104 REPORT OF THE No. 3 



Appendix No. 33 



AGREEMENT made and entered into this thirtieth day of January, 

 A.D. 1926. 

 Between : 



HIS MAJESTY THE KING, represented herein by the 

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

 inafter referred to as "The Minister." 



of the First Part, 



AND 



THUNDER BAY PAPER COMPANY, LIMITED, herein- 

 after referred to as "The Company." 



of the Second Part. 



Whereas the company is now operating at the City of Port Arthur, in the 

 District of Thunder Bay, a plant for the manufacture of pulp, having a capacity 

 of 125 tons of mechanical pulp per day; 



And whereas the Company now employs in its said plant at Port Arthur 

 approximately 175 men, and also affords employment for approximately 500 

 men in the woods' operations carried on to provide the said plant with a supply 

 of wood; 



And whereas the Company has already expended in the erection and equip- 

 ment of its said plant upwards of $1,500.00; 



And whereas the Company is desirious of enlarging its plant so that the 

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

 tons of mechanical pulp per day; a sulphite pulp mill with a capacity of 125 tons 

 of sulphite pulp per day, and a paper mill with a capacity of at least 400 tons of 

 newsprint per day; 



And whereas the expenditure involved in enlarging the Company's plant to 

 the extent and in the manner above described, and in undertaking the com- 

 pleting other works necessary or advisable for the efficient operation of the said 

 enlarged plant, will exceed the sum of Ten Million dollars ($10,000,000). 



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

 will employ approximately 600 men and afford employment for approximately 

 3,000 additional men in woods' operations; 



And whereas by advertisement duly published, The Honourable Minister 

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

 by him for the right to cut pulpwood and timber on the areas therein mentioned, 

 including the lands hereinafter referred to, subject to certain terms and conditions 

 of sale ; 



And whereas in pursuance of such advertisement, the company did deliver 

 its tender to the said Minister, in and by which tender it offered to pay for such 

 pulpwood and timber on the territory described in said tender, the prices follow- 

 ing; 



Spruce pulpwood — upset price 50c, dues $1.40, additional 6c, total $1.96 

 per cord ; 



Balsam pulpwood — upset bonus 40c, dues 70c, total $1.10 per cord ; 



Poplar — upset bonus 10c, dues 40c, total 50c per cord ; 



Jackpine pulpwood — upset bonus 10c, dues 40c, total 50c per cord; 



Banksian oi jackpine — upset bonus $3.50, dues $2.50 per M. feet B.M., 

 total $6.00. 



