. Canadian forest industries January-June 1921. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 48 CANADA LUMBERMAN January 15, 1921 tion and they both take and retain a high polish. They are used largely for these purposes in Western Australia, and their value in these directions has become more generally recognized since war conditions put a period to the importation of foreign decorative woods. In the Empire Timber Exhibition in London in July last no item attracted more attention nor elicited more admiration than a panelled room of jarrah, a com
. Canadian forest industries January-June 1921. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 48 CANADA LUMBERMAN January 15, 1921 tion and they both take and retain a high polish. They are used largely for these purposes in Western Australia, and their value in these directions has become more generally recognized since war conditions put a period to the importation of foreign decorative woods. In the Empire Timber Exhibition in London in July last no item attracted more attention nor elicited more admiration than a panelled room of jarrah, a complete suite of carved furniture, with table and antique chest all of the same timber. In another article more will be said about Western Australian hardwoods and their capabilities. At this point a word about forest exploitation in Western Australia may interest Canadians, whose preoccupations are concerned with forests and timber. Just two years ago a Forests Act came into force, and under it all work in the forests is carried on, except on certain concessions and special leases of large acerage, granted many years ago but now approaching. Log hauling in a Jarrah forest in Western Australia their respective periods of expiry. On these exploitation is con- ducted in terms of the special agreements. Under the Act ex- ploitation is carired on under a system of permit, the Forests De- partment receiving a royalty of 2s. per load in the round, except in a few special items of which a higher royalty is charged. Sawmills Cut Orders of Any Siza There are 80 sawmills in the bush (forests) oi varying capacities of output. Some of these plants own many miles of rail- way running into and through their permit areas or leases, etc., and quite a number of them possess respectable outfits for the repair of machinery, rolling stock and so on. At one mill there is an engineer ing plant capable of building locomotives. Certain- standard or stock sizes are cut, but all the mills are prepared to
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