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14 REPORT OF THE No. 3 



the Province, very little reduced from those of last year, though production 

 was practically at a standstill. This condition is due partly to the tariff im- 

 position of $4.00 per thousand feet by the United States and to the dumping 

 into England of Russian products, the result of State controlled operations. 

 The dealers are thus largely limited, tentatively at any rate, to home markets 

 with the hope of enlarged ones in Great Britain, and pending the revival of 

 building trade in our own country the attention of all is centred in the outcome 

 of the negotiations between Great Britain and Russia as to the limitations that 

 may be placed on State labour lumber imports from Russia following the termina- 

 tion of the existing trade treaty between the two countries. 



With some 800 sawmills and over 40 pulp and paper mills and the extensive 

 saw material available the forest products industries are vital to Ontario's 

 progress. 



Though drastic reductions in Departmental expenditure have been made, 

 as a forecast last year, revenues continue to fall. Details appear in the appendices 

 following and an accurate forecast is very difficult to make even for the im- 

 mediate future. The outlook for the present is not encouraging and to protect 

 the immense capital commitments of our forest products industries no effort 

 or. sacrifice must be spared in order that these industries may once again, at 

 no distant date, resume a state of healthy operation and continue to contribute 

 their quota towards the fulfilment of Ontario's destiny. 



SURVEYS, WATER POWERS, ENGINEERING, 

 MAPS, ETC. 



Crown Land Surveys carried out during the year included provincial 

 boundaries, base lines, township outlines and subdivision lake, river, and road 

 traverse. The interprovincial boundaries, run over 30 years ago, were retraced, 

 opened out and clearly defined on the ground. 



Township outlines along the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway 

 Extension to James Bay were defined, and two Townships in the vicinity of 

 Moosonee were subdivided. 



Control surveys for mapping purposes were continued in the Districts of 

 Thunder Bay and in Algonquin Park. 



Surveys of colonization and trunk roads were made in the Districts of 

 Cochrane, Parry Sound, and other miscellaneous surveys were carried on where 

 expedient and necessary. 



The total expenditure for surveys during the past year was $99,984.05, 

 being a decrease of $25,015.95, as compared with 1931. 



Two new Water Power Leases were granted during the year: No. 53 at 

 Michipicoten Falls, District of Algoma; No. 54 on Sturgeon River, District of 

 Thunder Bay. 



The power development at Chats Falls on the Ottawa River (Water Power 

 Lease No. 49) has been completed by the Hydro-Electric Power Commission 

 and put into operation. 



