Page IS] Division of Timber Management 



TIMBER SALES 1949-50 



Details of the 33 new sales of timber made during the season indicate that 

 152.25 square miles of timber limits were sold. 



During the season. 92 timber licenses comprising 415.50 square miles, were 

 abandoned. 



The status of the timber licensed areas in Ontario as at March 31st. 1950, was 

 therefore as follows: 



Table No. 1 



AREA 

 NO. (SQ. MILES) 



Licenses and Renewals Issued 1949-50 _. 813 11,571 



Licenses, in Suspense 36 342^4 



Total 849 11,913^ 



PULPWOOD AXD TIMBER AGREEMENTS 1949-50 



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

 1950—69.860.75 square miles. 



Table No. 2 

 AREA UXDER PULPWOOD AXD TIMBER AGREEMEXT 



FISCAL YEAR SQ. MILES FISCAL YEAR SQ. MILES 



1940-41 __ 65,497.50 1945-46 53,754.00 



1041-42 66,509.50 1946-47 56,745.00 



1942-43 71,636.50 1947-48 66,254.50 



1943-44 56,690.50 1948-49 66,980.75 



1944-45 - 59,353.00 1949-50 ... . 69,860.75 



Table No. 3 



MILLS LICEXSED 



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

 follows: — 



Less than 5,000 ft. daily capacity — 597 



5,000 to 30,000 ft. daily capacity _ 713 



Over 30,000 ft. daily capacity 43 



Number of Paper Mills - 35 



1,388 



SCALING 



Scaler's examinations were held as follows: — 



Carnarvon June 11th, 1949 



Sault Ste. Marie May 13th, 1940 



TABLES 



Table Xo. 4. Statement of amounts of timber cut during the year ending March 3 1st, 

 1949. 



