38 TENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



party. For this reason the foregoing statement of causes may not be as 

 accurate as could be desired. 



From the details included in the report of each fire it appears that 

 three-fourths of the fires occurred in the spring. The number of fires in 

 each month, incipient merely or otherwise, were: 



April 10 



May . . • 66 



June 6 



July 2 



August 4 



September 1 



October 7 



November 5 



This corresponds closely to the tabulation of dates made in former 

 years, and explains clearly why the Forestry Law forbids the burning of 

 fallows in certain forest towns between April 1st and June 1st, and from 

 September 1 5th to November 1 oth. 



There were 29 violations of the law prohibiting the burning of brush, 

 logs, or stumps during the close season. Each case was prosecuted success- 

 fully by the Chief Fire-warden, and the offenders paid fines varying from 

 $25 to $200 as imposed by the different justices of the peace before 

 whom the delinquents were brought. The total amount of fines thus col- 

 lected amounted to $1,022.25, not including costs, which were paid by the 

 defendants. 



Patrols were ordered out and placed on duty at two different times, 

 authority for their employment having been granted in an amendment to 

 the Forest Law at the last session of the Legislature. Although the rainfall 

 was ample during most of the season, there were times last spring when the 

 conditions became dangerous. After a few days of dry weather the dead 

 leaves on the ground became quite crisp, and surface fires started up along 

 the railroads with alarming frequency, although they were extinguished 

 quickly in each case by the section men or fire-wardens. As a timefy pre- 

 caution patrols were employed at various places in the Adirondacks; and 

 on some railroads, at exposed points, the men were distributed one man to 



