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docs not appear to extend much bey on < I the Height of Land ; Imt 

 that in the country adjacent to Lake- Timagami and Lady Evelyn 

 there i- an exten .1 f red and white pine of tine quality. 



beside- many -mailer area- rl-c\\hcrc. it wa- al-" c-timaled that 

 the District of Xipissing (no\v in largi part Tiniiskaming i north of 

 the C.IMv. contained JO,OOO,OOO cord- of pulpwood ; the then I >i-trict 

 I \l->ma. IOO.OOO.OOO cord- ; the District of Thunder Bay, 

 150.000,000 Cords: the then District of Kaim Kiver. iS.oOO.OOO 

 cord-, a -rand total of 288,OOO,OOO cords, and it i- not unlikely 

 300,000,000. 



The forest area of -the province, not counting 1'atricia, i- 



e-timated at inj.ooo square- mile-. The pine f. >rc-t- are the ni"-i 



\alnahle on the continent of America. The quantity of pine -till 



standing on liceii-ed land- i- c-timatcd at 7,OOO,OOO,OOo feet, and on 



unlicensed territory. 13.500,000,000. The total area now COJ 



hy timher license is 18,410 square miles, of which IJ.J'H, nn- in 



the western portion. 5.331 in the region of the I'ppcr < )tta\\a. and 



6lO in the Kelleville district. The total production of -awlo^- in 



i'Hj was 556,961,514 feet board measure, of which . 217 came 



from the \\e-t. 100,151.987 from the I'pper ( Htawa. and K./.J^IO 



from the district of i'elleville. The average cut of pine for the la-t 



pII-12, was 536,051,385 feet board measure. The out- 



f timher other than pine showed an increase of 24,093. M*> fed 



ir. There was also an increase in the pulpwood of 



-1'i.ou conls. The most notable expansion was in railway tie-. 



The quantity taken out last year WZ& i.J.-o.S^j tie-. The (juantity 



taken out this year was 5.7"M5 ( ' tie-, showing an increased output 



for the year of 1.433.0.7 tie-. The total revenue from wood- and 



forests for timber dues, bonus, ground rent and transfer fee- in 



i;U Ontario leads in the production iieen 



different kind- of wood, liritish Columbia in the production of live. 



and Quebec in four. The total lumber cut in < Mitario in I<H i \va- 



i./i6.S4g feet board measure, valued at $30.584. 7 24 : giving the jr<- 



vince the leading place in Canada with 34.^ ]>er cent, of the total 



cut. 



The (iovernnient of (Mitario lia- permanently \\itlulrawn fr-.m 

 settlement nearly thirteen million aci rown lands 



Rese: These are: Xipigon. 7..V -|iiare mile-: Timagami 



6^xx>: Missjssaga. 3.000; Quelico. 1.500: Sibley. 70. a total of 17. S 7" 

 sq. miles in Xorthern Ontario; Algonquin Park, 2,060; Rondeau 

 Park. 8; Eastern. 100. a total of 2,168 square miles in Old Ontario, 

 or a grand total for the province of 20,038 square miles. The 



