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(3) Expenditures 



The total expenditure for the year was $847,761.39. The amount of 

 Fire Tax collected was $280,285.04 which with miscellaneous expenditure 

 refunds of $21,376.30, made up a total of $301,661.34, leaving the net 

 expenditure at $546,100.05. 



CLASSIFICATION OF EXPENDITURES 



Item 



Pay Roll 



Equipment 



Improvements 



Extra Fire Fighting 



Freight, Express, Postage, etc 



Gasoline and Oil 



Maintenance 



Travel 



Rent 



Miscellany 



Expenditure Refunds. . 

 Totals 



1935-36 



$522,197.29 



43,360.60 



2,956.37 



152,307.64 



11,711.96 



30,675.73 



61,946.85 



14,039.59 



7,889.97 



675.39 



$847,761.39 

 21,376.30 



$826,385.09 



1934 



$831,390.09 



103,697.76 



38,623.62 



295,577.87 



24,297.63 



80,560.01 



142,118.54 



31,047.54 



8,231.25 



1,907.96 



$1,557,452.27 

 35,297.65 



$1,522,154.62 



1933 



$748,288.58 



102,118.04 



24,457.97 



239,021.48 



22,833.21 



93,173.53 



107,517.05 



27,848.30 



7,578.91 



2,711.30 



$1,375,548.37 

 21,320.57 



$1,354,227.80 



(4) Fires 



Providence was again kind in that with the exception of a short period 

 at the end of May there was practically no real hazard during the summer. 



The total number of fires for the season was 1,309 with a total area burned 

 of 250,662 acres. Of this total area 83.0 per cent, was burned in the month of 

 May. 



CLASSIFICATION OF FOREST FIRES 

 By Month 



Month 



November 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August . . . 

 September 

 October. . . 



1935 



No. 



85 

 558 

 155 

 130 

 305 

 48 

 28 



1,309 



Per 

 Cent. 



6.5 

 42.6 

 11.9 



9.9 

 23.3 



3.7 



2.1 



100.0 



1934 



Per 

 Cent. 



1.3 

 30.8 

 12.1 

 27.6 

 26.3 

 1.1 

 0.8 



100.0 



1933 



Per 

 Cent. 



2.4 

 13.9 

 14.1 

 23.6 

 26.2 

 18.4 



1.4 



100.0 



1932 



Per 

 Cent. 



0.2 



6.1 

 29.8 

 32.1 



7.2 

 11.3 

 12.0 



1.3 



100.0 



1931 



Per 

 Cent. 



4.2 



7.0 



20.0 



11.6 



15.6 



31.8 



8.4 



1.4 



100.0 



1930 



Per 

 Cent. 



8.7 

 29.0 

 16.3 



5.5 

 30.0 



6.6 



3.9 



100.0 



1929 



Per 

 Cent. 



5.8 

 11.7 

 11.2 

 19.2 

 30.5 

 13.4 



8.2 



100.0 



