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Ownership Conditions — It appears that the bulk of the land is 

 privately owned, the provincial government retaining title to only one- 

 third, or 725 square miles. The important fact which the 'Ownership' 

 map reveals is that these government holdings are largely situated in a 

 compact block with only few outlying parcels, a condition which renders 

 a conservative policy practicable. That the farming country lies 

 mainly on the outskirts of this forest coimtry is also a favorable factor. 

 It is also significant that another 340 square miles is owned by large 

 corporations, one of these holding a compact block of 171,000 acres, 

 the other 67,000 acres. Such large ownerships make conservative 

 management at least possible. The Dominion government owns, as 

 previously stated, some 2,000 acres, which, however, represents merely 

 locations for dams, buildings, and other easements. 



Of the provincial property, a little over one-third (275 square 

 miles) represents limits which have reverted to the Crown, after the 

 licenses had lapsed or been abandoned. The other 450 square miles 

 are still under licenses, which, since the pine has practically all been 

 cut, are, however, apt to run out or could, probably, be easily terminated. 



Industrial Development — From the description of the forest con- 

 ditions, it is evident that the hey-day of the lumber industry is passed ; 

 a few years will see the end of it, at least in so far as pine is concerned. 

 At the present time the aggregate cut of some ten limibering concerns 

 is at the rate of about 10 million feet B.M. a year. 



Hardwood logging is but little developed ; the fact that the old 

 timber is very defective requires that, to be profitable, it must be 

 manufactured near the source of supply and utilized most closely. 

 The establishment of small woodenware manufactures is most desirable. 

 Tindle and Jackson, an American firm of wide experience in this line 

 of manufacture, have lately acquired some 40 square miles in Glamorgan, 

 Monmouth, Cavendish, and Anstruther townships. They propose to 

 establish a plant near Gooderham, and to work these limits. Similar . 

 development over the whole hardwood area should be encouraged. 



Small amounts of pulpwood, of cedar poles and posts, cooperage 

 stock, railroad ties, tanbark, and fuelwood are being shipped. Since 

 the one at Fenelon Falls was destroyed by fire, only one wood-alcohol 

 plant is in operation in the northern portion of the watershed, viz., the 

 Donald Wood Products Company — -a plant of thoroughly modern con- 

 struction. 



The Mining Industry — Appendix IV* contains notes regarding 



* See p. 115. 



