Report of the Department of Lands and Forests for fiscal year ending March 31, 1951 Page 90 



8. Records Office: 



In the records office, the lack of sufficient space is acute as in all other sections 

 of the Division and the Department as a whole. To make room for new files each year 

 a large number of the older files have to be moved to the storage vault at Maple. 

 While these older files are not in use continually, they are required from time to 

 time, and it is necessary to send messengers for various files quite frequently. There 

 is also a shortage of staff in this section, and as the juniors are also used as messengers 

 for the Department, it has been difficult to maintain good service at all times. 



INFORMATION AND EDUCATION SECTION 

 Organization 



The Information and Education Section is divided into two co-operative units 

 with a Supervisor in charge of Information and a Supervisor responsible for Education. 



Its over-all purpose is to stimulate public interest in, understanding of, and 

 support for the main objective of the Department, which is to protect from depletion 

 and bring about the full development and utilization of the natural resources under 

 its administration, in the best interests of all the people of Ontario. 



EDUCATION SECTION 



Visual Education 



The film ''Out of the Smoke" was completed by the end of the year 1950 and 

 copies were distributed to all District offices. This film depicts the salvage operations 

 which were undertaken by the Department following the Mississagi-Chapleau Fire of 

 1948. During the year 1950-51 the following films were added to our library for use 

 of both Head Office and field personnel: 



Trees are a Crop Management of Men on the Fire Line 



Shot^'un Shooting and How • Then It Happened 



Green Harvest Accidents Don't Happen 



Loon's Necklace Gun Dogs 



Rape of the Earth Shadows in the Stream 



Loolv to the Forest Sharp Eyes 



Just a Bunch of Tools Spearheads in the Sky 



Use of the Forest 



Exhibits 



An important part of the Department's public appeal is carried on across the 

 Province by exhibits, displays and floats. Of the total (64 during the year), ten of 

 these are of major proportions including nationally known exhibitions. Displays at 

 these major exhibits cover a total of over 60,000 square feet of displays. 



During the year there were: 



Major exhibits 10 



Sportsmen's Shows 6 



Larger county fairs 18 



Smaller fairs and floats 34 



Total 64 



Lecture Tours 



Prior to April 1st, 1950, the public relations work of the Department was 

 carried on with one Departmental representative doing the work for each Region. In 

 an effort to intensify this work on a broad scale, the senior field officers of each 

 District were given the responsibility of carrying out the public relations activities, 



