PROVINCE OF ONTARIO. 

 4t VICTORIA, 1878, 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



An Act to preserve the forests from destruction by fire. 



(Assented to 1th March, 1.878.) 



Whereas large quantities of valuable timber are annually 

 destroyed by fires, which are in many instances the result of 

 negligence and carelessness, it is therefore necessary to pro- 

 vide stringent regulations for the prevention of such fires. 



Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent 

 of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts . 

 as follows : — 



1. The Lieutenant Governor may, by proclamation to be 

 made by him from time to time, issued by and with the advice 

 and consent of the Executive Council, declare any portion or 

 part of the Province of Ontario to be a fire district. 



3. Every proclamation under this Act shall be published 

 in the Ontario Gazette ; and such portion or part of the 

 Province as is mentioned and declared to be a fire district in 



