As the present stockroom quarters are drastically over- 

 crov;ded and far too small for the receipt, stocking and shipping, 

 the newly-acquired commodious quarters at 160 Richmond Street West 

 are expected to provide some assistance to the solution of the 

 serious space problem which continues to plague this section. 



ISSUE OF LICENCES 



In this fiscal year there were approximately 30 various 

 types of hunting, fishing, trapping and trap-line licences issued 

 to licence agents and district offices throughout the province. 

 Certain licences were also sent to issuers in the U.S.A. The 

 quantities of these licences varied from 500 to 500,000. 



The number of licences prepared and checked for mailing 

 and expressing totalled 1,120,654* an increase of about 65,400 over 

 the previous year, and were forwarded in 11,427 parcels to the 

 2400 issuers. 



RECORDS 



Primary among the duties allocated to this section are the 

 assembly, indexing and classifying of incoming correspondence for 

 distribution, compilation of new files and recharging files. Incoming 

 letters to the extent of 41,600 were received and 3,200 new files 

 prepared. 



It is of interest to note that all mining claims, recorded 

 in the province, are taken care of by the Records Office as the 

 Department of Mines was originally a bureau in this department, and, 

 since its inception as the Department of Mines in 1921, the mining 

 claims have continued in the care of the Records Office. 



Lack of adequate office space continued to face this section, 

 but it is hoped that relocation in larger quarters may be available 

 in the next fiscal year. 



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