In co-operation with the Ontario Department of Economics and Development and 

 the Canada Department of Industry, the promotion of new forest based industries 

 was intensified. 



In order to become better informed of the rapidly changing supply and 

 demand situation for wood products throughout the world and to interpret the 

 effect of these changes for Ontario, greater emphasis has been placed on the main- 

 tenance of pertinent statistical information. The importance of Ontario's hardwood 

 resource has received particular attention and the raw material requirements of 

 our secondary wood using industries is currently under study. 



Linear programming, a mathematical technique for solving problems made 

 possible with the advent of computers, appears to have some application in solv- 

 ing certain forestry problems and a project is currently being considered which 

 would determine possible applications of this technique. 



LICENSING OF MILLS 



While there was little change in the number of mills operating in Ontario 

 during 1964, the trend to larger sawmills, which has been evident since the early 

 1950's, continued. The mills licensed under the Crown Timber Act were as 

 follows: 



Sawmills Daily Capacity in excess of 50,000 fbm 33 



Daily Capacity 10,000 fbm to 50,000 fbm 132 



Daily Capacity less than 10,000 fbm 714 



Specialty Mills (chiefly railway tie and bolt mills) 97 



Veneer Mills 28 



Pulp Mills 26 



Total : 1,030 



SCALING 



Within the past few years, the logging industry has started a program of 

 mechanized harvesting of wood, with new machines and logging techniques being 

 introduced every year. This inevitably creates problems in the measurement of 

 wood by conventional methods and changes in scaling technique have been devised 

 in order to keep pace with the changing logging methods. Several studies of new 

 concepts in wood measurement which it is hoped will prove accurate, practical and 

 economical are currently under way. 



Scaling examinations during the past year were held at the following locations 

 on the dates noted: 



Forest Ranger School, Dorset, Ontario April 10th, 1964 



Forest Ranger School, Dorset, Ontario May 15th, 1964 



Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario September 25th, 1964 



NUMBER OF SCALER'S LICENSES ISSUED 



To scale All Classes of Timber 1,453 



To scale Pulpwood only 185 



286 



