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arac. The former is used principally for fuel, the latter for building, 

 fencing, and barrel staves. 



Victoria. Probably about fifty per cent of the uncleared land is under 

 timber, consisting of cedar, pine, hemlock, maple, birch, beech, basswood. 

 black ash, mountain ash, balsam, tamarac, oak and elm ; used for lum- 

 ber, fuel, building and fencing. 



Ontario. About seventeen per cent of the area of Ontario is still under 

 timber (excepting the township of Reach, which returns no percentage). 

 The timber consists of pine, maple, beech, basswood, tamarac, balsam, 

 cedar, black ash, hemlock and elm ; used mainly for lumber, fuel, fences, 

 staves and domestic uses. 



fork About twenty-two and a half per cent, of the area of York is 

 still under timber, consisting of beech, maple, elm, basswood, pine, 

 hemlock, cedar, tamarac and birch ; used for building purposes, fencing 

 and firewood. 



Simcoe. It is impossible to glean from the returns the total acreage 

 under timber, but probably over one-half of the entire county area is 

 under maple, beech, elm, basswood, tamarac, pine, hemlock, cedar, 

 balsam, birch, ash and oak. Lumbering operations are very extensively 

 carried on in several of the townships, and there is a large amount of 

 business done in hemlock bark (which is largely used within the county, 

 and also exported for tanning purposes), and in railway ties, telegraph 

 poles and shingles. The hardwoods aie principally used for fuel, and 

 the soft woods for building and fencing. 



Peel About eleven per cent, of the entire acreage is still under timber, 

 consisting of beech, maple, hemlock, cedar, white and red oak, ash, elm, 

 hickory and basswood. A few pine are scattered in Chinguacousy and 

 Toronto townships. The timber is generally used for fuel, fencing and 

 domestic purposes. 



Halton. About seventeen per cent, of the entire area is still timbered, 

 chiefly with hardwood and a limited amount of pine. The timber is 

 principally used for lumber, fencing and fuel. 



Wentworth. Fourteen and a half per cent, probably under timber, con- 

 sisting of pine, beech, maple, elm, black ash, cedar, tamarac, oak, hickory, 

 walnut and chestnut ; used for lumber, firewood, fencing, building and 

 general purposes. 



Lincoln. Exclusive of the township of Caistor, which does not report 

 the area of land still timbered, Lincoln has over 24,000 acres still covered 

 with beech, black ash, maple, elm, oak, hickory and some pine ; used for 

 firewood, fencing, building and manufacturing purposes, also for ship 

 timber and railroad ties. 



Welland. About eighteen per cent, of the area is still under timber, 

 consisting of beech, maple, oak, ash, basswood, elm, hemlock, poplar, 

 birch, chestnut, walnut and butternut; used for shipbuilding, house- 

 building, fencing and fuel. 



