Report of the Department of Lands and Forests for fiscal year ending March 31, 1951 Page 136 



DIVISION OF TIMBER MANAGEMENT 



FOREST RESOURCES INVENTORY 



The contract for photography and mapping of the Photographic Survey 

 Corporation was completed during the year and the contract terminated in accordance 

 with its terms and conditions on March 31st, 1951. 



During the year 5.062 square miles of photography was added to the area 

 photographed under contract making a total area for the contract 127,472 square 

 miles. The area originally estimated to be photographed and mapped under contract 

 was 125,000 square miles. An area of 1,502 square miles was photographed by the 

 Department during the current year making a total of 27,203 square miles photo- 

 graphed by the Department under the inventory program. 



The mapping program for the year was made up of 32,982 square miles under 

 contract and an additional area of 1,900 square miles mapped by the Department 

 making a total area of 34,882 square miles mapped during the year on the inventory 

 program. 



Field sampling was completed on an area of 18,440 square miles making a 

 total area completed to date of 54,560 square miles. 



Three interim reports were prepared during the year giving timber volume 

 summaries by Districts as follows: 



1. North Bay District issued October, 1950 



2. Timiskaming District issued February, 1951 



3. Cochrane District issued February, 1951 



^ndex of J able. 



Table No. Page 



1. Status of timber licensed areas -----------137 



2. Area under pulpwood and timber agreement ------ 137 



3. Mills licensed ---------------- 138 



4. Statement of amount of timber cut during the year ending 

 March 31, 1950 ---------------- 138 



5. Classification of annual timber returns for year ending 

 March 31, 1950 ---------------- 139 



5. Pembroke ----- 139 5i. Parry Sound - - - - 145 



Sa. Chapleau ----- 140 5], Port Arthur - - - - 145 



5b. Cochrane ----- 140 51^ Tweed ------ 146 



5c. Fort Frances - - - - 141 -, 5^^,^ gte. Marie - - - 148 



5d. Geraldton - - - . 141 

 5e. Gogama ----- 142 



5f. Kapuskasing - - - - 143 



5g. Kenora ----- 143 So. Swastika ----- 150 



Sh. North Bay - - - - 144 5p. Lindsay ----- ISO 



6. Timber sales from April 1, 1950 to March 31, 1951 - - - - 152 



MANAGEMENT PLANS AND CONTROL 



Seventy companies have been requested to furnish forest inventories and 

 master plans on their licences and agreement areas, covering approximately 75,000 



5m. Sioux Lookout - - - 148 

 5n. Sudburv ----- 149 



