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Nearly two-thirds of the poles were in the 20 to 25-foot class, 

 and only 15 per cent, were over 30 feet. White cedar is the 

 most in demand up to 35 feet in length, above which it, of course, 

 gives way to the western species. 



The average prices paid for eastern cedar poles were $1.21, 

 $2.36, $3.55 and $5.42 per pole for each 5-foot class, respectively, 

 from 20 to 40 feet. 



II. Cross-Ties — From reports from forty-seven steam railway 

 and thirty-two electric railway companies, it is shown that nearly 

 20 million ties were purchased in 1913 at a cost of around eight 

 and three-quarter million dollars. These companies purchased 

 over 16 per cent, of their ties outside of Canada. 



The ties purchased by the steam railways were Jack pine to 

 the extent of 39.5 per cent.; Douglas fir, 12.4 per cent.; White 

 cedar, 11.8 per cent.; hemlock, 6 per cent.; oak, 5 per cent., 

 and Eastern tamarack, 4.3 per cent. About 12 per cent, of the 

 ties received preservative treatment. 



The electric railways purchased around 400,000 ties, or 2 per 

 cent, of the total number. Of these, 37 per cent, was eastern 

 cedar, 24 per cent, western cedar, and 17 per cent. Jack pine. 



J. H. W. 



Statistical Yearbook. Section C: Forests; Section D: Forest 

 Industries. Province of Quebec. 1914. Pp. 243-268. 



This publication, which can also be had in French and as a 

 separate, for the first time brings a very complete statement of 

 the resources of Quebec, replete with statstical information on 

 455 pages. The two sections on Forests and Forest Industries 

 occupy only twenty-five pages. 



The first section, prepared by Mr. P. C. Piche, head of the 

 forest service, shows that Quebec furnishes about 30 per cent, 

 of the $182,000,000 worth of forest products marketed by the 

 Dominion in 1912, employing at least 22,000 men in the woods. 



The forest area is estimated at 130 million acres. Only 6 mil- 

 lion acres, mostly in the St. Lawrence Valley, are privately 

 owned, old seigniories, lands sold to settlers or granted to rail- 



