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The Pulp and Paper Industry of Canada 



Growth in the pulp and paper industry of Canada is shown by com- 

 paring the statistics of 191 5, as given in the Census of Industry for 

 that year, with the production in 1917, as presented in a report in the 

 compilation of which the Dominion Forestry Branch, the Department 

 of Crown Lands of Nova Scotia, the Department of Lands and Mines 

 of New Brunswick, the Department of Lands and Forests of Quebec, 

 and the Department of Lands of British Columbia collaborated. 



In 1915 the number of active mills was 80 and the value of produc- 

 tion $40,348,000; in 1917, 83 mills, with a production of $96,340,327 — 

 an increase of nearly 140 per cent. 



In 191 5 the consumption of pulpwood was 1,405,836 cords, accord- 

 ing to the returns of the Forestry Department, and in 1917 it was 

 2,104,334 cords, or an increase of nearly 50 per cent. The total cut of 

 pulpwood was 2,355,550 cords in 1915 and 3,122,188 cords in 1917, ex- 

 ports of pulpwood having risen from 949,714 cords in 1915 to 1,017,854 

 cords in 1917. 



The increase in land, buildings, and fixtures was $10,078,229, or a 

 gain per cent of 13.53 ; in machinery and tools the increase amounted 

 to $27,410,331, or 86.04 per cent; in materials on hand, stocks in 

 process, etc., the increase was $10,648,149, or 61. i per cent; and in 

 cash, trading, and operating accounts, etc., the increase was $4,913,893, 

 or 48 per cent. The increase in the total capital investment was $53,- 

 050,602, or 39.66 per cent. 



Salary and wage payments rose from $10,464,399 in 191 5 to $20,- 

 358,019 in 1917 — an increase of $9,893,620, or 94.6 per cent. The 

 average number of salaried employees in 191 5 was 1,131 ; this number 

 increased to 1,563 in 1917, or by 38.2 per cent. The average number 

 of wage-earners also shows a remarkable increase, being 14,177 i" ^Q^S 

 and 21,400 in 1917, or an increase of 50.1 per cent. 



The consumption of pulpwood in all mills making pulp, whether pur- 

 chased or cut from own limits, was 2,104,334 cords, of the value of 

 $18,817,483, in 1917, as compared with 1,764,912 cords, valued at $13,- 

 104,458, in 1916, and 1,405,836 cords, valued at $9,426,217, in 1915, or 

 an increase of 688,498 cords, or nearly 49.7 per cent, in the two-year 

 period. The average price per cord was $6.71 in 191 5, $7.42 in 1916, 



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