Ontario Forests: Revenue and Protection 



Extracts from the Beport of the Minister 

 of Lands. Forests and Mines for Ontario 

 for the year ended Oct. 31, 19i:5: 



Reveuues. 



Total revenue ainrue'l from woods and 

 forests for the year: $2 1:27,222, an iu- 

 ereasre of $59,1G2. 



Revenue eollecte<l: $1,979,12;'), a decrease 

 of $6,000 from previous year, which was a 

 record exceeding that of the next preceding 

 year by $274,000. 



Revenue from timber dues: $1,277,490; 

 decrea^^e $(12,407. 



Bonuses: $.191,070; increases $50,974. 



Ground rent: $99,400; increase $3,198. 



Area and Output. 



Area under license: 17,519 sq. miles; de- 

 crease 891 sq. miles. This fluctuates as 

 areas are cut out and surrendered, others 

 forfeited for non-payment of dues, etc. 



Output of pine timber: 300,377,108 feet 

 board measure; decrease 127,601,498 feet. 



Output of timber other than pine: 64 - 

 498.036 feet b.m.; decrease 4,876,536 feet. ' 



Pulpwood: 131,434 cords; decrease 8,904 

 cords. 



Railway ties: 6,355,828 pieces; increase 

 651,209 pieces. 



Cause of reduction : scarcity of money. 



Fire Ranging. 



Fire rangers on forest reserves, 217; on 

 railways, 208; on Crown lands, 114; chief 

 rangers, 34 ; assistant chief rangers, 4 ; 

 sui)ervising rangers on licensed lands, 8 ; 

 total Ontario Government officers and rang- 

 ers, 5>s5 ; rangers employeil by lumbermen 

 on their limits, 350; grand total, 935 fire 

 fighters. 



Forest Reserve Ranging. 



Temagami reserve: area, 6,000 sq. miles; 

 137 rangers^ and 4 chiefs. 



Mississaga reserve: 3,000 sq. miles; 32 

 rangers, and a chief ranger. 



Nepigon reserve: 7,300 sq. miles; 20 

 rangers, in addition to those on railway 

 construction in the reserve. 



Quebec reserve: 1,500 sq. miles; 14 

 rangers under the Crown Timber Agent. 



Eastern reserve in the county of Adding- 

 ton, 100 sq. miles: rangers and a chief 

 ranger. 



Algomiuin National Park: 2,741 sq, 

 miles; Id ranges in addition to the regular 

 park rangers. 



Railway Lines Ranging. 



Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Rail- 

 way: 5,s rangers, .3 superintendents. 



National Transcontinental Railway: 68 

 rangers, 3 chiefs. 



Algoma Central Railway: 26 rangers, 2 

 chiefs. 



Expenditure on Fire Ranging. 



On Crown lands $65,000, on railways 

 $80,000; on forest reserves $88,000, total 

 $233,00(t. This is in addition to the amount 

 spent by the lumbermen which outsiders 

 (not the report) estimate at $lo5,0()0. 

 Grand total sjjent on forest fire protection 

 in Ontario, $338,000. 



HON. W. H. HEARST, 

 Premier of Ontario. 

 Hon. W. H. Hearst, Minister of Lands, 

 Forests and Mines in the Government 

 of Ontario, who, since the death of Sir 

 James Whitney, has been made Prime 

 Minister of Ontario. 



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