1921-22 



DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS 



207 



Repayments. 



Accrued interest due $ 95,079.46 



Accrued interest received 86,338 . 37 or 90 . 80% 



Payment on principal due 198,356 . 17 



Payments on principal received 191,235.84 or 96.41% 



Total payments due 293,435 . 63 



Total payments received 277,574.21 or 94.59% 



Details of Loans Issued and Outstanding. 



District. 



No. of 

 Loans. 



Amount. 



Unpaid Principal 

 and Accrued Interest. 



Algoma 



Kenora 



Nipissing. . . . 

 Rainy River. . 



Sudbury 



Temiskaming. 

 Thunder Bay. 



Totals . . . 



38 

 198 



83 

 155 



71 

 816 

 542 



$ 12,105.00 

 72,645.00 

 30,300 00 

 49,700 00 

 37,800 00 

 249,240 00 

 175,205 00 



1,903 



$626,995 00 



$ 10,262.08 

 59,472 80 

 22,874 36 

 32,888 99 

 31,525 23 

 159,695 02 

 127,781 77 



$444,500 25 



Appendix No. 48. 



Reiort of Forestry Branch, 1921. 



Sir, — The report of the work of this Branch for the year ending 31st October, 

 1921, is given under the sections of Forest Protection, Forest Investigation, 

 Reforestation, and Forest Pathology. 



I. Forest Protection. 



(I) Legislation. 



No changes have been made in the Forest Fires Prevention Act since 1918. 

 The experiences of the past two seasons have indicated, however, that amend- 

 ments making fire-fighting compulsory and providing for jail sentences as 

 well as fines for certain infringements of the Act, are desirable. This latter 

 applies especially to the Permit Regulations. 



(2) Organization and Personnel. 



The supervision of the field force was carried on by one Forest Supervisor, 

 with headquarters at Kenora, and three Fire Inspectors, with headquarters 

 at Cochrane, Sudbury, and Parry Sound. 



A re-arrangement of Chief Ranger Districts was made, and two more 

 Chief Rangers added to the staff, making a total of thirty-two, with fifty Deputy 

 Chief Rangers. This allowed direct field supervision on the basis of one deputy 

 or chief ranger to every thirteen rangers. 



The average daily force was as follows: April, 22; May, 591; June, 1014; 

 July, 1,035; August, 1,027; September, 467; October, ii. The total number 



