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SURVEYS 



As indicated in Part II, Appendix 16, the Crown completed and closed 

 nineteen surveys, and in five other cases surveys in progress had not been 

 completed. 



FOREST FIRE PROTECTION 



This is dealt with at length in Part III of this Report, and the details 

 appear in Appendix 20. 



REFORESTATION 



The Department's activity in this branch of the work continued, and the 

 salient features of the same appear in Part III of this Report, Appendix 

 No. 21. 



RADIO COMMUNICATIONS AND AIR SERVICE 



These undertakings are adequately treated in Appendices Nos. 22 and 23 

 of Part III of this Report 



COLLECTIONS 



Our total Collections throughout the year for all services including Land 

 Sales, Rentals, Timber Charges, etc., amount to $3,228,351.16, as detailed 

 in Appendix No. 4. Of this amount the sum of $446,701.63, considered as 

 reductions of expenditures in certain branches of operations, has been deducted, 

 leaving in such circumstances a net collection of $2,881,649.53, this in effect 

 being better by over one million dollars than the last full twelve months ending 

 October 31st, 1934. 



EXPENDITURES 



Expenditures for the year are shown in Appendix No. 7, these aggregating 

 $1,593,468.90, the necessary reductions as referred to under Collections caption 

 having been applied against the total outlay. Forest Ranging services, 

 which include Forest Fire Protection, Scaling costs, Forest Survey estimates 

 and other incidental operations, accounted for nearly $800,000.00, or approxi- 

 mately fifty per cent of the total Expenditures. Only a normal season with 

 regard to fire hazards was experienced, Providence having been generous in 

 weather dispensations. 



Air Service accounted for an outlay of some $188,869.26, while Reforesta- 

 tion cost $176,942.80, this being a capital outlay. 



The cost of services is being kept within reasonable bounds without in 

 any way affecting the efficiency of any organization. With the evident im- 

 provement in the newsprint outlook and, in certain phases of the lumbering 

 business, with the possibility of an increased export business, there will naturally 

 be a greater demand for forest products. This will increase bush operations 

 and require a corresponding increase in the scaling staff. This contingency, 

 in addition to any abnormal fire hazard conditions, must be always considered 

 a real factor in unforeseen and unprovided expenditures. 



