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Express and Freight shipments to District Offices reached a total of about 160 

 tons consisting of approximately 12.000 separate parcels. This was a considerable 

 increase over the previous year. Over and above these shipments, 774,470 licenses 

 were issued on 1 1.366 separate orders and mailed to License Issuers. This is an increase 

 of approximately 73.000 licenses on about 2000 orders more than were filled in the 

 previous year. 



Staff Uniforms 



Every effort was made to improve the uniform equipment and thus the appear- 

 ance of all personnel so outfitted. Continual research was made to improve the 

 standard of materials, as for example, the former summer attire of serge trousers and 

 bush jacket, which were found to be lacking in smartness and of unsatisfactory 

 quality with regard to wear. Laboratory tests were made on several cloths, and as 

 a result, it was decided to adopt a very neat suit of matching serge trousers and wind- 

 breaker of a mixture or blended material, the colour of which is slightly lighter than 

 standard khaki. The original identification flashes as worn on the shoulders of 

 tunics, etc.. were not as smart as could be wished, and after some investigation, it 

 was decided to change from the original red lettering on black background, to gold 

 lettering on black, using somewhat smaller letters, and thus achieving a much neater 

 effect. Also, instead of having Divisional flashes of rectangular shape to indicate 

 the individual's sphere of activity stitched on below the Departmental title, the new 

 flashes incorporated all the necessary designations in one. Brown leather belts for 

 wear with the trousers of summer uniforms were approved and issued to all uniformed 

 personnel apart from Conservation Officers, who wear Sam Browne belts. 



Duplicating. Printing, Distribution of Printed Matter 



The addition of a second Multilith machine to the equipment already in use 

 in the printing room improved the service from that sub-section considerably. Pre- 

 viously, personnel had found it necessary to do a great deal of overtime work to 

 keep up to the demand. On receipt of the new machine, the old one was sent out for 

 a complete overhaul, and on its return, the back-log of work was brought up to date 

 and additional work, previously handled by outside printers, taken on with a resultant 

 saving to the Department. A new paper cutter was purchased to replace the old one. 

 which was found to be so badly worn that it was impossible to depend on any degree 

 of accuracy whatever. 



Production by the Multilith reached a total of 3,933,000 impressions, of which 

 about 426.500 were Departmental letterhead. This constitutes an increase of 

 1.164.600 impressions. 



Production by mimeograph process increased by 154,300 to a total of 508.100 

 impressions. This production was run from 1,786 stencils forwarded by various 

 divisions for processing. 



The production of the Multilith machines is almost entirely taken up on the 

 production of letterhead and various forms, booklets, pamphlets, etc., while that of 

 the mimeograph is mainly circulars, news releases, circular letters, etc. 



When small runs are required from the multilith. the copy is typed directly on 

 to a paper plate and 987 of these were prepared by the Yari-tvper Operator. For long 



