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Appendix No. IS. 



RECORDS BRANCH, 1917-18. 



Communications Received: ^ 



From Crown Lands Agents 5,910 



" Mining Recorders 2,883 



" Crown Timber Agents 4,408 



" Homestead Inspectors 1,320 



" Superintendent Algonquin Park 496 



" Superintendent, Quetico Park 123 



Orders-in-CouncIl 153 



Telegrams 282 



Soldiers and Sailors (letters) 660 



Nickel Commission (Figures supplied by them) 1,500 



Northern Development Branch " " " 8,203 



Colonization Branch " " " 5,008 



Loan Commissioner " " " 2,978 



Mining Commissioner " " " 2,989 



Forestry Branch " " " 4,782 



Mine Assessor " " ' " • 1,865 



Mine Inspector " " " 1,712 



Provincial Geologist " " " 404 



All other sources " " " 29,151 



Total incoming (Minister's office not included) 74,827 



Communications Sent Out: 



To Crown Agents, Inspectors, Rangers and Park Superintendents 17,800 



To General Public 20,614 



Circular letters (timber sales) 1,790 



Maps and blue prints 2,898 



Mining Reports to foreign countries 520 



Mining Reports to United States and other countries 145 



Mining Acts 1,400 



Nickel Commission (letters) (Figures supplied by them) 1,000 



Nickel Commission (reports) " " " 850 



Northern Development Branch (letters) " " " 6,202 



Northern Development Branch (seed grain) ... " " 1,348 



Colonization Branch (letters) " " " 4,147 



Colonization Branch (Northern Ontario literature) " " " 17,666 



Colonization Branch (Ontario maps) " " " 1,236 



Loan Commissioner " " " 5,316 



Mining Commissioner (letters) " " " 6,033 



Mining Commissioner (orders) " " " 799 



Forestry Branch (letters) " " " 7,584 



Forestry Branch (circulars) " " " 2,250 



Forestry Branch (parcels 'by post) " " " 450 



Mine Assessor " " " 1,865 



Mine Inspector " " " 1,211 



Provincial Geologist " " " 382 



Total outgoing (Minister's office not included) 103,496 



Postage: 



Postage for the year, Records Branch $2,819 38 



Colonization Branch 113 6-2 



" " " Loan Commissioner 150 68 



" " " Forestry Branch 380 00 



Files : 



New files issued, general 5,363 



" " " accounts chargeable 511 



« " " accounts free 193 



ALBERT GRIG<}, 



Deputy Minister. 

 S. K. BURDIN, 



Chief Clerk, Records Branch. 



