Business Gossip

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 83, 29 June 1927, Page 2

Business Gossip

Canada’s Cheap Electricity.—With little more than ten per cent, of its available water power harnessed, Canada leads the world in per capita distribution of electricity and comes second in respect to installed turbine capacity. Power also is cheap, cheaper than before the war—too rare a phenomena in all countries. The average price to consumers in 1925 was 78 cents a kilowatt hour, and it has fallen since that date. The price for the lighting of houses, for instance has been reduced by 31.3 per cent botween 1913 and 1925. Taking the price the former year as the standard at 100. it had fallen to 68.7 in 1926. Ontario, where hydro - electric development has advanced by leaps and bounds in recent years, had the lowest rate at a level of 60.6. , „l r T?r r ! ,arants frorT > Many Nations.— 130.984 immigrants, comprising persons from 52 different nations, landed 1” Canada during 1926. Of the total 76 141 were farmers. 8,341 labourers. 9.841 mechanics. 5,267 traders 1 314 miners and 13.043 female domestic's According to nationalities, they were as follows:—Albanian, 11: Arabian 8 66; Austrian. 223: Belgian, I-?! 2 ,- Bohemian. 24: British—English. 24 ’5-”v , I ? lsh ’ 9 ’ 049; Scottish. 13.861: and VV elsh, 1.368; Bulgarian. 87: Chinu’ , < 2 l i? tian ’ 1,135: Czech, 770; Dutch. 1.643: East Indian. 68; Esthontan, 77; Finnish. 4.721: French. 521 German. 10.720; Greek, 274; Herzegoyiman. 3; Italian, 2,539: Japanese, 443* Jewish. 4.441; Yugoslav. 2.191; Korean. 1; Lettish, 54: Lithuanian, 779: Magyar. 5,182: Maltese, 34; Mexican. 1; Montenegrin, 1; Moravian, 22; Negro 59: Persian, 4: Polish, 5.359: Portugese. 15: Rumanian. 317: Russian 1.074; Ruthenian, 9,468: Danish. 1.467: Icelandic, 31; Norwegian. 2.607: Swedish. 2.324: Serbian. 852: Slovak. 4.010: Spanish. 27: Spanish-American, 5; Swiss. 503: Syrian. 221; Turkey, 4; United States, 20,944