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to 806,000 acres in iyi6 — due to shortage of funds and depletion of 

 staff on account of war conditions. In the same province on Dominion 

 forest reserves in the railway belt the average patrol district was 194,- 

 000 acres in 1914 and 175,000 acres in 1915 and 1916 — an increase in 

 intensiveness, notwithstanding the war. On Dominion forest reserves 

 in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba the average patrol district 

 decreases from 285,000 acres in 1914 to 199,000 acres in 1916. On 

 Dominion Crown lands outside the forest reserves in these three prov- 

 inces the corresponding figures are 1,200,000 acres and 1,047,000 acres 

 respectively, showing a much more intensive patrol on the forest re- 

 serves than on the vast areas of unorganized more or less forested 

 lands outside, including a very considerable area withdrawn for pro- 

 posed new reserves, pending action by Parliament. 



The average actual cost of patrol per acre, exclusive of fire fighting 

 and improvements, for the total area patrolled is given as follows : 



1914 1915 1Q16 



British Columbia— iCcis) (.Cents) (Ccuts) 

 Railway Belt : 



Uominion forest reserves 46 .52 .70 



Dominion parks 22 .33 .32 



Dominion lands 83 .83 .84 



Provincial lands : 



Crown lands 15 .11 .09 



Prairie provinces — 



Dominion forest reserves 31 • .42 -47 



Dominion parks 72 44 -44 



Dominion lands 07 .08 .oq 



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