Natural resources of Quebec

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Identifikator:: 1796289558

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-181093

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Natural resources of Quebec

Edition:: Rev. ed.

Place of publication:: Ottawa

Publisher:: Natural resources intelligence service

Year of publication:: 1929

Scope:: 132 p; illus., maps

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter IV. Forests

Collection:: Economics Books

JU NATURAL RESOURCES OF QUEBEC APPROXIMATE AREA OF THE QUEBEC Forests, 1928 Timber Lands Acres Private forests.................... Wood lots under location ticket... .. Township forest reserves....................... Forests leased [11111111] {Crown Timber lands not leased. ..................... .. Domanial forests 6,368,800 1,294,720 415.084 51,320,320 59,001,076 1.600.000 Total. 120.000. 000 Square Miles 9,951 2,023 649 80,188 92,189 2,500 187.500 Private Forests.—Private forests are located principally in the central St. Lawrence valley. They consist of farms sold to settlers by the Government, old seigniories alienated during the French regime, and lands given to railways in aid of construction. Forested lands suitable for agriculture are sold by the Government in lots averaging about 100 acres to settlers who are given clear title by letters-patent on the fulfilment of stipulated conditions. Leased Timber Limits.—Timber limits are leased by the Govern- ment after being advertised for at least thirty days. Leases are disposed of by auction to the highest bidder. The successful bidder is required to pay a bonus agreed upon at the auction and, in addition, a ground rent of $8 a square mile and stumpage dues for all the timber cut. He also agrees to make periodical returns to the Forest Service respecting the timber cut, to avoid needless waste in lumbering operations and to protect his leasehold against fire. Diameter limits are imposed to prevent cutting of immature trees. Another important and far-reaching provision of the license is that all timber cut must be manufactured in Canada. This has stopped the export to foreign countries of pulpwood and logs cut from such areas, and has contributed very largely to the phenomenal growth which has characterized the pulp and paper manu facturing industry in Quebec during the past decade. Township Reserves.—There are 69 township forest reserves in 1929 covering 540,831 acres. These are non-agricultural forest lands ‘set apart to supply timber and firewood to the nearby inhabitants under special reculat ons. Unleased Forests.—The. unleased forests are in absolute possession of the Government, and are free from all encumbrance. They are situated chiefly in the northern part of the province in the basins of the St. Lawrence and of Hudson Bay. No cutting has yet been done on any of these vast territories. Fire, storms, insects, or fungi, however, cause considerable

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