\'(j J , Report of the Department of Lands and Forests for 1950 



foundation required for determining relative stumpage values under varying con- 

 ditions of size and quality of timber stands, under varying market prices and under 

 different operating techniques. 



^naex of ^aoieS 



Table No. Page 



1. mills licensed ---------------- 163 



2. Status of timber licensed are.\s ---------- 163 



3. .\rea under pulpwood and timber .agreement ------ 164 



4. Statement of amounts of timber cut during the year ending 

 March 31st, 1948 --------------- 164 



5. Classification of .annual timber returns for the ye.ar ending 



March 31st, 1948, by districts ----- 164 



5. algonquin (pembroke) 164 5-h. north bay - - - - 170 



5-a. ch.aple.au ----- 166 5-i. parry sound - - - 171 



S-b. COCHRANE ----- 166 5-j. port ARTHUR - - - 171 



S-C. fort FRANCES - - - - 167 5-k. QUINTE ( TWEED) - - 172 



5-d. GER.ALDTON ----- 167 5-1. SAULT STE. M.ARIE - - 173 



5-e. GOGAMA ------ 168 5-m. sioux lookout - - 173 



S-f. KAPUSKASING - - - - 168 5-n. SUDBURY - - - - 1 74 



5-g. kenora - - - - - -170 5-0. trent (lindsay ) - - 175 



6. Timber areas sold during the year ending M.arch 31. 1949 - 176 



MILLS LICENSED 

 The mills licensed during the year under the Mills Licensing Act, were as 

 follows: 



Table No. 1 



Less than 5,000 ft. daily capacity 562 



5,000 to 30,000 ft. daily capacity 681 



Over 30,000 ft. daily capacity 40 



Number of Paper Mills 35 



1,318 



SCALING 

 Scalers examinations were held as follows: 



Carnarvon May 7th, 1948 Fort William Oct. 9th. 1948 



Thessalon June 4th, 1948 Huntsville Nov. 5th, 1948 



TIMBER SALES 1948-49 

 Details of the 43 new sales of timber made during the season indicate that 

 100.75 square miles of timber limits were sold. 



During the season, 61 timber licenses comprising 174.25 square miles, were 

 abandoned. 



The status of the timber licensed areas in Ontario as at March 31, 1949, was 

 therefore as follows: 



Table No. 2 area 



NO. so. MILES 



Licenses and Renewals Issued 1948-49 879 11,733.75 



Licenses, in Suspense _ 27 241.75 



Total 906 11,975.50 



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