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Remi Lake 1 Moth. 



Sault Ste. Marie 1 Moth. 



Biscotasing 1 Moth. 



Sudbury 2 Moths. 



(10) Hazard Disposal. 



A special effort which was made to dispose of the great amount of slash which 

 has been accumulating in the clay belt region during the last few years met with 

 considerable success. In some districts special crews of men were employed to 

 handle particularly bad slashes but ordinarily settlers were encouraged to dispose 

 of their own slash. 



In addition to the above bad hazards were disposed of along travelled 

 routes and around some northern settlements. 



(11) Travel Permits 



The practice was continued of requiring persons to obtain travel permits 

 before entering certain sections of Temagami and Mississagi Forest Reserves and 

 before travelling along the Ferguson Highway between Cook's Mills and Latch- 

 ford. 



A total of 15,406 travel permits were issued during the season, 224 of these 

 being for Mississagi Forest Reserve, 1,565 for Temagami Forest Reserve and 

 13,617 for the Ferguson Highway. 



The permits issued for the highway all covered automobiles, one permit to a 

 car, so that these 13,617 permits probably covered over 40,000 people. 



(12) Meteorological Studies 



The Dominion Meteorological Service provided daily special weather fore- 

 casts throughout the fire season which were of great value. This service also 

 continued to co-operate in a study to determine the relationship between different 

 weather factors and forest fire hazards. 



(13) Miscellaneous 



A considerable amount of aerial photography and mapping was undertaken 

 to provide more accurate information on topography and forest types. Reliable 

 information of this kind is particularly important for forest fire suppression. 



Further experiments were carried out in connection with the development 

 of landscape maps for use in lookout towers. These experiments warrant the 

 conclusion that a satisfactory map of this type is possible. 



An effort was also made to determine the possibility of classifying by aerial 

 survey the different ground covers on the basis of relative inflammability. No 

 conclusions are yet possible in this connection. 



II. — Report of the Director of Air Service 



Introduction. 



The season of 1928 was the most successful yet enjoyed by the Provincial 

 Air Service of the Ontario Government. In 1927, the Moth seaplane was intro- 

 duced as an addition to the existing equipment for detection duties. 



This type of aircraft proved so successful that in 1928 a further five machines 

 of this type were added, making a total of nine. 



