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Honourable Alexander Douglas Turnbull,\nMinister of Trade and Industry, Victoria, B.C.\nSir,\u2014I have the honour to submit herewith the Report of the Department of Trade\nand Industry for the year ended December 31st, 1951.\nI have the honour to be,\nSir,\nYour obedient servant,\nEDWIN G. ROWEBOTTOM,\nDeputy Minister of Trade and Industry. Report of the Department of Trade and Industry\nFor the Year Ended December 31st, 1951\nThe year covered by this Report could be termed outstanding in many ways, particularly in the direction of industrial development. During 1951 construction commenced\non the largest single undertaking in the history of British Columbia\u2014the development\nof power in the Tweedsmuir Park area for eventual production of aluminium at Kitimat.\nAlthough this project dwarfs others by comparison, it should not be forgotten that the\nsum total of other developments either under way or under consideration comes close to\nequalling the reported over-all cost of the aluminium development. Construction\ncontracts awarded during 1951 amount to an estimated $385,000,000, compared to\n$81,240,000 in 1950.\nOne of the chief features of this progress is the fact that areas outside the accepted\nindustrial centres are being opened up in the course of primary-resource extraction and\npower-development. A natural sequence will be the growth of manufacturing and service\nindustries in new locations throughout the Province.\nSignificant progress was made during the year by all agencies concerned with the\npromotion of British Columbia manufactures, in the home market and in the export\nmarket. Our products are becoming increasingly better known throughout the world,\nand any return to normal trading must result in increase in the variety and volume of our\nexports. Already the stimulus of production for defence is evident, and this factor will\nhave a telling effect in the months to come.\nBritish Columbia has received an unprecedented amount of favourable publicity\nduring the past year in Canadian, United Kingdom, and foreign publications. These\nunsolicited testimonials reporting developments here have been a welcome addition to\nthe Department's regular schedule of industrial and travel advertising in nationally\nrecognized magazines and newspapers. Many inquiries have been received as a direct\nresult.\nOil discovery occupied the spotlight in the closing months of the year, and while\nmuch remains to be accomplished in this direction, it appears certain that another\nvaluable asset has been added to our list of natural resources. Much credit is due to\nthose companies whose foresight and initiative made this development possible.\nFollowing in this Departmental Report is a full account of the activities of the Office\nof Trade Commissioner, the Bureau of Economics and Statistics, the Regional Development Division, and the British Columbia Government Travel Bureau.\nSPECIAL ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT\nInterdepartmental Industrial Advisory Committee\nThis Committee meets at the call of the Chair to consider industrial problems which\naffect various departments of the Government service. The Committee has been\nextremely helpful in furthering industrial development throughout the Province.\nThe following is the personnel of this Committee:\u2014\nE. G. Rowebottom, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry (Chairman).\nI. V. Fisher, Deputy Minister of Finance (Vice-Chairman).\nE. S. Jones, Deputy Minister, Public Works Department.\nDr. J. F. Walker, Deputy Minister of Mines.\n5 Q 6 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nJ. T. Gawthrop, Director, Regional Development Division, Department of\nTrade and Industry.\nC. Hopper, Assistant Deputy Minister of Lands.\nR. Bowering, Public Health Engineer, Branch of Public Health.\nDr. C. D. Orchard, Deputy Minister of Forests.\nG. Melrose, Deputy Minister of Lands.\nW. H. Robertson, Deputy Minister of Agriculture.\nR. S. O'Meara, Trade Commissioner, Department of Trade and Industry.\nT. L. Sturgess, Administrative Assistant, Department of Trade and Industry.\nG. T. Hatcher, Director, Bureau of Economics and Statistics, Department of\nTrade and Industry.\nDr. H. Sargent, Chief, Mineralogical Branch, Department of Mines.\nG. Alexander, Deputy Minister of Fisheries.\nCol. F. T. Fairey, Deputy Minister of Education.\nBRITISH COLUMBIA RESEARCH COUNCIL\nUnder the chairmanship of the Minister of Trade and Industry the Research Council\nheld monthly meetings at which were considered many scientific problems of vital interest\nto the Province.\nIndustrial advancement is contingent upon scientific research, and it is very gratifying to the directors of the Council that industry is taking advantage of the services which\nthe Council provides.\nThe Council was organized in order to perform the following functions:\u2014\n(1) To co-ordinate the work of existing and prospective research units within\nthe Province of British Columbia:\n(2) To initiate and undertake research work in any field of particular interest\nto the Province; to apply the results of research toward the development\nof new products, the improvement of industrial processes, and the establishment of new industries based on the resources of the Province:\n(3) To assist in the development of the technical status of the industries in\nthe Province of British Columbia through a fuller utilization of scientific\nmethods and industrial research:\n(4) To provide fellowships, scholarships, bursaries, and rewards, and pecuniary and other aids, in order to facilitate and encourage original scientific\nand industrial research:\n(5) To provide for the publication of the results of the research work and to\nenter into such arrangements as may be necessary with regard to patents\narising out of the work done by or for the Council.\nDuring 1951 the board of management consisted of the following personnel:\u2014\nChairman\u2014Hon. Leslie H. Eyres, Minister of Railways, Trade and Industry,\nand Fisheries of the Province of British Columbia.\nProvincial Government\u2014\nG. P. Melrose, Deputy Minister of Lands.\nDr. J. F. Walker, Deputy Minister of Mines.\nE. G. Rowebottom, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry.\nDominion Government\u2014\nC. E. Webb, District Engineer, Water Resources Division, Department of\nResources and Development, Vancouver, B.C.\nDr. R. E. Foerster, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C.\nNational Research Council\u2014Dr. G. M. Shrum, University of British Columbia. DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY Q 7\nUniversity of British Columbia\u2014\nDr. W. A. Clemens, professor and head of Department of Zoology.\nProfessor A. H. Finlay, Department of Civil Engineering.\nDr. G. F. Laird, Department of Agronomy.\nIndustry\u2014\nG. A. Barrat, British Columbia Fruit Board.\nS. J. Hammitt, manager, Morrison Steel & Wire Company Limited\nVancouver, B.C.\nPrentice Bloedel, vice-chairman, Bloedel, Stewart & Welch Limited,\nVancouver, B.C.\nH. R. MacMillan, chairman, H. R. MacMillan Company Limited, Vancouver, B.C.\nJames Eckman, Canadian Fishing Company Limited, Vancouver, B.C.\nM. M. O'Brien, managing director, Bralorne Mines Limited, Vancouver,\nB.C.\nLabour\u2014H. Neelands, secretary, Typographical Union, Vancouver, B.C.\nEx officio\u2014R. S. O'Meara, Trade Commissioner, Department of Trade and\nIndustry.\nTo provide improved facilities required by the great demand for services, the\nCouncil started construction in the spring of 1951 on the first unit of its permanent\nlaboratories; the new building will be ready for occupancy early in 1952. While plans\nfor a future expansion of the new building called for the inclusion of pilot-plant facilities,\nthe existing huts are being retained for the present to provide the needed space for all\nlarger-scale experimental work. The new building will provide for much more efficient\nhandling of the majority of the Council's activities and, in addition, a safe home for\na large part of the valuable laboratory equipment acquired in the years since the Council's\nformation.\nCombined with its better facilities is the ever-increasing background of experience\nof the Council staff, which is a growing asset to the Province and one in which industry\ncan well place its confidence.\nINDUSTRIAL ADVERTISING\nThe Department continued to advertise the opportunities for new industrial enterprise in the Province. This advertising stressed the natural resources of the Province\nand their relation to secondary production.\nThe advertisements were placed in the following selected publications in Canada\nand United States: Fortune, Newsweek, Time, U.S. News & World Report, Nation's\nBusiness, Business Week, Time (Canadian), Canadian Business, Industrial Canada,\nSaturday Night, and Financial Post.\nThe results of this campaign have been most gratifying, and from the inquiries\nreceived, it is evident that world-wide attention was drawn to the advantages of British\nColumbia.\nCO-OPERATIVE CONTACTS\nThe Department has consistently co-operated with the British Columbia Boards of\nTrade, Chambers of Commerce, and the British Columbia Division of the Canadian\nManufacturers' Association, and the assistance which these organizations have so\nwillingly and cheerfully provided is appreciated.\nNEW INDUSTRIES AND PRODUCTS\nThe past year has brought additions to British Columbia's fast-growing list of\nmanufactured products, and if inquiries dealt with by the Department are any indication, Q 8 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nthe very satisfactory rate of increase will be continued. Mention has been made in\nprevious Reports of the general trend toward full utilization of waste material from\nprimary and even secondary production. Of interest in this connection is the production\nof boiler compound from cedar waste. Experiments with this new material have proved\nsatisfactory, and it would appear that a use has been found for a by-product formerly\nburned as waste.\nFirst-class ladies' nylon hosiery is now being produced at Victoria for the first time\nin British Columbia. Dry-ice production is another item of interest. This product may\nquite possibly find an important market in the United States. Domestic and commercial\nlock-sets are now being produced in quantity, with a good market locally and in Eastern\nCanada. This plant started operation in 1951 on a partial manufacture and assembly\nbasis, but volume of sales has occasioned plans for full manufacture.\nAn interesting development is the plans of a large plumbing-fixture firm to establish\na manufacturing plant in this Province. Of outstanding interest is the coming into\nproduction of the high alpha pulp-mill at Port Edward near Prince Rupert. High alpha\npulp is the raw material for rayons, plastics, cellophane, and explosives.\nLesser items, but nevertheless important from a production point of view, are\nnovelty lamp-bases, hammers, saws, television equipment, figurines, chemicals, sportswear, construction equipment, pottery, and lingerie. All these items point to an ever-\nwidening circle of diversified production\u2014a diversity that will stand the Province in good\nstead if there should be some recession from the high peaks attained in the past few years.\nThere is continuing interest in basic steel production from British Columbia iron\nores, particularly in view of shipments of this commodity to foreign smelters. A steel-\nmill producing some forms of structural steel would be a great asset to the Province-wide\nexpansion programme.\nDuring trips to Eastern Canada contacts were made by Departmental officials with\nfirms interested in establishing branch plants in British Columbia.\nINDUSTRIAL AND TRADE REPRESENTATIVE, BRITISH\nCOLUMBIA HOUSE, LONDON\nThe work at the London office of the Department of Trade and Industry at British\nColumbia House maintained a high level of activity for the same reasons as pertained\nin the previous year. These factors are as follows:\u2014\n(1) The interest in the Province as a sphere for industrial enterprise;\n(2) The continuing urge of those engaged in trade and industry to transfer\ntheir present activities to other parts of the Commonwealth;\n(3) The increase in purchases of British Columbia products by British\nministries and departments, and those firms who have been authorized\nto conclude private trading agreements;\n(4) The continuing trade and business emigration inquiries from Continental\ncountries.\nBusiness Emigration\nMany inquiries were received from prospective emigrants who wish to become\nestablished in business or industry in British Columbia.\nThese inquiries were, in almost every case, made by people of substantial means\nwith a wealth of trading experience or industrial skill and mainly of the managerial type.\nThe regulations regarding the transfer of sterling to Canada were slightly relaxed\nin May, 1951, where they affected individual monetary transfers. This helped to a small\ndegree in easing the problems of the business emigrant where the emigration of his family\nwas a factor. DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY Q 9\nThe British Treasury has recently been sympathetic toward the transfer of more\nsubstantial blocks of sterling for the actual setting-up of branch plants or new businesses.\nIn the latter part of 1951 some applicants had already received authority for transfers\nof this kind, and it is expected that more such authorizations will follow.\nBritish Columbia-United Kingdom Trade\nThe flow of British goods to Canada was somewhat retarded in the first half of 1951\ndue to the shortage of raw materials created by defence commitments and the uncertainties of the political situation in Britain. However, the London office maintained\na constant search for British goods that have sales possibilities in Western Canada.\nUp to the end of November, 1951r sixty-eight agency offers were forwarded to Victoria\nfor inclusion in the Trade and Industry Bulletin which is issued each month.\nThe year 1951 showed a substantial increase in the number of British firms who\nhave included British Columbia in their itinerary when making sales surveys of Canada.\nDuring the year a number of representatives of British Columbia firms visited the\nUnited Kingdom and the Continent. Introductions were arranged to manufacturers,\nsupply-houses, ministries, etc., to facilitate quick delivery of the supply of raw materials\nto British manufacturers, so that British Columbia orders could be executed.\nThe Dollar Convention held at Eastbourne in March, 1951, laid the basis for an\nincrease in purchases for British Columbia food products and manufacture by British\nministries and by private traders. Purchases of British Columbia lumber were considerably higher than for 1950. Selected private traders in the United Kingdom were\npermitted this year to purchase British Columbia apples direct. Indications are that\nthere will be an increase in purchases of metals.\nTrade Fairs and Exhibitions\nThe Festival of Britain was responsible for a large increase in visitors from the\nProvince to London during 1951. Many of these visitors also availed themselves of the\nopportunity of attending trade fairs and exhibitions in other parts of the country. Tickets\nwere provided and introductions arranged for such visitors.\nThe Industrial and Trade Representative in London attended all exhibitions and\ntrade fairs which had a bearing on British Columbia trade or requirements. These\nexhibitions included agriculture, machinery, engineering, food, housing, machine tools,\ntextiles and clothing, public works, industrial management, etc.\nNew Industries and Branch Factories\nThe number of inquiries from manufacturers who are interested in British Columbia\nas a location for a branch plant or the prospects for licence manufacture agreements\nunderlines the fact that the West Coast of Canada is favourably regarded as a sphere for\nsecondary industry.\nApplicants of this kind are generally manufacturers of consumer goods which have\nproved to be readily saleable in Great Britain and the Dominions, but who find that\nscarcity of raw materials and other restrictions prevent an output sufficient to supply the\nneeds of agents in Canada and other export markets; hence their desire to locate\nsomewhere in the Commonwealth, and the reports of the rapid growth of British\nColumbia lead them to consider the Province as an excellent sphere for this expansion.\nAlthough the British Treasury is showing a more lenient attitude toward applications\nfor transfers of capital to establish branch factories in Canada, the amounts authorized\nare still not sufficient to finance the building of factory premises. If building space could\nbe offered to these British firms at low rentals along the same lines as the industrial\nestates now operating so successfully in Britain and at the Slough Trading Estate recently Q 10 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nestablished in Ajax, Ont, it is felt that a good number of smaller factories could be\nestablished throughout the Province. These factories should be assets to the adjacent\ncommunity, ensure year-round payrolls, and, as they are mostly the secondary-industry\ntype, fill in the gaps of the economy of British Columbia.\nStill the most feasible method for British firms to gain access to the Western\nCanadian market is to conclude licence manufacture agreements with already-established\nBritish Columbia firms. Details of such proposals were forwarded throughout the year\nto Victoria for inclusion in the Trade and Industry Bulletin.\nInquiries from Continental firms\u2014mainly from Holland and Switzerland\u2014continue\nto be received. These moves to expand their sphere of interest is prompted by the\nuncertain European situation and because the post-war shortage of practically all\nmanufactured goods led to a remarkable degree of prosperity and the building-up of\ncapital reserves, especially in Holland, Belgium, Western Germany, and Switzerland.\nDetails of such inquiries were forwarded throughout the year to Victoria.\nLiaison with Other Canadian Institutions in United Kingdom\nVery close contact was maintained with Canada House, Provincial offices, branches\nof Canadian banks, and Canadian business institutions. Especially through contacts\nwith banks, the emigration of business or professional men is facilitated. Branches of\nCanadian banks in the United Kingdom are specializing in affording facilities for\nindustrial and trading moves into Canada.\nVisit to the Province\nThe Industrial and Trade Representative from London visited British Columbia\nduring June and July, 1951. The visit was largely taken up with a group of prospective\nBritish investors; the arrangements for this survey were made in the United Kingdom\nprior to his departure. The visit enabled him to refresh his contacts with Government\ndepartments and business organizations throughout the Lower Mainland, Vancouver\nIsland, and the Okanagan Valley.\nINDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT FUND\nStatement of Loans Outstanding at December 31st, 1951\nPrincipal Interest\nB.C. Livestock Exchange Limited $3,000.00 $101.71 DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY Q 11\nOFFICE OF TRADE COMMISSIONER\nPRIME OBJECTIVES\nThe office has helped in a co-ordinated effort of detailed planning, as follows:\u2014\n(1) For new industrial establishment:\n(2) For plant extensions:\n(3) For overseas and domestic market surveys:\n(4) For practical application of research results:\n(5) For adequate regional participation in prime defence contracts and\ndefence sub-contracts:\n(6) In selected phases of public relations.\nDetails under some of these headings are contained elsewhere in the Report.\nAll the work was carried out in co-operation with other Provincial departments in\nBritish Columbia, Dominion Government departments, and departments of other Provincial Governments throughout Canada, and commercial organizations in the Province.\nThe objectives are definitely related to the functions of the Department's Regional\nDevelopment Division, and to background statistics and marketing data which are\navailable through the Department's Bureau of Economics and Statistics.\nLIAISON WITH DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND COMMERCE\nSome of the liaison work with Ottawa is cleared through the office of the Western\nRepresentative of the Dominion Department of Trade and Commerce (Foreign Trade\nService) in Vancouver. Other contacts are effected direct. The Vancouver office uses\nthe Office of Trade Commissioner, Victoria, as a central contact to ensure the closest\nco-operation with Provincial units, and with Commercial Counsellors, Commercial\nSecretaries, and Trade Commissioners overseas.\nOTHER OTTAWA CONTACTS\nReference should also be made to other contacts, as follows:\u2014\n(1) Industrial Development Bank:\n(2) Export Credits Insurance Corporation:\n(3) Canadian Standards Association:\n(4) National Research Council and Federal departments concerned with\nindustrial research:\n(5) Purchasing Agents of foreign Governments:\n(6) Purchasing structure of the Department of Defence Production:\n(7) Defence Planning Staff.\nNATIONAL PREPAREDNESS PROGRAMME\nContract Awards\nThe Trade Commissioner continued close liaison with the Canadian Commercial\nCorporation in the matter of defence contract awards, to protect the interests of British\nColumbia suppliers.\nThe Canadian Commercial Corporation, now a purchasing unit of the Department\nof Defence Production, maintains direct contact with the Trade Commissioner's Office,\nand general policy of contract awards is discussed and cleared through a small committee,\nwith headquarters in Vancouver and recognized at Ottawa. The Provincial Trade\nCommissioner is a member of this committee. Effective contact at Ottawa is maintained\nwith the Director, Small Industries Division, Department of Defence Production. Q 12 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nInformation Available\nThe following types of information are now immediately available at Victoria or\ncan be secured on short notice, in co-operation with the committee in Vancouver:\u2014\n(1) Prime contracts awarded through the purchasing structure of the Defence\nProduction Department over given periods, where value exceeds $10,000\nand listings of \" letters of intent\" for larger purchases and allocations:\n(2) Smaller contract awards, foodstuffs, etc., cleared through the district\noffices of the Canadian Commercial Corporation, which offices are now\nknown as liaison offices of the Department of Defence Production\u2014one\nin Vancouver and one for the Island in Victoria:\n(3) Information for Canadian sub-contractors on United States procurement\nin Canada:\n(4) Lists of prime contractors who may have sub-contract work available:\n(5) Equipment, facilities, etc., in selected plant locations, especially for\nsmaller industries or for proven idle facilities in larger plants:\n(6) Selected \"invitations to tender\"\u2014not published:\n(7) Confidential \" contract demands \" by Department of National Defence:\n(8) Information on priorities affected by the controlled-materials plan in the\nUnited States:\n(9) Information on priorities, controls, etc., for materials supply from\nCanadian sources:\n(10) Samples for inspection by prospective contractors. The most practical\nway of handling sample displays was under regional consideration at the\nclose of the year:\n(11) Charts, etc., covering the set-up of the new Department of Defence Production and the Associated Crown Company, Department of Defence\nConstruction:\n(12) A listing of personnel and staff changes in the Department of Defence\nProduction.\nRepresentations\nThe Office of Trade Commissioner and the Department of Trade and Industry have\nstressed the following points as far as British Columbia is concerned:\u2014\n(a) Equitable basis of quotations, to allow prices f.o.b. places of delivery\nwhere possible:\n(b) Allocations to split larger volume purchases so that local deliveries can\nbe handled by local production, where practicable:\n(c) Procurement of sub-contracting supplies, especially for the ship-building\nindustry and ship-repairs, from local sources.\nPrice differential has been a deterrent factor.\nThe Trade Commissioner's Office subscribed to an over-all interprovincial brief\npresented to Ottawa by the Trade and Industry Council.\nAllied to the efforts in connection with war contracts is the work of the Trade Commissioner's Office in assistance to firms to secure equitable allocations of controlled\nmaterials for normal operations when the plant is not participating in war contracts.\nINTERPROVINCIAL CO-OPERATION\nThe Trade Commissioner represents the Province of British Columbia through the\nDepartment of Trade and Industry on the Provincial Governments Trade and Industry\nCouncil, which was created at the Montebello meeting in September, 1950, following an\norganization meeting at Lindsay, Ont., September, 1949. DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY Q 13\nA successful meeting of the Council was held at Banff, September 17th to 20th,\n1951, when the British Columbia position was reported under a number of headings.\nChief interprovincial items on the agenda included the following:\u2014\n(1) Future organization of the Provincial Governments Trade and Industry\nCouncil:\n(2) Impact of the defence programme on the National economy:\n(3) Canadian International Trade Fair:\n(4) Special co-ordinated industrial surveys:\n(5) Co-operation with chartered banks and with industrial departments of\nthe railways.\nAlberta, as host Province, extended many courtesies and full co-operation.\nThe Trade Commissioner presented a summary report of industrial progress in\nBritish Columbia, which is included as appendix in the published proceedings.\nEXPORT SURVEYS\nA main function of the Office continues to be assistance to industry groups and\nindividual firms in connection with their export problems.\nWhile the charting of our export trade during 1951 shows an all-time high for value\ntotal, producers and manufacturers are still facing a number of difficulties, with particular\nreference to the dollar situation and resultant curb on exports to the sterling area.\nThe Office of Trade Commissioner during the year made a survey by special letter\nto a selected list of some 200 manufacturers. From this a table of exportable commodities is being compiled, and assistance and advice have been given in a number of cases\nwhere problems have been presented.\nINTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR\nCommittee Organization\nThe Trade Commissioner again served during 1951 as co-convener of the Fair\ncommittee in charge of all British Columbia arrangements for the Canadian International\nTrade Fair. This included survey and action for exhibitor, buyer and visitor participation, and for special phases of publicity and public relations connected with the Fair.\nReference is made elsewhere in this Report to the Department of Trade and Industry's\nDepartmental exhibit.\nPlans for 1952 were well under way at the close of the year.\nThe Department of Trade and Industry had already agreed to active participation,\nand the appointment of a field representative working with the local committee ensures\na cross-section survey of exhibitor and buyer prospects in the Province.\nThe Department, through the committee, has received the active co-operation of\ntrade groups, Canadian Manufacturers' Association, and Boards of Trade. The administrator of the Fair from Toronto headquarters paid two visits to the Province during the\nyear.\nDepartmental Exhibit\nFor the second year the Department of Trade and Industry entered an exhibit at\nthe Trade Fair held at Toronto, May 28th to June 8th, 1951. The exhibit is constructed\nwith British Columbia plywoods and is a pictorial and statistical presentation of this\nProvince's industries and progress. It commanded marked attention and compared\nfavourably with other Provincial exhibits. Hundreds of inquiries were received for\ninformation on all aspects of our economy. Many inquiries concerned settlement, travel,\nand employment, while many valuable contacts were made for branch-plant, office, or\nwarehouse establishment. Sources of supply for British Columbia products were provided in many cases. Q 14\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nH\ntt.\no\nS\nx\nM \u00ab\nW I.\n>. m\nX \u00b0\n\u00a7\"\u00b0\nS S\nW.2\n> 3\nH 2\n< c\nDE\nPAR\nTME\nNT 0\nF TI\nIADE\n: AN]\n_) INI\nDUST\nRY\n640\n600\n\/\n560\n\/\n\/\n520\nCUMULATIVE MONTHLY EXPORTS\nPassing Through British Columbia Customs Ports\n1946. 1947. 1948. 1949. 1950. 19511\n480\n440\n\/\/\n\/\n\/\/\n400\n\/\n160\n\/ \/\n\/\nV<1\n\/\n280\n\/\n'\/\n\/\n\/\n\/\n?40\n\/\n\/\/\n\/\/\n. \/\nZOO\n160\n\/\n\/V\n80\n^\/\n40\n1951\n1949\n 19*7\nI9EO\n10A6\n[948\n0\nJAN.\n' 19S! Figures Subjei\nJULY AUG.\nSEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC.\nsh Columbia Bureau of Economics and Statistic). 650\n600\n550\n500\n450\n400\ni 350\no\nQ\no\n-\no\n3 300\n250\n200\n150\n100\n50\n0\n19\nDEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY Q 15\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nEXPORTS\nPassing Through British Columbia Customs Ports\n1930-1951\nj\n0 1932 1934 1936 1938 1940 1942 1944 1946 1948 1950 19\n9.1 Figures Subject to Revision Y E ARS\n51 Q 16 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nThirty-eight countries were represented by almost 3,000 exhibits, occupying a total\nof 159,429 square feet. The total attendance was 79,889, made up by 35,364 business\nregistrations and 44,525 public admissions.\nThe Department organized a group of British Columbia business-men who visited\nthe Fair as a body. The British Columbia exhibit was headquarters for this delegation,\nand direct results were obtained in business contacts with exhibitors. This delegation,\nheaded by the Deputy Minister, was suitably received and entertained by the Province\nof Ontario and the Trade Fair administration.\nINDUSTRIAL RESEARCH\nThe Trade Commissioner has continued to serve ex officio on the board of management of the British Columbia Research Council. He has assisted through the year in\nadvisory capacity on industrial panels. The Office continues to act as a clearing-house\nfor application of research results, and assists in acquainting industry with improved and\nenlarged facilities offered by the Council.\nINDUSTRIAL DESIGN\nThe Trade Commissioner is Chairman of the British Columbia Industrial Design\nCommittee. Membership of the Committee includes representation from the Department of Trade and Industry, Department of Education, University of British Columbia,\nCanadian Manufacturers' Association, Vancouver Board of Trade, Vancouver School of\nArt, British Columbia Research Council, and the Dominion Department of Trade and\nCommerce.\nThe Committee has co-operated with the National Industrial Design Committee in\nlocal planning, and was directly responsible for a successful industrial-design exhibition at\nWoodward Stores in Vancouver during February. It has assisted in publicity and public\nrelations, to encourage appreciation of industrial design and its importance as a factor\nin production and marketing of British Columbia products.\nIn co-operation with the Department of Education and the Vancouver School Board,\nthe Committee organized a successful series of vocational classes during 1951, and a\nspecial committee is laying plans for similar courses next year.\nThe Committee has started to build up reference libraries on industrial design.\nIt has assisted in local planning for two national design competitions sponsored by\nindustry.\nDirect financial assistance was secured from the National Gallery, Ottawa, with\nsmaller contributions from British Columbia sources. Mr. R. D. Cameron has continued\nas executive secretary of the Committee. Two members of the Provincial Committee are\nmembers of the National Committee.\nHANDICRAFT PRODUCTION\nA revised edition of the Directory of Handicraft Producers and Products was published in 1951. As in 1950, this Directory listed producers in British Columbia known\nto be interested in finding a market and in a position to supply reasonable demands.\nDistribution of the Directory was made to retail and wholesale firms as a guide for any\nhandicraft items they might wish to purchase. Additional distribution was made in\nEastern Canada and the United States. Through the co-operation of a Vancouver supply-\nhouse, the opportunity was taken to distribute an invitation to many handicraft workers\nto send in particulars of production for listing in next year's Directory.\nContact was maintained by correspondence with Eastern Canadian Provinces, some\nof which have extensive educational programmes for handicraft development. DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY Q 17\nUNITED KINGDOM SURVEYS\nThe work of the Industrial and Trade Representative at British Columbia House\nis covered in the general section of this Annual Report.\nHe reports to the Office of Trade Commissioner direct in a number of phases of his\nwork. In particular, the Trade Commissioner and the Administrative Assistant have\ncleared the Representative's work under headings of Branch-plant Establishment, Investment Surveys, Special Industrial Surveys, Agency Inquiries, Itineraries, and Introductions.\nTRADE AND INDUSTRY BULLETIN\nThis Bulletin, listing trade inquiries, licence manufacture opportunities, and news of\ngeneral commercial interest, has been published for the past two years. It has been the\nmeans of establishing contact between foreign firms and British Columbia importers and\nmanufacturers. Many of the trade inquiries reach us through our Industrial and Trade\nRepresentative at British Columbia House, London, while the majority of licence manufacture opportunities are supplied by the Industrial Development Division, Department\nof Trade and Commerce, Ottawa.\nPUBLIC RELATIONS AND COMMITTEE WORK\nCo-operation\nThe year has been marked by a series of occasions on which the Trade Commissioner\nrepresented the Department, including the special trip arranged in June for the dedication\nof the cellulose plant in the Prince Rupert area.\nThe Trade Commissioner has attended a number of national and local conventions\nand meetings, and has continued the effective basis of co-operation with foreign consulates and with the Trade Commissioners of Commonwealth countries. Once again\nspecial reference must be made to the happy basis of co-operation with the United Kingdom Trade Commissioner Service and with the offices of the Australian Government\nTrade Commissioner at Vancouver and Ottawa.\nItineraries and Committees\nThe Office of Trade Commissioner has been responsible for itinerary and other\narrangements for business visitors from Eastern Canada and overseas, and visiting trade\nmissions and special industrial-survey parties. It has worked in direct co-operation with\nthe Foreign Trade Service Office in Vancouver for the arrangements in British Columbia\nfor visiting Trade Commissioners and officials from Ottawa.\nThe Trade Commissioner is a member of several standing committees of the Vancouver Board of Trade, and the Office has continued financial assistance to the Transportation Bureau of the Board of Trade to help it serve the smaller Boards of Trade in\nother parts of the Province in a very constructive programme. Q 18 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nREPORT OF THE BUREAU OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS\nBefore proceeding to review the work accomplished by the Bureau of Economics\nand Statistics during 1951, it may be useful to explain that the Bureau is, as its name\nimplies, a fact-finding and advisory body. It has two primary functions: the first is to\nprovide economic counsel and, when necessary, to conduct investigations into economic\nquestions affecting the Province; the second function is to collect and compile economic\nstatistics of interest to the Province.\nIn order to carry out these objectives, the Bureau is divided into the following\ndivisions: Economic research, market research, statistical, and mechanical tabulating.\nTo ensure technical proficiency, the Bureau has endeavoured to follow the policy of\nbuilding up a small corps of professionally trained persons who could be relied upon to\nperform a variety of difficult economic analyses. It has also been the policy to make\nthe services of the technical personnel continuously available to all other departments of\nthe Government.\nSince other Governmental agencies are also concerned with the collection of statistics, a series of working agreements designed to prevent overlapping or duplication has\nbeen arranged in recent years between this Bureau and the Dominion Bureau of Statistics,\nOttawa, as well as with the Provincial Departments of Mines, Labour, Provincial Secretary, and Health and Welfare. During 1951 the essential statistical services performed\nfor the other Provincial departments, as well as for the Department of Trade and Industry,\nwere maintained. Before proceeding with a description of the services performed by the\nvarious divisions during the year, a brief review of business activity in British Columbia\nis presented.\nREVIEW OF BUSINESS ACTIVITY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA\nIt would appear from preliminary statistical returns that business activity in British\nColumbia during 1951 continued upward after reaching new highs in 1950. The basic\nindustries will probably show moderate dollar-value gains over 1950 figures. In addition,\nthe dollar value of production in the manufacturing industries will probably run slightly\nahead of 1950 statistics. It should be mentioned that price increases have again contributed to most of the gains shown. There has been considerable activity in the heavy-\nconstruction industry, with work progressing on many large contracts, such as the\naluminium plant, pulp-mills, schools, public buildings, and public utilities.\nIncomplete returns indicate that the net value of production of primary and\nsecondary industries amounted to some $1,023,000,000* in 1950, as compared with\n$869,201,000f in 1949 and $891,709,000f in 1948.\n* Preliminary estimate.\nt Dominion Bureau of Statistics. DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY\nQ 19\nin\nOn\no\nCN\n00\n<\nLU\n>\"\nu\nCD\no\nz\no\nr-\nU\n=>\nQ\nO\n&\nQ-\n<\nQ_\n_D\n1-\n_1\nZ>\nU\n<\n<\n>\n**w\u00bb\u00ab*,*!i:\"\n\"\u2022^i\"\nI :\n(\u00ab#\"\nrf '>*\n^^\n'i\n\"^>J\n%\u00ab\u00bb\nA.\n\\\nI\u2014\u201e\u2014\ni\ni\n1\n5\n i\nJf\nM\n\/\n\\\n\\\nTjEfi *\n| yMf>\n\u00ab,# ;\n1\n1\n1 77.1.1*\np***\nV\ni ^ i\n1 \u00a7\nCN\nr-.\n\u25a0<*\nCN\nIT)\ncn\ncn\nn\ncn (\/l\n\u2014 D_\n<\ntil\nin >\nco\no\nro\nro\ncn\nm\ncn\no\nvo\no\nm\no\no\nCM\no\no\no\no\no\no\no\no\no\nc_>\nCN\n00\nl\\\n^o\nm\n^t\nCO\n\nOn\nO\nH\no\nCN\nCN\n00\n<\nUU\n>\nV\nori\nZ\no\nh-\nu\nD\nQ\nO\nCt_\na.\na:\nLU\nI\nOO\nUL\no\nLU\n_l\n<\n>\nf I HP ; '\nS\nZ1\n* |\ni 'Ii\n:ik '\u25a0\u25a0 ,\n7:\n| || 7\n\u00ab\n|\n\"\u25a0 ii %\n!Ni^^i\u00a3|j||\nIttA %\n,;|77:1II:;\n^-^J.:|:\n-c .\nj\u00a7i 1\n\u25a0 \"\u25a0*\u2014\"*%\u00a3\u00a3**\u201e\nv .\n-\n*\n;f\n\\\n#\nV\n...v.^'\"'*':: ...\nj\n_,\n\u00a3^fcSK8&&\ngSUCS\n*\n\\ \u25a0\u25a0\nu:;s.\"\u201e::j-;-r^\n\\\n-\n%ts\u00bb^\ni\n\\\n\\\nB\n.7;\u00a77:;: If\nI\nSi\n\u00a3_J\nf\n\\\n1\nv\nJ\n| \\\n1 \\\nI\nii \u00a7j\u00a7\n** ^.:;\ni|\n|:\nL 1\n1\ni^W\n\u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0;\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\nI^T\nin\ncn\nCO\nCN\ncn\ncn\ncn\ncn\n\u00a3__\nin <\nn lxj\n\u00b0> >-\nm\nCN\nCM\nCN\nCM\nO\ntn\nCM\no\nCM\nCN\no\no\nO\no\nO\no\no\no\no\no\nOn\n00\nN\nNO\nm\n^r\nCO\nCN\nsavnoa do snoitiiw DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY\nQ 21\nswnoa do SNomiw Q 22\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nm\nOn\nO\nI-\no\nCN\nOn\nCO\nCL\n<\nLU\n>\u25a0\nU\nca\nZ\nO\nh-\nu\n_D\nQ\nO\nOL\nCl.\nz\n5\nLL.\no\n2\n&:!.:&&:.\nX^\n\"\u25a0'r^&3r\ny,a\/f7\n\/*$*%&\u25a0\n^L\n^\nQ*:\n'\u2022\u2022\u202211\n|^\n,\n4\n. ,.\/s;..:;:ws'...\t\n\u25a0\n^SisS^\n\" \\\n,\/'M;7- \u25a0 \u25a0 >:-p\nSM^. ft 1 s]\nm\n%\u00bb.,, \u25a0 -. ji-i*\n\\\nPI N .\n. \u00ab\ni.\u21225t.\n\\\n\\Ma \u00a3.:\u25a0 h&tmm.Z-\n\u25a0S *\nWsf|\nSJt^\n17'tl\n\u2014^y-\n*N\n^H\u2122W\u00ab^1_[\n^\nJm\nin\nCN\no\nV)\n__.\nm <\nro UJ\non >\nro\nCn\n1-v\nCM\nCN\nin\nCN\no\nro\nCM\nOn\nCM\no\nCO\no\nNO\no\no\no\n00\no\nNO\no\nCM\nsyvnoa do SNomiw DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY\nQ 23\nsavmoa do snoitiiw Q 24\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nECONOMIC INDICATORS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA\nEMPLOYMENT\na\na\n2\n2 '20\nz\n60\n111=\n- 100\n1940 1942\n1944 1946\nYEARS\n1948 1950\n1\nBANK DEBITS\n0\n9\n?,\n1\n0\nINTERNAL TRADE\n1200\nRETAIL TRADE\n1000\ncn\nOS\n<\n\u2022i 800\n0\na\nfc 600\nw\nZ\n2 400\nS 200\n0\n0.\nc_ 300\nl-l\nBQ\n2\nP\n2 200\n1940 1942 1944 1946 1948 1950\nYEARS\nWHOLESALE SALES\n\/\nS\n1935-1939 =\n10C\n1940 1942 1944 1946\nYEARS\n1948 1950\n1942 1944 1946 1948 1950\nYEARS\n6.0\nCONSUMPT\nON OF ELECTP\nICAL POWER\na 4.5\ni\nu.\nO 3.0\n2\nO\nJ\n*'\u25a0>\n0\n1940 1942\n1944 1946\nYEARS\n12.0\n10.5\n1948 1950\nSALES OF LIFE INSURANCE\n1940 1942\n9.0\nZ.\nJ\nS 3.0\n1944 1946\nYEARS\n1948 1950\nFREIGHT LOADED\n1940 1942\n1944 1946 1948 1950\nYEARS\n1951 Figures Subject to Revision DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY\nQ 25\nECONOMIC INDICATORS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA\n250\n225\n200\n175\n150\n125\n100\n75\n50\n25\nRETAIL PRICES\nPRICES\n(INDEX NOS.)\n193\n-19\n9 =\n00\n250\nWHOLESALE PRICES\n225\n200\n175\n150\n125\n100\n1935-1939 =\n100\n75\n50\n?5\n0\n1939 1941 1943 1945 1947 1949\n1951\n1939 1941 1943 1945 1947 1949\nCONSTRUCTION\n(in Millions of Dollars)\n500\n450\n400\n350\n300\n250\n200\n150\n100\n50\nVALUE\nOF\nCONTRACTS AWARDED\n\u25a0\n___i ^\t\nVALUE\nOF\nBUILDING PERMITS\n90\n80\n70\n60\nsn\n\/\n40\n\/\n30\n?n\n10\n0\n*\n1939 1941 1943\n1945 1947\nYEARS\n1949 1951\n1939 1941 1943\n1945 1947\nYEARS\n1949 1951\n1938--58 Municipalities Reporting\n1940-1946--204 Municipalities Reporting\n1947-1951--507 Municipalities Reporting\n1951 Figures Subject to Revision Q 26\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nTable 1.\u2014Economic Activity in British Columbia, 1949 and 1950,\nwith Preliminary Estimates for 1951\nUnit or\nBase\nPeriod\n1951\nPreliminary\nEstimates8\n1950\n1949\nMining\u2014\nTotal value of production1..\nGold production1\t\nSilver production1 \t\nCopper production1\t\nLead production1\t\nZinc production1 \t\nCoal production1. \t\nForestry\u2014\nTotal value of production2..\nTimber scaled2\t\nPaper production2 \t\nFisheries\u2014\nTotal value of production6..\nPack of canned salmon3\t\nAgriculture\u2014\nTotal value of production1..\nApples\u2014\nTotal shipments4 \t\nDomestic shipments4\u2014\nExport shipments4-\t\nExternal trade\u2014\nExport of canned salmon5..\nExport of planks and boards, Douglas fir5..\nExport of red-cedar shingles5\t\nInternal trade\u2014\nIndex of wholesale sales5 \t\nTotal retail sales5. _ \t\nDepartment stores .\nFood-stores\t\nGasoline consumed6 .\nRailway freight loaded in British Columbian-\nConsumption of electric power5 \t\nSales of life insurance5 \t\nConstruction\u2014\nContracts awarded5\u2014.- _ _\t\nBuilding permits issued _.\t\nFinance\u2014Bank debits -\t\nTourist trade\u2014\nAutomobile entries on sixty-day permits5 _\nEmployment\u20145\nAll employment - \t\nManufacturing _ \t\nIron and steel products _\nLumber products\t\nPulp and paper __\t\nTextile products \t\nOther manufacturing \t\nMining \t\nLogging\nConstruction .\t\nCommunication -\nTransportation -\nServices \t\nTrade\t\nSalaries and wages7\u2014\nMB.M.\nTons\nCases\nBoxes\nBoxes\nBoxes\nCwt.\nMFt.\nSq.\n1935\u201439=100\n000$\n000$\n000$\nGallons\nTons\n000 Kwh.\n000$\n000$\n000$\n000$\nNumber\n1926=100\n1926 = 100\n1926=100\n1926=100\n1926=100\n1926 = 100\n1926=100\n1926 = 100\n1926=100\n1926=100\n1926=100\n1926=100\n1926=100\n1926=100\n$\n165,000,000\n525,000,000\n4,420,000\n90,000,000\n1,955,475\n155,000,000\n401.0\n1,130,000\n120,000\n223,000\n172,000,000\n11,840,000\n4,220,000\n136,000\n400,000\n85,000\n10,250,000\n250,000\n210.0\n750,000,000\n148,155,060\n11,404,270\n7,666,151\n9,889,458\n44,391,530\n48,882,765\n10,025,626\n468,371,142\n4,560,080\n477,628\n68,821,358\n1,482,560\n136,690,400\n7,051,622\n3,179,228\n3,872,394\n322,062\n1,146,805\n2,881,584\n351.3\n1,050,054\n113,273\n194,389\n155,363,848\n10,834,135\n3,960,698\n124,280\n81,200\n86,644\n8,446,567\n221,642\n202.0\n219.5\n233.4\n203.8\n212.8\n257.0\n233.5\n121.9\n174.6\n182.5\n229.5\n156.7\n229.0\n276.7\n695,000,000\n133,012,968\n10,911,780\n5,669,769\n10,956,550\n41,645,726\n36,604,700\n12,462,424\n331,589,549\n4,049,682\n462,282\n56,456,260\n1,433,723\n139,960,563\n6,742,203\n3,046,298\n3,695,905\n414,259\n824,097\n2,121,636\n332.1\n940,030\n108,860\n186,640\n142,365,704\n10,394,827\n3,601,317\n110,976\n79,429\n89,293\n7,540,592\n214,805\n200.4\n213.9\n239.5\n190.0\n219.7\n241.8\n228.8\n113.3\n165.0\n195.2\n213.9\n158.2\n243.3\n278.1\n671,980,815\n1 British Columbia Department of Mines.\n2 British Columbia Department of Lands and Forests, Forest Service.\n3 British Columbia Department of Fisheries.\n4 British Columbia Department of Agriculture.\n5 Dominion Bureau of Statistics.\n6 British Columbia Department of Finance.\n7 Bureau of Economics and Statistics, Labour Division.\n8 Subject to Revision. DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY Q 27\nECONOMIC RESEARCH DIVISION\nOne of the major functions of this Division is providing economic counsel to the\nGovernment. In line with this objective, numerous projects and reports have been\ncompleted during the past year for various departments. In particular, considerable\nassistance was given to the following branches of the Government (involving in some\ncases loan of staff): Regional Development Division, Department of Finance, Attorney-\nGeneral's Department, and the Department of Labour.\nIn addition to work done for Government departments, hundreds of requests of an\neconomic and statistical nature have been received from private individuals, corporations,\nnewspapers and business publications, and Boards of Trade. These requests covered\na wide range of topics, too numerous to detail individually. In some cases these inquiries\ncall for the provision of statistical information readily available from our files and library.\nIn other cases they require lengthy tabulations and a considerable amount of research.\nThe helpful co-operation of the staff of the Provincial Library and other departments of\nthe Government is worthy of mention in this regard.\nAs a means of providing statistical information indicating economic activity and\ntrends in the Provincial economy, this Division publishes the Monthly Bulletin. This\npublication is circulated to various Government departments, as well as to libraries and\nnewspapers throughout the Province. It is also sent, upon request, to financial institutions and business and industrial firms.\nIn conjunction with the above publication, The Summary of Business Activity is\nassembled each year. It presents annual statistics on production and trade within the\nProvince for the years 1920 to the latest available estimates and provides a historical\nrecord of economic development within the Province.\nSpecial Surveys\nWage-rate Surveys\nEarly this year, at the request of the Civil Service Commission, this Division conducted a survey of current wage rates and working conditions to determine the extent to\nwhich terms of employment vary within the Province. The survey covered selected\noccupations in sixteen major British Columbia centres. Questionnaires were sent to the\nmunicipalities and a sample of business and industrial firms. Information pertaining to\nhospital employees was obtained from the British Columbia Hospital Insurance Service.\nThe returns of the Vancouver Board of Trade Clerical Salary Survey were again\ncompiled by this Division. This survey provides a most useful source of information\nregarding clerical wage rates in the Greater Vancouver area.\nDuring the past year, arrangements were completed with the Department of Labour\nto provide us with the latest collective-bargaining agreements. From these we obtain\ncurrent union wage rates and information on working conditions. The information compiled in this regard is used by many departments.\nComparative Analysis of Provincial Government Expenditures\nAgain this year a short study was carried out comparing on a functional basis the\nexpenditures of the Canadian Provinces. As a means of improving the research in this\nfield, exploratory work was undertaken by two graduate students working during the\nsummer months. Their work will no doubt prove valuable in refining and extending\nour research in the field of Governmental expenditures.\nAs in previous years, this Division has compiled for the Labour Relations Board\na directory of trade unions and other employee associations showing their membership\nand affiliation. An analysis of the distribution of trade-union membership by industrial\ncategories and other significant characteristics of union membership is also provided. Q 28 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nSTATISTICAL DIVISION\nThis Division is responsible for the collection, compilation, analyses interpretation,\nand publication of statistical information. Also, it is the duty of this Division to assist\nother departments in the compilation of statistical information and to establish uniform\nstatistical methods throughout the service. In addition, this Division co-operates with\nother statistical bureaux in the elimination of duplication and answers inquiries relating\nto statistical data. Following is a brief outline of the statistics compiled in this Division.\nExternal Trade of British Columbia\nThe agreement between this Bureau and the External Trade Branch, Dominion\nBureau of Statistics, consummated in the fall of 1938, has continued in force. Under\nthis agreement the Bureau receives monthly a duplicate set of punch-cards showing in\ndetail the importation and exportation of every commodity normally listed in the Federal\ntrade reports which has been recorded at customs ports located in this Province. While\nthese records do not distinguish the exported merchandise originating in British Columbia\nnor the imports destined for consumption in this Province from the other goods passing\nthrough these customs ports, the records do provide the basis for a very comprehensive\nannual report on the foreign trade of British Columbia.\nPreliminary statements showing the external trade through British Columbia customs\nports covering commodities with an aggregate value of $50,000 and over are now\npublished annually. Until June, 1950, detailed monthly statements were also published.\nFor reasons of economy, this publication has now been condensed and combined with\nan abbreviated form of another discontinued publication, Business Activity, to form the\nmajor components of the Bureau's Monthly Bulletin.\nThe discontinuance of fairly detailed monthly published external-trade figures has\nresulted in increased requests for import and export information, which has been supplied\nto all inquirers. 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In addition, work is\nprogressing prior to publication of the 1950-51 edition of the British Columbia Trade\nIndex.\nAlso many miscellaneous requests pertaining to market statistics were answered.\nPreliminary work has been done relating to a market survey of the Greater New Westminster area and also for the establishment of annual surveys of operating results of\nvarious retail businesses.\nMECHANICAL TABULATION DIVISION\nDuring 1951 the Mechanical Tabulation Division continued to provide tabulating\nservice for several Government departments.\nThe following list sets forth the diversified nature of the work carried out:\u2014\nDepartment of Attorney-General\u2014Motor Accident Statistical Reports.\nDepartment of Education\u2014\nStatistical Report of Pupils and Teachers.\nTeachers' Records.\nDepartment of Finance\u2014Furniture Inventory.\nDepartment of Health and Welfare\u2014\nCost of Drugs Survey.\nSocial Allowance Statistics.\nDepartment of Labour\u2014Annual Statistical Report.\nDepartment of Lands and Forests\u2014\nForest Inventory.\nGazetteer Files.\nDepartment of Provincial Secretary\u2014\nCivil Service Personnel Statistics.\nKing's Printer Job-cost Records.\nDepartment of Trade and Industry\u2014\nLabour Statistics.\nTrade Statistics.\nTrade Index File.\nSpecial Surveys.\nBritish Columbia Liquor Control Board\u2014\nWarehouse Audit Control.\nStore Audit Control.\nLicensee Beer Records.\nPayroll.\nPrice Lists.\nInterdiction Lists.\nThe organization of the Mechanical Tabulation Division was changed during the\nyear and is now divided into three main sections handling the tabulating section of the\nwork. One is reserved for statistical and research applications, another deals exclusively\nwith the work of the British Columbia Liquor Control Board, and the third section is\nconcerned directly with new projects and procedures. In this manner it is possible to\nmaintain established routines while still providing service to new tabulating projects. DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY Q 45\nThe personnel establishment of the Division is composed of a supervisor, three\nsenior machine operators, eight machine operators, a senior key-punch operator and eight\nkey-punch operators, a senior clerk-stenographer, and two clerks. Two members of the\nstaff of the British Columbia Liquor Control Board are attached to the Division, acting\nin an advisory capacity.\nThe Division is equipped with a complete set of tabulating-machines, including\nalphabetic tabulators, sorters, reproducing gang-punches, an end printing document\npunch, a collator, an interpreter, and an automatic multiplying punch, as well as alphabetic key-punches and verifiers.\nIt is anticipated that with the present equipment and level of staff efficiency the\nexisting projects can be augmented and the service extended to other Government departments not at present using mechanical tabulating methods.\nMention should also be made of the fact that the Mechanical Tabulation Division of\nthis Bureau co-operated with the Dominion Bureau of Statistics in the processing of the\n1951 Census.\nPUBLICATIONS\nMonthly Bulletin\nThis publication has been continued, with an ever-increasing demand from businessmen, universities, and libraries. It contains a statistical summary of business indicators\nrelating to British Columbia's economy.\nExternal Trade\nMonthly statistics relating to external trade are contained in the Monthly Bulletin.\nA statement of external trade through British Columbia customs ports and covering commodities with an aggregate value of $50,000 and over is published annually.\nBritish Columbia Trade Index\nWork is progressing on a new edition of this publication, which will be released in\n1952.\nBritish Columbia Facts and Statistics\nThis publication was first issued in 1948; the fourth edition was released early in\n1951. A second printing of the 1951 edition was required to meet the demand for this\npublication. This publication provides general facts and statistics relating to British\nColumbia under the following headings: Population, education, government, banking,\ntransportation, communication, retail sales, agriculture, fisheries, forestry, mining, manufacturing, tourist, and economic activity. Q 46 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nREPORT OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION\nIndustrial development projected in British Columbia and under way at the close of\n1951, embracing new industry in all regions of the Province, reached the impressive total\nof approximately one billion dollars. Of this sum, over $350,000,000 of new construction has commenced during the year under review, the largest annual figure recorded in\nthe Province's industrial history. '\nIndustrial expansion on a scale of this magnitude has focused widespread attention\non British Columbia, which has resulted in a surge of industrial inquiries from all parts\nof the world. It has been the continuous concern of the Department, through the\nRegional Development Division, to keep abreast of the rapidly changing industrial scene\nby taking effective measures to record our industrial growth and to provide factual\ninformation on the pattern of resources, industrial facilities, and services available in each\ncommunity.\nIndustry location is becoming more and more highly competitive and complex and\nis governed by well-defined basic location factors. Regional areas seeking to keep in the\nforefront of industrial expansion must take cognizance of these factors and provide\nup-to-date information, which can only be portrayed by comprehensive area surveys,\nmapping, and analyses. Industry to-day looks to official channels for this information\nand service, and to keep pace with these demands the Division launched during the year\nthe first of a series of area surveys, at the same time initiating the second phase of its\nprogramme of regional development in the Province.\nFIELD OFFICES\nThe augmented industrial expansion in the Province during the year has resulted in\ngreatly increased activity being reported from the field offices of the Division, which have\nbeen called upon to handle a large volume of inquiries and to render a wide diversity of\nassistance to industry. The field offices have continued to grow in importance and value\nin co-ordinating and furthering industrial inquiries within the Provincial service and\nvarious branches of Government.\nThe regional offices of the Division are located as follows:\u2014\nNelson: Region 1\u2014East Kootenay; Region 2\u2014West Kootenay.\nKelowna: Region 3\u2014Okanagan; Region 6\u2014Kamloops and South Central\nBritish Columbia.\nPrince George: Region 8\u2014Central British Columbia; Region 9\u2014North\nCoastal Area (Prince Rupert and Queen Charlottes); Region 10\u2014Peace\nRiver.\nVictoria: Region 4\u2014Lower Mainland; Region 5\u2014Vancouver Island and\nGulf Islands.\nFIELD SURVEYS\nNelson Office\u2014Region One (East Kootenay) and Region Two\n(West Kootenay)\nIndustrial development in the Kootenays during the year continued to gain\nmomentum. Announcement of a $75,000,000 pulp and paper mill at Castlegar only\nslightly overshadowed the $62,500,000 expansion programme announced by Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada. Both developments will have far-\nreaching effects on the mining and forest industries in the region. Despite shut-down of\nthe forests due to fires, the sawlog scale for the district is expected to increase approximately 10,000 M B.M. over last year.\nMining activity in the area continues to show healthy growth, with a number of new\nmines being brought into production during the current year and total mining production\nin the area increasing approximately 15 per cent over 1950 production. ^^^mm\nDEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY Q 47\nA number of executive meetings of the Regional Advisory Committee were held\nduring the year. The Committee continued its efforts toward exploring the possibility\nof increasing tourist travel by the development of parks, camp-sites, and vistas in the\nKootenay regions. A report was prepared for the visit of the Vancouver Board of Trade\nTransportation and Communications Bureau on industrial development in Regions One\nand Two for the past three-year period.\nSpecific Assistance to Industry\nThe Nelson field-service office has reported the following assistance to industry\nduring the current year.\nHop-growing.\u2014The establishment of a substantial hop-yard in the Creston area was\nreported in 1950, and our field office has continued to assist this industry in obtaining\ninformation concerning available labour, frost data, and location of materials for this\noperation.\nManufacture of Ceramics.\u2014Furnished data and information through Federal channels at Ottawa regarding the proposed establishment of a small ceramics industry in the\nNelson district.\nManufacture of Pencils.\u2014Information and data supplied through the Technical\nInformation Service of the National Research Council regarding the establishment of a\npencil-factory utilizing local cedar.\nLino-cut Pictures.\u2014This industry was established in late 1950 and additional information was obtained relating to the procurement of picture-frames.\nCranberries.\u2014Data and information supplied to a party interested in cranberry-\ngrowing in the Creston district.\nManufacture of Charcoal.\u2014Information supplied regarding the establishment of a\nsmall charcoal plant.\nPeppermint.\u2014Arrangements made for an experimental plot of 2 acres on the\nCreston flats, and information supplied to determine feasibility of establishing a peppermint industry.\nDrive-in Theatre.\u2014Information obtained from trade for proposed drive-in theatre\nfor the Trail-Rossland area.\nField Surveys in Course of Completion\n(a) A survey was conducted to determine the probable additional labour-supply\nrequired by the recent industrial expansion in the region.\n(b) A report was completed for the International Columbia River Joint Engineering\nCommittee following a two-year survey of industrial relocation on the British Columbia\nside of the Border and related to the proposed hydro-development in Washington and\nMontana.\n(c) Survey continued on industrial potentialities of the region in co-operation with\nthe Associated Boards of Eastern British Columbia.\nOur field office maintained close liaison with other Departmental officials in the\nregion and with other field offices in contact work as between the respective regional areas.\nConduct of several parties throughout the territory was arranged, including the Colombo\nPlan party mentioned elsewhere in this report, the United Kingdom Trade Commissioner,\nand the Trade Representative of the Department from British Columbia House, London,\nEngland, who visited the area during the summer months. Our field official attended\nhearings of the International Joint Commission on the proposed dam at Libby, Mont.,\nand the Waneta Dam south of Trail.\nPROVINCIAL LIBRARY\nVICTORIA, B. C. Q 48 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nKelowna Office\u2014Region Three (Okanagan)\nThe Regional Advisory Committee has continued its surveys during the year covering\nthe third phase of an over-all study of the region related to park areas and camp-sites.\nThirty camp-sites were investigated and recommended, and twelve additional sites are\nawaiting further inspection. The Committee has implemented its report on park areas\nin the southern portion of the region in the Oliver-Osoyoos district.\nThe Committee has co-operated actively with the Okanagan Agriculture Club on a\nspecial study initiated by the club on diversified agriculture. Studies have also been made\non increasing the output of small fruits and vegetables in the fruit-growing areas of the\nregion. A brief on the power situation relating to industry is in course of preparation and\nwill be completed early next year, and the Advisory Committee proposes to give early\nconsideration to certain phases of public health in the region as related to the tourist\nindustry.\nAdditional matters considered by the Committee during the year were furtherance\nof the Grandview Flats irrigation project, soil conservation, Black Mountain new ditch\nproject, berry culture, regulations pertaining to eating establishments, acquisition of\nIndian reserve property at Kaleden for establishment of a fruit-demonstration booth, etc.\nIrrigation Survey. \u2014 The brochure entitled \" Facts about Irrigation and Irrigable\nLands in the Tree Fruits Area of the Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys,\" published by\nthe Division in 1950, has been in continuous demand. The annual irrigation survey\nconducted by our field office has added considerable data, covering forty-four improvement districts. This year a further survey of the Kettle Valley River area has been undertaken and 143 individual water-licence holders contacted. As time and staff limitations\nallow, the irrigable areas under survey will be extended to Region Six. Data secured\nunder this heading is of vital importance to the study of power requirements, sources of\nwater, estimate of pumping costs, etc., for the important agriculture industry in this region.\nTrade Waste.\u2014Our field office has actively co-operated with other departments in\nbringing together sections of industry in the chief centres of the region to study problems\nrelated to trade waste and the utilization of waste materials surplus to the fruit-processing\nindustry. Good progress has been made toward a solution of cannery problems under\nthis heading. A meeting of all interested concerns will be called early in 1952 to consider\nplans of a leading organic-fertilizer company which is contemplating entering this field.\nSpecific Assistance to Industry\nThe volume of industry inquiries through the Kelowna office during the year has\nmaintained a high level, and basic and secondary industry assisted under a wide diversity\nof headings. A cross-section follows.\nFine Pulp from Apple Prunings.\u2014A number of meetings were held with Eastern\ninterests and investigations undertaken leading to the installation of a pilot plant for the\nmanufacture of fine pulp used in cigarette-paper making.\nPasteurization Plants. \u2014 Various data assembled and meetings held with dairy\nindustry and Dairy Inspection Branch. A plant has now been installed at Grand Forks,\nand further plants contemplated at Princeton and elsewhere.\nBrick-making.\u2014Efforts were made to revive this industry in the Falkland district.\nBoat-building.\u2014Assistance in solving material-supply problems to this industry have\nbeen continued and sources of yellow cedar located.\nBurners for Stoves.\u2014Investigation of export difficulties made for a firm manufacturing this article.\nGrape-growing.\u2014Manufacturing and market data secured for a grape-grower. DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY Q 49\nCold Storage.\u2014Contacts were made with the meat-packing trade regarding offseason use of fruit cold storages.\nCeramic Industry.\u2014Samples of clay from the Giscombe deposit were forwarded to\nLuxembourg for testing, and negotiations continued with a large European china-manufacturer contemplating locating in British Columbia-\nCanneries.\u2014Possibilities of new plants at Revelstoke and Westbank were discussed\nwith representatives of a large canning industry. Discussions were also held regarding a\ncommunity cannery in the southern part of the region.\nZircon Deposit.\u2014Information supplied to interests in Armstrong.\nOur field office continued to maintain close relations with all the Boards of Trade\nthroughout the region and, during the period of activity of the Division since 1947, has\nbuilt up a very satisfactory relationship with these agencies. Several monthly and\nquarterly sessions were attended by our field representative and assistance given many\nlocal Boards under a variety of industrial headings, and particularly in connection with\nthe compilation of individual brochures in some localities, and providing Departmental\nmailing-lists for distribution.\nWork on the economic survey of the region, dealt with elsewhere in this report,\nentailed considerable time and effort of our field office in this region in arranging contacts with, and canvassing of, industrial and business concerns throughout the region,\nand the assembling of a vast quantity of material for the market survey of the area.\nContacts with industrial firms concerned in defence contracts were made, and information\ncirculated to appropriate firms on \"Nine Helpful Hints re Defence Contracts.\"\nMany distinguished persons visited the Okanagan region during the course of the\nyear, including the High Commissioner for Australia, His Excellency the Ambassador\nfor the Free State, and several groups of industrialists and engineers. Appropriate industrial tours of the region were arranged by our field office.\nRegion Four (Lower Mainland), Region Five (Vancouver Island and Gulf\nIslands), and Region Seven (Central Coast)\nDuring 1951 industrial activity in Regions Four, Five, and Seven centred principally\non the tremendous expansion of the pulp, paper, and forestry industries. Highlighting\nthis development was the $16,000,000 expansion programme of the pulp industry at\nNanaimo, the allocation of $6,000,000 for modernization of the dissolving sulphite mill\nat Port Alice, and the expected completion by early 1952 of the $40,000,000 newsprint-\nmill at Duncan Bay near Campbell River. Added to this activity were the $12,000,000\nmodernization plan of the pulp and paper plant at Powell River and $5,000,000 expansion of the pulp-mill at Port Mellon. During the year, construction of a $2,000,000\nplywood-factory in Victoria was commenced, which will employ approximately 225 men.\nIn Port Alberni, plans were revealed for construction of $1,500,000 plywood plant.\nA new $1,500,000 Swedish gang-saw unit, one of the most modern in British Columbia,\nalso commenced operation in Port Alberni. The economy of the coastal regions was\nfurther stimulated by the proposed expansion of the hydro-electric plant at Campbell\nRiver, the $2,000,000 expansion project of the cement plant at Bamberton on Vancouver\nIsland, and by an extensive industrial building programme in the metropolitan areas of\nVancouver, Victoria, and New Westminster.\nBusiness Inquiries\nDuring the year an increase in the number of inquiries directed to this office was\nnoted. Some of the inquiries handled are listed hereunder:\u2014\n(1) An Eastern manufacturer of waxed-paper containers requested information on availability of paper-board in British Columbia. This company Q 50 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nis interested in establishing a plant on the Pacific Coast, but plans are\ntemporarily held in abeyance due to the current shortage of bleached\nsulphite.\n(2) Request for information on the possibilities of establishing a woollen-sock\nindustry in Victoria. Complete information on markets, supply of wool,\nand manufacturing methods were supplied.\n(3) Inquiry concerning possibilities of obtaining special grade Western red\ncedar for construction of racing-shells. Various business firms interviewed, and the interested firm was placed in touch with a source of this\nmaterial.\n(4) Inquiry from an Eastern manufacturer requiring a supply of special paint\nand varnish to finish manufacture darticles. Contacts of paint-manufacturers arranged, and necessary information forwarded.\n(5) Inquiry from United States interests wishing information to establish in\nBritish Columbia in the lumber business. Inquiry referred to appropriate\nforestry officials, and other special contacts arranged.\n(6) Inquiry from a United States citizen wishing to establish a business in the\nYale district. Complete details on the entire district and also on Hope\nwere sent forward.\nItineraries were arranged and data supplied to several business executives and\nindustrialists visiting the coastal regions during the year. A group of industrialists from\nEngland, interested in Vancouver Island and Mainland centres, was furnished with\ncomprehensive reports on the localities in question, and business contacts and personally\nconducted tours of the areas arranged.\nRegion Six (Kamloops and South Central British Columbia)\n(under Kelowna Office)\nThe Industries Committee continued its study of several matters of concern to the\nregion already outlined in the Annual Report for 1950. The Committee is maintaining\na close interest in the activities of the Fraser River Basin Board as applied to the upper\nreaches of the Fraser, with particular reference to a survey of the Clearwater watershed\nand a power route to the Nicola District.\nThe Committee has again stressed the importance of a survey being undertaken on\nRegion Six of irrigable lands as a prelude to an over-all expansion of the agriculture\nindustry in the region.\nThe Committee has had under review during the year the subject of country killing\nand central meat-inspection depots, and recommendations have been referred to the\nappropriate authority for consideration. Recommendations have also gone forward\nfrom the Committee on the desirability of establishing a plan of restaurant rating and\ninspection. Close liaison has continued with officials of the P.F.R.A. administration and\nDominion and Provincial agriculturalists in the region, and valuable assistance has been\ngiven to the Committee and our field office from these sources. Our field representative\nduring the year has made regular visits to this region, dealing with a substantial increase\nof inquiries and personal interviews.\nRegion Eight (Central British Columbia), Region Nine (North Coastal Area,\nPrince Rupert, and Queen Charlotte), and Region Ten (Peace River)\nGeneral\nThe entire development and activity in Regions Eight and Nine have been stimulated\nby the Alcan Development. All centres in these areas are showing marked growth as a\nresult. Hotels and auto courts have enjoyed capacity business and have not depended\non the tourist traffic in the past year.\n! DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY Q 51\nTransportation facilities in the region have been greatly improved during the year.\nThe Canadian National Railways has increased passenger service on the Jasper\u2014Prince\nRupert line to a daily (except Sunday) service. Freight service has been increased as\nrequired, affecting all railway points, and employment of railway-workers is high. Central\nB.C. Airways has inaugurated a daily return service from Prince George to Terrace, and\nthere is now a bus service from Prince George to Burns Lake, as well as increased freight\ntrucking services. All of these are largely the result of increased travel and shipping\noriginating from the aluminium development.\nA detailed inspection trip was made during the summer of the Alcan project activities at Burns Lake and south, and the Nechako Dam site, 67 miles south-west of Vanderhoof. Officials of the Alcan project have welcomed the interest and co-operation of\nthe Department in this vast industrial undertaking.\nMany new settlers have come to these areas, not only labourers and workers on the\nvarious construction projects, but others seeking to establish themselves in a new and\ngrowing district.\nThis has resulted in increased retail business at all points but has emphasized an\nacute housing shortage over the entire region.\nPrince George and District\nIn the Prince George district, logging conditions continued good during the past\nyear, and prices, while experiencing some recession, are still satisfactory. This condition\nis reflected in the growth of the city and surrounding district. Many fine new homes are\nunder construction, and retail sales remain at a high level.\nMunicipal improvements continue, and cement sidewalks have been installed on\nmost of the down-town streets, and all roads between Third Avenue and Seventh Avenue\nare now paved, between Vancouver and George Streets. This has greatly improved the\nappearance of the city.\nThe school population continues to show marked increase. New rooms were provided this year at Central and Connaught Schools, and three rooms connected with the\nhigh-school dormitory are in use as elementary-school accommodation. Connaught\nSchool recently burned to the ground, throwing 230 children on to the already crowded\nfacilities of King George V, and necessitating a shift system being put into effect for\nGrades III to VI, inclusive. A new school of twelve rooms to replace the seven-roomed\nschool destroyed is planned.\nVanderhoof district has shown great activity. Property values have increased considerably, and retail business has boomed. The contractor on the Nechako Dam project\nhas built prefabricated houses for some of its employees, but the housing shortage is\nstill acute.\nThere are some sixty mills in operation in the district, and prices have been good\nand work steady in the camps and mills.\nConstruction in the village, while showing an increase, has not kept pace with the\nneeds of the community.\nBurns Lake\nBurns Lake is booming; a road has been built from the Francois Lake Road to the\neastern end of Tahtsa Lake, and supplies are barged to the western end of the lake, where\nthe Alcan tunnel operations are going on, and all supplies and equipment are taken in\nover this road. Contractors for the project have established headquarters here.\nLumbering and logging operations in this district continue at a high level of production. Farming, while not producing the financial return of the lumber industry, is\nforging ahead and may take precedence over lumber and logging as the population\nincreases and agricultural markets develop. Q 52 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nSmithers-Telkwa\nAt Telkwa the local coal mine has stepped up its capacity to 150 tons per day,\nsupplying the cellulose operation on the coast.\nIn the Smithers district several new mining operations are being opened up, and some\nolder developments are showing signs of life, indicating that great interest is still being\nshown in the mining possibilities of this area.\nTerrace-Hazelton\nTerrace is enjoying a great measure of prosperity as the headquarters of logging\noperations for the cellulose plant at Port Edward. Terrace is situated some 42 miles from\nKitimat, the townsite of the Alcan project, and a road will be built connecting the two\npoints in the near future. Railway surveys between Kitimat and Terrace are now under\nway, and a connection will be made to the townsite of Kitimat, scene of the Alcan\nundertaking.\nReal-estate values in Terrace have doubled, and a settlement scheme under way\nabout a mile from the village is opening up very well. Land is being sold in acre lots, and\nhomes are under construction.\nDue to a considerable increase in population in the area, agriculture activity is\nincreasing. A number of small farms are starting up, with the expectation that farm\nproduce can now be sold advantageously, due to proximity of the Alcan operation. Some\nfarm produce is disposed of in Prince Rupert, but there is not sufficient market for\nthe quantities which could be grown, as the land and climate conditions are ideal for small\nmixed farms.\nEfforts have been made by our field office to interest suitable persons in the Lake\nLakelse hot springs. The lake is 12 miles south of the Village of Terrace, on the road\nto Kitimat, and it is ideally suited for a luxury hotel.\nPrince Rupert\nThe city is taking steps to improve its facilities for industry by undertaking a survey\nof possible industrial sites. This action follows discussions with city authorities by our\nfield official during the year. Certain advantages will most certainly accrue to this\nnorthern port through the current large-scale industrial programme taking place at its\ndoor. A gradual increase in population may be expected, and it is anticipated the already\nacute housing shortage will become aggravated unless steps are taken to provide housing\nfor industrial workers. After many idle years, the 1,250,000-bushel-capacity grain-\nstorage elevator is again in operation, and vigorous efforts are being made by local\nagencies to ensure permanency of operation by handling a portion of Western Canada's\ngrain-crop through the port. Our field representative was on hand at the official opening\nof the cellulose plant, which highlighted the year's industrial activity in this area, and was\nattended by a large number of leading industrialists- The plant is now in full operation.\nDawson Creek and Fort St. John\nThe district has shown little activity for two years past, and population of the area\nhas decreased. With recent oil-developments the picture will now change very rapidly.\nThe reported oil-strike at Peace River Crossing recently has prompted a tremendous flurry\nof lease-buying, and practically the entire country surrounding the well-site has been\nblanketed. Several oil companies have indicated intention to test out their holdings, and\nan all-out drilling campaign seems imminent for this district. Gas is now being piped into\nDawson Creek from Alberta, cutting fuel costs to 25 per cent, and a full servicing of the\narea is to be completed in 1952. Opening of the Hart Highway is awaited anxiously by DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY Q 53\nresidents of the district, but tourist accommodation is required both along the highway and\nin the Peace River to provide for the traffic expected to travel this new route.\nCariboo\nSeveral centres in the Cariboo have experienced steady growth and increased\nindustrial activity during the year under review. This is especially applicable to Quesnel,\nwhere the logging and lumbering industry is showing rapid expansion. Numerous planer-\nmills are active, employing up to 500 men, and the plywood plant with 200 employees.\nCattle-raising both here and in the Williams Lake district, nevertheless, still plays an\nimportant part in the district's economy, and cattle sales reached a high figure during\n1951. Drilling for oil has been added to the district's activities, and power-development\non a major scale and linking up of transportation and rail facilities will transform the\nindustrial picture in this section of the Province within the next few years.\nNEW INDUSTRIES\nThe substantial volume of large-scale industrial construction commenced during the\nyear under review and referred to earlier in this report has been supplemented by\nnumerous smaller industries reported by our field offices in all regions of the Province.\nA partial list is appended:\u2014\nRegion One (East Kootenay)\nCranbrook: (a) Lumber-conditioning kiln; (b) sawmill; (c) auto courts; (ca)\nautomatic electric-welding plant.\nFernie: (d) Oil-drilling in Flathead area; (e) sixty new houses under construction\nfor coal company; (\/) hotel and beer-parlor (enlargement).\nGolden: (g) Sawmill operation employing thirty-five men; (h) auto court.\nKimberley: (i) Fertilizer plant costing $9,000,000, employing 150 men; (\/) 150-\nton mill, estimated cost $300,000; (k) 50-ton base-metal mill, estimated cost $150,000;\n(\/) power-line construction, Riondel to Kimberley concentrator.\nWindermere: (m) Auto court and hotel; (n) new Federal aquacourt at Radium,\n$1,000,000.\nRegion Two (West Kootenay)\nCastlegar: (a) Pulp and paper mill, $75,000,000 (projected, construction to start\nin 1952); (b) automatic telephone exchange, estimated cost $110,000.\nCreston: (c) Auto court; (d) power-line, Kootenay Bay to Creston, costing\n$375,000 (e) concrete-block factory, employing five men.\nKaslo: (\/) Construction of Riondel townsite and 500-ton mill estimated at\n$3,000,000; (g) 100-ton base-metal mill, estimated cost $150,000; (h) 150-ton lead-\nzinc mill, estimated cost $200,000; (i) dry-ice pilot plant established.\nNakusp: (\/) Sawmill; (k) Whatshan power project commenced operation 1951;\n(\/) several logging and pole operations-\nNelson: (m) Mine-development and mill-construction estimated at $2,750,000;\n(n) tungsten mine and townsite and 350-ton mill, estimated cOst $1,000,000; (o) mine\nand 50-ton mill, estimated cost $50,000; (p) bus depot, $37,000; (q) mining and\nequipment company; (r) janitors' supplies manufacturing plants; (s) power-line project\nto Kimberley, estimated cost $2,850,000.\nRossland-Trail: (0 Hydro-electric power plant and dam (Waneta) on Pend\nd'Oreille River, estimated cost $30,000,000; (u) modernization of lead-smelter,\n$12,000,000; (v) zinc-plant enlargement, $3,200,000; (w) newspaper-plant enlargement, $75,000. Q 54 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nRevelstoke: (a:) Sawmill; (y) 60-ton mill, estimated cost $100,000; 150-ton mill,\npower plant, mine buildings, projected, cost estimated at $2,000,000.\nRegion Three (Okanagan)\nGrand Forks: (a) Dairy, Keremeos; (b) box-lumber manufacturing.\nKelowna: (c) Specialty house; (d) cabinet-shop; (e) grocery warehouse\n(expansion)..\nOsoyoos: (\/) Machine-shop.\nPenticton: (g) Bakery; (h) sawmill; (i) cannery (expansion).\nPrinceton: (\/') Frozen-food plant; (k) lumber plant; (\/) brewery (expansion).\nVernon: (m) Lumber company; (n) ice-cream plant.\nRegion Six (Kamloops and South Central British Columbia)\nAshcroft: (a) Ten new lumber plants; (b) feed and seed supply-house; (c) cannery (expansion).\nClinton: (d) Shoe and saddlery shop; (c) bakery.\nKamloops: (\/) Sash-and door-manufacturing plant; (g) roofing plant; (h) frozen-\nfood plant; (\/) seed plant.\nMerritt: (\/') Sawmill, Lytton; (k) sawmill.\nLillooet: (\/) Hop-yard; (m) electric shop; (n) two sawmills.\nSalmon Arm: (o) Planing-mill; (p) sawmill; (q) co-operative dairy (expansion).\nRegion Four (Lower Mainland)\nBurnaby: (a) Glazed-fruit factory; (ft) coffee-milling plant.\nChilliwack: (c) $397,000 departmental store (under construction); (d) Yarrow\nfruit- and vegetable-processing plant.\nMilner: (e) Factory manufacturing neon signs and baked enamel signs.\nMission City: (\/) Furniture-factory.\nNew Westminster: (g) Factory manufacturing aluminium precision instruments\n(proposed); (\/.) carbide-tipped saws plant; (\/) sash and frames factory.\nPort Coquitlam: (\/) 15-acre factory-site cleared.\nSteveston: (k) Boat-building plant-\nSurrey: (\/) Factory manufacturing prefabricated houses, farm buildings, etc.;\n(m) bumperettes and bulldozer-blades plant.\nVancouver: (n) Lock manufacturing and assembly plant; (o) printing-supply\nmanufacturing; (p) tire-recapping plant; (q) hammer-manufacturing plant; (r) bleach\nand soap factory; (s) umbrella plant.\nRegion Five (Vancouver Island)\nCourtenay: (a) Fish-plug factory.\nCrofton: (b) Oyster-packaging plant.\nTofino: (c) Crab-meat packing company.\nVictoria: (d) Nylon-hosiery factory; (