Excerpt from Annual Report: Of the Minister of Natural Resources of the Province of Ontario for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 1976Geoscience Information Office conducts and organizes classes of instruction in geology and mineral exploration, answers geological inquiries from the public, and prepares or assists in the production of popular brochures and guidebooks on the geology of Ontario.A number of mineral education courses including two field courses and several field trips, were conducted. During the summer, half-day geological talks were arranged for Junior Ranger camps.During 1975-6 three brochures for the general public were released Amethyst: Purple Gemstone of the North, Bancroft Area Minerals, and Toronto's Geological Past: An Introduction.Two annual publications of popular interest are Rocks and Minerals Information, listing sources of geological and mining information of general interest, and Ontario Mineral Review, an annual summary of mining and Ministry activities.Assessment Files Research Office maintains, for public use, a library containing all technical surveys filed for assessment credit. In addition, prospectuses, summary reports from the Ontario Securities Commission and technical data, filed in accordance with mbap, are also filed.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.