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tracts for information and advice. The 

 supervision of the management of a small 

 tract owned by the Y.M.CA. near Lake 

 Couchiching (Ontario) has been under- 

 taken by the Forestry Branch. It will be 

 the object of this management to main- 

 tain the permanent continuity of forest 

 cover, and at the same time procure for 

 the owners of the tract the greatest pos- 

 sible benefit and revenue. In connection 

 with this work studies will be made of the 

 rate of growth and suitability for im- 

 portation into this country of various ex- 

 otic trees that might prove of value to 

 the owners of small tracts of woodlands 

 who desire to make the most of their wood- 

 lots and plantations. 



The outline given of these lines of 

 work (still merely in their infancy) will 

 make clear the necessity for large in- 

 creases in staff. An especial difficulty 

 has been experienced in securing the ser- 

 vices of men properly trained f5r the 

 duties of planning and supervising the 

 various activities. The forestry schools of 

 the country are developing men of the 

 right caliber and abilities, but at a rate 

 altogether inadequate. A considerable 

 number of acquisitions of technical men 

 has, however, been made recently, which 

 will allow important development. 



Canadian Pulpwood Statistics for 1912 



Figures from the Forthcoming Bulletin of the Dominion Forestry Branch. 



A total of 1,846,910 cords of pulpwood 

 were cut in Canada during 1912; of this 

 866,042 cords were manufactured into pulp 

 in Canadian mills while 980,868 cords were 

 exported in the raw or unmanufactured 

 state. This is an increase of 21.5 per cent 

 over the total cut of 1911 — an increase of 

 28.8 per cent in manufacture of pulp and 

 an increase of 16.6 per cent in export of 

 raw pulpwood. 



The average value per cord of pulpwood 

 consumed bv Canada's pulp mills decreas- 

 ed from $6.45 to $6.02. The total value of 

 pulpwood used in the industry in 1912 was 

 $5,215,582. 



Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick still 

 head the list of provinces in consumption 

 of pulpwood. British Columbia, however, 

 has increased its consumption by some 

 thirty-four thousand cords bringing it up 

 to fourth place ahead of Nova Scotia. A 

 decrease of 18.6 per cent in consumption 

 is noticed in Ontario during 1912; all other 

 provinces having increased during the 

 year. 



The use of balsam fir for pulp manufac- 

 ture has increased from 17.5 per cent in 

 1911 to 19 per cent, in 1912, and with this 

 there is a decrease in the proportion of 

 spruce from 81.6 per cent to 78.2 per cent. 

 An increase in the proportion of hemlock 

 used is due to the consumption in British 

 Columbia where over seventeen thousand 

 cords of this material were used in 1912. 

 Western larch was reported for the first 

 time from this Province. 



The mechanical and sulphite processes 

 still head the list, but the sulphate pro- 

 cess used practically for the first time in 

 1912, was employed in manufacturing over 

 sixty-six thousand cords of pulpwood, put- 

 ting this process third on the list. This 



replaces the soda process, the use of which 

 decreased by 72.9 per cent. 



The export of the finished product, wood- 

 pulp, has increased by 34.1 per cent. The 

 proportions of ground wood and chemical 

 pulp remained practically stationary at 

 about 85 and 15 per cent, respectively. 

 In 1911 over 99 per cent, of the export 

 went to the United States. In 1912 only 

 about 63 per cent, was exported to that 

 country, while Great Britain imported al- 

 most 37 per cent and Japan entered the 

 market purchasing 1,046 tons of pulp, 

 mostly chemically prepared. China and 

 New Zealand also imported small quanti- 

 ties of Canadian wood-pulp. 



Wood-pulp was imported into Canada 

 from the United States, Sweden, Great Bri- 

 tain, Germany and Austria-Hungary in 

 1912, indicating that in some cases these 

 countries can manufacture pulp cheaper 

 than Canada or that they produce some 

 special grade of material desired by Can- 

 adian paper makers. The total value of 

 imports of pulp increased by 83.7 per cent 

 in 1912. 



Canada still exports over half the pulp- 

 wood produced in the country. In fact, 

 the proportion of wood exported in the raw 

 state increased from 55.8 per cent in 1911 

 to 56.1 per cent in 1912. 



New Brunswick and Nova Scotia manu- 

 factured less of their pulpwood in 1912 

 than in 1911, while the proportions in On- 

 tario remained the same. British Columbia 

 was the only Province which reported hav- 

 ing manufactured all its pulpwood into 

 pulp in the Province. The effects of legis- 

 lation restricting the export of raw pulp- 

 wood are most evident in Quebec, where 

 43.5 ]>er cent of the cut of pulpwood was 

 manufactured within the Province in 1912 

 as opposed to only 38.0 per cent in 1911. 



