THE DOMINION OF CANADA. 



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This table shows that the removals during one year were : — 

 Timber ... 503,527,545 cubic feet = 10,070,551 tons 

 Firewood ... 707,682,080 „ „ = 14,153,641 „ 



Total ... 24,224,192 



valued, including tan bark and pearl ashes, at iJ10,216,539. 

 Large as this quantity is, Mr. Edwards challenged anyone in 

 the Canadian Parliament to contradict him when he stated 

 that at least ten times the amount was destroyed by forest 

 fires every year. It need hardly be pointed out that even the 

 Canadian forests cannot hold out against such a drain. 



The participation of the several provinces in the above 

 output in value seems to have been as follows in 1900 : — 



£ 



British Columbia 



The exports from Canada are given in the subjoined table; 

 Net Exports of Timber from Canada. 



Of the exports, 94 per cent, were coniferous timber and 6 per cent, hard 



