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Division of Surveys and Engineering 



Checking details on base map icith aerial surveys. 



Considerable work has been done on the revision of our Geographic Names 

 Index during the iirst six months of the fiscal year but lack of clerical staff since 

 that time has prevented further progress on this phase of our work. 



The distribution of the map sheets of the National Topographic Series, on a 

 scale of 2 miles to the inch, prepared for us by the Army Survey Establishment. 

 Department of National Defence, from detail shown on the planimetric maps 

 produced in connection with the Forest Resources Inventory Program, has in- 

 creased considerably during the past year. Available for distribution this year were 

 the following four sheets of this series: 



NAME LONGITUDE LATITUDE 



Cartier..._ 81 ° to 82 ° 46 ° 30' to 47 ° 00' 



Capreol. „ 80° to 81° 46°30' to 47°0G' 



Espanola 81 ° to 82 ° 46 ° 00' to 46 ° 30' 



Sudbury. .- 80° to 81° 46°00' to 46°30' 



Proofs only were received for five other of these map sheets, namely Maple Mountain, 

 Westree, Elk Lake, Gogama, and Smooth Rock. 



Map Distribution 



The distribution of lithographed maps of the National Topographic Series, 

 relative to Ontario as iniblished by the Department of Mines and Technical Surveys 

 in Ottawa, the Army Survey I^stablishment of the Department of National Defence 

 and Provincial issues distributed bv this Division, continues to increase. 



