DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS FOR 1929 19 



Disbursements 



Expenditures for the year totalled $3,405,615.46, of which $2,179,850.23 

 was ordinary and $1,225,765.23 capital. The largest item of expenditure is for 

 fire-ranging, the cost of same being $1,677,671.00, over $450,000 in advance of 

 the previous year. The exceptionally dry season with its many fires created a 

 situation that taxed to the utmost the fire-fighting staff and caused the increase 

 in expenditure over the year 1928. Forest ranging accounted for an expenditure 

 of $456,842.02, a slight increase over last year, while reforestation cost $385,409.77. 

 The sum of $122,058.55 was spent on surveys, while $159,567.93 went towards 

 the construction of the Lac Seul Dam of which sixty per cent, is repaid by the 

 Dominion Government. For the other items included in disburesments, see 

 Appendix No. 7. 



