"534a86ac-ca6e-413a-a527-c562b45a9e26"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, 1956"@en . "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1198198"@en . "Sessional Papers of the Province of British Columbia"@en . "British Columbia. Legislative Assembly"@en . "2017-07-31"@en . "[1957]"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcsessional/items/1.0349152/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nDepartment of Trade\nand Industry\nREPORT\nFor the Year Ended December 31st\n1956\nVICTORIA, B.C.\nPrinted by Don McDiarmid, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty\n1957 To His Honour Frank Mackenzie Ross, C.M.G., M.C.,\nLieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia.\nMay it please Your Honour:\nI beg to submit herewith the Report of the Department of Trade and Industry for\nthe year ended December 31st, 1956.\nEARLE C. WESTWOOD,\nMinister of Trade and Industry. The Honourable Earle C. Westwood,\nMinister of Trade and Industry, Victoria, B.C.\nSir,\u00E2\u0080\u0094I have the honour to submit herewith the Report of the Department of Trade\nand Industry for the year ended December 31st, 1956.\nTHOMAS L. STURGESS,\nDeputy Minister of Trade and Industry.\nJ Report of the Department of Trade and Industry\nFor the Year Ended December 31st, 1956\nThe activities of the Department of Trade and Industry detailed in the following\npages of this Report encompass a year when practically all economic indicators reached\nall-time highs in British Columbia.\nSuch well-known indicators as retail sales, cheques cashed, life insurance sales,\nelectric power consumed, employment, income, and production all showed increases over\nthe previous year, which had also been one of high economic activity.\nUndoubtedly one of the highlights of business activity has been the tremendous\ncapital-investment programme. There have been vast capital investments in British\nColumbia during the past few years, but investment this year reached a new high, with\nabout $1,200,000,000 being invested in new industries and the expansion and repair of\nexisting industry. Another noteworthy feature of this expansion has been its diversity\nas regards area and type of industry. These large-scale investments have covered primary and extractive basic industries, secondary or manufacturing industries, and tertiary\nor service industries. These investments have been widely spread throughout the Province, with considerable investments noted in northern areas. The economy of British\nColumbia, in other words, has shown a tremendous growth and is becoming a more\nmature economy, whereby it is not dependent on its extractive industries alone nor upon\nemployment in one area for its economic health. The vast road programme, coupled with\nthe extension of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, has materially assisted in the development of regional areas.\nBritish Columbia consumers have contributed to a record year by pushing retail\nsales to an all-time high of over $1,550,000,000. Employment reached new highs, wages\nshowed a moderate increase, and the cost-of-living increased slightly.\nBoth exports and imports continued to increase, with exports reaching an estimated $770,115,000 and imports about $528,891,000. While the total value of exports\nincreased, the value of wood and wood products exported decreased. Dollar shortages,\nhigh shipping rates, and increased foreign competition have combined to make our\ntraditional United Kingdom market a difficult one for British Columbia exporters. The\nnon-metallic mineral exports showed the greatest increase over 1955 figures. The\nincrease in exports of crude petroleum and asbestos milled fibres were responsible for\nmost of this increase. An increase in the exports of iron ore, lead, zinc, copper, and\naluminium was noticed during 1956. The value of our exports to the United States and\nJapan showed substantial increases, while our exports to the United Kingdom declined\nmaterially. Almost all categories of imports showed increases during 1956. The growth\nin business activity, especially in the construction, manufacturing, and engineering classifications, called for increases in imports of structural steel, construction and industrial\nmachinery. The value of our imports for the first seven months of 1956 increased from\nthe United Kingdom 57 per cent, the United States 53 per cent, and from Japan 136 per\ncent over the 1955 figures.\nIn the transportation field the notable developments have been the completion of\nthe Pacific Great Eastern Railway from North Vancouver to Prince George and its continued development toward Fort St. John and Dawson Creek, the extensive bridge and\nhighway programme, and the progress of the gas pipe-line from the Peace River area to\nVancouver.\nThere were also noteworthy developments in the electric power industry to take care\nof the rapid expansion taking place in British Columbia. The Aluminum Company of Y 6\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nCanada has added 150,000 horse-power to its installed capacity during 1956. The\nBritish Columbia Electric Company Limited has added some 88,000 horse-power, and\nthe British Columbia Power Commission has added 51,500 horse-power to its capacity.\nThe research and statistical staff of the Department has been active in providing an\neconomic research, data collection, and tabulation service for business and industry and\nGovernment departments, in addition to the preparation of periodic reports.\nMany inquiries were handled for business, industry, other governments, and individuals, and the volume of industrial establishment and trade inquiries dealt with by the\nDepartment shows no signs of slackening. As far as possible, all industrial promotion\ntechniques, including advertising, have been employed.\nThe tourist industry enjoyed another good year, marked by increased travel by\nresidents of other Provinces to British Columbia and sustained travel within the Province\nby our own residents. The standard of accommodation is rising year by year, and this,\nin combination with good food, good roads, and good service, will increase the goodwill\nBritish Columbia now enjoys. Every opportunity was taken to publicize the Province\nthrough the media of articles, advertising, pamphlets, and films. The foregoing activities\nof the Department are detailed in the following pages of this Report.\nBRITISH COLUMBIA RESEARCH COUNCIL\nThe Minister of Trade and Industry, in his capacity as Chairman of the Board of\nManagement of the British Columbia Research Council, presided at regular meetings of\nthe Board during the year.\nThe broad objectives of the British Columbia Research Council are to provide\nscientific and technical services not otherwise available to the industry of the Province\nand to conduct basic studies leading to the establishment of new industries and the\ndevelopment of the natural resources of British Columbia. In order to meet these\nobjectives the Research Council, through its laboratories, provides a wide range of\nservices and facilities to industries of all types. The work carried out by the Council\ngenerally falls into a number of categories:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n(1) Fundamental or Basic Research.\n(2) Product and Process Research and Development.\n(3) Industrial Trouble-shooting.\n(4) Specialized Testing.\n(5) Approvals Testing.\n(6) Economic Research and Industrial Survey Studies Related to Scientific\nand Technical Developments.\nDuring the year the Council completed a new wing of the laboratory building,\nincreasing the floor area to approximately 28,000 square feet. One floor of the new wing\nis devoted entirely to a new gas-approvals testing laboratory. This laboratory, which was\nequipped through a special grant from the Provincial Department of Public Works, is the\nbest-equipped laboratory of its kind in Canada at the present time, and as a result\nBritish Columbia manufacturers are placed in a very favourable position to secure\napprovals on newly developed gas-burning equipment and appliances.\nThe growing importance of the work of the Research Council is indicated by the\nfact that the volume of project work for industry showed a healthy growth again in 1956.\nThe Research Council continues to make a significant contribution to the industrial\ndevelopment of the Province.\nThe Board of Management of the Research Council consists of the following:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nThe Honourable Earle Cathers Westwood, Minister of Trade and Industry of\nthe Province of British Columbia, Victoria, B.C. (Chairman).\nG. S. Allen, Dean, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver 8, B.C. REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, 1956\nY 7\nP. R. Bengough, 3292 West Tenth Avenue, Vancouver 8, B.C.\nJ. K. Clarke, Assistant to the Manager, Buckerfield's Limited, foot of Rogers\nStreet, Vancouver 6, B.C.\nP. E. Cooper, Director, Crown Zellerbach Canada Limited, 1386 Nicola Street,\nVancouver 5, B.C.\nIan McTaggart-Cowan, Head, Department of Zoology, University of British\nColumbia, Vancouver 8, B.C.\nK. G. Fensom, Superintendent, Forest Products Laboratory, University of\nBritish Columbia, Vancouver 8, B.C.\nAird Flavelle, Director, Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd., 566 Hornby\nStreet, Vancouver 1, B.C.\nM. J. Foley, President, Powell River Company Limited, 510 West Hastings\nStreet, Vancouver 2, B.C.\nS. J. Hammitt, President, Vancouver Rolling Mills Limited, 490 South-east\nMarine Drive, Vancouver 15, B.C.\nW. C. Koerner, President, Alaska Pine and Cellulose Limited, 1111 West\nGeorgia Street, Vancouver 5, B.C.\nR. B. McDonell, General Manager, McDonell Metal Manufacturing Company\nLimited, 1250 Boundary Road, Vancouver 6, B.C.\nWilliam MacGillivray, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Province of British\nColumbia, Victoria, B.C.\nA. W. H. Needier, Director, Pacific Biological Station, Fisheries Research\nBoard of Canada, Nanaimo, B.C.\nH. L. Purdy, Executive Vice-President, British Columbia Electric Company\nLimited, 425 Carrall Street, Vancouver 4, B.C.\nR. V. Robinson, Manager, British Columbia Division, Canadian Manufacturers\nAssociation, 355 Burrard Street, Vancouver 1, B.C.\nE. G. Rowebottom, 2631 Cavendish Street, Victoria, B.C. (Honorary Life\nMember).\nC. A. Rowles, Department of Agronomy, University of British Columbia,\nVancouver 8, B.C.\nG. M. Shrum, Director, British Columbia Research Council, University of\nBritish Columbia, Vancouver 8, B.C.\nT. L. Sturgess, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Province of British\nColumbia, Victoria, B.C.\nJ. F. Walker, Deputy Minister of Mines, Province of British Columbia, Victoria, B.C.\nPaul Walrod, General Manager, B.C. Tree Fruits Limited and B.C. Fruit\nProcessors Limited, 1165 Ethel Street, Kelowna, B.C.\nBRITISH COLUMBIA HOUSE, LONDON\nGrateful acknowledgment is made of the fine spirit of co-operation tendered to this\nDepartment by Mr. W. A. McAdam, C.M.G., Agent-General for British Columbia at\nLondon, and by all of his staff.\nDuring the year, the Industrial and Trade Representative, Mr. H. F. E. Smith,\nformerly a member of the staff of this Department attached to British Columbia House,\nwas transferred to the Agent-General's staff. For some years Mr. Smith reported his\nactivities in the Annual Report of this Department.\nIndustrial, trade, and settlement inquiries are dealt with in considerable volume\nbetween the two offices. Toward the end of the year British Columbia House reported\nan unprecedented demand for information on this Province and was supplied with extra\nstocks of literature prepared by this Department. Y 8 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nDuring 1956 British Columbia House provided facilities for 816 showings of British\nColumbia films to a total audience of 72,570.\nINDUSTRIAL AND TRADE OFFICE\nThis office is responsible for the promotion of new industrial and commercial enterprises throughout the Province. Special attention is provided to industries seeking new\nplant locations, with specific information being furnished on planned industrial sites zoned\nfor exclusive industrial uses. Assistance is also given to established businesses when\nrequired, and promotion of the domestic and export trade is practised.\nThis work is carried out in co-operation with other Provincial Government departments, Federal Government departments, Boards of Trade, Chambers of Commerce, the\nBritish Columbia Division of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association, industrial commissions, railway industrial agents, and foreign trade representatives in Canada and\noverseas.\nNEW INDUSTRIES AND PRODUCTS\nThe year 1956 was one of accelerating activity in every phase of industrial expansion.\nMany new industries reported as under way in 1955 commenced operation during the\nyear, and construction began on numerous other projects. This amazingly large and\nvaried expansion programme took place not only in our densely populated areas, but also\nin all sections of the Province, thus bringing about a gradual but much-required decentralization of industry in British Columbia. In addition to the establishment of new\nindustries in our Province, our economy was further rounded out by startling expansions\nin the pulp and paper industry, by construction of the natural-gas line from the Peace\nRiver, by the increase in building construction, by extension of the Pacific Great Eastern\nRailway, and by the unabated development of hydro-electric and diesel-electric projects.\nThe $15,000,000 mill at Duncan Bay\u00E2\u0080\u0094mentioned as under way in last year's Report\u00E2\u0080\u0094\ncommenced operation with an initial capacity of 400 tons daily. This completed the first\nphase of a $29,500,000 expansion programme, with the remaining portion to be completed in 1957. The same company also constructed a large plant in Richmond Municipality for the production of paper-board boxes, gummed tape, fruit-wrap paper, paper\nbags, and table napkins. This new factory covers an area of 81/. acres, and is the largest\nplant of its kind in Western Canada. Other developments in the pulp and paper field\nincluded a $63,000,000 newsprint, kraft pulp, paper, and paper-board plant under way\nat Port Alberni on Vancouver Island, and the commencement of construction of a\n$36,000,000 sulphate-pulp mill, also on the Island at Crofton, near Duncan.\nThe laying of the multi-million-dollar gas pipe-line from the Peace River of the\nProvince was well under way during the year, and gas should be flowing through this pipe\nlate in 1957. Construction of a $23,000,000 artery, to carry natural gas to the Okanagan\nand Interior points, also proceeded at a rapid pace.\nThe increase in building construction continued throughout the Province, with the\nvalues of permits soaring above that of 1955. Construction in the Greater Vancouver\narea alone was over $86,000,000, making this figure an all-time high.\nCapital investments in new hydro-electric, thermal gas, and diesel-electric projects\namounted to several million dollars. These additional installations were necessary to\nmeet the challenging requirements of our expanding industries. Some of the new projects\nannounced and under way during the year included a $43,000,000 British Columbia\nElectric expansion programme for the addition of four new generators at Bridge River,\nthe construction of a second 2^-mile tunnel through Mission Mountain, and the building\nof a new power station about one-half mile from the present plant. The $25,000,000\n7-mile Cheakamus Tunnel, to harness an additional 190,000 horse-power, was well under\nway and should be completed in 1957. The British Columbia Power Commission commenced construction on a $13,000,000 gas-turbine generating station near Chemainus on REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, 1956 Y 9\nVancouver Island, to develop an additional 100,000 horse-power for Island industries.\nWhen completed this plant will be the largest of its type in the world, and will supplement\nhydro sources on the Island during peak-load times. Construction of a similar plant by\nthe British Columbia Electric Company, costing $7,000,000, was also under way for the\nMainland area. During the year a new underwater cable, with a capacity of 120,000\nvolts, was laid between the Mainland and Vancouver Island, bringing still more power\nto the industries on the Island.\nFurther signs of diversification and rounding-out of our economy were evident with\nthe myriad of other new industries that commenced operation or were under construction\nat the year's close. Some of these included a $2,000,000 fir-plywood plant at New\nWestminster with an annual production of 40,000,000 square feet, a plant manufacturing structural glued laminated beams and arches, and erection of a plywood plant near\nKelowna employing 150 men.\nIn the field of electronics, two new plants representing an investment of approximately $500,000 were opened in Vancouver and Burnaby. At Dawson Creek a new\n$2,000,000 refinery went on stream in May, and contracts were let at Fort St. John for\nconstruction of an $18,000,000 natural-gas absorption plant, which will remove sulphur,\npropane, butane, and other valuable by-products from natural gas. The $1,000,000\nplant at Marpole, mentioned as under way in 1955, went into production during the year\nmanufacturing an additive from hemlock bark for rock-drilling. This plant will serve\noil and gas fields in Western Canada, the United States, and other markets. The demand\nfor greater and greater quantities of cement resulted in two companies announcing their\nexpansion plans. Construction of a large cement-manufacturing plant by French interests\non Lulu Island, involving $14,000,000, was under way, while a Vancouver Island cement\nfirm commenced work on a site on the Mainland for the erection of a million-dollar\ndistributing warehouse.\nCompleting this picture of unprecedented industrial expansion in 1956 were the\nreports that a basic steel-smelting industry was proposed for the Lower Mainland, and\na $3,500,000 copper plant was proposed to be constructed in the Greater Vancouver\narea for the manufacture of copper tubing and allied products.\nBRANCH-PLANT INQUIRIES\nDuring the year under review there was a considerable increase over 1955 in the\nnumber of branch-plant inquiries. These were received from Eastern Canada, United\nStates, England, and Europe, and many of them were the result of the continued selective\nmailing programme carried out by this office. Response to letters directed to special\ncontacts was most gratifying, with the west coast of the United States showing much more\ninterest in our economic activity than in past years. United States firms requesting information on British Columbia included a large paint and glass manufacturer, a manufacturer of chemicals, men's apparel, wire-manufacturers, paper cups, and a manufacturer\nof valves for oil pipe-lines. Interest was shown by German firms in the manufacturing\nof stockings and printing-ink. Eastern Canada contacts provided inquiries on the possibility of setting up branch plants, warehouses, and agencies. These included inquiries\nfrom manufacturers of automatic screws, paints and varnishes, sporting-goods equipment,\nand woollen, asbestos, and cotton driers. Inquiries from England requested information\non the possibility of manufacturing weighing-machines, aluminium fabrication, and the\nmanufacture of mercuric oxide and chloride for use in our paper, paint, and leather\nindustries. Personal contact with manufacturers was carried out when possible during\nthe year. At the close of the California State Fair, the Industrial Commissioner spent\na week in the San Francisco area making contacts. Several firms requested data on\nBritish Columbia, with two companies in particular expressing a keen interest in establishing branch plants. Y 10\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nCALIFORNIA STATE FAIR AND EXPOSITION\nFor the first time, British Columbia was represented by an exhibit at the California\nState Fair, held in Sacramento from August 29th to September 9th. This fair is the fifth\nlargest of its type in the United States, and has been running for 102 years. The attendance for the twelve days totalled 823,887, with well over 500,000 visiting the Counties\nBuilding, where fifty-eight counties' displays were located, as well as the exhibits of ten\nforeign countries. Foreign countries exhibiting were Canada (British Columbia and\nAlberta), United Kingdom, Sweden, Pakistan, Germany, India, Korea, Finland, Japan,\nand Denmark. Free exhibiting space of 40 by 14 feet was shared between British Columbia and Alberta. Our display featured large mounted photographs depicting the Province's major industries (see picture). Centring the exhibit was a large plywood map,\n8 by 6 feet, indicating a wide range of information from natural resources, transportation\nfacilities, and geographical features. Coloured slides, both industrial and tourist, were\nshown daily from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m. through the use of a projectograph. On International Day, Governor Goodwin Knight of California paid a personal visit to the British\nColumbia and Alberta exhibits. A substantial supply of literature was distributed,\nincluding our \" Invitation to Industry,\" \" Facts and Statistics,\" \" Trade Index,\" and\ntourist pamphlets. Great interest was shown in our exhibit, with hundreds of requests\nreceived for information on travel, settlement, business opportunities, and industrial\ndevelopment in British Columbia. With its large attendance and the fact that approximately 14,000,000 people reside in the State of California, it would seems that this fair\nis one of the best mediums for advertising the potentialities of our Province. The exhibit\nwas manned by a member of this office, ably assisted by British Columbia's representative\nin San Francisco. REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, 1956 Y 11\nCOMPOSITE INDUSTRIAL MAP OF THE LOWER MAINLAND\nThe demand for this map during the past year has been extremely heavy. Requests\nfor copies were received from manufacturers and industrial planning associates throughout\nCanada and the United States.\nThe map proved most useful in answering inquiries on establishment of branch\nplants in the Vancouver metropolitan area, as it indicates at a glance the occupied and\nzoned areas for heavy and light industry. Numerous requests for copies were received\nfrom real-estate firms, with some firms purchasing twenty-five to fifty copies at a time.\nThe map can be purchased for $1 per copy, which includes the 5-per-cent social\nservices tax.\nHANDICRAFT DIRECTORY\nDistribution of the 1955 Directory was continued through the year to retail and\nwholesale firms, resorts, and other outlets. The Department received several reports of\nsales being made through listings appearing in this Directory, and also received many\nadditional inquiries from new handicraft producers requesting their names and products\nbe listed in the next edition. Contact was maintained as usual with Eastern Canadian\nProvinces interested in handicraft development, and with the District Weavers' Guild\nExhibition held in London, Ont., for the fifth year. Plans are under way for the Seventh\nDirectory to be published in 1957.\nINDUSTRIAL DESIGN\nThe British Columbia Industrial Design Committee was active during the year in\nworking with designers and manufacturers in promoting good design throughout the\nProvince. The Committee also made arrangements for several lectures on industrial\ndesign, with prominent speakers from the United Kingdom, United States, and Canada\ntaking part.\nAssistance was also given to the Vancouver Art Gallery, which sponsored a Design\nFair from January 24th to February 19th. The fair consisted of four shows on industrial\ndesign, featuring (1) Good Design in Aluminium, (2) New French Designs, (3) The\nStreets We Live In, and (4) Toys.\nThe British Columbia Industrial Design Committee includes representation from\nthe Federal Department of Trade and Commerce, Provincial Department of Trade and\nIndustry, University of British Columbia, Canadian Manufacturers' Association, Vancouver Board of Trade, Vancouver School of Art, and the British Columbia Research Council.\nREGIONAL DEVELOPMENT\nDuring the year the field representatives located at Nelson and Victoria continued\ntheir close co-operation with industrial establishments, research groups, Boards of Trade\nand Chambers of Commerce, and other agencies engaged in the industrial expansion of\nthe Province of British Columbia.\nThe regions covered by the fieldmen from the Field Service offices are as follows:\nRegions One and Two (East and West Kootenay), Region Three (Okanagan), and\nRegion Six (Kamloops and South Central British Columbia), covered by the Nelson\noffice; Region Four (Lower Mainland), Region Five (Vancouver Island and Gulf\nIslands), and Region Seven (Central Mainland Coast), covered by the Victoria office.\nCommittees of several Boards of Trade were assisted in preparing special industrial\nand tourist brochures for their respective areas. Numerous business and industrial\ninquiries were handled by the regional offices during the year, and close contact was\nmaintained with the British Columbia Research Council by the channelling of many\ninquiries to that organization. Y 12 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nThe field representatives assisted in arrangements for regional visits of Commonwealth trade representatives and members of the British Columbia Research Council.\nThe continued co-operation received from Boards of Trade, Chambers of Commerce,\nindustrial establishments, research groups, and all other agencies interested in the field\nof regional development was appreciated by the Department and was of great value to\nthe field representatives.\nPUBLIC RELATIONS, ITINERARIES, AND INTRODUCTIONS\nThis field has again proved to be one of the more important functions of the Industrial and Trade Office. Assistance has been given under six main headings where the\nIndustrial Commissioner or the Administrative Assistant has been actively concerned:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n(1) Itineraries and other arrangements for business visitors from Eastern\nCanada and overseas.\n(2) Arrangements for visits of commodity officers and other officials from\nOttawa, Department of Commerce, and for tours of Federal Trade Commissioners from different parts of the world.\n(3) Arrangements for visits from teams of Immigration Officers, Ottawa,\nDepartment of Immigration and Citizenship, on tour of industries prior\nto overseas postings.\n(4) Co-operation with United Kingdom and other trade missions. Practical\nassistance has been given in their surveys and itineraries.\n(5) Arrangements for visits of diplomatic representatives, Department of\nExternal Affairs Officials, and High Commissioners of Commonwealth\ncountries, or their staffs.\n(6) Co-operation with local consular corps and with offices in Commonwealth\nand foreign governments. Special reference is made to the happy and\neffective basis of co-operation maintained with the Vancouver consular\ncorps.\nTRADE AND INDUSTRY BULLETIN\nThis Bulletin has now completed seven years of publication and has proved to be\na worth-while contribution to the commercial life of the Province. It reports trade inquiries, licence manufacturing opportunities, new products, publications, manufacturing\nnews, and other information of interest to importers, jobbers, manufacturers, Boards of\nTrade, and similar agencies. As a check on the acceptability of the Bulletin, a reply card\nwas included with the February Bulletin asking recipients to advise if they wished to be\nkept on the mailing-list. The percentage of \" yes \" replies returned was very gratifying.\nAt present some 400 copies are sent out.\nMany of the trade inquiries originate with the Industrial and Trade Representative\nat British Columbia House, London. The majority of United Kingdom firms interested\nin this market are seeking suitable agents to represent their products in British Columbia.\nOther trade inquiries are received from the local consular corps in Vancouver and\nby direct contact with foreign manufacturers.\nOpportunities for licence manufacture are received through the co-operation of the\nDepartment of Trade and Commerce, Ottawa, and include the manufactures of many\nforeign countries.\nThe Department appreciates the co-operation of the Journal of Commerce in reprinting the Trade and Industry Bulletin as a public service feature.\nEXPORT SURVEYS\nDuring the past year this office, in co-operation with the western representative of\nthe Department of Trade and Commerce and the B.C. Products Bureau of the Vancouver REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, 1956\nY 13\nBoard of Trade, has undertaken a survey of secondary industries in the Province to ascertain what products could be exported to foreign markets. So far some 100 firms have\nbeen visited, and lists of products available for export have been forwarded to Canadian Government Trade Commissioners all over the world.\nAt the present time, markets are being sought for electronic equipment, cellophane\nbags, roof trusses, hydraulic and pneumatic machinery, portable sawmills, and specialized\nchemicals.\nIt is the Department's intention to continue this service, and it is hoped a greater\nvolume of products from our secondary industries will find their way into overseas\nmarkets.\nPROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS' TRADE AND INDUSTRY COUNCIL\nThis organization is composed of representatives from the ten Canadian Provincial\nindustrial and trade promotion departments. Associated with the Provincial representatives in this co-ordinated effort to develop industry and encourage trade are other agencies,\nincluding the Federal Department of Trade and Commerce, the banks, transportation\ncompanies, and other interested industrial and trade promotion groups.\nThis Council is active throughout the year and meets in convention once each year.\nIn 1956 Prince Edward Island was the host Province, and it is expected that the annual\nmeeting will be held in British Columbia in 1957. A current project of the Council is the\nstimulation of production in Canada of goods presently being imported. This is being\ndone in co-operation with all Provinces, the Federal Government, and associations composed of manufacturers in Canada.\nINDUSTRIAL ADVERTISING\nA programme of industrial advertising was again put under way in the closing\nmonths of 1956 to carry over in the first quarter of 1957. A new field has been tapped\nin this advertising in that publications in West Germany, The Netherlands, France, and\nItaly have been used, and copy has been prepared in the language of the country concerned. An expanded campaign has been carried out in the United Kingdom, and, in\naddition, leading publications in the United States and Canada are being used in this\ncampaign. An illustration of one of the advertisements is shown in this Report.\nIn addition and throughout the year, industrial and trade promotion advertising has\nbeen placed in special issues of trade and other publications. Y 14\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\n->\nX5> \u00C2\u00AB\nSince 19af a billion dollars in\nnew industries\nDuring the past two years\nsome of the ranking industries\nof Europe and North America\nhave selected British Columbia\nfor new plant location . . .\nrepresenting a total industrial\ninvestment exceeding 1 billion dollars.\nNew industries build opportunities\nfor others. For industrial information\non British Columbia, write:\nDepartment of Trade and Industry,\nParliament Buildings,\nVictoria, B.C., Canada.\nHon. E. C. Westwood, Minister.\nT. L. Sturgess, Deputy Minister. REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, 1956\nY 15\nREPORT OF THE BUREAU OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS\nBefore proceeding to review the work accomplished by the Bureau of Economics\nand Statistics during 1956, 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, Trade and Transportation, Market Research, Statistical,\nand Mechanical Tabulation. To ensure technical proficiency, the Bureau has endeavoured\nto follow the policy of building up a small corps of professionally trained persons who can\nbe relied upon to perform a variety of difficult economic analyses. It has also been the\npolicy to make the services of the technical personnel continuously available to all other\ndepartments of the Government.\nSince other Governmental agencies are also concerned with the collection of statistics,\na series of working agreements designed to prevent overlapping or duplication has been\narranged 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 1956 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\nBusiness and economic activity in British Columbia reached an all-time high during\n1956 according to preliminary economic indicators. While economic activity in the\nprimary industries was not much higher in total than during 1955, activity in the secondary\nindustries continued to show spectacular growth.\nIncreases were noticed in production, employment, consumer expenditures, and\ncapital investment.\nIncomplete returns indicate the net value of production of primary and secondary\nindustries amounted to some $1,527,000,000 in 1955, compared with $1,330,261,000\nin 1954 and $1,320,534,000 in 1953. Y 16\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nEconomic Indicators in British Columbia\nCONSUMER PRICES\n^^\nj 1949 = 100 |\nWHOLESALE PRICES\n225\nW 15\u00C2\u00B0\n5\n|1935-1939 = 100 |\n1940 2942 1944\n1946 1948 1950\nYEARS\n1952 1954 1956 1940 1942 1944\n1950 1952 1954 1956\nBUILDING PERMITS\nAVERAGE WEEKLY WACES\nJ.\nf\n7\nI\nf\n7*\n7\nJ_\n_\u00C2\u00A3*>\u00E2\u0080\u0094*./\nT\n7\n^7\n--\nU\nCD\nz\no\nr-\nU\nQ\nO\nQ_\nD-\n_1\n<\na:\n_D\nr-\n_J\n_D\nu\n<\n$\nT : :\t\n ^^^ i__ ,\t\n. / | |\t\n ^ I\t\n \\ \t\n_B____H t \u00C2\u00BB\n1 \^ \"\n ! 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'\".\nCN\n\t\nO-\nsav-noa =io SNOmiw Y 22\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nin\no\nn-\nLO\n0>\nCN\nID\nOn\nO\nLO\nOn\nCO\nN\"\nOn\nNO\n^\nOn\nN\"\nN\"\nO\nCN\no*\no\nN\"\nOn\n\"~ w>\n<\nCO !^\nCO >\nCN\nnO\nro\nOn\nN\"\nro\nOn\nCN\n\nOn\no\ncn\nON\nCO\nCN\nOn\nNO\nCN\nOn\nN\"\nCN\nOn\nCN\nCN\nOn\n\\n1\nUli\nNO\nON\no\nF\nCN\nOn\n^__'\u00C2\u00AB.\n^JmYv\nLO\nCC\n<\nLU\n>-\ny\n/? l ^X\nyft\nS\n.\nCQ\nraT\nB\nu.\nO\nMl \u00C2\u00ABsQk\nvf|^\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\"w_I2j\n____\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n;;;:\": \t\n&\nz\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0^^-i ffi^'f\n_\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\no\nr-\nu\n_D\nQ\nO\nc_:\n___\n%Mr*:-\nCD\n%l\nZ\nz\nLL\n' V\ny\no\nLU\n_l\n<\n>\n,/r>\n^W \. \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nk\nc\nc\nC>\nOOOO ooo o oc\nCOOsfCS oo.no ** (N\nswnoa do SNomiw\n> REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, 1956\nY 23\nin\nCN\nO\nh-\nCN\nCN\nLO\n<\nLU\n>\nu\nCD\nz\no\nI-\nu\nQ\nO\n(__.\nQ.\nG_\n_D\nH\nU\n<\nLL\nD\nZ\n<\nLL\no\n<\n>\nCO\nOO\nO\ncrL\n(3\n%\n\u00C2\u00BB r\n\":'j .\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0'.\n[-..'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 j ' j\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n.1\"\n\\n1\n1\n1\nF\n:\u00E2\u0096\u00A0:.. i\n1\n'.a\n1\n1\n.. .\u00E2\u0096\u00A0.:\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nj-' | J_\ni 1\" ' i\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0:#\nF \u00E2\u0084\u00A21\nj ' 4'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 1 :\nt\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n\" ;'\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n..; .....\nss: \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n1\n: | j :'\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n. j j i :\nw'w'W'\n: *\n0_\n<\nCO LU\nro >\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nsavnoa do snoitiiw Y 24 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nECONOMIC RESEARCH DIVISION\nOne of the major functions of this Division is to provide economic counsel to the\nGovernment. On a general basis this is done through the medium of a weekly report\nsent to the Premier's Office and to the Minister of each department. The report contains\na review of economic events which are considered to be of particular significance to the\nProvince. The report also contains an article illustrating trends in our economy.\nA section of statistical information is included, which provides a current summary of\nbusiness indicators.\nIn addition to providing general economic data, as described above, the Economic\nResearch Division also prepares reports on special subjects for many branches of the\nGovernment. Technical assistance of this nature has been given in the past year to the\nfollowing branches: Department of Labour, Department of Finance, the Hospital Insurance Commission, and the Civil Service Commission.\nThis Division prepares various publications designed to keep government and industry informed on current business conditions within the Provincial economy. Three widely\ndistributed publications of this nature are the Monthly Bulletin of Business Activity, the\nQuarterly Bulletin of Economic Conditions in British Columbia, and the Annual Summary\nof Business Activity. The monthly publication contains a brief description of current\nchanges in monthly business indicators, such as production, trade, and employment.\nStatistical tables and charts, including a table showing the imports and exports through\nBritish Columbia customs ports, supplement the text of each issue. The quarterly publication is a commentary on changes in economic conditions for each quarter of the year.\nThe annual publication is a record of the past year's performance. In addition to providing a description of recent progress in business and industrial endeavour, it contains\nnumerous charts and historical series illustrating business growth.\nA number of requests for information dealing with the Provincial economy have\nbeen received during the past year from private individuals, corporations, trade-unions,\nnewspapers, business publications, and Boards of Trade. In some cases such 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.\nThe annual study of wage rates in the metropolitan areas of Vancouver and Victoria\nwas again prepared. This year the survey was extended to include centres in the northern\nand southern areas of the Province. A questionnaire was sent to all large firms in these\nareas asking for the going wage rates in selected occupations, as at the last pay period in\nApril, 1956.\nAs a result of the survey, the Civil Service Commission was provided with comparative wage rates paid by private firms and by the Provincial Government. Considerable\ndemand for the information collected was also shown by other Government branches and\nby the public.\nTrade-union Statistics\nEach year a survey of trade-union locals operating in British Columbia is conducted\nfor the Labour Relations Board. Data collected from each local include the following:\nNames and addresses of officers, affiliation, membership, and jurisdiction of the local\norganization. A directory of trade-union locals operating in British Columbia is compiled\nfrom the returns and is published in the Provincial Department of Labour's Annual\nReport.\nReported labour-organization membership in British Columbia (including non-\ntrade-union membership of less than 1,000 members) totalled 191,952 members at\nlanuary 1st, 1956, compared to 186,951 members at January 1st, 1955, an increase of\n2.7 per cent. REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, 1956 Y 25\nExpressed as a percentage of paid workers, organized-labour membership with the\ncorresponding distribution for 1955 is as follows:\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Jan. 1,1955 Jan. 1,1956\n(PerCent) (Percent)\nWood and wood products 20.18 20.77\nPublic service ~~ 20.96 21.04\nConstruction 9.97 10.09\nOther transportation 8.60 8.44\nFoods 8.32 9.90\nRailway transportation 7.09 5.17\nMetals 7.09 6.54\nMining and quarrying 5.16 5.31\nPersonal service 4.36 4.73\nLight, heat, and power 3.22 3.05\nCommunication 2.46 2.29\nPrinting and publishing 1.53 1.55\nClothing and footwear .59 .61\nAll others .47 .50\n100.00 100.00\nAs indicated last year, the survey of organized labour in British Columbia is now\ncarried out jointly with the Federal Department of Labour. Advantages of combining\nsurveys of this type are elimination of duplication and increased coverage.\nTRANSPORTATION AND TRADE DIVISION\nTransportation Section\nA wide variety of services were provided in 1956 by the Transportation Section of\nthe Bureau of Economics and Statistics to other Government departments, business, and\nindustry. More particularly, the Transportation Section was actively involved in two\nmajor rate cases of importance to British Columbia shippers and consumers. The first\ncase was heard by the Board of Transport Commissioners in Vancouver during February.\nIt dealt with a proposed equalized commodity scale for domestic grain. The Bureau of\nEconomics and Statistics co-operated with producer, consumer, and business organizations in the preparation of submissions to the Board and prepared the main Provincial\nbrief. As a result of the hearing, a proposed 10-per-cent increase was suspended indefinitely and the interested parties given further opportunity to study and prepare a more\nequitable scale of domestic grain rates, so important to British Columbia agriculture.\nThe staff of the Bureau conducted a survey of British Columbia freight movements\nduring the summer months in order to assist the Provincial freight-rates counsel in opposing the proposed 15-per-cent increase in rates requested by the railways.\nMuch effort has been devoted to research for the Pacific Great Eastern Railway,\nparticularly dealing with traffic projections, economic surveys of the Peace River region,\nroute and rate studies. Briefs and reports were prepared to assist in Federal-Provincial\nfinancial discussions relative to the Pacific Great Eastern Railway.\nBasic studies were initiated dealing with rail and freight-rate problems pertinent to\nBritish Columbia. During the year the Transportation Section received splendid cooperation and assistance from University of British Columbia personnel, Vancouver\nBoard of Trade, Canadian Manufacturers' Association, many trade associations, and\nnumerous business firms, industries, and producer and consumer organizations. Y 26 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nExternal Trade Section\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 this\nagreement the Bureau receives monthly a duplicate set of punch-cards showing in detail\nthe importation and exportation of every commodity normally listed in the Federal trade\nreports which has been recorded at customs ports located in this Province. While these\nrecords do not distinguish the exported merchandise originating in British Columbia nor\nthe 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 published annually. Until June, 1950, detailed monthly statements were also published. For\nreasons of economy, this publication has been combined in an abbreviated form with the\nBureau's monthly bulletin.\nThe discontinuance of detailed monthly published external-trade figures has resulted\nin increased requests for import and export information, which has been supplied to all\ninquirers.\nTables 2 and 3 show the trends of British Columbia's commodity exports and imports\nfrom 1945 to 1955. The value of exports increased by 15 per cent over 1954. Imports\nwere 20 per cent higher than in 1954.\nPreliminary figures for the first eight months of 1956 show that both exports and\nimports will be considerably higher than they were in 1955 or in any previous year.\nL REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, 1956\nY 27\na\n\"S3\no\nIs\na*\n-Q\n0\nNJ\n-s-\n^\n^.\nBQ\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2+~,\n0\n&i\n<\u00C2\u00BB)\nv.\nr\na\no\nO\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0w\ns\nS\nCD\n^\n'0\ns\n\"^3\na\na\n!>-\nQ\n0\nkq\na\nw\nS\nH\nki\n>\n05\ns\n,*_\nL)\nC\nKl\n\u00C2\u00BB-.\nM\n\"-.\n\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00A7\nx-i\n1\nd\n^n\nSf\nON\n>-<\na\nt*l\n0\nCS\nO\n>H\n&\n\u00C2\u00ABJ\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2^\n0\n0\nE\n0\nO\nPs\nJ5\n&T\n!~\nO\nft\nH\nk\n^1\n(U\nI5\nTf\n-y-\nr-\nNC\na-.\nr-\n^r\n_\ntr\\n-_i\ncno\ooTi-r--or-r-(n\n\u00C2\u00ABn\no\Hirn- on r- \u00C2\u00BBn co on\n\u00C2\u00B0i.\nm\nv.O'omM'OcJma\nr^\"\nm\nffici'-< r- t\u00E2\u0080\u0094 cn no o\nNO\nOs\nin r-r-1 co t~-'* n w tn\n\u00C2\u00B0X\n00 rH O NO 0\ r- On \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\"*\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n00\"\ncn cn nd cd cn\nOn\n6* ^ r.\nNO\n09-\nm^fNcovivchO-\nCO\nTt-Tt-ooor-mrHin\nON\nNOND0000NOtNrHO\r-\nTf\nr-Oi-iONOONotNin\nwn\n\u00C2\u00ABn\n\u00C2\u00A9NOfNOrirHrnOrH\nr~-\nOs\nmo\M,*tSM,Or-\nO\n*h w cn no r\u00C2\u00BB t1- 00 m\nON\n\"=t Tf \u00C2\u00A9\ 00 fN\nO\neg- cn\nNO\nONNDONONCNrlrfO-^-\nm\n-H-inrHCN'^rHrnOO\nTf\nOnCONnlfiVOmM\n0\nen\nccri'HOirN\or-nin\n*n\nO-^ft-NDCONDNOOOO\n0^\nOs\nCNtNcnOrHr-rHrNO\ntN\nr-i\u00E2\u0080\u0094 ccOfNtNoom\nmm t ho\ tN\nm\n&9- cn\nin\nHHH\om(Soimo\nOn\nooocr-->nciOcnNOincN\ncn\nr-cNNOTrrNio\mtNoo\nOO\nCN\ninMO^OOHTtm\ncn\nm\nm\nas\nr-~ocN^rtNoo-^-r--oN\nsooo rH r- o m nd cn\n00\nmn O On cn\n00\nog- fN\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2v\nw\nOsOON\u00E2\u0080\u0094lOOP-NOONlfl\nN*\n\"tm^tnoooomh\ncn\nOOOCNONNO\u00C2\u00ABi-ll>t-'-'\nO\n\0^-^HT_Ht~-oafNt-,^t\nON\nm\ncnOrHND>ncoooNOcn\ncn\nOs\n\CON^ND Tf fN rH\nCN\neg- rH\ncn\nVi\nNOcoONr^tNiencnenco\nOS\ntNNOONfNQ0Or-t-00\nm\nOi-Hf-^OO'-HcnOt-\ntr-\nr-\nC\'r-icnNCimoocnO\"st-\nO\n^\nONrHinCN'**'OT-\"CNr-\nCO\nON\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0<* tN Hhvoiircir-\nrt\nm rn 00 m m '-< m\nON\nfN cn CO \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0*- cN\nW rH\ncn\nto\n^co^T'tt^ONirit\nco\ni---(NOONcor-\nr-\naitM^Dt^oos^or-\nSO\ncocn\"=vT^-\u00C2\u00ABnooinONcn\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0*\nN*\nTf-*^TfinOv.^f\0\nas\nNHrH\\u00C2\u00A3J M NOTf\nC-;\nr- ONNDOO^J-\n**\nON\nTf rH tN cn cn rH cn tOO\nND\n*\"\"'\noT rt oT r-'rlt-'t'\n^\nrH CS OO i\u00E2\u0080\u00941 i-H m\nO\n*9-\nfN\nV5-\nt\ner\nS-i\na\nc_\n0\n3\nCO\na\n5\n0\nu\n0\nP\n\u00C2\u00A3;_\nII\n\u00C2\u00AB c\n\"S >\na &\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2__! \u00E2\u0080\u00A2*\ncd v\n1\nC\nS 01 c\npa\nS\n3\nt\nc\nc\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2-\nQ\n*0\nu a q\ncn 1-. u -a\nO\ns\nE\n0\nU\n&T3 3\n0 0 -a\n23 (* *H\nas m\nis metal\nlie mine\nand alii\nous pro\n*c3\nricultur\nh and fi\nire and\n>od, wo\nn and ii\nn-ferroi\nn-metal\nemicals\nscellane\nT\n-\n<\nft\na\n^\nO\n0\n0\n2\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0a\nU\ni\n\"SO\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00C2\u00AB\nw\n00\n-a\nrf\n\OOM\nm\nON\nt-\nr-\ncc\nCN\nVI\ncN\u00C2\u00BBnNDcnfN\u00C2\u00BBnr-iON'*'^-\n\u00C2\u00ABn\nr-N^-(^r-^-iNDcnfNND\u00C2\u00BBn\nTt\nm\ncotNcncnoor-io\rHr^fN\nCO\nONinNor-cN'-HNOt\u00E2\u0080\u0094 cn\u00C2\u00ABn\n>n\nON\ncocn^l-fNcncofN^tooO\nt~i\nOsooON'\u00E2\u0080\u0094OvONinfNooTr\n00\nin Mh fi.fsmHrt\n00\ntfl- rH\nm\nmmocncNO'-iaNONO\n^r\nONcnr-^ffN'-HNo-^-inNo\n0\nmrH-rj-tr-LnOcocNr-r-\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0^t\nCNTr^ONDfNOOONONm\n>\ncncNNommor-cNNOin\nm\u00C2\u00ABnoNNDr-ONComt^T\ncn\nrHfNcnr^rHOst~-r-cnOs\nON\nOn\nr-Tj-Nor~oorHNo-^-o\cN\nCO\ncovooNr-omcNONOt--\nCO\nLn rHr-CsCNInr-ICN\ne^-\ncn\neg-\nco\ct'HmHkcmoO\nfN\nO'TfTj-ooTrr-.otNr-o\nND\n(noO'd-ONOOTfr-aNincn\n<5i\nO\ncNtni'^vDin^ta\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0*\n>n\nrHTT-Tj-ONrHO'-HND'Tt-ON\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2*3-\nON\ncncntNtNONOtNT\u00C2\u00BBnON\nm\nrH\ncNtnt^Nor-oocnooin\nNO\n\nCNNOCNr-cntNCOONrH^D\ncn\nON\nnHMOomtnO-HM\nTf\ncooNfNONtnr-fNrHoor\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nON\nOinoorHr-ooTT'OimNO\nNO_\nr-cocncnlO'*fNON\o\u00C2\u00BBn\nCO\nm rH in rH -^ rH\n0\n\u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\ntN\nx\OinooTfowfOi/.cn\ntN\naw.f\)Hr-a\OOTfo\\nNDin^cx-^fcotn^mt\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nCO\nONOOOCOfNrHfNTt-mOO\nTf\n^-cnNDNO-^-r-cno.moN\nON\nND\nrHincoin-ri-ND-^rTrinNO\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0rj-ocNDcoocNcnr-Ocn\nV\n^*\nND\nON\nOOONt--lnOr-TfrtrHON\n0O\n^\nincncnNDNONDcoNONOm\nOn\ncn rn m cn r-\nCO\n69-\neg-\ncnOs(NNOOmO-^r>nO\nfN\na\inm-rtosmt~~T*soas\nON\nmo\Ooo-H-^ocnor-cn\no\u00E2\u0080\u009E\nNO\ncocno\NOfNNor--cor^\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A1\nOS\nIs\nc\nc\nc\nand anima\ntextiles, an\nwood prod\nrous metal\n:tallic mine\nals and alii\nmeous pro\nTotals, al\n11\n<\n0\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A20\nc\nc\nc\nc\nc\nc\n\u00C2\u00AB2\nc\nE\n.\nc\nZ\nL.\nI\nU\nO\nU r\nY 28 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nTable 4.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Twelve Leading Exports of British Columbia, 1955\nValue\nRank Commodity ($000,000)\n1. Planks and boards, Douglas fir 137.4\n2. Newsprint paper 59.6\n3. Planks and boards, hemlock 55.7\n4. Planks and boards, cedar 39.2\n5. Zinc spelter 35.3\n6. Planks and boards, spruce 33.4\n7. Shingles, red cedar 28.8\n8. Lead in pigs, refined lead 22.1\n9. Copper, fine in ore 15.0\n10. Fertilizers, phosphate 14.8\n11. Nitrogen fertilizer 13.4\n12. Aluminium in primary form 12.4\nThe products of British Columbia's forests again were the most important exports.\nSix of the twelve most important commodities exported were either wood or paper products. Mining products ranked next in importance, with a new export, aluminium (from\nthe Kitimat smelter), becoming one of the top twelve exports for the first time.\nThe United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan were our most important customers in 1955, taking over 80 per cent of the total value of our exports. The value of\nexports to the United States increased to $444,000,000 in 1955, from $407,000,000 in\n1954. However, the United States purchased only 63.5 per cent of our total exports in\n1955, compared to 67 per cent in 1954.\nExports to the United Kingdom were valued at $112,000,000, as against $107,000,-\n000 in 1954. The percentage of total exports taken by the United Kingdom was 16.2\nin 1955, compared to 17.6 in 1954. The value of exports to Japan dropped from\n$21,000,000 in 1954 to $18,000,000 in 1955.\nIt can be concluded that our exports were more diversified in 1955 than in 1954.\nThe following table shows that countries other than the United Kingdom, the United\nStates, and Japan purchased almost 18 per cent of our exports in 1955, compared to\n12 per cent in 1954.\nTable 5.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The Ten Leading Countries to Which British Columbia\nProducts Were Exported in 1955\nPercentage\nRank Country Value of Total\n1. United States $444,215,365 63.5\n2. United Kingdom 112,499,388 16.2\n3. Japan 18,084,759 2.6\n4. Australia 17,467,037 2.5\n5. Union of South Africa 14,018,439 2.0\n6. New Zealand 5,163,174 0.7\n7. Korea 4,649,185 0.7\n8. Netherlands 4,313,679 0.6\n9. Hawaii 3,748,674 0.5\n10. Belgium 3,656,520 0.5\n11. All other countries 71,151,731 10.2\nTotals $698,967,951 100.0\nThe pattern of exports of British Columbia products by continental area shows\nNorth America took almost 64 per cent, North-west Europe 18 per cent, the Orient\nJ REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, 1956 Y 29\nalmost 5 per cent, Africa 3 per cent, Oceania 4 per cent, with Central America, South\nAmerica, Southern Europe, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East each taking around\n1 per cent.\nTable 6.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The Twelve Leading Imports from Foreign Countries\nfor Consumption in British Columbia, 1955\nRank Commodity Value\n1. Coffee, green $16,304,368\n2. Tourist purchases, dutyfree 13,679,214\n3. Logging, machinery and parts 10,288,951\n4. Tractors, internal combustion 10,213,805\n5. Casings, gas, water, or oil-well 8,568,893\n6. Bauxite alumina for refining 8,350,061\n7. All machinery, n.o.p. and parts 7,184,573\n8. Sugar, raw, for refineries 7,151,030\n9. Tractor parts 5,560,006\n10. Heavy fuel-oils, Nos. 4, 5, and 6 5,453,925\n11. Automobiles, new passenger (under $1,200) 5,268,016\n12. Tea, black 3,352,534\nThe 20-per-cent increase of 1955 imports over their 1954 value was due to\nincreased purchases of iron and steel products, chemicals, and food. It is of interest\nto note that bauxite alumina imports (by the smelter at Kitimat) now rank sixth in\nimportance among our imports. As usual, citrus fruits, tea, coffee, and sugar were the\nmost important food products imported.\nThe purchases of goods from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan\nconstituted over 80 per cent of the total value of our imports. Imports from the United\nStates increased to $248,000,000 in 1955, compared to $207,000,000 in 1954. This\nincrease pushed the United States share of our imports from 64 per cent in 1954 to\nalmost 67 per cent in 1955. British Columbia's imports from the United Kingdom\ndropped to $40,000,000 in 1955 from $44,000,000 in 1954, accounting for only 11 per\ncent of our total imports. Imports from Japan showed a strong increase, rising from\nalmost $9,000,000 in 1954 to $16,000,000 in 1955. The share of Japanese goods in\nour total imports was 4.4 per cent, compared to 2.7 per cent in 1954. The countries\nlisted in the following table supplied by value 90 per cent of our total imports.\nTable 7.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Ten Leading Countries from Which British Columbia Imported\nProducts for Domestic Consumption, 1955\nRank Country\n1. United States _\n2. United Kingdom\n3. Japan \t\n4. Brazil \t\n5. Jamaica \t\n6. West Germany\n7. Fiji\nColombia \t\n9. India \t\n10. Belgium \t\n11. All other countries\nValue\nPercentage\nof Total\n$248,047,100\n66.5\n39,897,049\n10.8\n16,212,972\n4.4\n7,369,302\n2.0\n7,110,829\n1.9\n5,172,000\n1.4\n5,015,769\n1.4\n5,008,733\n1.3\n4,054,259\n1.1\n3,319,275\n0.9\n31,583,693\n8.3\nTotals $372,790,693 100.0 Y 30 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nA breakdown of the 1955 imports by area of origin shows that North America\n(except Canada) supplied 67 per cent, North-west Europe 15 per cent, the Orient 7 per\ncent, Central America 4.2 per cent, South America 3.5 per cent, Oceania 2.4 per cent,\nwith Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Southern Europe each purchasing less\nthan 1 per cent of the total value of imports.\nThe difference in value between exports and imports in 1955 remained about the\nsame as in 1954. The value of imports was approximately 53 per cent of the value of\nexports.\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 assist in establishing\nuniform statistical methods throughout the service. In addition, it co-operates with other\nstatistical bureaux in the elimination of duplication, and answers inquiries relating to\nstatistical data. Following is a brief outline of the statistics compiled in this Division.\nCo-operative Statistical Agreements\nThe co-operative statistical agreements with the Dominion Bureau of Statistics and\nother Federal offices increased during 1956. The fields of co-operation and dates of the\noriginal agreements are as follows: (1) Mining Statistics, 1926; (2) External Trade\nStatistics, 1938; (3) Cost of Food Statistics, 1939; (4) Provincial Government Payroll\nStatistics, 1949; (5) Forecast of Capital and Repair and Maintenance Expenditures for\nProvincial, Municipal, and Other Local Authorities, 1950; (6) Census of Construction\nStatistics\u00E2\u0080\u0094Building Permits, 1951; (7) Census of Industry Statistics, 1954; (8) Nature\nof Business Statistics, 1955; (9) Trade-union Statistics, 1955. In addition, copies of\nDominion Bureau of Statistics monthly reports on production, shipments, and stocks on\nhand in British Columbia sawmills have been received since 1948. Commencing in 1953\nthe Dominion Bureau of Statistics agreed to supply this office with duplicates of their\nOperations in the Woods forms. In return, the Bureau assists the Dominion Bureau of\nStatistics by checking mailing-lists, estimating production of delinquent forms, and other\nservices.\nConferences between the Provincial and Federal statistical bureaux are now held\nannually. As a consequence, it is anticipated that continued progress toward the elimination of duplication in this field will be made.\nConferences are now held periodically with the Federal Department of Labour, and\nthe elimination of duplication is under way, especially in the fields of trade-union statistics\nand working-conditions statistics. The co-operative agreements have resulted in savings\nto both Governments, to union secretaries, and to private industry.\nPrices Section\nPrices during 1956 have shown a moderate rise. Retail prices in 1956, as reflected\nin the Consumer Price Index, were higher than 1955 prices, with some variations during\nthe year due to seasonal effects on food, clothing, and fuel prices.\nWholesale prices averaged slightly higher in 1956 than in 1955.\nConsumer Price Index\u00E2\u0080\u0094Description\nIn October, 1952, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics began publication of the Consumer Price Index, which is the successor to the old Cost-of-living Index.\nThe new index remains, in character and general purposes, the same as the old\nCost-of-living Index. However, the goods and services selected for purposes of computing the new index conform with post-war expenditure patterns and should reflect more\nrealistically current changes in living costs due to prices. REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, 1956\nY 31\nIn order to determine the items and proportions to be used in the new base budget,\nthe Dominion Bureau of Statistics conducted a survey of family expenditure covering\nsome 3,600 urban Canadian families. The survey covered the year ended August 31st,\n1948. It was decided that the central core of family types whose expenditure patterns\nwere enough for their changes in living costs resulting from price changes to be adequately\nrepresented by one index could be defined as those families (a) living in twenty-seven\nCanadian cities with over 30,000 population, (b) ranging in size from two adults to two\nadults and four children, and (c) with annual incomes during the survey year ranging\nfrom $1,650 to $4,050.\nDetailed information on expenditures was submitted by 1,517 families with these\nattributes.\nThe year 1949 is the base period of the new Consumer Price Index. This index\nmeasures the percentage change in prices between 1949 and, for example, January,\n1952, rather than between January, 1952, and 1935-39, as in the case of the old Cost-\nof-living Index. Calculations of the percentage change between any two points in time\nwill yield exactly the same result regardless of the base period used.\nPublication of the old Cost-of-living Index ceased after September 1st, 1953.\nEast month the Bureau of Economics and Statistics releases the latest Consumer Price\nIndex figures to a mailing-list of some 180 individuals and organizations.\nBritish Columbia Cost of Food\nDuring the year this Bureau continued to calculate its quarterly Cost-of-food Index\ncovering selected British Columbia centres. Information regarding comparative food\ncosts in the various centres is available upon request.\nTable 8.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Canadian Consumer Price Index, 1913-56\n(Base: 1949=100.!)\nYear\n1913 \t\nIndex\n 49.2\n1914\t\n 49.6\n1915\t\n 50.3\n1916\t\n 54.2\n1917\t\n 63.7\n1918 _\n72.0\n1919 . \t\n 78.8\n1920\n 90.5\n1921 .\n 80.9\n1922\n 74.9\n1923 . \t\n 75.2\n1924\n74.0\n1925\n74.6\n1926 _\n 75.9\n1927\t\n 74.6\n1928\t\n 75.0\n1929\n75.8\n1930 .\n . 75.3\n1931 \t\n 67.9\n1932 .\n 61.7\n1933 \t\n1934\t\n 58.8\n 59.6\nYear\n1935 \t\nIndex\n59.9\n1936 \t\n61.1\n1937\t\n 63.0\n1938 . _\n63.7\n1939 _ _\n63.2\n1940\t\n 65.7\n1941 \t\n 69.6\n1942\t\n 72.9\n1943 \t\n 74.2\n1944\t\n 74.6\n1945 \t\n75.0\n1946 __ _ _ _\n77.5\n1947\t\n84.8\n1948 \t\n 97.0\n1949 100.0\n1950 102.9\n1951 113.7\n1952 116.5\n1953 115.5\n1954 116.2\n1955 116.4\n1956 118.1\n1 The Consumer Price Index prior to January, 1949, is the Cost-of-living Index, inclusive of all tobacco taxes, linked\nto the Consumer Price Index, 1949=100. Y 32\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nTable 9.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Total and Main Components of the Canadian Consumer Price Index,\nby Years, 1939-54, and by Months, 1955-56\n(1949=100.)\nDate\nTotal\nFood\nShelter\nClothing\nHousehold\nOperation\nOther\nCommodities and\nServices\n1939...\n1940...\n1941...\n1942._\n1943...\n1944...\n1945...\n1946...\n1947...\n1948...\n1949...\n1950...\n1951...\n1952...\n1953...\n1954...\n1955 (average)..\nJanuary..\t\nFebruary....\nMarch\t\nApril\t\nMay\t\nJune\t\nJuly\t\nAugust.\t\nSeptember-\nOctober\t\nNovember.\t\nDecember\t\n1956 (average)..\nJanuary._\nFebruary-\nMarch\t\nApril\t\nMay\t\nJune\t\nJuly-\nAugust\t\nSeptember-\nOctober\t\nNovember-\nDecember\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n63.2\n65.7\n69.6\n72.9\n74.2\n74.6\n75.0\n77.5\n84.8\n97.0\n100.0\n102.9\n113.7\n116.5\n115.5\n116.2\n116.4\n116.4\n116.3\n116.0\n116.1\n116.4\n115.9\n116.0\n116.4\n116.8\n116.9\n116.9\n116.9\n118.1\n116.8\n116.4\n116.4\n116.6\n116.6\n117.8\n118.5\n119.1\n119.0\n119.8\n120.3\n120.4\n50.2\n52.6\n57.9\n63.4\n65.2\n65.6\n66.3\n70.0\n79.5\n97.5\n100.0\n102.9\n117.0\n116.8\n112.6\n111.4\n112.1\n112.1\n111.5\n110.7\n111.0\n112.3\n110.0\n111.5\n112.4\n113.7\n113.5\n113.0\n112.4\n113.4\n111.5\n109.9\n109.1\n109.7\n109.3\n112.5\n114.4\n115.9\n115.5\n117.4\n117.9\n117.5\n84.6\n86.6\n89.2\n90.7\n90.9\n91.2\n91.4\n91.8\n95.1\n98.3\n100.0\n106.2\n114.4\n120.2\n123.6\n126.5\n129.5\n128.4\n128.5\n128.6\n128.7\n128.8\n129.2\n129.6\n129.8\n130.0\n130.2\n130.6\n131.0\n132.5\n131.3\n131.5\n131.6\n131.9\n132.1\n132.6\n132.7\n133.0\n133.1\n133.3\n133.4\n133.5\n54.9\n59.9\n63.6\n65.8\n66.1\n66.6\n66.9\n69.2\n78.9\n95.6\n100.0\n99.7\n109.8\n111.8\n110.1\n109.4\n108.0\n108.1\n108.1\n108.0\n107.9\n107.9\n107.8\n107.8\n107.8\n107.8\n107.8\n107.9\n108.5\n108.6\n108.6\n108.6\n108.7\n108.7\n108.8\n108.6\n108.6\n108.4\n108.4\n108.5\n108.4\n108.6\n66.5\n70.3\n73.8\n76.0\n76.1\n75.7\n74.9\n77.2\n86.2\n96.8\n100.0\n102.4\n113.1\n116.2\n117.0\n117.4\n116.4\n117.1\n117.1\n117.0\n116.9\n116.4\n116.1\n115.8\n115.8\n115.9\n116.1\n116.5\n116.6\n117.1\n116.5\n116.7\n116.8\n116.6\n116.5\n116.7\n116.7\n116.8\n117.1\n117.7\n118.1\n118.6\n77.2\n77.9\n80.0\n82.0\n84.8\n86.1\n86.4\n88.7\n91.6\n96.5\n100.0\n103.1\n111.5\n116.0\n115.8\n117.4\n118.1\n118.2\n118.2\n118.3\n118.2\n118.3\n117.8\n117.7\n118.0\n117.9\n118.1\n118.3\n118.3\n119.4\n119.0\n119.3\n119.9\n120.1\n120.5\n120.6\n121.1\n121.3\n121.4\n121.6\n122.8\n122.8 REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, 1956\nY 33\nTable 10.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Consumer Price Indexes, Vancouver, B.C.\n(1949=100.)\nDate\nTotal\nFood\nShelter\nClothing\nHousehold\nOperation\nOther\nCommodities and\nServices\n1949 \t\n1950\t\n1951 \t\n1952\t\n1953\t\n1954\t\n1955. \t\n1956 (average)..\nJanuary..\nFebruary..\nMarch\t\nApril\t\nMay\t\nJune\t\nJuly-\t\nAugust\t\nSeptember-\nOctober\t\nNovember-\nDecember\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n100.0\n103.6\n114.3\n117.4\n116.1\n117.4\n117.9\n119.6\n120.0\n118.5\n118.6\n118.6\n117.7\n118.4\n119.3\n119.6\n120.5\n121.2\n121.5\n121.7\n100.0\n104.5\n117.8\n117.3\n112.1\n111.7\n111.6\n114.4\n114.9\n111.4\n111.4\n111.8\n111.1\n111.9\n113.3\n114.8\n116.6\n118.5\n118.4\n118.4\n100.0\n107.7\n113.2\n118.2\n122.1\n124.9\n127.0\n128.4\n128.0\n128.0\n128.2\n128.2\n128.2\n128.4\n128.7\n128.9\n128.9\n128.9\n128.3\n128.4\n100.0\n99.1\n110.6\n115.1\n112.5\n112.9\n112.4\n112.9\n112.8\n112.8\n112.9\n113.3\n113.5\n113.7\n113.7\n112.5\n112.5\n112.5\n112.5\n112.3\n100.0\n101.4\n115.3\n122.2\n122.7\n125.2\n125.1\n127.8\n130.9\n128.6\n128.6\n128.0\n124.1\n125.0\n127.8\n127.2\n128.8\n128.4\n128.1\n128.6\n100.0\n103.3\n109.4\n115.1\n117.0\n119.2\n120.5\n120.9\n119.7\n119.7\n120.4\n120.2\n120.1\n120.7\n120.7\n120.7\n120.8\n121.6\n122.9\n122.9\nSource: Dominion Bureau of Statistics, \"Prices and Price Indexes.'\nTable 11.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Principal Wholesale Price Indexes, Canada\n(Base: 1935-39=100.)\nDate\nGeneral\nWholesale\nPrice\nIndex\nRaw and\nPartly\nManufactured\nFully and\nChiefly\nManufactured\nIndustrial\nMaterials\nCanadian Farm Products\nField\nAnimal\nTotal\n1913-\n1920-\n1926.\n1929-\n1933-\n1938-\n1939..\n1940..\n1941-\n1942-\n1943-\n1944-\n1945-\n1946-\n1947-\n1948...\n1949...\n1950 -\n1951-\n1952..\n1953...\n1954...\n1955...\n1956 (average)\t\nJanuary-\nFebruary\t\nMarch\t\nApril\t\nMay _\nJune\t\nJuly\t\nAugust\t\nSeptember-\nOctober\t\nNovember-\nDecember\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n83.4\n203.2\n130.3\n124.6\n87.4\n102.0\n99.2\n108.0\n116.4\n123.0\n127.9\n130.6\n132.1\n138.9\n163.3\n193.4\n198.3\n211.2\n240.2\n226.0\n220.7\n217.0\n218.9\n225.6\n222.0\n222.2\n223.3\n224.5\n225.3\n226.5\n226.6\n227.0\n227.4\n227.1\n226.6\n228.1\n85.1\n194.7\n129.1\n126.1\n79.3\n99.4\n94.9\n103.1\n114.4\n123.0\n131.1\n134.4\n136.2\n140.1\n164.3\n196.3\n197.1\n212.8\n237.9\n218.7\n207.0\n204.8\n209.7\n215.9\n212.9\n213.4\n214.7\n216.2\n217.3\n219.2\n219.0\n217.0\n216.2\n214.4\n213.5\n216.4\n86.2\n208.2\n133.0\n123.7\n93.3\n103.5\n101.9\n109.9\n118.8\n123.7\n126.9\n129.1\n129.8\n138.0\n162.4\n192.4\n199.2\n211.0\n242.4\n230.7\n228.8\n224.2\n224.5\n231.3\n227.3\n227.4\n228.3\n229.4\n230.3\n231.3\n231.6\n233.3\n234.3\n232.2\n234.6\n235.3\n144.3\n132.8\n78.3\n95.8\n99.0\n113.3\n125.2\n135.1\n140.0\n143.1\n143.2\n148.6\n187.0\n222.7\n218.0\n244.6\n296.1\n252.6\n232.3\n223.5\n226.0\n248.2\n246.1\n247.2\n248.8\n248.9\n247.8\n248.5\n247.4\n249.2\n249.5\n247.7\n247.7\n249.3\n158.5\n137.2\n69.3\n100.9\n83.7\n85.4\n88.9\n109.7\n129.0\n144.5\n162.5\n177.9\n184.1\n200.6\n191.9\n191.9\n200.4\n223.0\n175.1\n162.1\n165.6\n168.9\n158.4\n159.5\n164.0\n168.7\n177.5\n182.6\n196.9\n171.1\n160.3\n159.9\n163.1\n164.4\n130.2\n144.4\n69.2\n104.8\n101.5\n106.7\n124.4\n144.6\n161.8\n166.1\n170.2\n181.2\n200.2\n263.7\n265.4\n281.4\n336.9\n277.5\n263.8\n256.2\n245.1\n246.8\n235.0\n232.3\n231.1\n232.0\n238.0\n251.7\n256.4\n257.6\n259.3\n256.0\n255.7\n256.2\n144.4\n140.8\n69.3\n102.9\n92.6\n96.1\n106.6\n127.1\n145.4\n155.3\n166.4\n179.5\n192.2\n232.1\n228.7\n236.7\n268.6\n250.2\n219.5\n209.2\n205.3\n207.8\n196.7\n195.9\n197.5\n200.4\n207.7\n217.2\n226.6\n214.4\n209.8\n208.0\n209.4\n210.3\nSource: Dominion Bureau of Statistics, \"Prices and Price Indexes.' Y 34\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nTourist Trade Section\nThe volume of tourist travel between British Columbia and the United States increased slightly in 1955 over 1954, both in the number of tourists entering the Province\nand the number of British Columbia residents entering the United States. The total of\nUnited States travel expenditures in Canada reached a new high in 1955, but British\nColumbia's share in the total was down slightly from 1954. These expenditures were\n$302,900,000; British Columbia's share of total expenditures was 14.1 per cent in 1955,\n16.2 per cent in 1954, 14.6 per cent in 1953, 15.5 per cent in 1952, and 15.3 per cent\nin 1951. A table showing United States travel expenditures for the years 1945 to 1956\nis given below:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nUnited States United States\nTravel Expenditures Travel Expenditures\nYear in Canada Year in Canada\n1945 $163,300,000 1951 $258,000,000\n1946 216,100,000 1952 257,000,000\n1947 241,100,000 1953 282,200,000\n1948 267,400,000 1954 283,200,000\n1949 267,100,000 1955 302,900,000\n1950 259,700,000 1956 308,000,000\nSource: Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Ottawa.\nThe balance of payments on travel account between Canada and other countries\nhas, since 1951, shown a debit balance. This debit balance has increased from $6,000,000\nin 1951 to $162,000,000 in 1956. The following table shows the balance of payments\nfor the years 1946 to 1956:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n(In millions of dollars.)\nYear\nAccount with\nUnited States\nAccount with\nOverseas Countries\nAccount with\nAll Countries\nCredit\nDebit\nNet*\nCredit\nDebit\nNet\nCredit\nDebit\nNet1\n1946\t\n$216\n241\n267\n267\n260\n258\n257\n282\n283\n303\n308\n$130\n152\n113\n165\n193\n246\n294\n307\n320\n363\n391\n+$86\n+ 89\n+ 154\n+ 102\n+67\n+ 12\n\u00E2\u0080\u009437\n\u00E2\u0080\u009425\n-37\n\u00E2\u0080\u009460\n\u00E2\u0080\u009483\n$6\n10\n13\n18\n15\n16\n18\n20\n22\n25\n27\n$6\n15\n22\n28\n33\n34\n47\n58\n69\n86\n106\n$222\n251\n280\n285\n275\n274\n275\n302\n305\n328\n335\n$136\n167\n135\n193\n226\n280\n341\n365\n389\n449\n497\n+$86\n1947-\t\n-$5\n\u00E2\u0080\u00949\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094 10\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094 18\n-18\n\u00E2\u0080\u009429\n-38\n-47\n-61\n-79\n+S4\n1948\n+ 145\n1949 \t\n1950 \t\n1951\t\n+92\n+49\n\u00E2\u0080\u00946\n1952\t\n1953 \t\n\u00E2\u0080\u009466\n\u00E2\u0080\u009463\n1954\t\n1955\t\n\u00E2\u0080\u009484\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094 121\n1956= -\t\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094 162\n1 Net credits (+), net debits (\u00E2\u0080\u0094).\n2 Subject to revision.\nSource: Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Ottawa.\nTables 12 and 13 give a breakdown of tourist travel between British Columbia and\nthe United States for the years 1945 to 1956. Preliminary estimates indicate that travel\nvolume in 1956 is somewhat higher than 1955.\nChart I gives a breakdown of automobiles visiting Canada from the United States\nby State of origin, with the number visiting British Columbia and the Yukon shown in\nred. In 1955, automobiles originating in California, Oregon, and Washington comprised\n85.5 per cent of the total number of cars visiting British Columbia from the United\nStates. The average length of stay of cars from the above States was 6.03 days and\nexpenditures averaged $13.83 per car per day.\nInterprovincial tourist-travel figures are not compiled by the Dominion Bureau of\nStatistics, but this travel is undoubtedly important and adds considerably to the total of\ntourist expenditures in British Columbia.\nJ REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, 1956\nY 35\n55\n>\n5 *S\nh u\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2*- 9.\n21\nft) 3\nn. a\n\u00C2\u00A3\u00C2\u00A3\n\ns\ncn\nSO\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0* **\nt-\nc\nCO\nND\noo rN m m \u00E2\u0096\u00A0<*\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 rn on\ncn in cn cn\ncn oo cN tt \u00C2\u00AB cn ri-\nrH M rH\nO^DTinlNMS\n<*\nrH t- r]- CN O \"* ND\nin m NO \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u0094I rH CN N&\nON\nO 00 CN 00 O N\u00C2\u00A3> NO\ncn t> cn rt- m cn m\nrH CN rH\nm nd cN Tl\" C- on m\nvo \"* m m i-H no o\nt-h OO fN 00 |\u00E2\u0080\u0094 V> NO\nON\nCN cn r- c \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00C2\u00AB* t> o\nCN oo r- rH 0O o\nin\nt> NO 00 OO C- O -rj\"\nON\nin r- o P- VI On t\u00C2\u00BB\nOs CN i-H Tf On cn (N\nCN\nrH in 00 O 00 F- i-H\nON\nrn o cn t~- 00 OS so\n*tf\nCN 00 m ND rH 7-H tj-\nON\no Nt cc n-rf o\ r-\nOn i-h in cn cn cN\nCN rH\nTt cn os t> oo in no\n00\nnr-cor-ooino\nTj\"\ncn m o o m cn o\nOn\non i-h r- rj- cn r> m\noo on ^r cn en cn\ni-H rH\nNO NO m ON rn CO CN\nt-\nm rH r- rH sO ON CN\nrt\nm cN >-h in rn no m\nON\nr- *n no On cN oo cN\nCN rH\nno in no nd cn o cn\nNO\nr* 0\ cn i-h cn no rn\nTt\nr- m oo \o ** t- m\nON\non oo in nd r- on no\nm t\u00E2\u0080\u0094 m Os tj- t-h\nrH rn\nCN \D oo r~ On o **\nm\nO O ON 00 Tf rf O\n**\nrH m CN ON ON t\u00E2\u0080\u0094 cn\nON\nrn r- m o no -h cn\nTt o no _\u00E2\u0080\u0094 m i-h\n^H ^H\n,_,\na>\n\u00C2\u00A3\no\n-a\n3\nrt\n1)\nJO\no\nE\no\nca\nH\nu\ns\nrt\ni-i\nH\n3\n\u00C2\u00AB\n\u00C2\u00AB4-l\no\nc.\n1\ner\ni-\nI\n_\u00C2\u00AB\nu\n3\n>\nI-I\nu\nt-\nravel\ntrave\nravel]\ner of\no\nu\ng\n:\nOJ\nXT\nTS\nH\n0\ni\n-5\"\nu S\n'Sn\"\nN 0.\n1\n5\n\u00C2\u00A3\nE\n(number of 1\n(number of\nnumber of t\nraffic (numb\nobile\nhide\nNon-\nTrav\nCom\naffic\naffic\niffic (\nane t\nE\no\n3\nve\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\nail tr;\noat tr\nus tr.\neropl\n<\nBJWB5 <\nw\n55\ni, .Si\nI'S\ni o\n3 =\n(~i\ntH\nOJ\nM\u00E2\u0080\u0094.\na\nO\n(1)\nft)\ns\na,\n&\n0\n>,\nI-I\nJn\n\u00C2\u00BB\na)\nS\ns\nO\nto\nin\n(1)\nftj\nO\nr\nS\nO\nOr,\n-1\nK\nm\nft)\nn\n>\nW\n1-1\nfc.\n0)\nh\n-O\na\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2S\na\na\n!-.\na\nCJ\nCN\nS<\n0\nc\nTd\nc.\na\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0w\nCJ\n0\n0\n^1\u00E2\u0080\u0094.\ncd\n0\nw\nto\nf)\n,ft_\nE\n\u00C2\u00ABJ\ns\nft)\nu\nsu\n\n\u00C2\u00AB\n-D\nO\n1,\ns\n\n*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 '\n?s\nb-i\nnc cn\nr-\nin\nr^\nm tj-\nVO\nOO CN On M- so CN l>\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2n\nf^ t> CN tv tn CN t^\nON\nas en rn in cn -^f 00\nno 0 cn no m 00 cn\nm cn\ncn O cn O CN 00 On\nVI\nr~ m m 7-h 0 rn 00\nm\nTl- t-H NO CN CN OO rH\nON\n\u00C2\u00ABrj- VD rH O 00 O cn\ncn 00 cn i> cN 00 cn\ninw\nrr- 00 i-h cn 0 m rn\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0^t\nr- rn c- 00 cn O in\nO *o --* no cn -^j- 00\nON\ncn ON -H rH ON ND 00\nO *\u00C2\u00ABt cn t> cn t- (N\nin rH\nr~- cn O On cn On rn\ncn\nON -* -h NO so NO CN\n\"n\nr- ^r on 00 r- 0 t-\nON\ncn cn CN no 00 (-\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 -rj-\nn m cn t> cn r- cn\n\t\nm rH\nOCCHrHWrm\nCN\nnd rn t- On nd o on\nin\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2^1- CN -rj- O cn 00 tl-\nON\nin rH 00 O ft 1\u00E2\u0080\u0094 rH\nND Tf CN On CN 00 CN\nrt- ^h\nr- m on 0 \"n rn -rt\nin\n00 rH O t> in VI -rt\nO m no O On m cn\nON\ni-h t- m 0 0 00 as\nm O CN 00 CN C** rH\ncn rH\ncn Tf m e\ r- m rn\nO\nin \u00E2\u0096\u00A0rt rn t> m On m\nm\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\"fr NO m rH rH NO O\nON\nON 00 rH I> t~- rH \D\n00 OO CN \u00C2\u00ABn rH CO rH\nCN\no\ r- m cn rn 0 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0**\nON\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0* Tj- Tt C- Tj- SO O\nTj-\nt\u00E2\u0080\u0094 00 NO CN t> -^ m\nON\n00 on r- rn so m m\nt- C- rH M- CN OS r-l\nCN\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0* rj- O \"<* CN rH CN\nOO\nm m 00 rn no r- 00\n*3-\nMTimtf torn\nON\non r- 00 00 0 t> CN\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0^t m rn CN CN C- rH\nCN\nnd >n cn i-h 0 m cn\nt>\nrH in -rj- CN rf m On\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2*\n00 m On O i-h CO Os\nON\nrH On in rn\" ND rH CN\nf- cn rH -q- o) OO rn\nCN\nVO rH O NO 00 NO m\nNO\nCO Tt On \"\nis S3 n\nu3 ih\n0\nd a. 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O S OJ\n0\nS\n3\n>\n\u00C2\u00AB u\no \u00E2\u0080\u0094<\nO ::\nS3\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2K n_\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0C\nv5\n0\nty\n0\nC3\n1-1\n3\nP\nJ\nCQ\n3\n'...\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nSP Y 36\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\ncr.\nr-\nI\nQ_\nU\nQ.\n>\n<\nQ\ni\n><\n55\n<\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A1\nf\n<\nLj,\n2\n<*\n<\n0\n0\nz\nZ\n<\nO\n0\nU)\nz\n2\nLU\ni_\nH\nE\n<\n0\nH\n|L\nU.\nJ\n<\nQ\nh\nLU 2\n0\nh\ni- r;\nC 15\nZ \u00E2\u0080\u0094\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n=> &\nu\n, , o\nK\nIU\nI fc\nz\nh o\nz\n5 10\n0 Hi\nm 0\nz 5\n0 to\n< 0)\n* \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00C2\u00BB\n!l\n3 Z\n>\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n1 I\n5 5\nz \u00E2\u0096\u00A0*\n< 0\no o\nz w\n< i\ns\na S\n_)\nJ\nLU cn\n0\nr- ~\n0\nz z\ni\nLU \u00E2\u0080\u0094\n01\nCD\nh\nLU\nK\nJ\nm\nm\n(_\nz\no\n2\nh\no\nw\nr-\n>\nD\n0)\n<\nIT\n<\nz\nU\no\nz\n13 /\nLU\nU /\nQ_\nO\nu 'a\ng //\nh.\n_:>^\ni\nk -\u00C2\u00A33r-,i\n^2\nD- ^*-\nu\nH\nCD\nQ_\n5\n<\n3\nI\nZ\nO\nJ REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, 1956 Y 37\nForest Section\nThe primary and secondary forest industries of British Columbia comprise the most\nimportant industrial group in the Province. In recent years this industrial group has\naccounted for approximately 40 per cent of the net value of production, and in 1955\nprovided employment for some 69,000 people, who received some $247,000,000 in\nsalaries and wages.\nDuring 1955 the primary industry of logging cut an all-time high of 6,109,202 M\nboard-feet, valued at $235,260,000. Operations in the Coast region accounted for\n3,931,642 M board-feet, with Douglas fir the leading species at 1,426,961 M board-feet\nand hemlock next with 1,145,694 M board-feet. At the same time, Interior regions cut\n2,177,560 M board-feet, with Douglas fir again the leading species at 954,661 M board-\nfeet and spruce at 649,331 M board-feet. The forest cut in 1956 of 6,150,000 M board-\nfeet is substantially the same as the 1955 cut.\nThe traditional conversion enterprise for British Columbia timber has been saw-\nmilling. This industry has grown tremendously since its inception a hundred years ago,\nso that to-day it is the most important single industry in the Province and produces 60 per\ncent of the total Canadian output of sawn lumber. During 1955 sawmills in British\nColumbia produced an all-time high of 4,840,000 M board-feet of lumber, valued at\n$337,000,000. Mills in the Coast region produced 2,742,000 M board-feet of sawn\nlumber, valued at $211,100,000, while those in the Interior produced 2,098,000 M board-\nfeet, valued at $125,900,000.\nThe pulp and paper mills of the Province during 1955 used 1,582,960 cords of pulp-\nwood, valued at $32,042,173, as well as 666,503 cords of waste wood (for example,\nsawmill and veneer-mill chips, slabs, edgings, etc.) valued at $12,973,056. From this\nmaterial these mills produced 1,363,761 tons of pulp, valued at $107,637,777. Over\nhalf of the pulp produced was used in the Province to make 725,096 tons of paper, valued\nat $86,193,930.\nDuring 1956 the Forest Section prepared the information on forestry contained in\nthe Government's submissions to the Royal Commission on Canada's Economic Prospects. Assistance was given the Royal Commission on Forestry as well as other Government departments and agencies, for example, Forest Service, Pacific Great Eastern Railway, and the Power Commission. In addition, numerous requests from industry were\nhandled. A research assistant (forestry) with the Bureau, presented a paper at the\nNinth British Columbia Natural Resources Conference entitled \" Forest Utilization in\nBritish Columbia\u00E2\u0080\u0094Past, Present, and Future.\" During the year further information was\nprepared for the Natural Resources Atlas. 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\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00C2\u00AB* cn r-T\nrfcncNcncn'Tj-cncNcNCN\nmOs oo -*t>n\nOootsmp\n00^Tl>O\r \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0et\u00C2\u00A9*co\"rH'r-^\nrHVOVOCNCO\nlnrHVO\"*CO\nwMfri^^r.rscn^'nHMfn^'r.rHf^fO^inrir^fn'vtiorHr^\nmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm\n^C^O^ONO^O^O^ONONO^ONONONO^ONONO^ONONONONO^O^ONO^O^O\0^aNO\O^O^ONO^O^O^O^ONO^O^\nrHCNcn'*mcn,^tm\nmmmmmmmm\nONOnOnOnOnONOnOv\nrH pi cn tj-in\nmmm mm\nOn On ON On ON\nWh\nTJ\nB \u00C2\u00AB\nc\n^TJ\n\u00C2\u00A3\n\u00C2\u00A7\n%\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2a .\n3 B\nU.S REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, 1956 Y 41\nTable 16.\u00E2\u0080\u0094British Columbia Mines Production, 1954 and 1955\nDescription\n1954\nQuantity\n1955\nQuantity\nValue\nGold\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nPlacer-\nLode\u00E2\u0080\u0094.\nSilver\t\nCopper\t\nLead\t\nZinc\t\nPrincipal Metals\n..crude oz.\n. fine \u00E2\u0080\u009E\nTotals-\nMiscellaneous Metals\nAntimony\t\nBismuth\t\nCadmium\t\nIndium -\nIron ore\u00E2\u0080\u0094\t\nMercury\t\nPlatinum-\t\nTin \t\nTungsten (W03)_\nTotals..\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n..tons\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094 lb.\n_oz.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094lb.\nIndustrial Minerals\nAsbestos.-\nBarite\t\nFlux (quartz, limestone) _\nDiatomite\t\nGranules (slate and rock)..\nGypsum and products\t\nMica \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nSulphur\t\nTotals-\nBrick\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nCommon.-\nStructural Materials\n..No.\nFace, paving, sewer-\nFirebrick, blocks.\t\nClays \t\nStructural tile, hollow blocks\t\nDrain-tile, sewer-pipe, fiue-liningS-\nPottery\u00E2\u0080\u0094glazed or unglazed\t\nOther clay products _\t\nCement...\nTotals ....___ \t\nFuel\nCoal \t\nNatural gas\t\n M c.f.\nProvincial totals..\n8,684\n258,388\n9,825,153\n50,150,087\n332,474,456\n334,124,560\n$238,967\n8,803,279\n8,153,108\n14,599,693\n45,482,505\n34,805,755\n7,666\n242,477\n7,902,145\n44,328,031\n302,567,640\n429,198,565\n$217,614\n8,370,306\n6,942,113\n16,932.549\n45,161,245\n52,048,909\n$112,083,307\nI $129,672,736\n1,302,333\n225,351\n680,734\n477\n535,746\n 4\n587,528\n2,206,443\n$382,104\n493,519\n1,123,211\n1,281\n3,733,891\n408\n280,437\n5,851,558\n2,021,721\n160,767\n1,593,591\n104,774\n610,930\n75\n391,228\n1,914,000\n$667,776\n356,903\n2,677,233\n232,389\n3,228,756\n250\n311.613\n5,460,967\n| $11,866,409\n| $12,935,887\n5,056\n39,897\n4,541\n175,480\n284,000\n219,999\n$2,920,751\n115,337\n40,804\n65,507\n421,734\n5,326\n2,308,422\n$5,877,881\n1,289,911\n5,651,262\n6,609\n317,976\n920,707\n3,055\n$35,550\n316,676\n372,528\n36,425\n122,903\n753,297\n31,081\n32,697\n4,935,298\n1,555,002\n1,253,856\n4,850,469\n99,392\n$14,395,174\n1,308,284\n60,883\n9,154,544\n6,545\n$153,383,860\n9,465\n111,759\n14\n6,355\n149,719\n505,300\n216,520\n$4,265,971\n238,825\n208,198\n280\n73,858\n383,934\n2,861\n2,624,171\n$7,798,098\n4,853,940\n3,901,866\n8,033\n318,152\n890,613\n26,079\n$232,139\n248,913\n578,578\n46,757\n144,460\n801,019\n38,035\n55,514\n5,474,875\n1,711,348\n962,272\n4,886,890\n148,454\n$15,299,254\n1,332,874\n168,651\n$8,986,501\n18,130\n$174,710,606 Y 42\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nLabour Section\nCompletion of the current yearly statistical review of industrial labour information\nfor the Department of Labour was again the primary work of this Section during the year,\nthe summarization and presentation of factual material relating to 1955 being published\nunder heading of \" Statistics of Trades and Industries\" in the Annual Report of the\nDepartment of Labour for that year.\nClose co-operation between the Department of Labour and the Department of Trade\nand Industry in the collection and compilation of annual labour statistics has again proven\nthe value of the existing plan of mutual assistance in effect between these two departments.\nThe growing concentration of industrial weight in newly developed areas and the\nspread of city coverage to include adjoining municipalities and districts under common\nheadings of \" Metropolitan Areas \" has necessitated changes in the presentation of relevant\nstatistical information, and such changes and improvements are made from year to year\nin line with new growth and development noted in the surveys.\nMany additional projects completed by the Labour Section for 1955 include an\nalphabetical index of firms reporting in the survey on the basis of industrial classification\nand geographical location, the preparation of regional segregations of industrial employment and payroll data, the current edition of a list of industrial firms arranged in size\ngroups by employment, and various supplementary projects resulting from requests for\nstatistical information from industry, business, and other Governmental departments.\nFor purposes of reference and comparison, the census map (Chart 2) is again\npresented, together with a table (Table 17) showing the industrial payroll totals by area\nfor the last four years. In conjunction with the regional totals showing the degree of\ngrowth and expansion in the census divisions, a separate table (Table 18) is included\nwhich outlines the coverage of the metropolitan areas of Vancouver and Victoria, together\nwith the computed industrial payroll of these areas on the basis of the 1955 survey.\nTable 17.\u00E2\u0080\u0094British Columbia Industrial Payrolls by Statistical Areas\nfor the Comparative Years 1952 to 1955\nRegional Area\nTotal Payrolls (Salaries and Wages)\n1952\n1953\n1954 i 1955\ni\nNo. 1 \t\n$27,425,293\n40,455,349\n20,422,805\n358,233,779\n109,412,278\n11,015,136\n20,160,757\n20,771,777\n32,163,701\n2,266,598\n4,703,401\n$19,495,380\n42,633,966\n20,361,133\n370,901,521\n111,953,368\n15,781,535\n21,111,044\n18,367,655\n44,702,234\n3,304,619\n4,501,909\n$17,125,372 $18,197,303\n32,519,954 [ 35,044,981\n20,790,437 j 25,599,069\n389,154,398 [ 417,102,635\n117,023,841 | 127,543,124\n12,487,726 | 15,313,185\n22,351,967 | 26,336,337\n18,012,903 | 23,336,723\n23,458,261 j 36,329,470\n3,387,399 | 4,591,602\n5,224,932 | 2,421,348\nNo. 2 - . \t\nNo. 3 \t\nNo 4\nNo. 5 - \t\nNo. 6 - -\nNo. 7 \t\nNo 8\nMo o\nNo 10 \t\n$647,030,874\n$673,114,364\n$661,537,190 | $731,815,777\nTable 18.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Industrial Payroll Totals Reported for the Census\nMetropolitan Areas of Vancouver and Victoria, 1955\nArea\nPayroll, 1955\n(Salaries and Wages)\nCensus metropolitan area of Vancouver, including\nVancouver City, North Vancouver City and District, West Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, Fraser Mills, Richmond, Surrey, Port Coquitlam, and Port Moody $371,640,166\nCensus metropolitan area of Victoria, including Victoria City, Esquimalt, Oak Bay, Saanich, and\nCentral Saanich 50,163,395 REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, 1956\nChart 2.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Census Divisions\nY 43\nCENSUS\nDIVISION\nMARKET RESEARCH DIVISION\nAn increasing number of general requests for market and industry data were handled.\nSuch requests frequently involved an examination of market potential and the possibilities\nfor commercial and industrial expansion. Preliminary work has been undertaken on\ncertain industry studies on the basis of market potential and industrial facilities.\nThe revision of the Departmental publication \" Regional Industrial Index of British\nColumbia \" is currently under way.\nPersonnel have been assigned for special studies undertaken by the Department of\nFinance, the Civil Service Commission, and others.\nMECHANICAL TABULATION DIVISION\nThe Mechanical Tabulation Division was originally formed to handle the tabulation\nof statistical information for the Bureau of Economics and Statistics. To do this work\na fairly complete installation of punched-card equipment was rented, and to help fill idle\ntime and cover the cost of the equipment, work was undertaken for other branches of\nthe Government. With the progression of time the various departments have realized\nthe advantages of making large-scale tabulations, both statistical and accounting, by the\npunched-card method, the result being the work done for other departments has now\nreached 90 per cent of our total production. The actual distribution of work by departments is shown graphically in Fig. I. Y 44 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nFor operating purposes the Division is divided into five sections, each headed by\na senior machine operator, who is responsible for a unit of work. These work units are\nestablished by volume and nature of work, and at present the following sections are in\noperation: Health and Welfare Section, Liquor Control Board Section, Forestry Section,\nGeneral Statistics Section, and Annual Report Section.\nFig. II shows the distribution of work done by the various sections of the Division.\nAs key-punching is included in these figures, the percentages are slightly distorted; for\nexample, the volume of work processed for Health and Welfare is equitable to the other\nsections, but all key-punching and verifying is handled by a key-punch section within its\nown establishment. Similarly the use of pre-punched and mark sensed cards reflects on\nthe figure for the Liquor Control Board Section. The Annual Report Section used cards\naccumulated during the year, in which case the punching operation has been charged to\nregular work done in other sections.\nTo meet the diversified demand of the various departments, a complete set of\npunched-card equipment is rented, which includes seven alphabetic printers, eight sorters,\ntwo reproducing gang summary punches, two end-printing document punches, one alphabetic interpreter, two collators, two multiplying punches, one accumulating reproducer,\none facsimile poster, twelve punches, and seven verifiers.\nTo operate the equipment, a well-trained staff has to be maintained, and at present\nconsists of a senior supervisor, assistant supervisor, four senior machine operators, nine\nmachine operators, a senior key-punch operator, nineteen key-punch operators, a senior\nclerk-stenographer, and two clerks. In addition, three members of the Liquor Control\nBoard staff are attached to the Division to maintain liaison and perform necessary clerical\nfunctions. Table 19 shows a comparative statement of the cost of work done for the\nvarious Government agencies during the past four years. Job costs are available through\nan accurately kept time-card system, which permits the study of costs and machine\nutilization.\nIn general the cost of jobs has been reduced, due mainly to revision and simplification of procedures. The installation of the 528 accumulating reproducer early in the year\nis responsible for saving many hours of machine time. This machine is capable of doing\na summary punching operation at 500 cards per minute that formerly took an alphabetic\nprinter and summary punch at a maximum speed of 150 cards per minute.\nNo new large-scale applications were instigated during the year as the equipment is\nbeing operated at maximum capacity. To handle more work we would require more\nequipment, and to house more equipment we would require additional space.\nMajor revisions or new work effected during the year are listed briefly under the\nvarious sections.\nHealth and Welfare Section\nHospital Insurance work has dropped some $10,000 over last year, this being accomplished by eliminating many hours of calculating to produce what proved to be unnecessary percentages and averages. It was felt these could readily be calculated for specific\ngroups as required.\nLiquor Control Board Section\nThe work for the Liquor Control Board shows a decided drop through the discontinuance of Vendor's Inventory Control procedures in the Esquimalt and Pender Street\nstores.\nForestry Section\nThe steady growth of work for the British Columbia Forest Service is indicated\nby a $43,000 increase over the last four years, a growth of $11,000 being recorded last\nyear. It is estimated that a million and a half forest-inventory cards were processed\nduring the year and 5,000 new cards punched and verified each working-day for the REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, 1956 Y 45\npreparation of the various statistical and analytical reports for the Forest Service. Some\nof these reports are tabulated on to multilith masters, which facilitates the production of\nmany copies for distribution to district offices and industry.\nWork for the Forest Surveys Division falls into two major groups: (a) Unit Surveys\nand (b) Survey Statistics.\nUnder the Unit Surveys (formerly known as the Working Plan and Special Surveys)\n200,000 cards were punched, processed, and listed or tabulated to present working statements of the thirty-six approved or proposed public working circle areas. Each of these\ncircle areas is made up of numerous smaller units called \" compartments.\" Working\nstatements were also tabulated for compartments. These statements form the basis for\nmanagement planning in regard to the annual allowable cut, etc. In addition, 150,000\ncards were punched, processed, and tabulated to present working-lists pertinent to the\ncontrolling compilation of the inventory of the forest resources of the Province.\nUnder Survey Statistics there are actually three jobs \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Volume Analysis, Decay\nAnalysis, and Standing Samples.\nVolume Analysis is the basis for compiling cubic-foot volume tables and is currently being punched and verified. It will later be turned over to the\nmachine section for balancing and the calculation of extensions so that\nthe necessary tabulations and listings can be made.\nDecay Analysis is the basis for compiling loss factors from decay and waste and\nbreakage when logged. Runs for the previous years' analyses have been\ncompiled and distributed to the Forest Service, but as yet the current year's\nwork has not been received for punching.\nStanding Samples.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Five hundred thousand cards were punched, processed,\nand summarized to prepare a working-file of data pertinent for preparing\naverage estimates of the volume of usable wood which is applied to the\ncompilation of the inventory of the Province. The 150,000 summarized\ncards, together with detail cards, were sorted and tabulated as a basis for\ncompiling the public working circles. Various groups of control cards\nused in indexing the above tabulations were also processed.\nNumerous cards were punched to increase the already existent file of data used in\npreparing tables of volume content of trees, and, similarly, cards were punched for use\nis preparing tables of loss of volume due to decay and waste in logging.\nThese tables form the basis for compiling the detail cards used in preparing average\nestimates.\nThis outline covers the general procedure and does not include the many special\ntabulations as required during the year.\nGeneral Statistical Section\nWater Rights Billing.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The introduction of a transfer poster ledger card for each\naccount eliminated all difficulties previously experienced by the clerical staff of the Water\nRights Branch. The power, irrigation, and water-users' ledger records were punched and\nadded to the existing punched-card files. The mechanical preparation of delinquent\nnotices was introduced and mailed in August and did much to reduce the accounts\nreceivable.\nMotor-vehicle Accidents.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Several minor changes were introduced which necessitated the designing of a new card form. Most of these changes were required to meet\nthe demands of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, which is endeavouring to correlate\naccident statistics from all Provinces, each quarter. The preparation of the quarterly\nreports has naturally increased the volume of work on this job. Y 46\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nAnnual Report Section\nThe biggest change in this Section was the increase in the amount of work for the\nHerd Improvement Branch of the Department of Agriculture. Previously only selected\nrecords with a pre-calculated mature efficiency factor were punched for certain breeds.\nUnder the revised plan all records are punched and the mature efficiency factor calculated\nmechanically from the age, times milked, and other determining factors shown in the\nrecord. The calculating-punch is also being used to determine the breed-class average,\nwhich it is felt will eventually replace the mature efficiency factor as the standard for\ncomparative methods.\nThree small surveys were undertaken by this section for (a) Forest Engineering\nDivision on \" Right-of-way Clearing Costs,\" (b) Parks and Recreation Division Survey\nof \" Visitors to Specified Camp-sites,\" and (c) British Columbia Travel Bureau Tourist\nSurvey.\nElectronic Data-processing\nIt is recommended that a committee should be appointed to study the possibility of\nestablishing an electronic data-processing centre for the Government service. The volume\nof work within the service would appear to justify such an installation. Many of the\njobs currently being handled on punched-card equipment, such as Liquor Control Board,\nHospital Insurance, forest inventory, tax billing, and payroll, are logical applications that\nwould benefit by the memory unit and ability of the arithmetic unit to add, subtract,\nmultiply, and divide at electronic speeds. The computing unit could also be used to great\nadvantage for solving individual problems in research and engineering. REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, 1956\nY 47\nO\nt\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00C2\u00BB\nto\nO\no %\nu w\nw 2\nO Bi\nQ W\nw \u00C2\u00AB\nq a\no w\n8 o\nft \u00C2\u00AB\nr- < Y 48\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nTable 19.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Comparative Cost Statement\nDepartment and Branch\n1952-53\n1953-54\n1954-55\n1955-56\n$1,056.65\n$685.20\n$1,010.26\n$1,681.48\nAttorney-General\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n$6,049.88\n27,111.60\n$5,423.86\n33,784.56\n$5,165.46\n38,295.26\n$7,355.49\n27,721.24\n$33,161.48\n$39,208.42\n$43,460.72\n$35,076.73\nEducation\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n$1,124.98\n$1,626.06\n1,358.68\n$1,388.84\n714.80\n$1,386.24\nTotals \t\n$1,124.98\n$2,984.74\n$2,103.64\n$1,386.24\n$628.94\n1\n. . ..\nHealth and Welfare\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n$15,704.14\n1,236.76\n$16,384.44\n6,986.86\n$14,525.24\n17,867.14\n$11,967.42\n7,732.71\n$16,940.90\n$23,371.30\n$32,392.38\n$19,700.13\n$3,493.04\n$2,627.24\n$3,621.80\n$3,954.83\nLands and Forests\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n$468.40\n746.18\n4,196.98\n$288.88\n5,064.96\n12,880.46\n971.02\n$7,235.38\n31,130.98\n$718.83\n8,722.76\n39,754.31\n202.91\n2,140.98\n1,220.12\n1,881.64\nTotals , ~ .\n$7,552.54\n$19,205.32\n$39,586.48\n$51,280.45\nMunicipal Affairs\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n1\n|\n$132.24\n 1 \t\n222.36\nTotal \t\nI\n$354.60\nProvincial Secretary\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n$4,735.54\n12,822.20\n$4,929.00\n11,741.00\n$6,918.86\n11,701.68\n$7,191.02\n10,068.90\nTotals\n$17,557.74\n$16,670.00\n$18,620.54\n$17,259.92\n$647.77\n$946.73\nTrade and Industry\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n$14,068.06\n$12,421.30\n$14,849.50\n549.00\n$15,706.12\n$14,068.06\n$12,421.30\n$15,398.50\n$15,706.12\n$95,584.33\n$117,821.29\n$156,194.32\n$147,347.23\nJ REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, 1956 Y 49 Y 50\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nPUBLICATIONS\nMonthly Bulletin of Business Activity.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This publication has been continued and\nexpanded. Special articles of current interest have been included at various times\nthroughout the year. Included are statistical summaries of business indicators relating\nto British Columbia's economy.\nQuarterly Bulletin of Economic Conditions in British Columbia.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This publication\nis a new release, and in textual form outlines the current economic picture in British\nColumbia.\nSummary of Business Activity in British Columbia.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This publication is a companion of the two above-mentioned publications and, in fact, takes the place of the\nfourth-quarter Quarterly Bulletin. It summarizes the current year's economic picture\nand presents historical series relating to business activity in the Province.\nExternal Trade.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Summary of monthly statistics covering external trade are contained in the aforementioned monthly bulletin. A statement of external trade through\nBritish Columbia customs ports and covering commodities with an aggregate value of\n$50,000 and over is published annually.\nBritish Columbia Trade Index.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This publication lists the products manufactured\nby British Columbia industries. A new issue was released early in 1956.\nBritish Columbia Regional Industrial Index.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This index contains available statistics\non a wide range of subjects covering all areas of the Province. Material is now being\nassembled in preparation for publication in 1957 of a revised index.\nBritish Columbia Facts and Statistics.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The tenth edition of this publication will be\nreleased in 1957. This publication provides graphic, general, and historical facts and\nstatistics relating to British Columbia under the following headings: Population, Education, Government and Finance, Judiciary, Banking, Transportation, Communication,\nRetail Trade, Agriculture, Fisheries, Mining, Forestry, Manufacturing, Water Power,\nTourist, and Economic Activity.\nEstablishing a Business in British Columbia.\u00E2\u0080\u0094A revised edition of this brochure\nwill be ready for release in January of 1957. This publication gives to prospective\ninvestors information relating to the establishment of a business in British Columbia. REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, 1956 Y 51\nREPORT OF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA GOVERNMENT\nTRAVEL BUREAU\nGENERAL\nIn 1956, visitors from the United States equalled British Columbia's population.\nThe Province was also host to a large number of visitors from other parts of Canada and\nher tourist economy was further supported by a large number of British Columbians\nwho elected to take vacations and holidays in their own Province.\nThe only firm statistics are of entries from the United States. Some 1,300,000\nUnited States citizens visited the Province by automobile during the calendar year, and\nover a quarter of a million foreign travellers entered the Province by rail, bus, boat, and\naeroplane. These figures are, in general, an approximation of the 1956 tourist traffic,\nthe value of which was estimated at $90,000,000.\nAcross Canada the tourist business, as reflected by Traveller's Vehicle Permit entries,\nlevelled off, and for the first eleven months a slight decrease was noted over the preceding\ncalendar year. British Columbia, rating third in volume of tourist traffic, reflected a\nslight increase in Traveller's Vehicle Permits, and this appreciation was supplemented\nby an increase in non-permit-class entries and by a considerable increase in foreign-\ntraveller entries by public carrier.\nTo the end of the heavy tourist season, travellers entering British Columbia by\ncommon carrier increased 16 per cent. Those coming by rail from the United States\ndecreased 9 per cent over the first eight months of 1955, but this was more than offset\nby those entering by bus, boat, and aeroplane. Boat entries, which totalled 40 per cent\nmore than all the others combined, increased by 27 per cent. Aeroplane traffic increased\nby 14 per cent.\nThe Travel Bureau's 1955 survey of auto courts, resorts, and hotels indicated that\nUnited States visitors occupied 34 per cent of the tourist accommodation, British Columbians 47 per cent, and other Canadians 19 per cent. However, the tremendous amount\nof publicity which British Columbia enjoys as a result of her industrial and commercial\nexpansion and her well-publicized opportunities undoubtedly brought many thousands\nof additional Canadian visitors into the Province, and it is conservatively estimated that\nin 1956 they accounted for 23 to 24 per cent of the room occupancy. On this basis, the\ntotal number of visitors from outside the Provincial border in 1956 exceeded 2x/2 million.\nBritish Columbians used their own highways as never before, and altogether the\ntourist industry experienced a very satisfactory year. The Province enjoyed good weather\nin all sections throughout the tourist season, and this fact definitely increased beyond all\nreasonable anticipation the use and patronage of parks and camp-sites, both private and\npublic.\nHowever, while the tourist industry in British Columbia appeared very healthy,\nTravel Bureau officials were not satisfied that the situation called for complacency.\nBritish Columbia reflects the Canadian tourist economy to a very large extent, and it\nwas felt that in a year when United States tourist expenditures exceeded all previous\nrecords, the levelling-off of our own receipts from this source called for some study, particularly in view of the fact that our potential market on the Pacific Coast had increased\nconsiderably in the past few years. This tourist-market study is a continuing one, supplemented by surveys and investigations currently being conducted by transportation\ncompanies, other Provinces, and the Canadian Tourist Association. The findings and\nobservations are exchanged and, in British Columbia, will be related to the Travel\nBureau's promotional and advertising programme.\nWhile some adverse reports on sections of our highways under construction were\ncirculated in the United States, these did not deter a great deal of travel to and through\nthe western part of the Province, but construction conditions in the Kicking Horse Pass Y 52\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nand general road conditions in the National parks discouraged a great deal of tourist\ntraffic which otherwise would have crossed the Alberta border.\nAutomobile clubs, oil company travel bureaux, and other directional offices were\nkept well informed of actual conditions on British Columbia's highways and co-operated\nvery fully.\nSponsors of organized and packaged tours report heavy bookings through the season\nand good prospects for 1957. The Wally Byam Trailer Caravan again toured British\nColumbia, reporting very favourably on its reception and on the treatment accorded by\ncommunities along the way. Over a hundred trailers participated in the caravan, visiting\nthe Okanagan and winding up on Vancouver Island.\nThe continent-wide publicity accorded the Byam organized caravan and the facilities\noffered roving trailers by the British Columbia camp-sites have increased this type of\nbusiness considerably, and as greater facilities are provided, British Columbia may anticipate a much greater trailer traffic.\nPROMOTION\nThe promotions of the Bureau were based upon the premises laid down in the 1955\nAnnual Report, and the advertising concentration was again largely on the West Coast\nand through British Columbia, with some interest being taken in Eastern Canada and the\nWestern Provinces. The major exception was a full-page colour advertisement in Holiday\nmagazine, run in co-operation with the States of Washington and Oregon. This advertisement appeared early in the season and was very effective in stimulating inquiry response.\nApproximately 5,000 inquiries could be traced to this one advertisement. Sunset, Fortnight, Westways, Family Circle, Highway Traveller, and National Motorist also shared\nin the magazine programme, which was supported in the Coastal papers by black and\nwhite advertisements. Radio was used to encourage British Columbians to spend their\nown vacations in the Province, and was also used on the Prairies to some extent, response\nbeing very good. A one-minute spot-announcement film was used on television over\nseveral Pacific Coast stations.\nA departure this year was a poster programme, billboards being used in the early\nseason through Washington, Oregon, and Northern California. Two large bulletin-boards\nwere secured north of San Francisco and added to the regular outdoor programme.\nOLOR O II\nBRITISH\nCOLUMBIA\nHighway bulletin-board used in Travel Bureau advertising campaign.\nThe poster campaign may have been reflected in the increased traffic by boat\nand undoubtedly contributed to the maintenance of the general traffic volume. It was\nsupported to a very large extent by outdoor promotions of the three transportation companies, the Vancouver Tourist Association, and the Victoria and Island Publicity Bureau.\nThe weight of this outdoor advertising may very reasonably have contributed to the\nincrease of non-permit class traffic (less than forty-eight hours).\nJ REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, 1956\nY 53\nPUBLICITY\nThe general publicity secured by the Bureau, and which was supplementary to the\nscheduled advertising campaign, added materially to the over-all promotion of our tourist\ninterests.\nA steady flow of articles and captioned photographs was maintained, with a high\nrate of acceptance. Requests for material came in with almost every mail.\nThe Bureau acknowledges the interest of British Columbia and foreign newspapers\nand magazines in featuring British Columbia scenery and attractions. Radio and television stations also performed a great service in this respect, affording opportunities of\nwhich the Bureau was very glad to take advantage. A limited mat service was also\nmade available to daily and weekly newspapers across Canada and in Washington and\nOregon.\nResponse to the promotions, as reflected by the number of mail inquiries, was good.\nTo the end of the tourist season, inquiries totalled 34,300 and continued to pour into\nthe Bureau at the rate of a little more than a hundred a day during the off season. The\nBureau was fortunate in having a competent staff, which handled this volume intelligently\nand expeditiously.\nLITERATURE\nIn 1956 the British Columbia Government Travel Bureau distributed over a million pieces of literature, the demand far outstripping estimates. One hundred and\ntwenty-five thousand copies of the accommodations directory were distributed on request,\nand over 300,000 maps, including the general British Columbia map, the camp-site edition, and the Alberta-British Columbia joint production. The Bureau has arranged for\nthe production of a single map in 1957 which will embrace all the information on highways, camp-sites, fishing regulations, and other information contained in the two major\nmap productions of 1956. The new production will be one-third larger, giving even\ngreater readability.\nAll basic folders were brought up to date as required, some appearing under new\ncover. As desired and feasible, more colour is being introduced into these folders, all\nof which are designed to meet particular promotional problems in given areas or fields.\nOne new folder, \" West of the Rockies,\" is in course of preparation. This folder is\ndesigned to encourage traffic from east of the Rockies through the Columbia, Kootenay,\nArrow, and Okanagan Valleys, connecting Highways Nos. 1 and 3.\nThe Bureau did not publish a road report in 1956 as in previous years, but, through\nthe co-operation of the Highways Department, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police,\nand Canadian Pacific Telegraphs, a daily teletype service was maintained to press and\nradio outlets and to the automobile clubs in British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon.\nTravel bureaux and other directional bureaux were furnished the same information by\nair mail from the Travel Bureau. This system proved more satisfactory than previous\narrangements, and it is proposed to supplement this in 1957 with a basic mileage and\ndriving-time chart, which will be reissued through the season as conditions change, and\nwill also be available to the public.\n\" Sport Fishing \" came out with an entirely new format and in a more informative\nand authoritative text. Listing of marine service-stations with a map and in folder form\nwas the Bureau's recognition of a rapidly developing and comparatively new interest in\nthis recreational field. Designed originally for the use of United States yachtsmen and\nboat-owners visiting Provincial waters, this leaflet has also proved very popular with\nBritish Columbia boat-owners. The Calendar of Events was in such demand that it was\nfound necessary to make two runs. In 1957 it is planned to print the Calendar in two\neditions, with a third edition in the late season, to promote the 1958 Centennial Year\nevents. Y 54 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nWhile all promotional efforts in early 1957 will be designed to promote traffic for\nthe current season, advantage will be taken of every opportunity to mention the forthcoming centenary.\nThe acceptance of \" Alluring British Columbia \" was such that it was necessary\nto reorder a 50,000 run in October.\nTOURIST INFORMATION CENTRE\nIn its second season of operation, the Tourist Information Centre at the Port of\nDouglas on Highway No. 99 proved of great value to the travelling public and to the\neconomy of the Province.\nHere the in-coming tourist was given a warm, personal welcome and supplied with\nall the necessary information to make his stay within the boundaries of the Province a\npleasant, well-planned vacation.\nComplete information concerning road conditions, camp-sites, stopping-places,\nhotel and motel accommodation, hunting and fishing locations, as well as ferry schedules\nand directions to the main points of interest are available from the courteous staff.\nAssistance was given to drivers of over 12,000 cars, who brought with them well\nover 35,000 people during the three summer \" tourist \" months. Many of these parties,\nentering British Columbia for the first time, had no advance plans, and through the service at the centre extended both their time and mileage in the Province.\nThis service is available eleven hours a day, seven days a week, during the busy\nseason and an eight-hour service is maintained throughout the balance of the year.\nIt was found necessary to increase the staff at the Centre to four during the height\nof the season.\nThe visitors' register has recorded the names of travellers from each of the forty-\neight States, all Provinces, and many from such points as England, France, Hawaii,\nAlaska, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Korea, Southern Rhodesia, Norway, and the Argentine.\nMany notes of appreciation of the service provided are also recorded in the register.\nDuring the year the Bureau surveyed and made application for sites at Osoyoos\nand Curzon Junction for the establishment of additional information centres. It is hoped\nto have these established well in advance of the 1957 season.\n\" TOURIST ACCOMMODATION REGULATION ACT \"\nUnder authority of the \" Tourist Accommodation Regulation Act\" and the regulations pertaining thereto, tourist accommodation in British Columbia was star-rated\nunder a formula revised to meet the modern standards of acceptance. The new formula\nwas one generally accepted by the four Western Provinces in agreement. Under the\nnew formula the accommodation was rated on a rental-unit basis rather than on an\nover-all establishment basis, and the findings will be published in the 1957 accommodations directory. Some 10,000 rental units were star-rated, in all of which the star\nrating as well as the maximum rates will be posted in 1957.\nSince the rating formula had not been adjusted since 1948, the percentage in four-\nstar brackets dropped considerably, but the over-all inspections show a generally high\nstandard. Fifty-one per cent of accommodation rated three stars or four.\nThere are over 1,500 establishments eligible for registration under the \"Tourist\nAccommodation Regulation Act.\" There were eighty-nine new registrations to the end\nof the calendar year, with thirty registered establishments ceasing to operate. The percentage of unit star rating is as follows: Four stars, 15 per cent; three stars, 36 per cent;\ntwo stars, 17 per cent; one star, 12 per cent; and no star, 20 per cent.\nThe Bureau was fortunate in securing the services of three trained and experienced\npeople as temporary star-rating officers, whose work, constantly checked, resulted in a\nuniformity of rating. While the star rating was designed originally to serve as a guide REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, 1956\nY 55\nto the travellers, that it has also served the purpose of encouraging the maintenance and\nimprovement in the over-all standards is evidenced by the requests for rerating from\noperators who made adjustments following the inspections. In the majority of cases\nthe adjustments required for improved rating were of a minor nature, but will contribute\ngreatly to the comfort and convenience of the tourist.\nThe Travel Bureau staff associated with the work under the \" Tourist Accommodation and Regulation Act\" were frequently called upon to serve in an advisory capacity, particularly by persons contemplating a new enterprise or remodelling existing\npremises. Appreciation of this service is reflected in the steadily increasing request for\nit and in the many expressions received.\nSETTLEMENT\nSettlement inquiries were received in considerable volume during 1956. There\nwere many inquiries from other Provinces, from practically every State in the Union,\nand from Britain, South Africa, The Netherlands, and Germany. Where, in previous\nyears, the heaviest volume has been from agricultural workers, in 1956 the greater number of inquiries were from artisans and professional people who wished to establish\nthemselves in Canada. There was, of course, the usual volume of inquiries from people\nwho wish to spend their declining years in a beneficent climate and also a considerable\nvolume from people who were attracted by British Columbia's advantages in respect of\nsocial service and assistance. The Department of Citizenship and Immigration, National\nMembers, associate members, and guests at 1956 Tourist Council meeting,\nOctober 18th and 19th, Empress Hotel, Victoria, B.C.\nStanding (left to right): Mr. John Buckley, Mr. Karl Severson, Inspector C. Ledoux, Mr. Harry Taylor, Mr. Frank\nR. Butler, Mr. D. F. Shaw, Mr. T. D. Rosling, Mr. George I. Warren, Mr. Eric Druce, Mr. J. Pound, Mr. R. M. Thomson, Mr. Willard Ireland, Mr. R. Parkinson, Mr. H. G. McWilliams, Mr. J. Melville, Mrs. E. Dickey.\nSeated (left to right): Mr. E. G. Rowebottom, Miss E. Trimmer, Mr. E. Evans, Honourable Earle C. Westwood,\nMr. T. L. Sturgess, Mr. J. V. Fisher, Mr. Arthur Peers. Y 56\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nEmployment Service in Vancouver and Victoria, the Agent-General for British Columbia and the Canadian Department of Labour in London, England, were important and\nuseful references, and the Bureau appreciatively acknowledges their assistance. The\nTravel Bureau does not solicit immigration, but such inquiries as are directed to it are\ngiven the information and references most suitable and helpful.\nTOURIST COUNCIL\nThe seventeenth annual meeting of the Tourist Council was held in Victoria on\nOctober 18th and 19th. Regional reports were heard from all sections of the Province.\nThe activities of the Travel Bureau were reviewed, and, as a result of the discussions,\nseveral recommendations were made for forwarding to interested authorities and for the\nhelp, guidance, and action of the Travel Bureau.\nFIELD WORK AND EXHIBITIONS\nTravel promotion in the Western United States was augmented by the personal\ncontact work of the tourist trade representative, sponsored jointly by the Provinces of\nAlberta and British Columbia. The representative's headquarters are in San Francisco,\nCalif. Principal efforts of this work were directed toward keeping the personnel of the\nmany travel offices informed on the wide variety of the Provinces' recreational facilities.\nRegular calls were made on travel agents and transportation companies prominent\nin the planning of both individual and group tours. A great deal of time was devoted\nto automobile clubs, whose touring counsellors always welcome more information on\nhighway conditions, tourist accommodations, and other matters of general interest to\nAlberta-British Columbia exhibit in California. REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, 1956 Y 57\nthe travelling public. These clubs, with offices in all main centres of population, are\nresponsible for directing a very large proportion of the United States-to-Canada traffic.\nFrequent visits were made to the touring bureaux of the major oil companies. During\n1956 the oil companies and automobile clubs reported routing more cars into our area\nthan in any previous year.\nGovernment Travel Bureau films were often used to illustrate talks given to clubs\nand similar organizations. These films were also shown on television, and good use\nwas made of them at sport shows and fairs.\nAssistance was given to travel editors of newspapers and magazines in the preparation of material for travel articles.\nDuring the year, emphasis was placed on making direct personal contact with prospective travellers and, with this in mind, exhibits were placed in the Minneapolis Vacation Show, San Francisco Sport, Travel, and Boat Show, San Mateo Vacation Show,\nSan Francisco World Trade and Travel Fair, San Diego County Fair, and the California\nState Fair in Sacramento\u00E2\u0080\u0094a total attendance of approximately 1,800,000 persons. The\npublic interest shown in our exhibits indicated this to be a most effective means of publicizing British Columbia and Alberta.\nDirect personal contact was also maintained between the Government Travel Bureau\nand the State tourist offices of Washington and Oregon, and the city tourist bureaux,\nautomobile clubs, and other directional offices in these States, by the Commissioner.\nBritish Columbia was again represented at the Canadian National Exhibition. While\nstaffing the exhibit in Toronto, Miss Barbara Tubman made very valuable contacts and\nalso secured for the Province valuable newspaper publicity.\nHISTORIC SITES\nTwo historic sites were marked as follows:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nFish Trap Earthworks\nIn 1864 Alexander McDonald and seven companions defended these earthworks against Chilcotin, Tatla and Sitlecee\nIndians. McDonald and two of his party were slain and four\nothers were wounded in the ensuing withdrawal toward Bella\nCoola. This tablet commemorates the courage and fortitude of\nthose who trod the trails of early British Columbia.\nOsoyoos Custom House\nOn this site the first Colonial Custom House in the Okanagan\nValley was erected in 1861, lohn Carmichael Haynes in charge.\nFollowing the discovery of gold in British Columbia in 1858, the\nold fur-trade brigade trail, which passes nearby, became one of\nthe routes to the Cariboo used by the gold seekers.\nThere is correspondence which will lead to further site-marking in 1957, when the\nforthcoming centenary will stimulate interest in historic references. The British Columbia\nGovernment Travel Bureau has furnished a standard-size bronze plaque which is affixed\nto a permanent base by the local interests.\nREPRESENTATION\nDuring the year the British Columbia Government Travel Bureau was represented\nat meetings of the Canadian Tourist Association, Okanagan-Cariboo Trail Association,\nBritish Columbia Hotels Association, British Columbia Auto Courts and Resorts Association, and Canadian Rockies Tourist Association. At the Federal-Provincial Tourist\nConference the Bureau was represented by the Minister and his Deputy. The Bureau was\nalso represented at meetings of the regional and district Boards of Trade and of various Y 58\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\n- \\nMM\nsM!\nm\n\u00C2\u00A5\n\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00A3 $ $\m m& mx$. j\u00C2\u00AB*u\u00C2\u00AB $WM\n?\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2'\u00E2\u0080\u00A2;\nii,\ny&\n__\u00C2\u00ABf\nBronze plaque marking historic site.\ntourist bureaux throughout the Province.\nAssociation of Travel Organizations.\nMembership was maintained in the National\nCO-OPERATIVE ACTIVITIES\nThe duties and responsibilities of the British Columbia Government Travel Bureau\nare essentially those of a sales organization. Its functions are very similar to those of\nsales management in industry, and it is necessary that the Department keep in close touch\nwith those responsible for the \"commodity, packaging, and distribution.\" Its public\nrelations work and promotions, therefore, call for close liaison with the Game and Parks\nBranches and also the various sections of the catering industry as well as the Chambers\nof Commerce and tourist bureaux in Canada and abroad, which function as retail outlets\nin the merchandising set-up of tourism.\nLiaison with all Government departments has been extremely good, and we acknowledge appreciatively their quick and ready co-operation at all times. Especial appreciation\nis extended management and personnel of the Queen's Printer for technical assistance and\nready co-operation at all times. The officers of the Game Branch and Parks Branch have\nlikewise gone out of their way to serve our interests.\nThe Bureau also appreciatively acknowledges the co-operation of the Department of\nEconomic Affairs for Alberta and the Director and staff of the Alberta Travel Bureau for\nco-operative efforts beyond what would normally be called for.\nNo joint staff meetings were held in 1956 as in previous years, but exchanges\nbetween Alberta and British Columbia staff members were maintained in the interests of\nbetterment of service and advancement of knowledge in the industry, and it is hoped that\nthe meetings will be resumed in 1957. British Columbia has also received the generous\nco-operation of the Automobile Club of Southern California, the National Automobile\nClub, the State automobile clubs of California, Oregon, and Washington, and the automobile clubs of British Columbia. The oil companies' travel bureaux co-operated very\nJ REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, 1956 Y 59\nclosely without exception and were also considerate of our interests when discussing road\nreports and accommodations. The regional and community travel bureaux at Kamloops,\nNanaimo, Hope, Vernon, New Westminster, Chilliwack, Trail, Kimberley, Kelowna,\nRevelstoke, Nelson, Cranbrook, Courtenay, and a score of other centres co-operated fully\nwith the Bureau and helped it to round out a comprehensive programme of promotion\nand service. The Victoria and Island Publicity Bureau and the Vancouver Tourist Association rendered a tourist service which extended beyond their immediate interests and\nshould be especially credited.\nAt all times the Canadian Customs and Immigration Officers at border points cooperated fully. Without exception, they handled the Bureau's literature and furnished\ninformation when requested in a manner which has been very frequently and favourably\ncommented on.\nParticularly friendly liaison has been maintained and full co-operation is gratefully\nacknowledged between the Bureau and the Canadian Government Travel Bureau in\nOttawa, its offices in New York and Chicago, and the Canadian consulates in Los Angeles,\nSan Francisco, and Seattle. At all times the resources and facilities of these offices have\nbeen placed at the disposal of the Bureau and the travel representative, and frequently\ntaken advantage of.\nPHOTOGRAPHIC BRANCH\nField work for our four photographers commenced in early June and continued\nthrough until the end of September.\nStill Assignments\nA special trip was made into the Interior of British Columbia for the purpose of\nphotographing picnic and camp sites as well as other facilities offered the tourist to British\nColumbia. A wide selection of black and white photographs as well as colour transparencies resulted from this trip. An extensive trip was taken in the Highway No. 16\narea, concentrating mainly on sport fishing and the historical Indian villages near Kispiox.\nAnother trip was taken for the purpose of obtaining new photographs of the Okanagan\nValley, East and West Kootenays, and the Revelstoke-Big Bend area. Scenic shots were\ntaken of Vancouver Island, centring mainly on the northern cities and tourist focal points.\nFull coverage was given the Swiftsure and P.I.Y.A. Yacht Races, as well as the carving, erection, and dedication ceremonies of the world's tallest totem-pole in Victoria.\nApproximately 1,200 negatives were taken to cover the above-mentioned assignments.\nDuring the year the Photographic Branch completed still assignments for the\nDepartment of Agriculture, Department of Health and Welfare, Department of Lands\nand Forests, Department of Mines, Provincial Archives, Provincial Museum, Department of the Provincial Secretary, Department of Public Works, Queen's Printer, Department of the Attorney-General, Department of Highways, Department of Fisheries, as\nwell as the British Columbia Power Commission, British Columbia Resources Conference, Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company, and Government House. These assignments included Chilliwack and Haney Fall Fairs, cattle inoculation in Saanich, hospitals\nthroughout British Columbia, historical sites and events, Indian lore in British Columbia,\nopening of Legislature and M.L.A. portraits, new buildings throughout British Columbia,\nhighway and bridge construction throughout British Columbia, Hells Gate fishways,\nLadore Dam, railway construction and inaugural trip on Pacific Great Eastern Railway.\nMotion Pictures\nDuring the year the Photographic Branch released three films, namely: \" Forward,\"\na film on British Columbia secondary industries; \"Legend of the West,\" travelogue of\nthe Cariboo and Chilcotin areas; and \"The Road Home,\" a film showing the services\nprovided by the Department of Health and Welfare to the rehabilitation of polio patients. Y 60 BRITISH COLUMBIA\nThe industrial film \" Forward,\" a sequel to \" Johnny's Heritage,\" was previewed in the\nHotel Vancouver at a joint meeting of the British Columbia Products Bureau and the\nAdvertising and Sales Bureau. There was an approximate attendance of 320. \" Legend\nof the West\" was previewed in Williams Lake and Quesnel, with a capacity audience\nin both cities. The film \" Road Home \" was distributed through the Department of\nHealth and Welfare and previewed in Ottawa, Regina, and Montreal to a large representation of Health Department officials, and reports show that it was highly recommended by all who saw it.\nThe major motion-picture project of this year is the filming of sport fishing in\nBritish Columbia for the Government Travel Bureau. Although this assignment provided\nthe problem of being in the right location when the fish were running, a good coverage\nwas obtained and field shooting completed. The major fishing areas covered by this\nfilm will be Vancouver Island for salmon, Kamloops to represent trout-fishing, and Kispiox River for steelhead.\nThe International Yachting Regatta was covered by both still- and motion-picture\ncameramen. A good selection of motion pictures of the races, with a back-drop of the\nGulf Islands, were taken. These, now on file, will prove very useful in future films.\nA complete coverage was made for the Pacific Great Eastern of the first work-train\ntrip from Squamish to North Vancouver, inaugural trip of the Pacific Great Eastern\nRailway from North Vancouver to Prince George, and the extended trip into the Peace\nRiver area. Along with the motion pictures, a complete still photographic coverage was\nmade for publicity purposes and Pacific Great Eastern records.\nOne of the major motion-picture projects of the year is a film for the Department\nof Highways. Numerous field-trips have been made by our staff throughout all the major\nand several of the smaller highway networks of the Province, to show the various steps\nin the large highway programme, from highway location to the completed highways.\nUpon completion, the purpose of this film will be to show not only what is required to\nbuild a highway in this Province, but also to publicize the vast improvements that have\nand are being made for automobile travel in this Province. These assignments also gave\nseveral good opportunities for the Department to take numerous scenic and highway\nphotographs for our files.\nOn all motion-picture assignments, priority has been given to the film in production.\nHowever, where at all possible, small still assignments in the areas have been covered\nfor the Government departments and additional scenic and industrial photographs taken\nfor our own files.\nFilm was provided from our footage library for a ten-minute television short for\nuse on one of Canada's better-known eastern programmes. Besides this, further footage\nwas also supplied to film companies in need of British Columbia scenes for motion pictures which would publicize the Province.\nDarkroom Production\nThis year shows an increase in the darkroom services for this and other Government\ndepartments. The number of prints produced in the year reached a total of 17,002.\nIn all, 3,240 negatives were processed. This figure covers our summer field work, photographs taken for other departments, and approximately 1,000 reproductions made from\nold prints and paintings for the Provincial Archives. Approximately ninety official portraits were taken in our studio during the year.\nGeneral Office\nThe number of letters received and sent out from the general office this year has\nexceeded that of previous years, which shows that our services are being brought to the\nattention of the public. The film library has shown a marked increase in over-the-counter REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, 1956\nY 61\nrequests as well as requests from television stations across Canada. A system of grading the condition of films has been installed so that we are able to judge which prints\nare suitable for television and other major shows.\nDuring the year the Photographic Branch received thirteen films from the National\nFilm Board for distribution purposes. Another valuable addition to our library is the\nfilm \" Kitimat Story,\" which was placed in our library by the Aluminum Company of\nCanada, in Vancouver. \"B.C.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Canada's Evergreen Playground,\" produced for the\nStandard Oil Company of Canada, is also a new addition to our library.\nRemarks\nA print from our files this year won the Gaevart Silver Medallion, and a total of\neleven honourable mentions were taken for the Department.\nA total of 300 large photographs illustrating scenic and industrial aspects of British\nColumbia were requested and supplied for display purposes.\nSummary\nSummarizing, the year 1956 has shown a substantial increase in demands for services\navailable through this branch of the Travel Bureau. Government departments are now\nrealizing the necessity and importance of the medium of still photography and motion\npictures in publicity, research, and for record purposes. This has added considerably to\nthe pressure and demands on all members of the staff.\nA list showing production and distribution follows.\nMotion Picture Shows\nTo various organizations in Victoria and environs 33\nPreview shows in the Branch theatre 52\nMotion-picture Circulation (Other than Television)\nTotal audience in British Columbia 60,000\nTotal audience in other Provinces 1,500\nTotal audience in United States (through National Film\nBoard) 459,731\nTotal audience in England (through B.C. House) 72,570\nTotal audience.\n593,801 Y 62\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nTelevision Showings\nFilms\nCKWS-TV, Kingston, Ont 16\nCHEX-TV, Peterborough, Ont 16\nCKGN-TV, North Bay, Ont 9\nCFPA-TV, Port Arthur, Ont 4\nCKRS-TV, Jonquiere, Que 16\nCFCM-TV, Quebec City, Que 1\nCBMT-TV, Montreal, Que.____ 1\nCHSJ-TV, Saint John, N.B 6\nCKCW-TV, Moncton, N.B 1\n 1\n 2\n 5\n 14\n 1\nCJON-TV, St. John's, Nfld.__\nCBWT-TV, Winnipeg, Man..\nCFQC-TV, Saskatoon, Sask._\nCFRN-TV, Edmonton, Alta._\nCJLH-TV, Lethbridge, Alta._\nCHEK-TV, Victoria, B.C.\u00E2\u0080\u0094-\nEstimated Audience\nper Show\n269,300\n35,000\n14,500\n14,010\n22,000\n110,000\n1,401,000\n135,848\n60,000\n57,723\n207,000\n65,000\n159,000\n39,600\n30,000\nTotal.\n2,619,981\nStill Photographs\nDuring the year, photographs were sent complimentary to writers, publishers, and\nadvertising agents, as follows:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nBritish Columbia 5,900\nOther Provinces 1,048\nUnited States 549\nForeign 82\nTotal released for publication.\n7,579\nGeneral Office\nDuring the year the general office work consisted of running the Branch film library,\nselecting and captioning photographs, keeping records, filing and dealing with correspondence.\nVICTORIA, B.C.\nPrinted by Don McDiarmid, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty\n1957\n810-157-6481 "@en . "Legislative proceedings"@en . "J110.L5 S7"@en . "1957_V03_06_Y1_Y62"@en . "10.14288/1.0349152"@en . "English"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "Victoria, BC : Government Printer"@en . "Images provided for research and reference use only. For permission to publish, copy or otherwise distribute these images please contact the Legislative Library of British Columbia"@en . "Original Format: Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Library. Sessional Papers of the Province of British Columbia"@en . "Department of Trade and Industry REPORT For the Year Ended December 31st 1956"@en . "Text"@en . ""@en .