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Baldimand. About twenty-four pei cent, of tne acreage is still 

 timbered, consisting chiefly of hardwoods; used for fencing, fuel and 

 building purposes. 



Norfolk. About twenty-four per cent, of the entire area is still tim- 

 bered, and the standing timber consists chiefly of pine, oak, maple, 

 chestnut, black and white ash, elm and cedar; used for railway ties, 

 lumber, fencing, firewood and general purposes. 



Brant. About twenty-five per cent, is yet in timber of maple, beech, 

 elm, oak, pine, cedar, basswood, tamarac, hickory and ironwood. 



Waterloo. About twenty-two and a half per cent, of the area is still 

 timbered with pine, oak, beech, maple, cedar, ash and hemlock. 



Grey. About thirty-four per cent, of the land is still timbered, chiefly 

 with hardwood. Very little pine exists, and only sufficient cedar for 

 fencing purposes. 



Bruce. About twenty-five per cent of the land is timbered. Maple, 

 basswood, elm, hemlock, cedar, ash, beech and birch predominate ; there 

 is also some pine. 



Huron. About twenty-nine per cent, is covered with timber ; hard and 

 soft woods. 



Perth. About twenty-one per cent, is covered with timber, consisting 

 of beech, elm, maple, basswood, black and white ash, pine, hemlock, 

 cedar, birch and tamarac. 



Oxford. Seventeen per cent, under pine, cedar, beech, maple, elm, ash, 

 basswood and oak. 



Elgin. Thirty per cent, is timbered with most of the indigenous woods 

 excepting cedar. 



Middlesex. Thirty-five per cent, under hardwood and some pine. 



Lambton. Forty-eight per cent covered with oak, ash, elm, beech, 

 maple, basewood, hickory and some pine. 



Kent. Thirty-seven per cent in oak, black and red ash, hickory, 

 hard and soft maple, cherry and sycamore, some black walnut and some 

 tulip. 



Essex. Two-thirds still under bush, consisting chiefly of whitewood, 

 oak, ash, elm, hickory, bass, sycamore and other woods. 



Wellington. About fifteen per cent is etill timbered with beech, maple, 

 elm, cedar, hemlock, basswood, ash and balsam. 



According to Mr. Ward, Ontario furnishes 4,474,000 pieces, equal to 

 2.600,000 standard pine logs of 200 feet each, producing 520,000,000 feet of 

 lumber ; 6,790,090 cubic feet of white and red pine, or 81,000,000 feet b. m. ; 

 dimension timber, 23,000,000 feet b. in. ; hardwood, cedar, &c., equal to 

 5,000,000 feet making in the aggregate 635,500,000 feet b. m. ; paying to 

 the Provincial Government for timber dues $501,000, and ground rents 

 $46/iOO, with eighteen thousand square miles under licensa 



