. Canadian forest industries 1894-1896. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. TO CANADA LUMBERMAN Volume XVII. \ Number 4. / TORONTO, ONT., fVPRIL, 1896 Terms,$ Per Year Single Copies, 10 Cents ONTARIO WOODS AND FORESTS. The report of the Commissioner of Crown Lands for Ontario, presented to the Legislature a fortnight ago, gives the total collection from woods and forests for the year as $853,, in which there is included $76,579-73 on account of bonuses and $61, on account of ground rents, leaving the net revenue from timb
. Canadian forest industries 1894-1896. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. TO CANADA LUMBERMAN Volume XVII. \ Number 4. / TORONTO, ONT., fVPRIL, 1896 Terms,$ Per Year Single Copies, 10 Cents ONTARIO WOODS AND FORESTS. The report of the Commissioner of Crown Lands for Ontario, presented to the Legislature a fortnight ago, gives the total collection from woods and forests for the year as $853,, in which there is included $76,579-73 on account of bonuses and $61, on account of ground rents, leaving the net revenue from timber dues, $715, The sawn lumber market it is stated, has dur- ing the past year been in an inactive state, and there was a distinct break in the prices of all but the superior grades of lumber, which constitute not more than twenty to twenty-five per cent, of the total quantity of lumber produced at the present time in Canada and the north-western States. The English market for board timber and deals has been fairly satisfactory and prices remun- erative, but this is a very limited and conservative market, easily over- stocked and demoralized, and takes only the very best qualities of timber and lumber. The principal market for Canadian sawn lumber is in the United States, and any overstocking or depression in that market is immediately felt by Canadian lumbermen. In the early part of the year there appeared to be an improvement in the general business of the country, and, in sym- pathy with that, a hope arose that trade would be better on the open- ing of navigation. Very soon after navigation opened it was seen that there would be no improvement, but that things were going to remain in the unsettled and unsatisfactory position in which they had been during the previous year. As a con- sequence all but the upper grades of lumber moved slowly during the summer, with a decreasing demand and lowering of values. The markets have become enormously over- stocked with inferior
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