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of the township of Delhi; thence southerly along the easterly boundaries of the 

 townships of Seagram, Clary and Sheppard to the south-east angle of the town- 

 ship of Sheppard which is the point of commencement." 



"Copy of an Order-in-Council approved by the Honourable the Lieutenant- 

 Governor, dated the 21st day of August, A.D. 1929. 



Upon the recommendation of the Honourable the Minister of Lands and 

 Forests, the Committee of Council advise that pursuant to the provisions of 

 Section 7, subsection 2, chapter 291, R.S.O. 1927, during the close season (April 

 1st to September 30th) any person wishing to use fire out of doors for cooking or 

 obtaining warmth or for any purpose whatever in the following described areas 

 be required to first secure a written permit from a fire ranger: — 



(1) The townships of Jaffray, Haycock, Melick, Pettypiece, Redditt and 

 Pellatt. 



(2) Within one mile on either side of the highway between Kenora and 

 Granite Lake. 



(3) Within a radius of three miles from Ingolf Station on the Canadian 

 Pacific Railway. 



(4) Commencing at the south-easterly angle of the township of Haycock, 

 thence northerly along the easterly limit of the township of Haycock to the 

 Canadian Pacific Railway, thence easterly to the south-westerly corner of the 

 township of Langton, thence along the southerly shore of Eagle Lake and all its 

 windings to Niven Bay on the Sixty Meridian, thence westerly to the forty-fourth 

 mile post of Niven's Base Line, thence southerly twenty-three miles to Straw- 

 berry Lake, thence westerly along the Kenora-Rainy River boundary to Nester's 

 Falls, thence along the shore of Sabaskong Bay to Turtle Portage, thence along 

 the windings of the eastern shore of Whitefish Bay to Andrew Bay, Bigstone Bay 

 to the north-easterly limit of Mining Location 224-P, thence to the southerly 

 limit of the township of Haycock and easterly to the point of commencement. 



The committee further advise that every person violating the provisions of 

 this regulation shall be guilty of an offence and for each such offence shall be 

 liable to a penalty of not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) and not more 

 than Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) and in addition to imprisonment for a 

 period not exceeding ninety days, as provided by the Forest Fires Prevention 

 Act, chapter 291, R.S.O. 1927." 



(2) Organization and Personnel 



Early in the year the District Forester at North Bay resigned, his resignation 

 taking effect February 28th. The Forest Assistant there was then appointed 

 District Forester and the vacancy filled with a new assistant. 



In March the Forest Assistant at Pembroke was transferred to Kenora as 

 Assistant. This man resigned in October and has not yet been replaced. 



On the first of June a second Forest Assistant was appointed in the Georgian 

 Bay Inspectorate. 



In the Oba Inspectorate two Fire Inspectors were appointed, one with 

 headquarters at Oba and the other with headquarters at Kapuskasing. The 

 District Forester in charge was granted leave of absence as from the end of 

 September and the Forest Assistant was appointed District Forester. 



