179 



FROM 1867 TO 1881 INCLUSIVE. 





TOTAL RECORDED PRODUCT, UPPER OTTAWA AGENCY, 1826 TO 1881, 30TH JUNE 



Ontario, 7,173,182 pieces pine ; 494,824 other woods ; 22,005,108 saw logs. 

 Quebec 3,955,166 " " ; 209,338 " ; 19,507,159 



Total, 11,128,348 " 704,162 41,512,267 



In the foregoing table it is to be observed that square timber and saw-logs 

 only are included, and all other wood goods are omitted, as unimportant for the 

 object of the table. The dues accrued from them are, however included in the 

 following equally brief exhibit of the revenue accrued from Crown timber dues 

 in the upper Ottawa territories of Quebec and Ontario respectively from 1826 to 

 1881 inclusive, being from the remotest period of which there are any records in 

 the Crown Timber Office, Ottawa. 



The collection of timber and slide dues being combined, greatly facilitates 

 and tends to secure the accurate collection of both. The same timber and the 

 same men are dealt with at the same time. The returns of the timber rangers of 

 their inspections supported by sworn statements of cullers, afford the means of 

 effectively checking the accuracy of the certificates the lumberers give the 

 deputy slide masters, which through careless error or fraud might be quite 

 erroneous, as to the numbers of saw-logs especially, and as to where they came 



