. Forests of British Columbia [microform]. Forests and forestry; Forêts. I ill 152 COMMISSION OF CONSERVATION 1914. 1915. 1916. Total. Merchantable timber $60,700 3,793 567 $65,060 Young growth $69,836 4,676 158 $74,670 Total $130,536 725 $139,730 SUMMARY OF THE CAUSES OF FOREST FIRES IN THE RAILWAY BELT. Railways SawraiUs and logging Brush burning (not set tiers' clearing) Settlers â Campers and Incendiary Lightning Other known causes Unknown --â percentage of fires from unknown causes is decreasing. owinR Railways and lumbering have been responsible for 7 per cent ana p r
. Forests of British Columbia [microform]. Forests and forestry; Forêts. I ill 152 COMMISSION OF CONSERVATION 1914. 1915. 1916. Total. Merchantable timber $60,700 3,793 567 $65,060 Young growth $69,836 4,676 158 $74,670 Total $130,536 725 $139,730 SUMMARY OF THE CAUSES OF FOREST FIRES IN THE RAILWAY BELT. Railways SawraiUs and logging Brush burning (not set tiers' clearing) Settlers â Campers and Incendiary Lightning Other known causes Unknown --â percentage of fires from unknown causes is decreasing. owinR Railways and lumbering have been responsible for 7 per cent ana p resoectively. of the fires during the last three years. Th Ir s due to the former have very markedly decreased, due to the effidl^ patrol Maintained through the co-operation of the C^n.^^^^^^^- railway, the Board of Railway Commissioners and the ^oresry Branchy It is of interest to note that no. one per cent of the fires are Logging-slash ^ue to slash burning other than in settlers' cleanngs, though ""''^' many of the lumbermen consistently burn their slash ever> year. Each year the rangers burn considerable dash in the early spnn, or. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Whitford, Harry Nichols; Leavitt, Clyde; Craig, Roland D. , b. 1879; Canada. Commission of Conservation; Canada. Commission of Conservation. Committee on Forests. Ottawa : Commission of Conservation
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