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ft. per season, makes up the apparent output of all the 

 mills. This quantity is sawed in a single day by some of 

 the larger mills, while many of the smaller mills do not 



turn out :>00,000 in the season. The difference in the 

 apparent output of the mills — that is, 2,500 million — and 

 that returned as cut on public lands is made up as taken 

 off private lands and the Crown Lands of Nova Scotia, of 

 which we have no returns. 



The area under license in the different provinces is 

 about 100,000 square miles, yielding annually (1893] 

 about 2,500 million feet b. m. of sawed lumber, pine and 

 spruce principally, and hewn timber divided as follows 

 among the different provinces: 



Ontario— 7,140,000 logs, producing 728,000,000 feet b. 

 m., principally pine; 40,000 pieces white and red pine, 

 42,000,000 feet b. m. ; 133,000 pes. boom timber, 2,000,000 

 feet b. m. ; average size of pine and spruce logs, 90 feet : 

 ordinary revenue, 8939,000 ; ex bonus, 8958,000 ; area 

 under license, 21,500 miles ; area unoccupied, 17,000 

 miles. 



Quebec — Area under license, 48,000 miles, producing 

 spruce and pine logs, 6,170,000, equalling 083,000,000 

 feet b. in. : producing pine, spruce and lurch timber, 

 18.500,000 feet b. m. ; railroad ties and other wood, 

 22,500 pieces, 12,000,000 feet b. m. ; pulp cedar, etc., 

 10,000 cords ; revenue, $892,000. 



New Brunswick — Area under license, 6,000 miles, 

 producing pine and spruce logs, 87,000,000 b. m. ; hem- 

 lock logs, 7,000,000 b. m. : cedar, 14,000,000 b. m. : tama- 

 rac, 1,400,000 b. m. : 14,700 cubic feet pine and hard- 

 wood timber, 176,400 b. m. ; 12,000 boom sticks, 240,000 

 b. in.; revenue and bonus, $102,000. 



British Columbia — Area under lease, 1,200 miles, pro- 

 ducing 80,000,000 b. m. fir and cedar; 10,000,000 cedai 

 shingles. The timber produced iii British Columbia 

 being so much Larger than is found in the east requires a 



