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oath, and to produce such documents and things "as the commissioner deems 

 requisite for the full investigation of the matter into which he is appointed to 

 examine, !)>• subi:)oena signed In the commissioner." 



Pursuant thereto, the Commissioner conducted public hearings at various 

 points throughout the Province in subsequent months, and submissions to the 

 Commissioner of relevant material from the public were invited. In due course 

 hearings were conducted at the Parliament Buildings, Queen's Park, Toronto, 

 at which briefs were presented at the request of the Commissioner. Briefs 

 presented b\- the various divisions of our Department, included charts, graphs 

 and explanatory' information. 



( ) 1 • M C K .\ I A X AG E M E X T 



Outside Storage Space 



It became evident some time ago that the space in the Outside Storage 

 Building, erected at the Southern Experimental Station, would not be adequate 

 to house the increased volume of records brought about b\- the amalgamation 

 of the I])epartment of Game and Fisheries with the Dejxirtment of Lands and 

 Forests. 



ConsequentK'. it was decided to add two new wings of brick and concrete, 

 similar to the original building. Each wing is thirt\' feet long b\" twent\' feet 

 wide, one at each end of the main structure, and running at right angles to it. 

 The southern wing was constructed with a basement to accommodate a heating 

 and air conditioning plant with fuel bins. This installation has been completed. 



Due to the extreme shortage of sheet steel, it was found to be impossible 

 to obtain our total requirements of steel transfer cases in which to house the 

 records sent for storage. However, about one-third of our requirements were 

 obtained, and these cases are now installed and will meet immediate needs. 



Office Space 



Due to a great expansion of staff, space adjustments became incrcasingk- 

 necessary, in order to make the utmost use of the offices available. Despite 

 planning for effective utilization of sj^ace man\- offices are badh' over-crowded. 



Permanent Records. 



In addition to the transfer of older records to the Outside Storage Building 

 at Mai)le, the Records Office Staff had the problem of taking over the files of 

 the Dejwrtment of (iame and l^'isheries, and including in the Permanent Records 

 Filing S\stem, those files which shoukl properh" be maintained there. At 

 l)resent there are over 140, 000 Permanent files and the a\erage mail in con- 

 nection with these is 200 letters dail\ , in adflition to other mail on various 

 Divisional matters. 



Supply Records 



A visible index card s\steni is maintained to record the receipts, issues 

 and stock balance of all equipment and su])plies handled l)\- this sub-section. 

 This entails a clerk's full tinu- work. The sxsteni reflects the (juantities and 

 location of all equipment. 



Equipment Records 



(a) This com])rises a p( i pet ii.il inxeiitoix oi non-expendable equiiiment 

 held by Head Office and all hislriils. I'orest Stations, Regional Caches, etc.. 

 in the I )epartment. 



