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FORESTRY BRANCH BULLETIN No. 63 



TABLE 21 VEHICLES 



*Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent. 



"This industry includes the manufacture of wagons and sleds of every 

 description, and the repair of automobiles. 



The manufacture and repair of vehicles are reported by a large number 

 of firms. The large majority have small shops established in every part of 

 the province, the field of trade of which is confined to the locality where they 

 are situated. There are a few large firms manufacturing for the general Canadian 

 market. 



This industry is important, not so much because of the quantity of the 

 material it consumes as because of the wide range it occupies in the province 

 and in the kinds of wood used. In the list it comes tenth with a wood con- 

 sumption of 3,240,000 feet board measure, or 0-5 per cent of the total. 



Nineteen kinds of wood are reported as being used. Sash, door, and build- 

 ing material is the only class of industry which has reported the use of more 

 species. Canadian native woods lead, with birch at the head. The vehicle 

 industry requires superior wood material and the manufacturers of vehicles 

 are well informed as to the qualities of our native hardwoods and the best 

 use to make of them. 



At least 90 per cent of the wood used by the vehicle industry is native to 

 the province. The remainder is purchased mostly from Ontario and the United 

 States in about equal parts. 



Birch, yellow and sweet, is employed in every part of the vehicle industry. 

 It is chiefly valued for framework in light and heavy carriages, and for hubs 

 and spokes. It is also very much used for sleds. 



