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taking men in the bush, will thus be able to assist somewhat the unemployment 

 situation which is assuming serious proportions in the north country where so 

 many communities are solely dependent upon logging activities for their fall 

 and winter welfare. 



Timber Areas Sold 



Consistent with its policy to restrict the sale of timber areas to those in 

 which existing concerns are interested and thus enable such concerns to continue, 

 the Government offered for public competition some fifty-two parcels. These 

 varied in size from one-quarter square mile to fifty-five square miles. Temiskam- 

 ing led with twelve, followed by Thunder Bay with ten, Cochrane with nine, 

 Kenora with six, Rainy River with five, Nipissing and Parry Sound with three 

 each, and Renfrew, Haliburton and Peterborough with one each. A number of 

 these areas, as may be observed by a reference to Appendix No. 11, were small 

 pulpwood operations and the others straight or mixed logging and fuelwood 

 with an occasional tie and pole proposition. The Crown received beyond its 

 upset price in 70 per cent, of the sales, and at least the upset price in all other 

 cases. 



Reference was made in last year's report to a large area disposed of to the 

 Howard Smith Paper Mills Limited, large book, bond, litho, writing and 

 stationery paper manufacturers in Cornwall, Ontario, with subsidiary mills at 

 Merritton and Georgetown. The agreement, duly executed since the last 

 report, is covered by Appendix 15^^, and specifically provides that the finished 

 product must be other than newsprint. With the assurance of this material 

 the company will be less dependent upon sources outside of the Province for 

 their raw material supply and in a more advantageous position to enlarge the 

 pay roll of employees in Ontario. 



Logging 



The areas covered by some 1,010 timber licenses comprised 21,744 square 

 miles other than those included in special pulp agreements which comprise 

 55,590 square miles. Red and White Pine cut almost equalled that of last 

 year's, there being 200,027,064 feet B.M. as against 207,742,496 feet B.M. for 

 1929. Jack pine for milling purposes decreased from last year by 163^ million 

 feet, some 55,468,292 feet B.M. having been cut. Other classes of log timber 

 for conversion into lumber, ties or some other product other than pulpwood, 

 pulp or paper were less than last year's by over five million feet. Railway 

 ties were less by five hundred thousand. 



While there was a general reduction in the cut of the types mentioned, 

 it is worthy and rather surprising to note that the cut of pulpwood from Crown 

 areas reached the large total of 1,051,631 cords, or two and a quarter times the 

 output for 1929, and this excessive cut more than counteracted, from a revenue 

 accrual standpoint, the reduction in the sawmill timber. 



The total accruals from all timber sources, which include ground rent, 

 fire charges, bonus and dues, reached the very advanced figures of $5,088,925.00, 

 the largest in the history of the Department. Appendix No. 8 discloses the 

 accruals in detail. 



Pulpwood Operations 



Contrary to expectations the cut of pulpwood was, as already stated in 

 this report, much larger than last year. It was predicted that there would be a 

 lessening of field operations by reason of the general instability in the newsprint 



