296 ' Forestry Quarterly. 



The western associations last season patrolled 20 million acres, 

 representing fully 500 billion feet, one-fifth of the total stand in 

 the community. 



They kept about 450 patrolmen in the field, supplied these with 

 the necessary extra help to handle fires and built hundreds of 

 miles of telephone lines and trails. What is more to the point, 

 they kept the area of merchantable timber burned over down to 

 14,000 acres, or about i/i6th of i per cent, of the area protected. 

 Only about 700,000,000 feet of timber was damaged by fire, and 

 most of this will be logged without loss. The actual destruction 

 was only about 76,000,000 feet, or about i/70th of i per cent. 

 They spent, to make this remarkable record, about $200,000 or a 

 cent an acre for the entire area guarded, although, as it was 

 necessary to protect fully double the area that actually contributed, 

 the cost to association members averaged about 2 cents an acre on 

 their own holdings. 



The most important development in this direction of protection 

 against fire is, however, the effort of the Canadian Railway Com- 

 mission, which through the agency of Mr. Clyde Leavitt, as Chief 

 Fire Inspector, has organized fire protection on around 25,000 

 miles of railroad, bringing all official agencies at the same time 

 into co-operation. 



To give an idea how this big machine is run we print parts of 

 the orders issued by Mr. Leavitt. 



To General Manager, — R. R. You are hereby notified that in 

 accordance with the provisions of Order 16570 of the Board of 

 Railway Commissioners you are required to establish upon such 

 portions of the Canadian Pacific Railway and of the lines under 

 its control as are hereinafter described, a force of fire rangers fit 

 and sufificient for efficient patrol and fire fighting duty during 

 the period from April ist, 1913, to November ist, 1913, except 

 in so far as you may be relieved in writing from such patrol by 

 the Chief Fire Inspector or other authorized officer of the Board. 



Patrols. The details of the patrols required are as follows, it 

 being understood that unless otherwise specified the patrol shall 

 be continuous between the hours of seven in the morning and six 

 in the evening of each day, including Sundays, with a minimum 

 patrol so far as possible of two round trips per day, one in the 

 forenoon and one in the afternoon. 



Manitoba Division. On the Fort William, Ignace and Kenora 

 Sub-divisions, between Fort William and Whitemouth, 365.5 



