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Shebandowan Lake 1 H.S.2 L. 



Orient Bay 1 H.S.2 L. 



Longlac 1 H.S. 2 L. 



1 Moth. 

 Oba Lake 1 H.S.2 L. 



1 Moth 



Remi Lake 1 Moth 



Sault Ste. Marie 1 Moth 



Biscotasing 1 Moth 



Sudbury 2 Moths 



At the beginning of the season three H.S.2 L machines were located at 

 Goose Island, but in June one of these caught fire and was burned. 



On July 15th the H.S.2 L. at Fort Frances was damaged beyond repair and 

 a machine at Kenora was sent to replace it. It in turn was also damaged 

 beyond repair on October 2nd. 



(10) Hazard Disposal 



Some work was done in cleaning up fire hazards around the towns of Sioux 

 Lookout, Redditt, Biscotasing, Foleyet, and Gowganda. The work done at 

 Redditt was largely instrumental in saving that town from destruction by a 

 large fire which burned to the very edge of the fire guard which had been made. 



A bad hazard caused by windthrown timber was cleaned up on a strip 200 

 feet wide along the south side of the Caadian National Railways between Jones 

 and Favel. 



Another bad hazard was disposed of along the Kenora-Redditt Road which 

 had resulted from a fire in 1923. 



In the Oba and Cochrane Inspectorates the special work was continued in 

 disposing of slash and debris through the settlements and in encouraging settlers 

 to burn their clearing and pulpwood slash as rapidly as possible. 



Considerable work was also done in connection with the hazards created 

 by the construction of roads and power lines in all other sections of the Fire 

 Districts. 



This line of work in addition to the direct benefit in lessening the danger 

 from fires has a great moral effect upon the entire public in the districts con- 

 cerned . 



(11) Travel Permits 



The travel permit system again proved its worth in the districts in which 

 permit areas were set aside. These areas now comprise the greater part of the 

 Soo, Sudbury and North Bay Inspectorates. 



A total of 20,738 travel permits were issued during the .season. Of these 

 18,268 permits were issued for the Ferguson Highway between North Bay and 

 Latchford and in each case was for a car regardless of the number of people in 

 the car. This is an increase of 4,651 permits over 1928 for this highway alone. 



The balance of 2,470 permits issued for Mississagi and Timagami Provincial 

 Forests and other areas under the permit system covered 5,443 persons. 



