DEPARTMENT OF LAXDS AND FORESTS FOR 1948 67 



DIVISION OF RESEARCH 



The Division now has the following staff: 



Permanent 

 4 Foresters 

 2 Biologists 



2 Soil Specialists 



1 Forester-Geneticist 

 1 Office Manager 



3 Stenographers 



1 Building Superintendent 



2 Draughtsmen 



1 Technician 



2 Mechanics 



3 Lal)orers 



Continuous Temporary 

 2 Chemists 



1 \'ari-Typer Operator 

 1 Librarian 

 1 Draughtsman 



Casual and Students 

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The Division's programme during the >"ear came under the following 

 headings: 



(1) Regeneration Surveys, Seed Studies. Tree Breeding. Aerial Seeding, 

 Slash Burning, etc. 



(2) Growth and \ivU\ Studies. 



(3) Soil Sur\e\"s. 



(4) l-'isheries Investigations. 



(5) Wiidhfe Studies. 



(6) X'aluation of Effect of Smelter Fumes on l->)rest Cirow th. 



(7) Building and Mechanical-l-'lcctrical I )e\('l()pm('nts. 



1. — Rege>ienilinn Surveys and Other Forestry Work 



Sur\'e>s of this t\|)e were carried out in the Kenora and Thunder Ba\ 

 Regions and Lake Abitihi Area during 1947. Work in the Thunder Ba\ -Kenora 

 Regions, principalh concerned with jack pine and white spruce, was under the 

 general direction of A. P. Leslie and Held direction of 11. C. Larsson and .\. V . 

 L\ on. 



