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and Forests the revenue was $1,803,081.36, made up of the following items, Bonus, 

 $872,598.69; Timber dues, $663,928.30; Ground rent, $87,682.52; Transfer fees, 

 $5,205.00; Fire protection charge, $174,666.85. (See Appendix No. 4, page 25.) 



DISBURSEME^'TS. 



The total expenditure of the Department for ordinary service waS $1,536,766,- 

 93. Some of the principal items were : Crown Land agents' salaries and disburse- 

 ments, $18,915.79; Jiomestead inspectors, $16,934.76; Crown timber agents, 

 $31,580.81; Ottawa agency, $3,240.55; fire ranging, $528,734.64; 'forest ranging 

 and estimation of timber, $140,338.50; forest reserves, $6,140.25; salaries, wages 

 and expenses of men, re reforestation, $6,923.56; investigation in reforestation, 

 $5,465.17; investigation of forest tree diseases, $5,651.77; surve3^s, $128,823.25; 

 colonization roads, $390,621.54; printing and advertising, $21,351.13; emigration 

 work in Great Britain, $34,052.07; grant to Brigadier-General R. F. M. Sims, 

 $5,000.00; purchase and distribution of films, $4,543.95; mines and mining, 

 $77,308.29; mining recorders, $24,681.62; Provincial assay, $6,075.21; natural 

 gas advisory board, $6,460.13; contingencies, lands and/forests, $31,302.37; Bureau 

 of Mines, $12,731.91; forestry, $1,425.29; colonization, $2,100.25; colonization 

 roads, $4,130.64. 



A further sum of $177,973.35 was expended under the direction of the Depart- 

 ment, distributed as fallows: Algonquin Provincial Park, $31,223.76; Quetico 

 Provincial Park, $11,291.69; Veterans' Commutation, $150.00; Royal Nickel Com- 

 mission, $46.85; legal investigations, $2,171:50; fuel investigation, $118,089.55; 

 fuel problem, $15,000.00. (See Appendices Nos. 6 and 7.) 



Woods akd Forests, 



The accrued revenue from Woods and Forests for the year ending October 

 31st, 1919, amounted to $2,278,558.66, which exceeded that of the previous year 

 by $642,874.33. 



The revenue collected during the same period totalled $1,803,081.36, or 

 $46,996.11 in excess of the amount collected during the year ending October 31st, 

 1918. 



The production of pine timber during the season of 1918-19 amounted to 

 over one hundred, and ninety-two million feet board measure, as against approxi- 

 mately two hundred and eighteen million feet for the previous season, representing 

 a decrease of, in round numbers, twenty-six million feet. The production of other 

 timber amounted to somewhat over thirty-eight million feet, as against twenty- 

 nine million feet for the previous season. 



Pulpwood cut from Crown lands for the season 1918-19 amounted to 320,195 

 cords as against 338,563 cords for the previous season. 



A very large increase will be noted in the number of railway ties removed 

 from Crown lands. The cut for the current season amounted to 5,140,654 ties as 

 against 2,094,099 ties cut during the season of 1917-18. The price of railway 

 ties continues to advance. 



No pulpwood concessions were disposed of during the current year. 



It might also be noted that pulpwood amounting to 414,977 cords was removed 

 from settlers' lands, also 1,064,675 railway ties. 



