A decrease of 400 "over the counter" individual cash sales was 

 noted against that of the previous fiscal year, for a total of S,000 

 transactions for the sale of lithographed map sheets, reproductions of sxirvey 

 records and other maps and plans; 7^3 counter invoices for items sent out on 

 credit were issued; S,000 letters of request from the public, covering 

 similar transactions, were processed. 



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Reproductions 



27 » 510 square feet of photographic reproduction paper was consumed 



for reproductions of maps and survey records for departmental work, the 



survey branches of The Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission and the Ontario 



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Department of Highways, other provincial government departments and commissions, 



Ontario Land Surveyors and the general public. This was 2,429 square feet 



more than that used in the previous year. 



A decrease is to be noted in the consumption of sensitized paper 



used in the reproduction of various topographic map tracings. Crown land 



tracings and township prints, Georgian Bay Island map sheets, subdivision 



and summer resort plans of surveys, as well as other miscellaneous plans, by 



the dry process reproduction method. A total of 269,0^1 square feet of 



sensitized paper and linen was consumed, which was 53 1 257 square feet less 



than that used in the previous fiscal year. The square footage of opaque 



linen consumed was more than doubled due to the reproductions required for 



the large number of Crown subdivision plans being registered, as well as . 



other miscellaneous plans required for patent purposes. The quantity of 



transparent reproduction material used shows an increase over the amount used 



during the past fiscal year. A summary of the dry process material used, 



is as follows: 



Blue or black line paper - 242,7^4 square feet 

 Transparent line - 6,510) 



Transparent plastic 1.317 ) - 7,^27 " " 

 Opaque linen - 18,470 " " 



Total: 269,081 " »• 



Reproductions required for mapping projects for this branch and 

 various district offices, required to be produced photographically by com- 

 mercial firms, are not included in the above figures. 



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