6 



R. E. locomotives 21 



Clearing land 20 



Smokers 14 



Hunters 9 



Fishermen 8 



Incendiary 4 



Campers 2 



Tramps 2 



Children '. 2 



Firecrackers 1 



Burning garbage 1 



Burning leaves 1 



Lightning 1 



Blasting rocks 1 



Unknown . . 14 



101 



In nearly all of the above instances the firewardens reported 

 the cause as to the best of their knowledge and belief. Although 

 they had good reasons for attributing the fire to the source speci- 

 fied in the report, they lacked the complete evidence on which to 

 convict the suspected party. For this reason the foregoing state- 

 ment of causes may not be as accurate as could be desired. 



From the details included in the report of each fire it appears 

 that three-fourths of the fires occurred in the spring. The num- 

 ber of fires in each month, incipient merely or otherwise, were : 



April 10 



May. . . 66 



June . 6 



