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The veiy size of Canada and the lack of knowledge of the 

 territory covered by her widely scattered forest regions 

 make it necessary, in the first place, to secure accurate 

 knowledge of the conditions. A survey of the territory 



Courtesy Forestry Branch, Interior Dept. 

 FIG. 9. Railway Fire Patrolman Traversing His Beat on a "Speeder." 



to be covered is the first necessity after the formation of an 

 organization for forest control. This is being done as 

 rapidly as the great extent of the work and the available 

 staff will permit. At least, lack of survey is not holding 

 back other work which it is possible to do at present. 



While organization and a knowledge of the territory 

 are both necessary, they alone would not produce results. 

 There must be a very definite plan of management. A 

 study of the practice in those parts of the world where 



