Items of Interest August 14, 1902 Issue

Items of Interest

The rapid consumption of our standing timber, by the lumber and wood pulp industries of the country, gives special interest to any information respecting the immense northern belt of timber stretching across Canada from the Atlantic to Alaska. It is said that none of this forest had yet been utilized by man, though it has immense resources in pulp wood and other timber. There is no doubt that the timber is there, and that it is a great reserve source for future needs.

This mighty belt of trees is about four thousand miles long, and has an average width of seven hundred miles.

The question, what becomes of our enormous export product is answered by a series of tables compiled by the Bureau of Statistics. They show that during the year 1901, 52 per cent of the manufactures exported went to Europe, 23 per cent to North America, 6.6 per cent to South America, 8.2 per cent to Asia, 7 per cent to Oceanica, and a little less than 3 per cent to Africa. The total value of manufactures exported to Europe was $215,000,000; to North America, other than the United States, $96,000,000; to South America, $27,000,000, to Asia, $33,700,000; to Oceanica, $29,000,000, and to Africa, $10,500,000.

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