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REPORT OF THE 



No. 3 



STATEMENT OF PERMITS ISSUED 



Month 



Acreage Covered by Permits 



1930 



1929 



1928 



1927 



1926 



1925 



1924 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September . . , 

 October 



Totals 



4,888 

 14,134 

 10,696 

 7,263 

 6,871 

 4,923 

 1,503 



2,662 

 9,882 

 24,581 

 8,627 

 2,693 

 2,302 

 1,005 



701 



21,435 



23,453 



9,589 



5,796 



1,812 



119 



7,138 



15,265 



13,896 



5,662 



8,408 



4,742 



651 



3,686 



13,484 



12,020 



7,521 



4,434 



4,800 



43 



7,981 

 12,397 

 5,851 

 7,685 

 6,667 

 6,546 

 41 



50,278 



51,752 



62,905 



55,762 



45,988 



47,168 



4,956 

 2,812 

 10,188 

 3,546 

 5,021 

 9,450 

 52 



36,025 



(6) Equipment 



All the various kinds of equipment used by the forest protection organization 

 was again subjected to strenuous use due to the character of the fire season. 

 In the western part of the Province the fire fighting equipment on hand was 

 not nearly sufficient to meet the needs and it was necessary to augment the 

 stock by purchases of new material and by transferring from the east all that 

 could be spared. The almost continuous use of fire pumps and other such 

 articles naturally resulted in great wear and tear but the equipment on the 

 whole stood up wonderfully well. 



Of the new equipment purchased, the Port Arthur Inspectorate received 

 a goodly portion because of the small stock there and the high fire hazard. 



The most important addition to the equipment supply was eighty fire 

 fighting units with 294,500 feet of hose. These units paid for themselves many 

 times over in enabling the control of some of the larger fires which otherwise 

 would probably have burned unchecked until the autumn rains. 



To accommodate the many fire fighting crews it was necessary to purchase 

 additional tents and blankets. More canoes were also necessary for transporta- 

 tion, but the greater number of those purchased were for replacement. 



Of the thirty-four automobiles purchased seventeen were replacements. 

 These cars are practically all half-ton trucks. 



