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DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS 



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NuMBEiR Or Men On ~rEMPOR/RRy Sr^rr At Different Periods. 



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National Railways, and from Addington to Maberly, and Oconto to Ashdod on 

 the Canadian Pacific Railway. There was one Chief Ranger District, Trent, 

 with headquarters at Dacre. 



The total field supervisory staff for the seven Inspectorates, which were 

 divided into thirty-six Chief Ranger Districts, consisted of twelve Foresters, 

 one Forester Supervisor, three Fire Inspectors, thirty-six Chief Rangers, and 

 eighty-three Deputy Chief Rangers. This allowed direct supervision of one 

 Chief or Deputy Chief Ranger to every ten rangers. 



The average daily force, including the Chief and Deputy Chief Rangers, 

 was as follows: April, 24; May, 692; June, 1,160; July, 1,251; August, 1,218; 

 September, 797; October, 133. The largest number of men on duty at any one 

 time, including 119 Chief and Deputy Chief Rangers, was 1,267. 



Including the Chief and Deputy Chief Rangers there were 205 men on duty 

 on the first day of May. By the 15th of the month the number had increased 

 to 699, and by the first of June to 1,104. On the 15th of June the total number 

 was 1,166; on the first of July, 1,198; on the 15th of July, 1,257; on the first 

 of August, 1,220; on the 15th of August, 1,223. In some of the outlying dis- 



