1925 DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS 87 



• (4) Fires 



While the snowfall during the winter of 1923-4 was heavy the snow dis- 

 appeared fairly early in the spring and the weather was comparatively dry until 

 well on towards the end of June. A total of seventy-nine fires were reported 

 in April, the largest number on record, and by the end of June, 524 fires or 

 sixty-two per cent, of the total for the season had been reported. 



During the months of July, August and September the»hazard was com- 

 paratively low due to the frequent and well distributed rains and to the high 

 relative humidity. 



The month of October and the first few days in November were quite 

 warm and dry and a number of fires occurred, but the damage from these was 

 small. 



Taken as a whole the season was almost as abnormal for the low hazard 

 as the previous season had been for the particularly high hazard. 



