FOREST commissioner's REPORT. 35 



The causes given for the fires of 1912 occurring in the 

 Maine Forestry District and the incorporated towns were as 

 follows: unknown, 37; lightning, 21; fishermen, 7; locomo- 

 tives, 6; campers, 5; clearing land, 4; blueberry burn, 2; farm 

 buildings, 2 ; burning nests, i ; cigar stub, i ; hot air balloon, i ; 

 portable saw mill, i ; lighted match, i ; surveying part}^ 2 ; bark 

 crew, i; fire crackers, i. 



The tabulations follow : 



