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preceding month ; the number of fires which started ; the number of 

 fires extinguished, and of those not extinguished ; the extent of terri- 

 tory burned; and the amount of expense, if any, incurred by the license 

 holder in extinguishing the fires. 



If a license holder fails to make a return within the delay fixed or 

 if he does not employ the number of fire-rangers fixed by the Minister, 

 the latter may then have the patrolling done, with all necessary super- 

 vision and charge the whole cost thereof to the license holder, and the 

 amount fixed by the Minister shall be final. 



The return made by an association of holders of licenses to cut 

 timber, for the protection of their limits against fire, shall be sufficient 

 if it includes all the limits belonging to each member of such association. 



The formation of district forestry associations on a 

 business basis is encouraged by the Department, and all 

 timber limit holders are required to join their district asso- 

 ciation or to patrol their limits themselves. Where there 

 is water communication, patrol is made by canoe. Along 

 the railways which traverse the forest, speeders are em- 

 ployed. There is also a hydroplane service and a tramp- 

 ing patrol through the woods, besides lookout stations on 

 elevated points, telephone lines, pumps, etc. Lectures 

 are given in various sections of the Province on forestry 

 problems by members of the forestry service, illustrated 

 by moving pictures and lantern slides. 



You do not need me to tell you of the necessity of 

 forest preservation for the maintenance of the regularity 

 of the flow of water in our rivers and streams, for the pre- 

 vention of inundations, or for assuring to our water powers 

 the necessary capacity to produce all desired energy es- 

 sential to the public welfare. As business men you realize 

 the potential value of the forest to industries and to the 

 capital and labor alike interested therein. As sportsmen 

 you probably have not needed me to insist so much upon 

 the necessity of the forest to fish and game life. All 

 sportsmen are lovers of the woods, and surely it becomes 

 us all to raise our voices whenever and wherever the op- 

 portunity occurs for their preservation. Settlers and 

 others in this New World are too apt to regard a forest 



