52 
Amount of plaster of Paris used in the manufacturing 
industries, as reported by the consumers:— 
Location 
No. of firms 
reporting 
consumption 
Domestic 
Imported 
Tons 
Tons 
Maritime Provinces 
2 
m 
Quebec 
9 
268 
104 
Ontario 
16 
6564 
SU 
Prairie Provinces 
2 
17* 
British Columbia 
4 
16 
m 
Canada (Total) 
33 
959 
19* 
The following imports are reported by the Department 
of Customs:— 
1910-1911 
1911 
-1912 
1912-1913 
Gypsum crude 
tons 
12,500 
$22,872 
tons 
2,147 
$12,263 
tons 
4,179 
$18,994 
“ ground, not 
calcined.. . 
brls. 
45,881 
12,298 
brls. 
6,551 
3,939 
brls. 
55,739 
22,939 
Plaster of Paris 
cwt. 
385,628 
135,837 
cwt. 
608,031 
205,676 
cwt. 
638,791 
228,224