NOTE
PRESIDENTS OF LA CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE
1887
| D. Parizeau, Ex-M.P.P. |
| l’ex-Maire J. Laporte |
| Joseph Contant |
| Damase Masson |
| L.E. Geoffrion |
| H.A.A. Brault |
| C.H. Catelli |
| Isaie Préfontaine |
| O.S. Perrault |
| Frédéric C. Larivière |
| Armand Chaput |
| le Lieut.-Col. A.E. Labelle |
| A. Fortier |
PRESIDENTS OF LA CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE FRANCAISE
| 1886-90 | M. Schwob |
| 1890-92 | C.H. Chouillon |
| 1892 | A. Girard |
| 1892-95 | E. Galibert |
| 1895-97 | G. Herdt |
| 1897-1900 | E. Galibert |
| 1900-04 | H. Jonas |
| 1904 | J. Helbronner |
| 1904-08 | C.H. Chouillon |
| 1908-09 | M. Chevalier |
| 1910-11 | A.F. Revol |
| 1912-14 | J. Obalski |
THE CENSUS RETURNS OF 1912 ON MONTREAL’S MANUFACTURES
The Industries of Montreal City (Not Greater Montreal); the Capital Invested, Output, Hands Employed and Wages and Salaries Paid.
| Establish | Employees on salaries. | ||||
| No. | Name or kind of industry. | ments. | Capital. | No. | Amt. |
| CITY OF MONTREAL Totals | 1,093 | $135,044,782 | 6,863 | $7,258,810 | |
| 1. | Aerated and mineral waters | 15 | 1,017,900 | 73 | 85,819 |
| 2. | Axes and tools | 6 | 351,550 | 19 | 21,790 |
| 3. | Awnings, tents and sails | 5 | 57,510 | 21 | 15,827 |
| 4. | Bags, cotton | 4 | 1,106,000 | 33 | 35,740 |
| 5. | Baking powder and flavoring extracts | 7 | 174,585 | 26 | 24,224 |
| 6. | Blacking | 5 | 95,582 | 14 | 15,016 |
| 7. | Blacksmithing | 5 | 94,000 | 5 | 6,576 |
| 8. | Boilers and engines | 8 | 2,909,729 | 143 | 131,987 |
| 9. | Boots and shoes | 39 | 10,386,852 | 346 | 380,461 |
| 10. | Boot and shoe supplies | 5 | 363,536 | 24 | 26,762 |
| 11. | Boxes and bags (paper) | 10 | 963,100 | 67 | 77,481 |
| 12. | Boxes (wooden) | 3 | 376,500 | 10 | 10,012 |
| 13. | Brass castings | 6 | 901,238 | 30 | 61,288 |
| 14. | Bread, biscuit and confentionery | 48 | 2,326,662 | 161 | 132,158 |
| 15. | Brooms and brushes | 5 | 29,200 | 18 | 13,114 |
| 16. | Buttons | 3 | 61,600 | 5 | 3,076 |
| 17. | Car repairs | 3 | — | 25 | 20,340 |
| 18. | Carriages and wagons | 33 | 1,351,078 | 67 | 70,096 |
| 19. | Cars and car works | 4 | 3,867,000 | 166 | 142,850 |
| 20. | Clothing (men’s custom) | 64 | 1,244,917 | 139 | 156,131 |
| 21. | Clothing (men’s factory) | 84 | 4,525,551 | 447 | 591,969 |
| 22. | Clothing (women’s custom) | 48 | 843,548 | 123 | 93,254 |
| 23. | Clothing (women’s factory) | 22 | 737,225 | 182 | 178,112 |
| 24. | Cocoa and chocolate | 3 | 269,000 | 23 | 16,515 |
| 25. | Coffees and spices | 6 | 563,150 | 34 | 33,488 |
| 26. | Cooperage | 3 | 114,346 | 7 | 15,840 |
| 27. | Cottons | 6 | 9,502,973 | 74 | 98,219 |
| 28. | Drugs | 7 | 614,558 | 48 | 39,158 |
| 29. | Dyeing and cleaning | 12 | 479,609 | 51 | 45,418 |
| 30. | Electrical apparatus and supplies | 13 | 4,828,667 | 157 | 199,274 |
| 31. | Electric light and power | 3 | 3,753,392 | 16 | 21,356 |
| 32. | Elevators | 3 | 266,353 | 31 | 32,610 |
| 33. | Flour and grist mill products | 3 | 3,424,500 | 61 | 128,900 |
| 34. | Foundry and machine shop products | 43 | 3,804,137 | 305 | 325,776 |
| 35. | Fruit and vegetable canning | 3 | 75,500 | 8 | 11,500 |
| 36. | Furnishing goods (men’s) | 9 | 1,597,500 | 162 | 157,930 |
| 37. | Furniture and upholstered goods | 15 | 828,700 | 57 | 53,079 |
| 38. | Furs (dressed) | 3 | 134,000 | 13 | 15,220 |
| 39. | Glass (stained, cut and ornamental) | 4 | 109,500 | 6 | 6,250 |
| 40. | Gloves and mittens | 3 | 485,588 | 40 | 30,052 |
| 41. | Hairwork | 3 | 59,500 | 2 | 3,380 |
| 42. | Harness and saddlery | 8 | 1,527,153 | 104 | 124,800 |
| 43. | Hats, caps and furs | 59 | 3,468,671 | 231 | 222,406 |
| 44. | Hosiery and knit goods | 5 | 1,072,093 | 35 | 28,096 |
| 45. | Housebuilding | 15 | 504,070 | 30 | 30,398 |
| 46. | Interior decorations | 9 | 185,768 | 16 | 12,585 |
| 47. | Iron and steel products | 8 | 4,092,900 | 197 | 187,929 |
| 48. | Jewelry and repairs | 14 | 1,644,387 | 141 | 105,405 |
| 49. | Leather goods | 9 | 1,000,287 | 83 | 59,508 |
| 50. | Leather (tanned, curled and finished) | 4 | 770,163 | 23 | 41,250 |
| 51. | Liquors (malt) | 7 | 2,939,223 | 46 | 68,552 |
| 52. | Lime | 3 | 134,100 | 12 | 14,980 |
| 53. | Log products | 3 | 877,000 | 17 | 24,906 |
| 54. | Lumber products | 34 | 3,460,328 | 137 | 164,971 |
| 55. | Mattresses and spring beds | 7 | 159,000 | 30 | 33,808 |
| 56. | Mirrors and plate glass | 5 | 335,000 | 48 | 42,201 |
| 57. | Monuments and tombstones | 7 | 257,800 | 12 | 15,991 |
| 58. | Musical instruments | 4 | 220,500 | 26 | 34,750 |
| 59. | Oils | 4 | 423,200 | 19 | 22,194 |
| 60. | Optical goods | 3 | 34,150 | 24 | 20,707 |
| 61. | Paints and varnishes | 7 | 3,829,538 | 155 | 175,576 |
| 62. | Patent medicines | 6 | 89,803 | 14 | 10,903 |
| 63. | Picture frames | 4 | 101,500 | 19 | 12,980 |
| 64. | Plumbing and tinsmithing | 26 | 3,796,433 | 209 | 203,363 |
| 65. | Printers’ supplies | 3 | 34,207 | 7 | 8,640 |
| 66. | Printing and bookbinding | 64 | 2,414,200 | 255 | 252,650 |
| 67. | Printing and publishing | 15 | 5,323,991 | 473 | 419,905 |
| 68. | Roofing and roofing materials | 6 | 499,500 | 44 | 55,254 |
| 69. | Rubber clothing | 8 | 383,750 | 30 | 30,498 |
| 70. | Signs | 5 | 76,700 | 21 | 22,300 |
| 71. | Silversmithing | 4 | 30,500 | 6 | 4,916 |
| 72. | Slaughtering and meat packing | 12 | 2,414,000 | 116 | 115,348 |
| 73. | Soap | 4 | 360,000 | 23 | 31,300 |
| 74. | Stationary goods | 4 | 166,668 | 24 | 25,282 |
| 75. | Stone (cut) | 3 | 386,074 | 6 | 6,864 |
| 76. | Tobacco (chewing, smoking and snuff) | 5 | 2,874,489 | 22 | 41,346 |
| 77. | Tobacco (cigars and cigarettes) | 30 | 10,068,784 | 322 | 425,327 |
| 78. | All other industries * | 105 | 14,442,976 | 629 | 632,579 |