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England. In 1830, it had crept up to only 20 million 

 cubic feet, but by 1850, it amounted to over 50 million 

 cubic feet, two-fifths of which was sawed material, 

 the 2632 mills being reported by the Census (1851) 

 as having cut 776 million feet B.M. By 1867, when 

 the Dominion was formed, the total export of forest 

 products had advanced in value to $18 million; the 

 next decade, with a climax year in 1873 of $26 million, 

 saw an increase to $20 million in the average, the 

 proportion of sawn material being nearly three times 

 that of hewn wood, and the entire cut of Ontario 

 going to the United States. At that time it was com- 

 puted that the waste of value in shipping square 

 timber amounted for the province of Ontario alone 

 still to over $350,000 annually. At present sawed 

 lumber, deals, boards, planks, etc., form 70 per cent. 

 of the total export. 



In the last 20 years a steady increase in exports at an 

 average rate of about 3 per cent, per annum is noted, 

 the total in 1903 culminating at nearly $41 million, 

 but in the following year sinking to 36.7 million. In 

 1910, the total export amounted to $53 million, 

 against which an import of nearly $16 million is to 

 be offset, nearly double what it was three years before. 

 Adding wood manufactures, the net export must be 

 increased by some $36 million. The bulk of the 

 export goes, of course, to the United States. 

 But, while exports of forest products thus increased 

 absolutely, relatively to other exports they have con- 

 siderably declined, i.e., the lumber industry has not 

 grown proportionally to other developments, for 

 while, in 1868, forest products formed 34 per cent, of 



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