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The Sudbury Inspectorate, with headquarters at Sudbury, was under the 

 direct supervision of a District Forester, who was assisted by three Foresters, 

 one of whom was in charge of the North Bay Chief Ranger District, and one in 

 charge of the the Sudbury North and Sudbury South Chief Ranger Districts, 

 and by two Fire Inspectors, one of whom also acted as Chief Ranger in the 

 Foleyet East Chief Ranger District. There were eleven Chief Ranger Districts 

 in the Inspectorate: Foleyet West with headquarters at Elsas; Foleyet East 

 with headquarters at Gogama; Mississagi West with headquarters at Chapleau; 

 Mississagi East with headquarters at Biscotasing; Webbwood with head- 

 quarters at Nairn; Sudbury North with headquarters at Skead; Sudbury South 

 with headquarters at Sudbury; North Bay with headquarters at North Bay; 

 Temagami West with headquarters at Mattagami Post; Temagami North with 

 headquarters at Elk Lake, and Temagami East with headquarters at Tema- 

 gami. The Mississagi West District was enlarged somewhat by the addition 

 of some territory on the west from the A.C.R. and Franz Districts. 



The Georgian Bay Inspectorate, with headquarters at Parry Sound, was 

 directly supervised by a District Forester assisted by one Forestry Assistant, 

 The Inspectorate was divided into two Chief Ranger Districts instead of three 

 as in the year previous: Georgian Bay West with headquarters at Parry Sound, 

 and Geor^Lian Bay East with headquarters at Powassan. 



The Algonquin Inspectorate was under the direct supervision of a District 

 Forester assisted by a Forestry Assistant, the headquarters being at Pembroke. 

 There were two Chief Ranger Districts, Algonquin North with headquarters 

 at Pembroke, and Algonquin South with headquarters at Brule Lake. 



The Trent Inspectorate, with headquarters at Tweed, was directly super- 

 vised by a District Forester assisted by a Forestry Assistant. There was one 

 Chief Ranger District, Trent, with headquarters at Dacre. 



The total field supervisory staff for the eight inspectorates, which were 

 divided into thirty-six Chief Ranger Districts, consisted of eleven technical 

 foresters, one Forest Supervisor, four Fire Inspectors, one Assistant Fire Inspec- 

 tor, thirty-six Chief Rangers and ninety-one Deputy Chief Rangers. This 

 allowed direct supervision of one Chief or Deputy Chief Ranger to an average 

 of every six rangers. 



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

 was as follows: April, 91; May, 627; June, 840; July, 849; August, 844; 

 September, 726; October, 96. The largest number of men on duty at any one 

 time, including 127 Chief and Deputy Chief Rangers, was 853. 



Including the Chief and Deputy Chief Rangers there were 24 men on 

 duty on the Istday of April. By the 15th of the month the number had increased 

 to 62, and by the 1st of May to 264. On the 15th of May the total number was 

 648; on the 1st of June, 822; on the 15th of June, 842; on the 1st of July, 847; 

 on the 15th of July, 848; on the 1st of August, 845; on the 15th of August, 

 841; on the first of September, 835; on the 15th of September, 806. During 

 the latter part of September it was possible to discontinue the patrols in most 

 of the outlying districts, so that by the end of the month the total number of 

 men on duty had been reduced to 377. There were 82 men on duty on October 

 15th and 25 at the end of the month. 



(3) Expenditures 



The total expenditure for the year was $1,261,309.74, less $80,000 trans- 

 ferred to a charge against Forest Ranging to cover air operations in connection 

 with that work, leaving the actual charge against Forest Protection at $1,181,- 

 309.74. The amount of fire tax collected for the year was $266,488.13. 



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