156 REPORT OF THE No. 3 



Pulpwood and Timber Agreements — 1946-47 



Area under pulpwood concession and timber agreement as at March 31st, 

 1947 — 56,745 square miles. 



Mills Licensed 1946-47 



The mills licensed during the season under the Mills Licensing Act were as 

 follows : 



Less than 5,000 ft. daih' capacit\" 506 



5,000 ft. to 30,000 ft. daih- capacity 655 



Over 30,000 ft. daih" capacity 42 



Number of Paper Mills • 35 



Total 1238 



Pulpwood Exports 

 Detailed statements of pulpwood exports are shown on Pages 172 and 173. 



Scaling 



Scalers examinations were held during 1946 as follows: 



(1) Fort William (2) '. June 29th 



Sept. 28th 



(2) Minden Ma>- 10th 



(3) Swastika Nov. 2nd 



(4) Thessalon May 31st 



The restilts were as follows: 



Fort William Minden Swastika Thessalon 



Number of Candidates 95 46 47 48 



Number obtaining full licences. . . 29 10 9 19 



Number obtaining Sawlog licences . . 2 5 



No. obtaining Pulpwood licences. .10 3 8 8 



The remainder of the candidates were either recommended for licence after 

 further experience, or were not successful. 



