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AVERAGE NUMBER OF RAILWAY FIRES PER HUNDRED MILES OF LINE 



THROUGH FOREST SECTIONS 



Railway 



1931 



1930 



1929 



1928 



1927 



1926 



1925 



Canadian National Railways (exclusive of 

 northern line) 



Canadian Pacific Railway 



Canadian National Railways (northern trans- 

 continental line only) 



Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway 



Algoma Eastern Railway 



Algoma Central and Hudson Bay Railway. . 



Nipissing Central Railway 



1.8 

 0.8 



6.2 



1.9 



2.1 

 2.0 



1.4 

 3.3 



14.8 

 2.8 



2.3 



4.2 

 5.0 



2.9 



0.5 

 2.3 

 1.2 



1.4 

 3.4 



0.7 

 0.5 

 1.1 

 1.6 



1.7 

 1.5 



2.3 



3.4 



3.7 



1.8 



1.7 



1.7 



3.5 



1.0 

 1.9 



3.3 



2.2 



2.4 

 2.4 



0.3 

 1.1 

 9.4 

 6.1 



2.4 



RAILWAY FIRES 



Railway 



Per cent, of Total Number of 

 Railway Fires 



1931 1930 1929 1928 1927 



1926 1925 



Canadian National Railways (exclusive of 

 northern line) . . : 



Canadian Pacific Railway 



Canadian National Railways (northern trans- 

 continental line only) 



Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway 



Algoma Eastern Railway 



Algoma Central and Hudson Bay Railway. . 



Nipissing Central Railway 



36.1 

 12.4 



9.3 

 33.0 

 2.0 

 5.2 

 2.0 



33.7 

 25.2 



9.2 

 13.4 

 10.9 



7.6 



44.1 

 39.8 



11.8 

 1.1 

 1.1 

 2.1 



29.6 

 54.1 



5.1 

 2.0 

 1.0 

 5.1 



39.3 

 27.0 



10.1 



29.7 

 46.6 



6.8 

 5.9 



12.4 



9.3 



38.3 

 29.7 



1.6 



3.1 



6.2 



15.6 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



100.0 



CLASSIFICATION OF FOREST AREAS BURNED OVER 



