DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS FOR 1947 111 



DIMSIOX OF OPERATION AXD PERSOXXEL 



The termination of hostilities with German\- in Ma\", 1945, and with Japan 

 in August, 1945, initiated the retooHng of industry- and diverted the flow of 

 personnel from the Armed Forces and industry- to other channels. As a result 

 of the processes of reconversion in the personnel and supph' fields, the situation, 

 as far as the Department is concerned, has been greath' eased. Urgenth' needed 

 supplies ha\e been a little more readih' obtained and in somewhat greater 

 volume, but still do not entireh' meet our requirements. 



For some time there was considerable difficult}' in obtaining suitable qualified 

 stenographic personnel, and desks and other office furniture are still most difficult 

 to obtain. As >ounger people return to pre-war perspectives and as adolescents 

 who have been obtaining the wages usualh" paid to adults are eliminated from 

 industry, this situation ma\- be considerabh- bettered. It is anticipated, too, 

 that the training programmes of the Canadian \'ocational schools will be a 

 means of pro\'iding numbers of pro])erl\' trained personnel. 



During this >"ear, eight new administrative districts were created, with the 

 result that the greater part of the Province south of the Albany River is now 

 under administrative district organization. The creation of these new districts 

 will provide more effective administration. 



On Xoxember 28th. 1946, the Honoural)le H. R. Scott was appointed 

 Minister of the Department in succession to the Honourable W. G. Thompson, 

 who had resigned. 



In April, the Department of Game and Fisheries was amalgamated with 

 the Department of Lands and Forests, and a new Departmental Division known 

 as the Division of Fish and Wildlife was created. Certain functions of Fish 

 and Wildlife Management both at Head Office and in the field were centralized 

 in this Division. Other administrative functions of the Department of Game 

 and Fisheries have been allocated to the appropriate Divisions alread>' estab- 

 lished in this Department. 



The staft of the former Department of Game and Fisheries was redistributed, 

 the majorit\' of them being allocated to the Division of Fish and \\'ildlife and 

 the remainder to the other Divisions of the Department. The field stalT became 

 a part of the various administrative district organizations. B>- this process, 

 the Department of Lands and Forests became responsible for the administration 

 of the natural resources within the Proxince of Ontario with the single exception 

 of those within the purxiew of the Department of Mines. Changes effected 

 are dealt with in that {)art of this annual report dexoted to the Dixision of I'ish 

 and Wildlife. 



A Forest Resources Inventory" organization was created in the Dixision of 

 Timber Management. The details of this organization appear in the section 

 of this report devoted to that Di\-ision. 



Due to oxer-crowding at llead Office where the per capita space is at an 

 absolute minimum, the .Aerial -Surx-exs section of the Dix-ision of Surx'exs and 

 Engineering xvas transferred from the Parliament Buildings to the DeHaxilland 

 plant on Sheppard Avenue, where it continues to function as a section of that 

 Dix'ision. 



