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Appendix No. 28 



REPORT OF THE FORESTRY BRANCH, 1925 



Sir, — The report of the work of this Branch for the year ending October 

 31st, 1925, is given under the sections of Forest Fire Protection, Air Operations, 

 Reforestation and Forest Investigation. 



I. Forest Fire Protection 

 (1) Legislation 



The Forest Fires Prevention Act, 1917, was further amended by adding 

 thereto a clause empowering the reeve or deputy reeve of a township to summon 

 assistance to fight forest fires within the township, the remuneration to be paid 

 to fire fighters to be as fixed by a by-law passed by the municipal council of the 

 township, or in the absence of such by-law the remuneration to be such as 

 seems just and reasonable in the judgment of the Judge of the county or district 

 in which the township is situate. 



An amendment requiring care in setting out fire within the fire districts 

 io^ any purpose whatever after the end of the close season, September 30th, 

 seems advisable. 



(2) Organization and Personnel 



In the Western Inspectorate, under the supervision of a forest supervisor 

 with headquarters at Port Arthur, a change was made in the boundary between 

 the C.G.R. West and Kenora Chief Ranger Districts, the territory north of the 

 Canadian National Railways between Favel and the Manitoba boundary being 

 transferred from the C.G.R. West to the Kenora District. Apart from this 

 one change the organization in the Inspectorate was the same as in 1924, there ^ 

 being six Chief Ranger Districts: C.G.R. West with headquarters at Sioux 

 Lookout; C.G.R. Central with headquarters at Armstrong; Kenora with head- 

 quarters at Kenora; Rainy River with headquarters at Fort Frances; Thunder 

 Bay with headquarters at Port Arthur, and Nipigon with headquarters at 

 Macdiarmid. 



The Oba Inspectorate, a new Inspectorate formed by a combination of 

 V parts of the Soo and Cochrane Inspectorates, was under the direct supervision 

 ^ of a Fire Inspector, assisted by one Assistant Fire Inspector, with headquarters 

 at Oba. The Inspectorate consisted of five Chief Ranger Districts: C.G.R. 

 East with headquarters at Nakina; Hearst with headquarters at Hearst; <p 

 Longlac with headquarters at Longlac; Franz with headquarters at Franz, and 

 Oba with headquarters at Oba. The C.G.R. East and Hearst Chief Ranger 

 Districts were previously in the Cochrane Inspectorate and the Longlac, Franz 

 and Oba Chief Ranger Districts in the Soo Inspectorate. 



The Cochrane Inspectorate, under the supervision of a Fire Inspector with 

 headquarters at Cochrane, was divided into six Chief Ranger Districts: Kapus- , 

 kasing with headquarters at Kapuskasing; Cochrane with headquarters at ^ 

 Cochrane; Abitibi with headquarters at Lowbush; Matheson with head- 

 quarters at Matheson; Timmins with headquarters at Timmins, and New 

 Liskeard with headquarters at Englehart instead of at New Liskeard as formerly. 

 The Soo Inspectorate, under the direct supervision of a District Forester 

 with headquarters at Sault Ste. Marie, was divided into three Chief Ranger u^ 

 Districts: A.C.R. with headquarters at Sand Lake; Blind River with head- 

 quarters at Blind River, and Mississagi South with headquarters at Kendi- 

 ogami Lake. 



