1921-22 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS 9 



the Revenue was $4,181,431.97, made up of the following items: Bonus $1,446,- 

 351.31; Timber Dues $2,315,668.17; Ground Rent $103,179.09; Transfer Fees 

 $6,295.00; Fire Protection $309,938.40. (See Appendix No. 4, page 26.) 



Disbursements. 



The total Expenditure, less Civil Government, of the Department for all 

 services (exclusive of those rendered under the Northern and North-Western 

 Ontario Development Acts, for which see Appendices Nos. 47, 48 and 49), 

 was $2,399,175.22. Some of the more important items were: Crown Lands 

 Agents' Salaries and Disbursements $22,803.85 ; Homestead Inspectors $28,423.00; 

 Crown Timber Agents $41,452.56; Fire Ranging $684,585.62; Forest Ranging 

 and Measurement of Timber $299,616.18; Reforestation $151,216.63; Algonquin 

 Provincial Park $42,450.97; Quetico Provincial Park $13,401.05; Rondeau 

 Provincial Park $12,975.12; Surveys $154,856.61 ; Colonization Roads $671,184.48; 

 Commissions re Sundry Investigations $33,556.07; Litigation of Constitutional 

 and Other Questions $34,895.57; Aerial Surveys $15,000.00; Special Warrants 

 $71,221.88; Clearing Townsites and Removing Fire Hazards $11,070.42. (Addi- 

 itonal details are found in Appendix No. 6.) 



TIMBER REVENUE. 



From all sources in connection with the administration of the Timber 

 Resources the sum of $4,181,431.97 was collected, the largest amount ever 

 collected in the history of the country. This sum is in excess of the unpre- 

 cedented record of last year by over $400,000.00. 



It should be noted that while the accruals for the past year approximated 

 only $3,000,000, collections were greater by over $1,000,000, the difference being 

 accounted for by a payment of some $400,000, resulting from the Court action 

 of the Crown against the Shevlin-Clarke Company and by a close check upon 

 outstanding accounts and a follow-up system of collection. 



Notwithstanding the somewhat trying and uncertain market conditions 

 obtaining during the earlier part of the fiscal year, the dealers and operators, 

 prompted by a desire to co-operate with the Crown in its desire to maintain a 

 regular revenue, responded splendidly. In certain cavSes, rather than force a 

 company to the wall because of an inability to finance its operations, the Crown, 

 without impairing its security, made provision to meet the situation. 



Log Operations. 



As pointed out in last year's report a number of the smaller operators, 

 because of the depression in the lumber market, considered the financial outlay 

 for heavy bush operations too hazardous, and in consequence their output was 

 limited, while certain larger operators in some instances, apprehending a contin- 

 uation of the precarious market, restricted their cutting. Such narrowing opera- 

 tions, naturally justified, are reflected in the following figures. 



Throughout the year only 247,554,350 feet B.M. pine for sawlogs, boom 

 and dimension timber, was cut, or approximately 90,000,000 feet less than 

 the previous year. Sawlog timber, other than pine, was taken out to the extent 

 of 57,311,922 feet B.M., or nearly 10,000,000 feet less than during the year 

 1921. Boom and dimension timber other than pine accounted for 2,266,461 

 feet B.M. For piling 102,162 lineal feet and 73,339 feet B.M. were cut. 



