as by no means a
small one.

The trade of Canada for 1914 was one billion dollars; for the fiscal
year of 1917-18 it was two and one-half billion dollars.

Approximately 60,000,000 shells were made in Canada during the war.
Shortly after the outbreak of hostilities a shell committee was formed
in Canada to really act as an agent for the British war office in
placing contracts. The first shells were shipped in December, 1914, and
by the end of May, 1915, approximately 400 establishments were
manufacturing shells in Canada. By November, 1915, orders had been
placed by the Imperial Government to the value of $300,000,000, and an
Imperial Munitions Board, replacing the shell committee, was formed,
directly responsible to the Imperial Ministry of Munitions.

During the war period Canada purchased from her bank savings
$1,669,381,000 of Canadian war loans.

Estimates of expenditures for the fiscal year ending March 31,1919,
demonstrated the thoroughness with which Canada went to war. They
follow:

Expenditure Expenditure Total
In Canada Overseas Expenditures
Pay of 110,000 troops in
Canada and 290,000
in England and France. $50,187,500 $70,312,500 $120,500,000

Assigned pay, overseas troops 54,000,000 --- 54,000,000

Separation allowances 21,750,000 6,000,000 27,750,000

Rations, Canada,
50 cents per day;
England, 38-1/2 cents per day. 20,075,000 21,000,000 41,075,000

Clothing and necessaries 19,080,000 --- 19,080,000

Outfit allowances,
officers and nurses 1,000,000 700,000 1,700,000

Equipment, including harness,
vehicles, tents, blankets, but
not rifles, machine guns, etc 20,000,000 --- 20,000,000

Ordnance service --- 1,800,000 1,800,000

Medical services 5,000,000 --- 5,000,000

Ammunition 5,000,000 --- 5,000,000

Machine guns 2,000,000 --- 2,000,000

Ocean transport 4,612,500 --- 4,612,500

Railway transport 11,062,500 450,000 11,512,500

Forage 450,000 --- 450,000

Veterinary service, remounts --- 3,000,000 3,000,000

Engineer works, housing 2,750,00