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• IAticoIti : — Exclusive of the township of Caiator, which does not report the area of 

 land still timbered, Lincoln has over 24,400 acres still covered with beech, black ash, 

 maple, elm, oak, hickory, and some pine ; used for firewood, fencing, building, and manu- 

 facturing purposes, also for ship timber and railroad ties. 



Welland: — About eighteen per cent, of the area is still under timber, consisting of 

 beech, maple, oak, ash, basswood, elm, hemlock, poplar, birch, chestnut, walnut, and 

 Ijutternut ; used for shipbuilding, housebuilding, fencing, and fuel. 



Haldimand: — About twenty-four per cent, of the acreage is still timbered, consisting 

 chiefly of hard woods ; used for fencing, fuel, and building purposes. 



Norfolk : — About twenty-four per cent, of the entire area is still timbered, and the 

 standing timber consists chiefly of pine, oak, maple, chestnut, black and white ash, elm, 

 and cedar ; used for railway ties, lumber, fencing, firewood, and general purposes. 



Brant .-—Ahoui twenty-five per cent, is yet in timber of maple, beech, elm, oak, 

 pine, cedar, basswood, tamarack, hickory, and ironwood. 



Waterloo : — About twenty-two and a-half per cent of the area is stiU timbered with 

 pine, oak, beech, maple, cedar, ash, and hemlock. 



Grey : — About thirty-four per cent, of the land is still timbered chiefly with hard- 

 wood. Very little pine exists and only sufficient cedar for fencing purposes. 



Bruce : — About twenty-five per cent of the land is timbered. Maple, basswood, elm, 

 hemlock, cedar, ash, beech and birch predominate ; there is also some pine. 



Huron : — About twenty-nine per cent, is covered with timber ; hard and soft woods. 



Perth .-—About twenty-one per cent, is covered with timber, consisting of beech, 

 elm, maple, basswood, black and white ash, pine, hemlock, cedar, birch and tamarack. 



Oxford: — Seventeen per cent, under pine, cedar, beech, maple, elm, ash, basswood 

 and oak. 



Elgin : — Thirty per cent, is timbered with most of the indigenous woods excepting 

 cedar. 



Middlesex : — Thirty-five per cent, under hardwood and some pine. 



Lamhton: — Forty-eight per cent, covered with oak, ash, elm, beech, maple, basswood, 

 hickory and some pine. 



Kent: — Thirty -seven per cent, in oak, black and red ash, hickory, hard and soft 

 maple, cherry, and sycamore, some black walnut, and some tulip. 



Essex : — Two-thirds still under bush, consisting chiefly of whitewood, oak, ash, elm, 

 hickory, bass, sycamore, and other woods. 



Wellington : — About fifteen per cent, is still timbered with beech, maple, elm, cedar, 

 hemlock, basswood, ash and balsam. 



