DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS FOR 194^ 



UI\ ISION OF ACCOUNTS 



General 



As of loth April. 194(5, the Minister of Lands and Forests was charged with 

 the adminstration of the former Department of C^ame and Fisheries, which 

 became the Fish and Wildhfe Di\ision of the Department of Lands and Forests. 

 For accounting purposes all receipts and expenditures of the former Department 

 of Game and Fisheries are included under the Fish and Wildlife Division from 

 1st April. 1946, and a separate accounting made for this new Division. 



A. Department of Lands and Forests (other than Fish and Wildlife 

 Division) 



The financial report sets out a substantial increase — SI, 862, 412. — in expendi- 

 tures appropriation of the Department as compared with the prexious year. 

 This increased appropriation was required for — 



(1) Air Service PIquipment. 



(2) Construction of Ranger School at Dorset. 



(3) Expansion in held work of the Reforestation, Forest Research and Timber 

 Management Divisions. 



This increased expenditure was partly olTset by an increase in cash receipts — 

 sl,ool,o()0. — as compared with the pre\ious year. Revenue for the year was the 

 highest in the history of the Department with most sources of revenue showing 

 improvement, particularly receipts from sale of Crown timber. This result was 

 due to an increase in available woods labour following the close of hostilities, 

 and a sharp upswing in tourist trade throughout the Pro\ince. 



Following the policy of obtaining the closest possible co-operation between 

 Field and Main Offices, officers of this Division made the following field inspec- 

 tions, for purposes of instruction of Field Officers and inspection of work pro- 

 grams — and Pro\incial Land Tax Courts of Revision : 



(a) Reforestation Field Offices: Angus, Midhurst, St. Williams. 



ib) District Offices: Algonquin Park, Chapleau, Cochrane, Gait. Fort Frances, 

 Geraldton, Gogama. Kapuskasing, Kempt\ille, Kenora, Lindsay. North Bay, 

 Parry Sound, Port Arthur. Sault Sie. Marie, .Sioux Lookout, Sudbury, Tweed. 



{c) Other Field Offices: Ottawa, Pembroke, Ranger School (Dorset). 



{d) Sundry: Bracebridge. Lillle Current, Haile\bur\-. 



