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AREAS OF AI)ML\TSTRATI\'E DISTRICTS 



Districts A rea 



Algonquin 3,545,600 acres 



Chapleau 4,085,760 acres 



Cochrane Q, 25 1,840 acres 



Fort Frances 4,377,600 acres 



Geraldton 8,035.840 acres 



Gogama 4,154,880 acres 



Kapuskasing 9,075,000 acres 



Kenora 6,812,160 acres 



Lake Erie 4,416,000 acres 



Lake Huron 5,952,000 acres 



Lake Simcoe 2,949,120 acres 



North Bay 5,580,800 acres 



Parry Sound 3,965,440 acres 



Port Arthur 9,679,360 acres 



Quinte 4,536,320 acres 



Rideau 3,489,280 acres 



Sault Ste. Marie 10,309,120 acres 



Sioux Lookout 18,291,200 acres 



Sudburv 4,610,560 acres 



Trent . ' 3,279,360 acres 



Total 126,397,240 acres 



PERSOWEL MAXAGEMEXT 



Selection and Placement: 



Applications for employment with the Department come to us, for the 

 most i)art, through the Office of the Civil Service Commission. A considerable 

 number, however, are received direct. All persons making application at Head 

 Office are interviewed by the Personnel Officer or his representative and a report 

 on each applicant is made summarizing all essential details concerning the 

 applicant's qualifications, experience and personal history and, as well, the 

 interviewer records his impression of the applicant and makes his recommenda- 

 tion to the Chief of this Division. 



The testing and rating of ajjplicants for stenographic, taping and clerical 

 positions b\- the Office of the Civil Service Commission has been of great assist- 

 ance to us in recruiting competent persons in these classes. 



The Department, has, wherever possible, placed ex-service personnel as 

 l)ositions or rephuements became necessary. Of those appointed to the start 

 during the fiscal >ear. 70.5% were ex-service personnel. A statement appears 

 which indicates the relatixc number of male and female emplo\ees. 



TwentN I'ish and Wildlife Sju'cialists were appointed to give innnediate, 

 close sui)ervision to enforcement matters in the various administrative districts 

 under the respective District P'oresters. The fisli hatcherx staffs became part 

 of the District organizations. 



On \()\cmber 28, 1946, the I lononrabK' II. K. Scott succeeded the llonom- 

 al)le W. (".. riiom])son as Minister of Lands and l-'orests. 



On April 1, 1946. 1. M. Ta\ lor was ai)pointed District Forester at Gogama. 

 On the s.uue dale V . j. Dawson was ajipointed District Forester at Chapleau. 



