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get the poles out and they promised to do so. I will go down 

 again soon and burn it." 



THE RESERVES AS PLEASURE RESORTS. 



There are many beautiful lakes on the forest reserves and 

 some of these are being now freely used as summer resorts. It 

 seems to me that this should be encouraged. The campers are 

 not a menace to the forest, in fact they are a protection, as they 

 have personal interest in guarding the forest against fire. Besides, 

 with campers on the lakes when a fire occurs there are people at 

 hand to help to extinguish it. Therefore, the Department has 

 under consideration the advisability of renting camp sites on 

 the shores of these lakes, the leases to be made out for ten years, 

 renewable at the discretion of the Superintendent of Forestry 

 and cancellable at any time for any misuse or menace to the 

 forest reserve. 



