including 62,000 copies of SYLVA and 86,700 copies of circ\ilars and 

 weekly News Releases. It is of interest to note that the Stockroom 

 has 5>147 items listed on its stock records and that 26 new forms were 

 added this past fiscal year. 



ISSUE OF LICENCES 



In the past year there were approximately thirty various types 

 of hunting, fishing and trapping licences distributed to licence issuers 

 and district offices throughout the province. The incoming quantities 

 of these licences varied from 500 to 500,000. 



The number of licences prepared, checked and mailed totalled 

 1# 055^299, an increase of about 50,300 over the previous year. They 

 were forwarded in 11,130 parcels to the 2,400 issuers. 



DUPLICATING AND PRINTING 



New forms of various sizes were continually being prepared for 

 the Department, and many of the existing ones were revised. Each new 

 form was drawn up £uid checked to see if the requirements were met. Forms, 

 produced by the Printing Section, were completely designed and composed 

 by the staff. In addition, this section also produced circulars, bulletins, 

 and reports, including design and composition. The amount of finished 

 work rose sharply. 



Over 15,000,000 copies of vsirious forms, circulars, bulletins 

 and reports were produced in 1,000 jobs. Five thousand plates were 

 required, 900 of which were completely composed by Vari-Type operation, 

 in addition to 700,000 copies of circulars on the duplicating machine. 



BOAT LICENSING 



This involved considerable correspondence and contacts with 

 various field offices and the Federal Department of Transport, and 

 included boats with motors inboard, motors outboard and motor canoes. 

 The number licensed by the Federal Transport Department in this fiscal 

 period was 86, bringing the total in use to 808. 



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