OFFICE MANAGEMENT SECTION 



During the fiscal year, the reproduction facilities processed 

 an average of 50,000 photo copies and 20,000 mimeograph 

 copies per month. 



The continued management of the 150,000 active files, 

 containing Crown land records, required the recording of 

 135 incoming documents and the filing and retrieval of 250 

 files daily. 



A total of 4,600 transactions (acquisitions and write-offs) 

 were recorded in updating the equipment inventory; and 

 60 licences for boats were obtained. 



A total of 2,500 uniform requisitions were processed to 

 supply approximately 1,000 regular staff and 800 summer 

 casual staff (mainly parks) with uniforms and replacement 

 of uniform items. 



Seven hundred and eighty telephone credit cards and 100 

 staff identification cards were issued during the year. 



PURCHASING SECTION 



This Section is vitally concerned with matters of demand 

 and supply which, in turn, require an effectively integrated 

 program of procurement in constant operation for fulfil- 

 ment of its commitments. 



A primary responsibility of the purchasing function is to 

 obtain the right material at the right price and at the right 

 time to ensure that the Department's requirements are met 

 immediately, economically, with the best quality available, 

 and that over-all best value is obtained for money expended. 

 It is a basic necessity that Purchasing keep branches, regions 

 and districts constantly informed and advised of new prod- 

 ucts and services, and of developments on established prod- 

 ucts and services. 



Over 11,000 requisitions were received, each of which 

 had to be examined to determine what was to be ordered, 

 either by direct purchase order, by internal requisition to 

 the Queen's Printer for stationery and certain printing, by 

 Internal requisitions to the Department of Public Works, 

 and, in some instances, by memoranda, and what could be 

 supplied from stock held in Central Supply Warehouse. 

 Many and varied details entered into the consideration and 

 finalization of each item, and involved correspondence, 

 telephone usage, interviewing, searching, customs clear- 

 ance, and, when necessary, the calling of tenders. 



Direct purchase orders issued numbered 7,911; Queen's 

 Printer stationery requisitions, 3,512; Queen's Printer print- 

 ing requisitions, 475; Central printing requisitions, 799; and 

 Public Works requisitions, 249. 



Directions and oversight were maintained of leases and 

 rentals of property for the Department throughout the 

 province in conjunction with the Department of Public 

 Works. Telephone service was another matter overseen by 

 this Section in its wide-ranging and diversified activity. 



CENTRAL SUPPLY WAREHOUSE 

 SECTION 



During the fiscal year, the Section received a total of 374 

 tons of supplies and equipment, and shipped a total of 277 

 tons. Shipments were made by express, freight, transport 

 and mail, and by internal supply to Department offices. 



Thirty types of licences were distributed to District offices 

 and approximately 3,500 issuers on 16,300 invoices. The 

 2,400,000 licences included hunting, angling, bait fish, roll 

 net, dip net, frog, guide, trapping, trap-line, and dog 

 licences. 



The distribution of Provincial Park permits included 27,100 

 annual vehicle permits, 410,800 daily permits, and 561,000 

 campsite permits. 



Department uniforms were stocked and delivered to per- 

 sonnel on requisition. 



The Section participated actively on the committee re- 

 sponsible for the reception of government experts and state 

 visitors. 



CONSERVATION 

 SECTION 



INFORMATION 



The Section worked through many media during the past 

 fiscal year to disseminate information on the protection and 

 management of the renewable, natural resources under the 

 Department's administration. 



RELEASES 



A newsletter of several pages circulated Department news 

 and regulations every week in a form easily adapted by out- 

 side agencies. The mailing list of 3,500 included all news- 

 papers, broadcasting stations and outdoor writers in Ontario, 

 as well as magazines, trade papers, forest industries, con- 

 servation groups, recreational clubs, and a number of 

 writers and commentators outside the province. 



The French translation of the newsletter had a weekly 

 circulation of 183. 



News of more than normal urgency was supplied directly 

 to important news outlets. 



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