APPENDIX. 



Extracts from the Statutes of the Dominion of Canada, 



AND of the different PROVINCES OF THE DOMINION, 



CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF THE 



FOREST AGAINST FIRE. 



The protection of the forests against fire is so important a 

 subject that I have thought it well to extract all the legisla- 

 tive matter appertaining to it which appears in the statutes 

 of the Dominion and of the different provinces. These ex- 

 tracts, placed as an appendix at the end of the Canadian 

 Forester's Guide, in which a special chapter is devoted to 

 bush-fii-es, and to the means to combat them, will serve as its 

 complement. 



Kvery one reading over the law on this subject, will see 

 what is in his individual power to do to render it efficacious. 

 Those whose mission it is to make the laws, will study those 

 already in existence, will perceive their defects, and will 

 thus be in a position to work with success in their improve- 

 ment. 



As the reader will see, certain provisions are practicable, 

 while others can hardly bring about the intended results. 

 The chief aim seems to be, the prevention of flre-raising ; but 

 no one has kept in view the wisdom of managing the exploila 

 tion of the forests in such a manner that as little damage as 

 possible may be done even when a fire does take, by com- 

 pelling the districts cut over by the lumbermen to bd freed 



