96 REPORT OF THE No. 3 



Appendix No. 32 



AGREEMENT made and entered into this twenty-first day of September, 

 A.D.,1926. 



Between : 



HIS MAJESTY THE KING, represented herein by the Min- 

 ister of Lands and Forests of the Province of Ontario, here- 

 inafter referred to as "the Minister." 



of the First Part, 



AND 



FORT WILLIAM PAPER COMPANY, LIMITED, herein- 

 after referred to as "The Company," 



of the Second Part, 



Whereas the said Company is now operating a pulp and paper plant at the 

 City of Fort William, in the District of Thunder Bay, consisting of a ground- 

 wood pulp mill having a capacity of 160 tons of ground-wood pulp per day, 

 and a paper mill having a capacity of 175 tons of newsprint per day; 



And whereas the said Company has expended in the erection and equipment 

 of said plant, and in a site for the same, upwards of Four Million dollars, and 

 has since its incorporation expended for labour, raw material and supplies in 

 connection with such plant, a further sum of over Four Million dollars; 



And whereas the said Company employs in its said plant at Fort William 

 225 men, and in its woods' operations during the time in each year such opera- 

 tions are carried on, over 1,200 men; 



And whereas the annual consumption of wood by said plant is approxi- 

 mately 70,000 cords; 



And whereas the said Company's supply of wood, available for said plant, 

 on lands upon which it now has the right to cut is only sufficient to keep said 

 plant operating to capacity for a comparatively short period and is not sufficient 

 to place the business of the Company on a permanent basis or to justify any 

 enlargements or extensions thereof. 



And whereas the Company is desirous of enlarging its plant, so that the 

 same will comprise a ground-wood pulp mill with a capacity of 350 tons of mechan- 

 ical pulp per day; a sulphite pulp mill with a capacity of 100 tons of unbleached 

 sulphite pulp per day, and a paper mill of a capacity of 425 tons of newsprint 

 per day; 



And whereas the proposed enlarged plant described in the preceding para- 

 graph hereof will consume in its operations approximately 175,000 cords of 

 pulpwood annually; 



And whereas upon the completion of the works hereinbefore mentioned 

 the said Company will have a capital investment in said plant of over Ten Million 

 dollars ($10,000,000) ; 



And whereas the plant and works of the Company enlarged as aforesaid 

 will employ approximately 580 men and will afford employment for approxi- 

 mately 3,000 additional men in woods' operations; 



And whereas by advertisement duly published, The Honourable the Minis- 

 ter of Lands and Forests for the Province of Ontario called for tenders to be 



