200, 000,000 Dollars Spent On Canadian War Industries
OTTAWA. September 11
The Minister for Munitions (Mr C. D. Howe) said that Canadian war industries had been augmented by a capital expenditure of more than 200,000,000 dollars.
They were entering a period in which, instead of building, they were producing. The total capital expenditure of plant and equipment in Canada, by England and Canada jointly, w,as as follows:
Explosives and chemical, 58,400,000 dollars. Armament, 67,000,000 dollars. Ammunition, 19,000,000 dollars. Shells, cartridge cases and fuses, 11,400,000 dollars.
Automotive equipment, including tanks, 4,800,000 dollars. Base metals and aircraft, 62,000,000 dollars.
British purchases in Canada since the outbreak of war, said Mr Howe, were valued at 208,000,000 dollars, exclusive of lumber and foodstuffs. Canadian war purchases totalled 135,000,000 dollars, exclusive of plant and extensions.
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