SUMMARY OF VOLUME AND VALUE OF WOOD 

 CUT BY SPECIES 1962-63 



Species Cubic Feet Stumpage Value 



Softwood 



Balsam 11,173,692.29 $ 238,956.67 



Cedar 105,288.22 4,894.48 



Hemlock 1,840,754.44 51,735.79 



Pine, Jack 78,484,737.95 2,182,295.13 



Pine, Red 6,029,217.52 333,445.99 



Pine, White 21,929,958.74 1,186,136.31 



Spi-uce 182,327,347.15 6,819,389.16 



Tamarack 38,726.97 1,176.60 



Christmas Trees 566.00 95.65 



Fuelwood 827,437.60 5,364.32 



302,757,726.88 $10,823,490.10 



Hardwood 



Ash 99,599.84 $ 2,835.83 



Bass-wood 434,239.91 23,365.91 



Beech 277,686.11 5,056.92 



Birch, White 2,295,135.22 37,884.14 



Birch, Yellow 8,822,124.88 664,703.80 



Butternut 1,934.95 72.47 



Cherry 18,140.75 629.15 



Elm 285,619.98 9,537.49 



Maple 6,536,731.12 258,989.89 



Oak 276,047.48 12,539.44 



Poplar 22,907,356.50 209,055.75 



Fuelwood 1,137,287.25 8,552.08 



43,091,903.99 $ 1,233,222.87 



TOTAL all species 345,849,630.87 $12,056,712.97 



Note: Value of export levy not included in above figures. 



LICENSING OF MILLS 



During 1963 the trend to fewer but larger sawmills which has been evident 



since the early 1950s continued. The mills licensed during the year under The 

 Crown Timber Act were as follows: — 



Sawmills Daily Capacity in excess of 50,000 fbm 34 



Daily Capacity 10,000 fbm to 50,000 fbm 112 



Daily Capacity less than 10,000 fbm 723 



Specialty Mills (lath, pickets, ties, shingles, staves, 



headings and hoops) 83 



Veneer Mills 23 



Pulp Mills 27 



SCALING 



Scaling examinations during the past year were held at the following locations 

 on the dates noted: — 



Forest Ranger School, Dorset, Ontario April 11th, 1963 



Forest Ranger School, Dorset, Ontario May 17th, 1963 



Nym Lake, Atikokan, Ontario September 27th, 1963 



NUMBER OF SCALER'S LICENCES ISSUED 



To scale All Classes of Timber 1,393 



To scale Pulpwood only 200 



285 



