1921-22 



DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS 



209 



CLASSIFICATION OF FOREST FIRES. 

 By Month. 



Month. 



1921 



1920 



1919 



1918 



1917 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



No. 



April and May 



June 



July 



August 



September and October 



Totals 



301 

 290 

 475 

 97 

 106 



422 

 309 



142 

 300 

 114 



362 

 414 

 613 

 377 

 14- 



294 

 273 

 124 

 268 

 6 



449 

 320 

 158 

 117 

 66 



1,269 



1,287 



1.780 



965 



1,110 



By Origin. 



Origin. 



Settlers 



Campers 



Railways 



Lightning 



Logging operations 



Miscellaneous 



Unknown 



1921 



No. 



122 

 112 

 188 

 139 

 64 

 14 

 630 



1,269 



Percent. 



9.6 



8.8 



14.8 



11.0 



5.0 



1.1 



49.7 



100.0 



1920 1919 1918 1917 



Percent. 



11.0 



11.7 



23.9 



1.1 



4.6 



7.2 



40.5 



100.0 



Percent. 



7.7 

 9.2 



37.0 

 3.0 

 2.5 

 4.3 



36.3 



100.0 



Percent, 



8.1 

 9.7 



46.5 

 3.8 

 4.1 

 4.6 



23.2 



100.0 



Percent. 



8.2 



13.9 



49.5 



2.9 



4.1 



3.6 



17.8 



100.0 



By Size. 



Of the total number of fires, settlers were responsible for 122, or 9.6 per cent. 

 A large part of these (45) were permit fires which for various reasons were 

 allowed to get beyond control. Included in this 122 were also 11 fires set without 

 permits, and in connection with which court proceedings were instituted. 

 Convictions were secured in ten instances, the penalties ranging all the way 

 from a fine of ten dollars and costs to one hundred dollars and costs, and in 

 one case a sentence of thirty days' hard labor was imposed. 



The number of fires known to be caused by campers was 112, or 8.8 per 

 cent of the total. 



14 L.F. 



