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BOARD OP^ AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Comparative Causes of Forest Fires for the Past Three Years, 



FOEEST-FIRE EQUIPMENT. 



The Legislature last spring passed an act authorizing the 

 State Treasurer to reimburse towns, having a valuation of one 

 and a half millions or less, 50 per cent, of whatever sum they 

 might spend for forest-fire-fighting equipment, provided this 

 sum does not exceed $500, and provided also that the equip- 



