i86 FOREST commissjoxkk's kkport. 



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Report of the Forest Commissioner 5 



Law Creating Maine Forestry District 8 



Forest District Act is Constitnlional i5 



Revised Fire Laws for Towns I9 



Act Prohibiting the Use of Fire Arms in Dry Times 2t 



Benjamin C. Jordan Fnnd 24 



Forest Fires of 191 1 26 



Fires of 191 1 on Incorporated Towns 28 



Sumary of 191 r Fires on Incorporated Towns 30 



Fires of 191 1 on Unincorporated Townships 31 



Summary of 191 1 Fires on I'nincorporated Townships 33 



Forest Fires of 1912 34 



Fires of 1912 on Incorporated 'J'owns 36 



Summary of 1912 Fires on Incorporated Towns 37 



Fires of 1912 on Unincorporated 'I'ownships 38 



Summary of 1912 Fires on Unincorporated Townships 40 



Patrol and Lookout System 4^ 



Location of Lookout Station s 42 



Financial Statement 55 



Federal Cooperation 57 



Cooperation witli Xew I Ianii)sliire 64 



Report Forestry Department, University of Maine 65 



Conclusion and Recommendations of Forest Commissioner 76 



The Wood-Using Industries of Maine ' 83-185 



The Wood-Using Industries of Maine: 



Forests and Water Power in Maine 85 



Purposes and Methods of tlie Study 86 



Annual Production 87 



Nomenclature 9^ 



Proportions Used 9^ 



Woods Used 92 



White Pine 92 



Paper Birch 93 



Red Spruce 94 



Balsam Fir 9^ 



