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Division of Operation and Personnel 



EDUCATION 



During the fiscal year of April 1st, 1949. to March 31st. 1950, the Education 

 Section carried out the following photography. 



The two Department photographers took 1.130 photographs, Head Office 

 officials took 2.342 photos, while field staff took 328 photographs. Enlargements 

 totalled 22.388 prints. This work covered all Divisions and all phases of Department 

 activity. 



Another five hundred feet of 16 mm. Kodachrome were exposed on the Timber 

 Salvage Operations and considerable editing was done on all footage taken to date, 

 bringing the film near possible completion. 



A replacement in the position of photographic librarian laid the groundwork 

 for a new and extensive filing system to facilitate the release of 1,800 different photo- 

 graphs to the newspapers and the public. 



A new negative dryer was installed in the darkroom which has speeded the 

 processing of film in emergencies. 



LECTURE TOURS 

 Lecture tours were carried out by Public Relations Assistants in six of the 

 seven regions during the year. Xo appointment had been made to the Northern 

 Region. Mr. B. A. S. Macdonald resigned from the South-Western Region and was 

 replaced by Mr. S. C. Hudson. Toward the end of the year. Mr. D. Gillespie was 

 transferred from the Western Region to the Information Section of Head Office but 

 no replacement was made in the region. 



P. Swanson, Conservation Officer, talks on Beaver, Chapleau High School. 



