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13. This agreement shall become effective on the first day 

 of January, 1913, and shall continue in force thereafter, subject, 

 nevertheless, to the availability of funds appropriated by Con- 

 gress by the Act of March i, 191 1, and to any amendments 

 thereto or extension thereof, for the purposes herein mentioned, 

 and to any amendments which may be made hereof by mutual 

 agreement of the parties ; and it is expressly understood that 

 this agreement or any modification hereof may be terminated 

 by either party upon thirty (30) days' written notice to the 

 other. 



The following extracts are taken from the report made to the 

 federal government at the close of the season of 191 3 of protec- 

 tion on the cooperative area : 



Number and Causes of Fires. Two hundred and ninety-five 

 fires were reported by lookout watchmen and fifty-two by 

 patrolmen on cooperative territory in the Maine Forestry Dis- 

 trict. About nine thousand six hundred acres were burned over 

 with an estimated damage of twenty-five thousand one hundred 

 and two dollars. The cost of fighting fire was nine thousand 

 five hundred sixty- four dollars; also 191 1 bills for fighting fire 

 amounting to twenty thousand three hundred sixty-nine and 

 92-100 dollars were paid. Of the total of three hundred and 

 forty-seven fires reported, it was necessary to hire extra help 

 on fifty; the balance were extinguished by our regular force 

 or by other means. The causes of the fires where extra help 

 was needed are as follows: unknown, 19; clearing land, i; 

 fishermen, 3 ; cigarettes, 2 ; careless smoker, i ; engine, 7 ; lunch 

 fire, 2 ; blueberry pickers, 2 ; lightning, 2 ; camp fires, 3 ; origin 

 uncertain, i ; burning ties, i ; river drivers, 2 ; gum pickers, i ; 

 matches, i ; set intentionally, 2. Fortunately the larger fires 

 were confined to land recently burned over. 



Patrol or Lookout Work. The number of Federal Patrolmen 

 employed was twenty-eight. The State employed one hundred 

 forty-three men for patrol work. A few additional patrolmen 

 were employed by private owners but the number of these were 

 very small. A few were employed jointly by the State and 

 private owners, the expense being divided. When the weather 

 conditions would permit, employees were engaged in the con- 

 struction of telephone lines, lookout stations, trails, camps, etc. 

 The Maine Forestry District has an area of about nine and a 



