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Leeds and Grenville.In. all the townships, except South Burgess and 

 North Crosby, which have suffered from the ravages of bush fires, there 

 is a large amount of standing timber, consisting mainly of hard and soft 

 woods ; used for firewood, fencing, lumber, buckets and pails. 



Lanark. About twenty-four per cent, of the uncleared land is covered 

 with timber or bush. The timber is chiefly pine, beech, maple, basswood, 

 ash, birch, cedar and tamarac. A considerable export trade in hardwood 

 is carried on, and there is a large local consumption for railway ties, 

 fencing, fuel, etc. A great destruction of pine took place from the great 

 fire in 1870. 



Renfrew. About forty-six per cent of the entire area is still timbered. 

 Red and white pine exist in large quantities. There is also an abundant 

 supply of ash, elm, maple, basswood, spruce, cedar, tamarac, balsam, 

 poplar, beech and hemlock. Lumbering is extensively carried on for 

 exportation to European and American markets. The hard woods are 

 chiefly used for fuel and cedar for fencing. 



Frontenac. As nearly as can be computed, about fifty per cent, of the 

 land in Frontenac is still timbered with pine, basswood, ash, hemlock, 

 beech, balsam, tamarac, cedar and maple; principally used for lumber, 

 fencing and fuel. 



Lennox and Addington. Owing to the returns being in several 

 instances obviously inaccurate, the extent of land in the counties under 

 timber cannot be estimated. Four-fifths of Denbigh and associated 

 townships are, however, reported to be under pine, maple, beech and 

 cedar, and lumbering is extensively carried on. There is also a consider- 

 able quantity of timber land in North and South Fredericksburg, in 

 Camden and in Sheffield. 



Prince Edward County. About sixteen per cent of the entire area is 

 still covered with timber, consisting of beech, maple, elm, cedar, oak, 

 black ash and some pine ; used for lumber, fuel, coopers' staves, fencing 

 and building. 



Hastings. A large proportion of the acreage is still covered with 

 timber in some townships to the extent of seventy-five per cent. 



Haliburton. About eighty per cent of the entire area is still under 

 timber, consisting principally of maple, beech, birch, hemlock, basswood, 

 elm, ash, pine, tamarac and cedar; used for lumber, fencing, railway 

 ties, telegraph poles, shingles, bolts, saw-logs, etc. 



Peterborough. A large proportion not far short of one-half of the 

 area is under timber, consisting of pine, cedar, beech, maple, hemlock, 

 basswood, tamarac, birch and ash ; used for timber, fencing, firewood, 

 shingles, bolts, railway ties and telegraph poles. Bush fires have 

 destroyed large tracts, particularly in the township of Harvey. 



Northumberland and Durham. About eighteen per cent of the total 

 acreage is still timbered A-ith hardwood, cedar, pine, hemlock and tarn- 



