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a stop to what had promised to be one of the worst years for forest fires which we have experienced in this state. The number of fires reported up until the hurricane was greater than in previous years. A total of 1.667 ; acres were burned in 1954, at an estimated loss of $120,000 worth of valuable timber. In 1953, 1,7)3 acres were burned .over. I t
Because of the dry| weather, a surprising number of fires occurred during the relatively safe sunn mer months.
Albemarle County had the greatest number of fires reported (59}• and Greene County had the least number (4). ■<
The effective work by the Chief Forest Wardens is shown by the fact -that suppression costs were Collected on 44% of the fires.
The size of the average fire last year was six acres. Through the
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