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REPORT OF THE 



No. 3 



(5) Permits 



The number of burning permits issued during the season was considerably 

 in excess of the number for the previous year, as was to be expected, the season 

 of 1924 being so wet in some districts as to make slash burning impossible. 

 The increase in the number of new settlers has a direct influence upon the number 

 of permits issued, but the greatest influence is probably through the efforts of 

 the field staff in educating the settlers to the use and benefits of the system. 



While the number of permits issued and the area covered by these permits 

 was greater than in the previous season, there was actually less burning done 

 because of the extremely wet weather in the Clay Belt. Hundreds of permits 

 issued were never used and there are now slash accumulations of two years 

 to be burned at the first favourable opportunity. Unless this burning is carried 

 out with the utmost caution it will be accompanied by the gravest of fire hazards. 



STATEMENT OF PERMITS ISSUED 



