70 Forestry Quarterly 



Of the total quantity of pulpwood used in Canada, spruce 

 formed over two-thirds, Balsam fir one-quarter, and hemlock, 

 Jack pine and poplar the balance. The amount of Balsam fir 

 has been steadily increasing each year, its percentage of the 

 whole in 1911 having been only 17.5. 



Mechanical grinding consumed 54 per cent, of the wood, about 

 33 per cent, was converted by the sulphite process, and 12 per 

 cent, by the sulphate process. 



About two-thirds of the wood pulp produced is manufactured 

 into paper at home. Approximately 300,000 tons of pulp are 

 exported, about two-thirds of this to the United States and one- 

 third to Great Britain. This is a decrease of 22 per cent, from 

 the quantity exported in 1912. At the same time the imports of 

 pulp from the United States, Sweden, Great Britain, Germany, 

 Norway and Switzerland doubled in value in 1913 over 1912. 



The bulletin contains a map of Canada showing location of all 

 pulpmills. An appendix gives a list of active mills — thirty-four 

 in Quebec, seventeen in Ontario, six in Nova Scotia, four in New 

 Brunswick, and three in British Columbia. 



J. H. W. 



Forest Products of Canada, 1913: Poles and Cross-Ties. By R. 

 G. Lewis and W. G. H. Boyce. Bull. 47, Forestry Branch. 

 Ottawa, Canada. 1914. Pp. 16. 



I. Poles — These statistics are based upon reports from 424 

 pole purchasers in Canada in 1913. These consisted of 218 

 telephone companies, eighteen steam railways, four telegraph 

 companies, twenty-nine electric railways and 155 electric light 

 and power companies. 



These companies purchased in all 534,592 poles, worth $1,188,- 

 331. One-half the poles were of Eastern White cedar, over one- 

 quarter of Western Red cedar (Thuja), and over one-fifth of 

 Eastern tamarack. The group of telephone and telegraph and 

 steam railway companies purchased some 88 per cent, of the 

 total number. 



Of the number purchased, about 12 per cent, were imported 

 from the United States. Among this we note a small shipment of 

 cypress poles. 



