struck at i o'clock on' morning in thick weather. She crashed on the ledge & quarter of a mile north of | "004 Head ee ud Jog. | strmek. oi'Ledge While | Manosuvs Forests anon Mahogany alah ) Rr