1917-18 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS, FORESTS AND MINES. 



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(5) Permits. 



The issuance of permits to settlers to set out fire for clearing land is prac- 

 tically confined to the townships based on the T. & N, 0. railway between Cobalt 

 and Cochrane and the C. G, R. from Cochrane to Hearst. In all there were 

 issued 9,590 permits covering 39,683 acres, an average of slightly more than 4 

 acres per permit, as compared with 3,486 permits for 15,186 acres in 1917. The 

 administration of the permit regulations called for a large number of special 

 rangers, as j)ermits were issued in 136 townships. The following classification 

 shows still further the scattered nature of the permit work: 



Twps. in which there were issued. No. Twps. 



Not over 25 permits 71 



26 to 50 permits 13 



51 to 100 permits 21 



101 to 200 permits 20 



201 to 300 permits 7 



Over 300 permits 4 



The majority of the permits, however, were issued in 5 Chief Ranger Dis- 

 tricts, as follows: 



District 



No. of 

 Permits 



Area 

 Burned over 



Cochrane 



Matheson 



New Liskeard 



Timmins 



Hearst 



3.493 



2,346 



2,179 



651 



514 



10,267 acres 

 7,371 " 



17.868 " 

 1,971 " 

 1.134 " 



The remaining 19 Districts in which permits were issued accounted for but 

 a little more than 4 per cent, of the total number of permits and slightly less 

 than 3 per cent, of the area. 



The permit work was heaviest in the following townships: 



C'Brien 782 permits 



Olute 726 



Glackmeyer 507 



Hislop 301 



Calder 263 



Lamarche 255 ' ' 



Fauquier 246 



Harley 24o 



Mount joy 220 ' ' 



Kearns 218 ' ' 



Pacaud 205 permits 



Kendall 188 



Armstrong 185 



Bowman 178 



Carr 175 



Dymond 166 * ' 



Hilliard 161 



Newmarket 159 



Playfair 157 



Shackle ton 149 



Summary of Permits, 1918 



Month 



Number 



April 



May 



June , 



July 



August . . . . 

 September 



Area 



69 



10,940 



12,012 



7,724 



8,339 



599 



39,683 acres 



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