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manded in order that statistics may 

 be of the utmost value. 



(6) Various economies have been 

 effected, in modes of transportation, 

 allowances, expenses, and in fire fight- 

 ing. 



(7) A systematic campaign of edu- 

 cation has been conducted showing 

 every citizen what he gains from 

 forest industries, and how he may 

 assist in perpetuating the industry 

 by using care with fire. 



About 11 million acres is taxed for 

 Forest Protection purposes, and as 

 previously stated, 150 million acres 

 is patrolled. This Branch has always 

 followed the policy of attacking fires 

 at the beginning, no matter where 

 they originated, whether on lands 

 paying Forest Protection Tax or not. 

 Owners of lands which do not pay 

 such tax are required, however, to 

 give their services, and those of their 

 employees, free until the fire is ex- 

 tinguished. 



Slash Burning. 



Slash burning is ordinarily not 

 compulsory, although it usually is 

 made so in the case of timber sales. 

 Operators must, however, burn slash 

 they make within 200 feet of a rail- 

 way right-of-way, and in a number 

 of other places which are considered 

 particularly dangerous. 



Any area of slash may be declared 

 a public nuisance, if it endangers life 

 and property, and the operator in 

 such cases is required to make it 

 safe, either by burning or by con- 

 structing a fire line. This provision 

 has rarely been used, as better suc- 

 cess has attended a campaign of 

 education, many operators having 

 voluntarily decided to burn their 

 slash. 



Fire Undermining Canada's Position 

 An interesting view regarding for- 

 est conservation is expressed by Mr. 

 I. H. Weldon, President of the Pro- 

 vincial Paper Mills, Limited, To- 

 ronto, in an interview in the Toronto 

 'Globe': 



"Conservation of Canadian forests, 

 which includes, in Mr. Weldon's opin- 

 ion, a restriction of the exports of 

 pulpwood, cannot be too greatly em- 

 phasized. A cord of pulpwood ship- 

 ped Across the line to a mill in the 



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