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Canadian Forestry Journal. September, ipi6 



A Comparison of Provincial Laws 



The Nova Scotia Law. 



No person shall make, kindle or 

 start a fire for the purpose of clear- 

 ing land, or other like purposes, nor 

 set up nor operate a portable steam 

 engine within sixty rods of any 

 woods, between the fifteenth day of 

 April and the first day of December 

 next following in any year, without 

 first having obtained leave in writ- 

 ing from the chief ranger or sub- 

 ranger. It shall be the duty of 

 such chief ranger or sub-ranger on 

 being requested to grant leave to 

 start such fire, or to set up or oper- 

 ate such portable steam engine, to 

 examine the place at which it is in- 

 tended to start the fire, or to set up 

 or operate the steam engine, and the 

 adjoining lands, and the timber, 

 trees and other property thereon, and 

 to refuse such request and decline to 

 grant leave, or to grant it only on 

 conditions to be performed by said 

 persons ,if in his opinion it would 

 not be safe by reason of the danger 

 of fire spreading thereon or other- 

 wise. 



British Columbia. 



During the close season (between 

 May 1 and October 1) no person, 

 firm or corporation shall set out, or 

 cause to be set out, fires in or near 

 slashings or forest debris, standing 

 or fallen timber, or bush land for the 

 purpose of burning slashings, brush, 

 grass, or other inflammable mate- 

 rial, or for any industrial purpose, 

 without first obtaining a permit 

 therefor : Provided that no person 

 shall be convicted who shall have set 

 in sfood faith and with reasonable 

 care a back-fire for the purpose of 

 stopping the progress of a fire then 

 actually burning. 



Quebec. 



No person shall, in the forest or 

 less than a mile from a forest, set 



fire to, or burn, any pile of wood, 

 branches or brushwood, or any tree, 

 shrub or other plant, or any black 

 loam or light soil, or any tree trunk 

 or tree that has been felled, at any 

 time, except for clearing purposes 

 between the 16th of November and 

 the 31st of March of the following 

 year, but between the 1st of April 

 and the 15th of November, it is ne- 

 cessary to first obtain the written 

 permission of the Minister, or of any 

 other officer of the Department 

 thereto authorized by the Minister, 

 or of the fire ranger. 



Ontario. 



Every person who, between the 

 1st day of April and the 1st day of 

 November, sets out or starts a fire 

 within a fire district for the purpose 

 of clearing land, shall exercise and 

 observe every reasonable care and 

 precaution in the setting out of 

 starting of such fire and in manag- 

 ing of and caring for it after it has 

 been set out or started, in order to 

 prevent the fire from spreading. 



Entirely Reasonable. 



St. Thomas "Times," Aug. 7, 

 1916: The reforms pressed upon the 

 Ontario Government by the Cana- 

 dian Forestry Association look en- 

 tirely reasonable, and it is hoped 

 will now receive earnest considera- 

 tion and result in early and effective 

 action. 



What Ontario Needs. 



Brockville "Recorder," Aug. 5, 

 1916: The Ontario 'forest protection 

 service stands urgently in need of 

 three main reforms which year after 

 year have been urged upon the Gov- 

 ernment bv the Canadian Forestry 

 Association, Commission of Conser- 

 vation and other bodies. 



