Statistics from April 1, 1961, to March 31, 1962:- 



Information Bulletins 63,175 



Circulars 24,415 



News Releases 113,048 



Extracts from Fishery Reg. 10,483 



Land Tax Act 10,832 



Game and Fishery Act & Fishing Reg. 38,056 



Summary Hunting Reg. 339,935 



Land Tax Bills 38,300 



Provincial Parks Book 43,610 



Book Covers and Letters 173,181 



Miscellaneous Distributions 341,379 



Total — 1,196,414 



Licence Issuing Room 



There were over thirty various types of hunting, angling, trapping, trap-line, 

 guide, frog, dip-net, roll net, and bait fish Mcences issued to licence issuers and 

 our own district offices throughout the province. Certain licences were also sent 

 to issuers in the U.S.A. 



The quantities of licences received from the printers varied from 500 to 

 550,000 each. The number of licences prepared and checked for mailing and 

 express totalled 1,392,043 and were forwarded from 13,577 invoices to over 

 2800 issuers. 



In addition to the foregoing, 197,700 Provincial Park Annual Vehicle En- 

 trance Permits, 362,700 Daily Permits, 265,500 Camp-Site Permits and 293,000 

 Fur Seals were distributed. 



Uniform Room 



The Department's uniform stockroom is also located in this section. A stock 

 of replacement uniform articles are carried and issues are shipped to personnel 

 as authorized by requisition. 



CONSERVATION INFORMATION SECTION 



The Section disseminates information concerning Department operations and 

 the conservation of the renewable, natural resources under Lands and Forests 

 administration. It works through many media to bring to as many people as 

 possible a better understanding of Department policies and conservation prin- 

 ciples. 



News 



The Lands and Forests news release is mailed every week to all newspapers 

 and all radio and television stations in Ontario. Its circulation of 2,100 includes 

 class magazines, outdoor writers, conservation groups and hunters' and anglers' 

 clubs and associations. It is popular with outside agencies because it delivers 

 news, opinions and governmental regulations in a form easily adapted for im- 

 mediate use; its contents are frequently reprinted with little or no editorial change. 



The use of news release material by publications and outdoor writers in the 

 United States contributes to Ontario's tourist trade. Relatively short items have 

 been expanded into feature articles in large-circulation magazines. 



The news release lists coming conventions and other events of interest to 



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