EEPORT OF THE No. 3 



seeing that the lumberers' rangers are on duty and that aril limits are properly 

 protected. If the licensees neglect to put on the necessary rangers the Depart- 

 ment puts them on and charges the remuneration and expense against the limit, 

 withholding the license until the indebtedness is paid. The supervising rangers 

 — 8 in number — are paid by the Department in the first place, but the expense 

 and wages are collected from the licensees pro rata, according to the miles under 

 license to each. 



Several fires occurred last year. A few in the Mississaga Forest Reserve, 

 which necessitated the sale of some timber berths in order that the timber should 

 be cut during the present season. There was also a serious fire in the Algonquin 

 Park which was extinguished with difficulty and not until considerable timber 

 was damaged. This timber was offered for sale but owing to the depression in 

 the timber trade no bids were obtained. On the whole, however, the fires on 

 lands of the Crown were not serious and except as above stated, no losses were 

 incurred. There were several fires on licensed territory, notably in the Townships 

 of Parkin, Goschen and Montgomery. In all these cases the licensees made pre- 

 parations to cut the damaged timber and it will not come out this winter. The 

 Georgian Bay Lumber Company lost their camps and supplies. Altogether, their 

 loss of $10,000.00 was entailed by the carelessness of someone. 



Forest Eeserves. 



Temagami forest reserve contains an area of 6,000 miles. It has had the 

 usual staff of firerangers in it during the past year and no fires have taken place. 



Mississaga forest reserve is tributary to a river of the same name. The 

 original area of this reserve was 3,000 miles, but last year there was added to it 

 1,896 miles, so that it now contains an area of 4,896 miles. One or two fires 

 occurred in the reserve during the past year, which are referred to under the 

 heading of fireranging. 



Nipigon forest reserve contains an area of 7,300 miles. It surrounds Lake 

 Nipigon, a large lake. While it does not contain a great quantity of pine there 

 is considerable pine in it and an enormous quantity of pulp timber, spruce, etc. 

 There were no fires in this reserve during the past year. 



What was called the Quetico reserve in Eainy Lake District contains an 

 area of 1,500 miles, and has a large quantity of pine timber in it. It is now 

 changed into a park, and is known as the Quetico Provincial Park. 



The Eastern forest reserve is situated in the County of Addington and has 

 an area of 100 square miles. There vere no fires in this reserve during the past 

 year. 



Sibley reserve contains an area of 70 miles and is preserved principally to 

 keep the promontory called "Thunder Cape" covered with timber. There were 

 no fires in this reserve during the past year. 



Algonquin National Park contains an area of 2,741 square miles. There was 

 one serious fire in it during the past summer. 



Railways. 



There was a staff of firerangers on the Transcontinental, the T. & N. 0., 

 the Canadian Northern and the Algoma Central. No serious fires occurred except 

 in the Algonquin Park already referred to, and greater care is "being exercised' 

 from year to year to prevent the spread of forest fires from railways. 



