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for the compilation of plans to work in co-operation with the operators in their 

 preparations, to analyze them when submitted, and put into effect the control 

 necessary to assure the application of the plans as approved by the Department. 



Additional foresters have been assigned to supervise current management 

 projects in the Districts, and as the plans of the various operators are approved 

 and additional Crown management units are established, management foresters 

 will take over active control of this phase of timber management. 



As at the end of March, 1947, fifty agreements have been written, covering 

 approximately 60,000 square miles, which contain clauses providing for some 

 form of management control through the submission before beginning operations. 



During the past year the available information on the preparation of 

 management plans of other forest authorities was reviewed, as were the agree- 

 ments, to obtain a basic understanding of their requirements. A manual was 

 prepared outlining the minimum requirements for working or management 

 I)lans, operating plans, and annual cutting applications and the compilation of 

 forest survey data collected to form a basis for such plans and applications. 

 When completed this manual was forwarded to all the operators concerned. 



Plans are now being received from operators, a substantial indication that 

 the industry is prepared to co-operate in this program. Many more are activeh' 

 engaged in the preparation of plans, but owing to the shortage of foresters avail- 

 able for conducting this work as a result of war conditions, there has been con- 

 siderable delay. Now that the war is over it is expected that the conditions will 

 be stabilized considerably and a great expansion in this program will become 

 evident. 



Arrangements have been made to have a closer check on proposed operations 

 through the requirements of more detail in annual cutting applications and the 

 subsequent inspection of woods operations. By means of the control planned 

 there will unquestionably be much better utilization and less opportunity for 

 the continuation of wasteful practices which were difificult to control under war 

 conditions. 



Timber Sales — 1946-47 



Details of the 78 new sales of timber made during the season, indicate that 

 560 square miles of timber limits were sold. 



During the season 53 timber licences, comprising 158.25 square miles, were 

 abandoned. 



The status of the timber licensed areas in Ontario as at March 31st, 1947, 

 was therefore as follows: 



Area 

 No. Sq. Miles 



Licences and Renewals Issued 1946-47 878 11,276.25 



Licences, in .Suspense : 28 433 . 75 



Total 906 11,710.00 



This is 702.25 scjuarc miles less than that undt'r licence as at .March 31st 

 of the previous \ear. The 934.25 square miles not accounted for by new sales 

 and abandonments, is the result of adjustments in the areas of individual timber 

 licences. 



