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Running cost of hydrogen per 



hour (S.S. Twin) 1.80 



Portable shed to house 1 S.S. 



Twin 35,000.00 



Quarters and subsidiary buildings 



(100 men) 6.000.00 



Gas plant — depending on type and 



conditions Unknown 



$41,000.00 

 Less 40 per cent-- 24,550.00 



Personnel. 



Complement for 4 S.S. Twin ships would 

 amount to approximately: 



Ships, 6 pilots; crews, 12 men; attached 

 parties, 25 men; skilled men (trade classifica- 

 tion), 50; unskilled labor, 30. Total, 6 pilots 

 and 1 1 7 men. 



In addition — commanding officer, landing of- 

 ficer, engineer officer, hydrogen officer, stores 

 and accountant officer. 



Estimated Wages and Salaries. 



Commanding officer __-- $3,000 



Landing officer 2,500 



Engineer officer 1,750 



Hydrogen officer 1,250 



Stores and accountant officer 1,000 



$9,500 



Six pilots, $2,000 each 12,000 



Unskilled labor at $8 per week, 

 and skilled labor at $15 per 

 week - 39.000 



*$77,140 

 The above prices are, of course, given con- 

 cluding that such a service would not be drawn 

 from a C.A.F. 



I have endeavored to give more general in- 

 formation than advice as to organization, etc.. 

 as this cannot be given without knowing what 

 the policy might be. 



Editor's Note. — It is to be feared tliat Captain 

 Barron's wage estimates are not based on present 

 Canadian conditions. The amounts could be 

 doubled with greater accuracy. 



CANADA'S FUR ANIMALS. 



tain that this home demand will be permanent. 

 Further, it will naturally increase with the 

 growth of our population. 



Canadian fur-bearing animals constitute a re- 

 source which, in the last fiscal year before the 

 outbreak of the war. provided exports valued 

 at $5,569,476, while even in 1916 the exports 

 amounted to $4,778,337. In addition to the 

 furs exported, large quantities are used in Can- 

 ada and the severity of our winters make it cer- 



ONTARIO'S FOREST INCOME. 



During the year ending Oct. 31, 1918, the 

 Ontario Government derived a forest revenue 

 of $1,756,085 from its Crown lands. Of this, 

 nearly half was derived from timber dues and 

 approximately $190,000 from the fire tax of one 

 cent per acre per year for lands under license. 

 The total revenue for the year is the largest 

 since 1912-13, when the revenues closely ap- 

 proximated two million dollars. The area under 

 license at the close of the fiscal year is re- 

 ported at 16,888 square miles, or 574 sauare 

 miles greater than for the previous year. These 

 figures indicate the vital importance of On- 

 tario's forest resources in furnishing revenue for 

 the support of the provincial administration, as 

 well as in furnishing suoplies of raw material 

 for the hundreds of wood-using industries of the 

 province. 



The permit system for regulating settlers' 

 clearing fires is working out splendidly in 

 practice. During 1918, 9,590 permits for the 

 burning of slash by settlers were issued as 

 against 3,486 for the previous season. Accord- 

 ing to the report of the Forest Service, the acre- 

 age covered by these permits amounted in 1918 

 to 39,683, as against 15,186 acres for the 

 previous season. The permits are issued by 

 members of the fire ranging staff, and the Pro- 

 vincial Forester reports that, generally speak- 

 ing, the settlers co-operate heartily and appear 

 to appreciate the wisdom of the new regulations. 

 The maximum number of rangers and super- 

 visors was 1 .190. 



QUEBEC FOREST OUTLAY. 



The Legislature of Quebec has appropriated 

 $100,000 for the provincial forest service and 

 the inspection of lands for the fiscal year end- 

 ing June 30, 1920; also $7,000 for the main- 

 tenance of the provincial forest nursery at 

 Berthierville. These amounts are very mater- 

 ially supplemented by the expenditures on forest 

 fire protection incurred by the Ottawa River, St. 

 Mourice, Laurentian and Southern St. Lawrence 

 forest protective associations, which patrol the 

 great bulk of the licensed and privately owned 

 timber lands in the province. The expenditures 

 of these four associations on fire protection dur- 

 ing the past year total $177,729. 



