Market Studies 



During the course of the year, at the request of companies, business men 

 and municipahties, the forest industry potential of specific areas in Ontario 

 received special study. In addition, data was collected to prepare a Directory of 

 Primary Wood-Using Industries for Ontario. 



Access Roads — Capital Fund Account 



Under the Access Road Construction program an amount of $73,000. was 

 spent during 1961-62 on construction of roads into areas of unalienated Crown 

 land containing mature and over-mature timber. 



Construction 



Swastika — Englehart Management Unit — 14 miles. 

 Note — Funds for maintenance of access roads provided by Lands and Surveys 

 Branch. 



Total miles of road constructed to date under this fund: 



Kapuskasing — Hearst Management Unit I41/2 miles 



Swastika — Englehart Management Unit 51 " 



Pembroke — Petawawa Management Unit 72 " 



Kenora — Gordon Lake Management Unit 8 " 



1451/2 

 Kenora — Jones Road — Road-Part cost 22 



1671/2 " 



To date $851,478.79 has been spent on this type of road construction, all 

 of which has been paid back to the fund from additional stumpage charges 

 collected from forest operators using these roads. 



TIMBER SALES, 1961-62 



Crown Timber Sales C.T.A. 2 (1) 61 47.2 square miles 



Crown Timiber Sales C.T.A. 3 (1) 32 377.7 



Crown Timber Sales C.T.A. 4 (1) 7 19.0 



ABANDONMENTS 



In the fiscal year 1961-62 licensed areas in the amount of 267.59 square 

 miles were abandoned. 



SUMMARY OF AREA UNDER CROWN TIMBER LICENCE CLASSIFIED IN 

 ACCORDANCE WITH THE CROWN TIMBER ACT AS OF MARCH 31, 1962 



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