DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS FOR 1932 



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(12) Operating Permits 



The "Operating Permit" is meeting with general favour throughout the 

 Province and is of great assistance in preventing the accumulation of slash and 

 debris. 



A total of 3,626 permits were issued covering 23,186 persons. 



OPERATING PERMITS, 1932 



II— REPORT OF DIRECTOR OF AIR SERVICE 

 Introduction 



Development and Promotion Work: 



The work of the Ontario Provincial Air Service during the year 1932 has 

 been directed, as in the past, toward further development of its aircraft, and 

 further promotion of aircraft in the work of the Department. 



Satisfactory progress has been made in the application of aircraft to the 

 needs of the Department, even though its needs are widely varied, and even 

 though it was necessary to curtail expenditures for additional flying equipment. 

 Only such commitments were made therefore, as would meet the absolute 

 necessities of the Air Service to enable it to carry out the requirements of the 

 Department under normal conditions of fire hazard. Included in the above- 

 mentioned commitments was the purchase on a flying-hour basis, of two Canadian 

 built transport machines. 



New Flying Equipment: 



It is gratifying to note, that since these two machines have been added to 

 the transport section, they have done very good work, and have given the 

 minimum of trouble. Much of this good result has been due to the fact that the 

 machines were properly adapted to the needs of the Air Service while they were 

 being built. It is with keen satisfaction that special attention is drawn to the 

 fact that since the machines were produced in Canadian factories, it has been 

 possible to spread the payments over a comparatively long period, and on an 

 hourly flying basis. In this way, all parties to the contract are well served, in 

 that the machines are brought into operation much earlier than otherwise could 



