. Canadian forest industries January-June 1919. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. J36 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER May 1, 1910 Taking an Inventory of Canada 5 Forest Assets Available Estimates of What Each Province PossessesâTotal Quantity of Mer- chantable Saw-timber of the Dominion is 800,000,000,000 Feet. A census of the lumber industry in Can- ada has been completed by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, embracing 2,879 operat- ing concerns, of which 52 were in Alberta, 251 in British Columbia, 29 in Manitoba, 255 in New Brunswic
. Canadian forest industries January-June 1919. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. J36 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER May 1, 1910 Taking an Inventory of Canada 5 Forest Assets Available Estimates of What Each Province PossessesâTotal Quantity of Mer- chantable Saw-timber of the Dominion is 800,000,000,000 Feet. A census of the lumber industry in Can- ada has been completed by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, embracing 2,879 operat- ing concerns, of which 52 were in Alberta, 251 in British Columbia, 29 in Manitoba, 255 in New Brunswick, 462 in Nova Scotia, 603 in Ontario, 60 in Prince Edward Island, 1,- 151 in Quebec and 16 in Saskatchewan. The total capital invested in the indus- try, including land, buildings and plant, ma- chinery and tools, stocks in process and sup- plies, and working capital is given at $149,- 266,019. The number of employees on salaries was 2,874 males and 285 females, who received a total of $3,554,097. The average number of employees on wages was 25,516, engaged in logging operations, and 28,820 in the mills, and their combined wages amounted to $34,412,411. The aggregate value of production in 1917 was $115,884,905. The census covered 29 kinds of lumber, 11 of shingles, 10 of lath, 6 of pulpwood and 10 of miscellaneous products, including cooperage stock, veneer, ties, poles, posts, dressed lumber, etc. The principal kinds of lumber by species of wood used, were spruce, 1,466,558 m. ft.; white pine, 791,609 m. ft.; Douglas fir, 706,- 996 m. ft.; hemlock, 322,722 m. ft.; cedar, 149,999 m. ft.; red pine, 119,321 m. ft.; balsam fir, 102,373 m. ft., and all other varieties, in- cluding custom sawn lumber, 483,293 m. ft. The total quantities and values of lumber, lath, shingles and pulpwood cut, and of miscellaneous products were as follows: Lumber, 4,142,877 m. ft., $83,655,097; lath,, 616,949 m. ft., $1,828,- 018; shingles, 3,020,956 m. ft., $8,431,215; pulpwood, 988,444 cords, $10,
Size: 1363px × 1832px
Photo credit: © Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectforestsandforestry
