According To The Statistics Furnished By Mr. McEachran, V.S., And
Government Inspector Of Live Stock, The Total Shipments For 1879 From
Montreal And Quebec From Toe Opening To The Close Of Navigation, As
Compared With The Two Previous Years, Are As Follows:
The great majority of animals shipped from Quebec were forwarded by sail
from Montreal, and large as the increased shipments of cattle, sheep and
hogs this year are over 1878 and 1877, the exports next year will
doubtless show a still large increase as compared with those of 1879 -
[Quebec Mercury, 18th Nov., 1879.]
Mr. J. A. Couture, veterinary surgeon, the officer in charge of the Point
Levi cattle quarantine, furnishes the following figures regarding the
Canadian Cattle Trade during the season of 1879. The total number of live
stock shipped at Montreal was 17,101 head of cattle, 59,907 sheep, and
3,468 hogs. From this port the shipments were 4,000 head of cattle, 17,274
sheep, and 188 hogs; or a grand total from the two shipping ports of
21,112 head of cattle; 77,181 sheep and 3,656 hogs. The estimated value of
this live stock is - cattle, $1,111,200; sheep, $771,810; and hogs,
$52,720; or a grand total of $2,935,730. The value of the forage exported
with this stock for food, averaging the trip of each steamship at ten
days, is placed at $92,690; and the estimated sums paid to the various
steamship lines for freight is $583,900.
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