LANDS AND SURVEYS BRANCH 



THE Branch is comprised of four sections with responsibiUties and functions as 

 follows : 



SURVEYS SECTION 



Performance of surveys for the disposition of Crown lands, the retracement of 

 obliterated original boundaries, the restoration of original Crown survey points, 

 base, meridian line and provincial park surveys, lands to be acquired for depart- 

 mental purposes, provincial boundaries; 

 Custody and maintenance of survey records; 

 Map compilation and distribution; and 



Sale of maps, survey record reproductions, departmental publications; Compilation 

 and draughting of planimetric township, area, and miscellaneous plans, charts 

 and graphs. 



LANDS SECTION 



Administration of the public lands; 



Disposition of Crown lands by sale, lease, licence; and 



Servicing of Crown leases and Licences of Occupation; 



LAND USE PLANNING SECTION 



Preparation of a land use plan for the public lands of the province; 



Wilderness areas; and 



Advisory Committees on Recreational Land Use Planning; 



ENGINEERING SECTION 



Inspection and approval of dams, investigations, water resource management, 



issuance and servicing of Water Power Lease Agreements, Licences of Occupation 



for dams, flooding, diversions; 



Preparation of plans for departmental buildings; 



General engineering services; 



Designs and plans for hatcheries, trout rearing stations, renovations, plant and 



equipment; 



Engineering studies for wildlife management; and 



Access roads, acquisition of land. 



SURVEYS SECTION 



The subdivision survey programme was reduced during the past fiscal year 

 with instructions issuing for 749 summer resort lots to be laid out on 71 sub- 

 division survey plans as compared to 966 lots on the same number of plans the 

 previous fiscal year. In addition to the subdivision surveys, 398 individual surveys 

 were completed in areas where registered plans of subdivisions were not available. 

 This was slightly over one-half of the number surveyed the previous fiscal year. 



The long range programme of retracement surveys to restore obliterated 

 survey lines and corners in the original Crown survey fabric was continued. In- 



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