The total capital invested in the logging and lumbering industry of Canada is over 180 million dollars, and there are more than 3000 plants in operation. Tho aggregate value of sawn lumber, shingles, lath poles, cross ties, and miscellaneous products in 1918 was over 145 million dollars. The number of persons employed in the woods and mills exceed 60,000, and the total annual pay roll is 60 million dollars. There was sawn during 1918 over 4000 million feet, board measure, of which the leading woods were: spruce, 1,140,000 feet; white pine 783,000 feet; Douglas fir, 707,000 feet; hemlock, 255,000 feet; cedar, 230,000 feet, while red pine, balsam fir, birch, maple, bftsswood, elm, and oilier rarities mads up th» remainder.
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 July 1920, Page 6
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119Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 Taranaki Daily News, 27 July 1920, Page 6
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