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REPORT OF THE FOREST COMMISSION. 



establishment of the U. S. weather service here twenty-four 

 years ago." These conditions grew more severe in August, 

 the whole rainfall being limited to locally distributed and brief 

 thunder showers. Large fires, however, were not encountered 

 save on a few specific dates when the wind again made any 

 spark a potential fire of large area. The total number of sum- 

 mer fires, 156, is less than those of the same three months last 

 year, although conditions were more dangerous. The rainfall 

 in the two fall months was normal and there were almost m> 

 fires. 



TABLE II. FOREST FIRES IN 1913, AND IN PREVIOUS YEARS, 



t Burned less than five acres. 



