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Butternut is found in nearly all parts of the forests east of the River Rouge and 

 south of the latitude of Lake Keepawa. There is enough of this timber, of merchant- 

 able dimensions, to cut 5,000,000 feet for the manufacture of furniture. 



Beech is rather common in the forests of the central region, from Quebec to the 

 River Ottawa. Some very fine specimens of this tree may be obtained in the counties 

 of Argenteuil, Labelle, Wright, and in the lower part of Pontiac. The timber could 

 produce over 15,000,000 feet of fine boards for making furniture and wainscoting, and 

 us many railroad ties for exportation to France, where these ties are in great demand. 



A recapitulation of the details given for each of the several kinds of timber 

 standing in the central region gives the following totals : 



Soft Woods Saw-logs. 



White pine 30,325,000,000 ft. B.M. 



Red pine 7,500,000,000 " 



White spruce 60,000,000,000 " 



Hemlock 200,000,000 " 



98,025,000,000 

 Hard Woods 



Birch, yellow and black 300,000,000 



Maple 300,000,000 



Oak 10,000,000 



Elm 200,000,000 



Ash 125,000,000 



Beech 15,000,000 



Butternut 5,000,000 



Basswood 100.000,000 



White birch (bouleau) 150,000,000 



Poplar 250.000,000 



1,445.000,000 

 Pulp Wood- 

 White spruce (from tops) . . 15,000,000 cords. 



Black spruce 20,000,000 " 



Fir 2,500,000 " 



Poplar 50.000,000 " 



87,000,000 

 Railway Ties 



Banksian pine 150,000,000 pieces. 



Cedar 60,000,000 " 



Beech. . 15,000,000 " 



225.000,000 " 

 Poles for Electric Wires 



Cedar 10,000,000 " 



Shingles 



Bolts and hollow butts 8,000,000,000 shingles 



Culvert Timber 



Cedar 5,000,000 cub. ft. 



Add to all that myriads of pickets and rails for fences, inexhaustible supplies r-f 

 fire wood, and you will have an idea of the wealth and variety of the forests of this 

 central region. 



