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Appendix No. 24 

 I — Forest Fire Protection 

 (1) Legislation 

 Sections twenty-three, twenty-four and twenty-nine of the Forest Fires 

 Prevention Act, 1930, were amended to facilitate the efforts of the Department 

 towards the removal of slash and debris, to strengthen its hand in dealing with 

 the more or less irresponsible operator and to provide for the collection of 

 Departmental costs in the case of fires caused by or as a result of a contra- 

 vention of the provisions of the Act. 



On the twenty-third day of March an Order-in-Council was passed declar- 

 ing the area within the following described boundary a "Travel Permit" area — 



"Commencing at the south-east corner of Nipigon Provincial Forest 

 thence east twenty-six miles, more or less, to the west shore of Long Lake, 

 thence northeasterly along the west shore of Long Lake to the western boun- 

 dary of the Long Lake Indian Reserve, thence north along the west boundary 

 of said Reserve to the northwest corner thereof, thence east along the north 

 boundary of said Reserve to the right-of-way of the Canadian National 

 Railways, thence northerly along the west boundary of said right-of-way to the 

 point of intersection with the south boundary of the Kowkash Mining Division, 

 thence due west twenty-two miles, more or less, to the east shore of Mountain 

 Lake, thence due south four and one-half miles, thence due west twenty-one 

 miles, more or less, to the east boundary of Nipigon Provincial Forest, thence 

 south along said east boundary fifty-four miles, more or less, to the point of 

 commencement. ' ' 



On the twenty-ninth day of May an Order-in-Council was passed with- 

 drawing from the Fire District the following areas — 



The Townships of Mclrvine, Crozier, Roddick, Burriss, Devlin, Woodyatt, 

 Aylesworth, Carpenter, Lash, Barwick, Dobie, Mather, Roseberry, Shenstone, 

 Tait, Morley, Patullo, Dilke, Worthington, Blue, Atwood, Curran, Morson. 

 McCrosson and Tovell in the district of Rainy River, the Township of Rayside 

 in the District of Sudbury, the Township of Dalton in the County of Victoria, 

 the Township of Minden and that part of the Township of Lutterworth lying 

 east and south of Gull River and Gull Lake in the County of Haliburton. 



(2) Organization and Personnel 



Few changes were made in the supervisory personnel and no extensive 

 increase in numbers. 



On march 1st the Chief Ranger at Fort Frances was promoted to the 

 position of Fire Inspector but continued to carry on the duties of Chief Ranger 

 for the Rainy River Division. 



On August 31st the two men engaged in the inspection of fire protective 

 appliances on locomotives were relieved of their duties. 



On September 15th the services of the District Forester and of the Fire 

 Inspector at Port Arthur were dispensed with and the Forest Supervisor from 

 Macdiarmid placed in charge. 



The total field supervisory staff for the twelve districts was as shown in 

 the following table and consisted of eleven District Foresters, eleven Forest 



