. Canadian forest industries January-June 1919. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. April 1, 1919 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 37 Gratifying Increase in Crown Lands Revenue The Gain in New Brunswick Due to Large Extent on Tax on Privately Owned Timber Lands and Fire Protection Tax on Crown Lands Under License The new taxes upon lumbermen and the increased rate of stump- age were largely responsible for the increase in territorial rev'^enue in the province of New Brunswick to $791,027, according to the satis- factory annual report subm
. Canadian forest industries January-June 1919. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. April 1, 1919 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 37 Gratifying Increase in Crown Lands Revenue The Gain in New Brunswick Due to Large Extent on Tax on Privately Owned Timber Lands and Fire Protection Tax on Crown Lands Under License The new taxes upon lumbermen and the increased rate of stump- age were largely responsible for the increase in territorial rev'^enue in the province of New Brunswick to $791,027, according to the satis- factory annual report submitted recently to the Legislature by Hon. Dr. Smith, Minister of Lands and Mines. In his review of the year's work the Minister says in part: "It will be observed the total revenue is nearly a quarter of a million dol- lars greater than it was in the preceding year, which increase is due to a large extent to a new source of revenue, viz., the tax on pri- vately owned timber land and the fire protection tax on the Crown lands under license. In making a comparison, then, of the revenue of the two years, these new taxes should be taken into account. Leav- ing these two items out of the statement altogether, the revenue for the last fiscal year is greater by nearly $125,000 than the year prev- ious. This gain is a particularly good showing, when it is borne in mind that less lumber was cut than during the previous year, the stumpage from which forms more than one-half the total revenue of the department. As stated in my last report, the stumpage was rais- ed from $'per M. superficial feet to $ per M. and which raise of stumpage is largely responsible for the increased revenue as above stated. "It is somewhat difficult at this time of writing to estimate the oflf of about 50 per cent from that collected last year and attributable to a large extent to the absence of many non-resident sportsmen, chiefly from the United States, the greater number of whom' were of a cl
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