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Elzevir to the south-west angle of said township ; thence easterly along the south 

 boundaries of the Townships of Elzevir, Kaladar, Kennebec, Olden, Oso and South 

 Sherbrooke, to the south-east angle of the Township of South Sherbrooke ; thence 

 north-westerly along the easterly boundaries of the Townships of South and 

 North Sherbrooke to the southerly boundary of the Township of Lavant ; thence 

 north-easterly along the southerly boundaries of the Townships of Lavant and 

 Darling, to the south-easterly angle of the Township of Darling; thence north- 

 westerly along the easterly boundaries of the Townships of Darling and Bagot, 

 to the north-easterly angle of the Township of Bagot ; thence south-westerly 

 along the northerly boundaries of the Townships of Bagot and Blitheh'eld, to the 

 easterly boundary of the Township of Brougham ; thence north-westerly along 

 the easterly boundaries of the Townships of Brougham, Grattan, Wilberforce and. 

 Alice, to the waters of the Upper Allumette Lake ; thence north-westerly, follow- 

 ing the water's edge of said lake and the Ottawa River to the head of Lake 

 Temiscamingue ; thence due north along the boundary between the Provinces of 

 Ontario and Quebec, to the northern boundary of the Province of Ontario ; 

 thence westerly along the said northern boundary to its intersection with the 

 production northerly of Provincial Land Surveyor Albert P. Salter's meridian line 

 between the said ranges numbers twenty-one and twenty-two west, and thence 

 southerly along said meridian line produced to the place of beginning. 



District No. 2. All that part of the said Province lying west of Provincial 

 Land Surveyor Albert P. Salter's meridian line between ranges twenty-one and 

 twenty-two west, near Bruce Mines, in the District of Algoma, and west of the 

 said meridian line produced to the northern boundary of the Province, the said 

 meridian line being the western boundary of the Fire District established by the 

 Proclamation of March 27th, 1878. 



THE ONTARIO FIRE-RANGING SYSTEM. 



In 1888 the Department of Crown Lands (Ontario), inaugurated a system of 

 fire ranging, explained in the circular-letter to limit-holders given below, the cost 

 of which is borne in equal parts by the Province and the lumbermen. It is very 

 generally adopted by limit-owners and is believed to have been instrumental in 

 greatly reducing the annual loss through forest fires : 



Sir, The Commissioner of Crown Lands, feeling the importance of creating 

 some better organization for preventing the destruction of the forest by fire, has 

 approved of a scheme, the piincipal points of which are herein stated to you, so 

 that you may, should the position of your limits make it desirable, avail yourself 

 of its advantages. 



It is proposed that during the dangerous period, say from the first day of 

 May to the first day of October in each year, there shall be placed on such limits 

 as are exposed to danger a man or men who will be empowered and instructed to 

 use every tndeavor to prevent and suppress fires in every way possible, and the 

 ranger who is placed in charge of a limit will be authorized to engage whatever 

 help may be necessary to cope with a dangerous fire where prompt action is 

 necessary ; these men will be supplied copies of the " Fire Act," and instructed to 

 post them up in public and conspicuous places, to visit each person resident on 

 the limit and give them, if thought advisable, a copy of the Act, explaining to 

 them its provisions, penalty for its infraction, etc., and to endeavor to enlist their 

 assistance and sympathy to make the Act effective. 



The department will leave the limit holder to suggest the number cf men 

 who should be placed on his limit, and as it is of all things necessary that prac- 



