California Building Permits for M.y

*Included in Los Angeles Totals.

Gain in California Lumber Production

Lumber production in California for 1936 continued its rise from the low of. 1932 with a gain of 2L.2 per cent over 1935, according to a preliminary summary of data compiled for the Census Bureau by the U. S, Forest Service.

According to a statement by L. M. Bean of the California Forest and Range Experiment Station and special agent of the Census Bureau, the total cut for the State last year was 1,189,849,000 board feet in the pine region and 453,676,ffi in the redwood region, for mills with a total cut of 50,000 board feet or over. Small mills producing less than this amount cut 834,000 board feet bringing the total lumber cut in California for 1936 to 1,644,359,000 board feet.

This is only 75 per cent of the peak production in 1936, but was 241 per cent of the low in 1932. Percentages ol increase were almost equally divided between the redwood and the pine regions, the former gaining 22,4 per cent and the latter N.7 per cent over 1935. The pine region continues to produce nearly three quarters of California's lumber with ponderosa pine the principal species forming 46.1 per cent of the total cut. Redwood forms 24.5 per cent of the State's lumber cut and sugar pine 13.6 per cent.

Late returns may change final summary figures in the published report of the Bureau of the Census. Returns from 95 per cent of California operators give the cut for the large mills as follows:

Adjourned Annual Meeting July 12

The adjourned annual meeting of the Philippine Mahogany Manufacturers' Import Association, Inc., will be held at the Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colo., Monday, JuJy 12, for the purpose of hearing reports of officers, elect' ing officers of the corporation for the ensuing year, and transacting other association business. The annual meeting was held at Los Angeles on June 14.

Rio Vista Yard To Be Rebuilt

The Rio Vista yard of the Noah Adams Lumber Company, whi'ch sufiered a loss estimated at $12,000 from a fire on June 4 which was said to have been incendiary, will be rebuilt immediately.

In the reconstruction a separate office building will be built.