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Lake Belwood : hydro deposit correspondence.
File consists of correspondence to and from I. Kao (Manager) and the Elmira Area Office of the Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission, relating primarily to hydro contracts with the Commission and to hydro service to Commission-owned properties leased to others. Includes ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Mechanical and Maintenance Department : H.A. Cameron, 1960.
File consists of material maintained by I. Kao relating to Mechanical and Maintenance Dept. operations supervised by H.A. Cameron. Includes correspondence to and from suppliers, product information, etc.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Motor Pool mileage reports, 1960.
File consists of completed "Vehicle Mileage and Maintenance" reports.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Motor Pool service reports, 1960.
File consists of completed "Machine Maintenance Record" forms for vehicles Includes ts. summary in table form.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of completed payroll and benefits sheets and completed summary sheet with title "Work report".
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of material relating to acquisition of uniforms for GRCC personnel. Includes correspondence to and from I. Kao, ephemera, ms. notes and calculations.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of invoices from suppliers of goods and services to the GRCC for the year 1960. Includes correspondence, invoices, ephemera, ms. notes and calculations.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Belwood cottage rentals, 1961.
File consists of correspondence to and from I. Kao, the GRCC and individuals regarding cottage lots, leases and payments. Includes lists of cottage lots, ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conservation Branch Department of Lands and Forests Ontario : general.
File consists of correspondence between Ilmar Kao and the Department of Lands and Forests. Includes ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo Dam Repairs : 1961-1965 general correspondence.
File consists of correspondence to and from Ilmar Kao, H.G. Acres & Co. and others, relating primarily to the investigation of and remedial work for a "hole" in the crest of the Conestogo Dam. Includes copies of "Monthly Progress estimate" sheets and invoices.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of Brownline Daily Journal for 1961 belonging to H.A. Cameron. Daily entries are used to record climactic information, but less so than in 1960. Also recorded are details of work done by the writer and others, in the office and on the property: construction, lumber mill, machinery, incidents, etc. Not all days have entries; information recorded varies.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Anemograph charts, Jan. 2-Dec. 31, 1961 : Shand Dam.
File Consists of daily charts recording wind speed and direction.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Commission inspection trip, July 27, 1961.
File includes material relating to the GRCC Annual Inspection Tour. Includes correspondence to and from I. Kao, list of members and guests, signatures of attendees, ts. report.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Belwood Tree Nursery correspondence, 1961.
File consists of routine correspondence to and from I. Kao relating to tree stock available from the Belwood tree Nursery. Includes price lists dated Sept. 19, 1960 and "Fall 1960-Spring 1961."
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo : hydro deposit correspondence, 1961.
File consists of correspondence to and from I. Kao, the Listowel Area Office of the Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission and lessees, relating primarily to hydro service to Conestogo cottage lots.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Copies of accounts approved, 1961.
File consists of ts. carbon lists of accounts approved at meetings, Jan. 1961-jan. 1962.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Department of Commerce and Development : Mr. McMullen, Hydrometeorologist, 1961.
File consists of two pieces of correspondence from I. Kao to Mr. McMullen, Hydrometeorologist, Department of Commerce and Development relating to snow courses submitted for several areas. Includes ms. note.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Department of Planning and Development, 1961.
File consists of material relating to the Ontario Dept. of Planning and Development maintained by Ilmar Kao, first in his position as Manager and Assistant Secretary and later in the position of Secretary-Treasurer. Includes lists of conservation authorities in Ontario and their member municipalities; resolutions passed at the Conservation Authorities Conference held at Preston, 1960; correspondence relating to park development, amendments to the Grand River Conservation Act, background data, summer cottage subdivision plan in the Conestogo project and reforestation. Includes ms. notes by I. Kao.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Dept. of Northern Affairs and Natural Resources, 1961.
File consists of correspondence to and from I. Kao and the Dept. of Northern Affairs and Natural Resources. Includes notice of the Commission moving its head office from Brantford to the Commission's office building near the Shand Dam.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Draft minutes of meetings and notes, 1961.
File consists of I. Kao's working papers for Commission meeting minutes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Motor Pool rental reports, 1961.
File consists of ts. "Motor Pool Rental Report" forms, vehicle rental reports submitted by L. Dunn every 14 days.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Ontario Hydro : Shelburne, 1961.
File consists of correspondence to I. Kao from the Shelburne office of the Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission, Georgian Bay Region concerning service.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of weekly work reports submitted by supervisors for payroll purposes. Includes ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Quotations for equipment, 1961.
File consists of material related to the acquisition of equipment and supplies for GRCC operations, from clothing and equipment parts to a diesel-alternator unit for the Shand dam. Includes correspondence to and from Ilmar Kao, quotations and product ephemera.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Rental for mechanical equipment, 1961.
File consists of ms. "Motor Pool Rental Report" forms, vehicle rental reports submitted by L. Dunn every 14 days, initialled by Ilmar Kao.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Township of Maryborough : assessment notices for taxation in 1962 : list of taxes, 1961.
File consists of tax assessments for properties owned by the GRCC in the Township of Maryborough. Includes ts. carbon list of 1961 taxes payable.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of ms. and ts. work schedules by Ilmar Kao for a number of projects and departments of the GRCC.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Forestry Department : P.M. Rogers, 1962.
File consists of correspondence and memoranda to and from I. Kao and P.M. Rogers, Chief Forester and others relating to the activity and operations of the Forestry Department of the GRCC. Includes "Forestry programme : summary and review" dated January 1962.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of material relating to GRCC employee income tax. Includes T4-remuneration summary forms for 1960 and 1961, accompanied by T4 supplementary slips for each employee as well as receipts from the Dept. of National Revenue. Includes ms. tables of employee income and tax calculations.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of correspondence, ms. notes, etc. relating to income received from sales of seedlings, Christmas trees, gravel, salvage, etc. I. Kao's file.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Weekly and daily gauge cards. Weekly cards: The weekly cards are titled "Gauge and Weather Report" and are present for the following: Grand River at Waldemar, June 4-Dec. 30, 1961; Nith River at Canning, June 4-Dec. 30, 1961. Daily cards entitled "Daily Report" are present for the following: Galt Gauge Station, Jan. 13 and Feb. 24, 1961; Brantford Gauge Station, June 4-Dec. 30, 1961; Conestogo Dam, July 15-Dec. 31, 1961; Shand Dam, Aug. 4-Dec. 31, 1961.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of one piece of routine correspondence from Bell Telephone announcing the introduction of dial telephone service in Fergus, Nov. 1962.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Brief re: water resources and regulation in the Grand Valley Watershed, 1961.
File consists of two pieces of correspondence from Ilmar Kao in response to information enquiries.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Gas Consumption reports, 1961.
File consists of gas use records for GRCA vehicles. Includes gas consumption sheets, draft and final summaries submitted to I. Kao. Includes ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of correspondence between Ilmar Kao and H.A. Cameron and others relating to GRCC business and operations, in this case one letter relating to gauge clock repairs.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Hospitalization file, up to 1961.
File consists of material relating to hospitalization insurance for employees from the Ontario Hospital Services Commission. Includes correspondence to and from Ilmar Kao, newsletters, Group Remittance Summary forms (102) and Group Reconciliation forms (103) and Request for Refund and other forms. Includes ms. notes and drafts.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Mechanical and Maintenance Department : H.A. Cameron, 1961.
File consists of routine correspondence to and from I. Kao and suppliers.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Municipality of East Luther : assessment made in 1961 for taxation in 1962 : list of taxes, 1961.
File consists of tax assessments for properties owned by the GRCC in East Luther.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Statements and copies of invoices : passed, 1961.
File consists of invoices, presumably passed at executive meetings of the Commission.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Workmen's Compensation reports, 1961.
File consists of correspondence to and from Ilmar Kao, accompanied by completed accident report forms.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of lists of material relating to farm leases, including short form land leases with attached drawings, correspondence and list of lessees.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of information for office use: GRCC organization and responsibility charts, list of publications, plaque wording for and photos of Shand Dam plaque.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Ayr and Montrose Dams : consulting engineers.
File consists of material relating to selection of engineering consultants for the "hydrological and economic study of the Grand River watershed." Includes correspondence to and from I. Kao, submissions and expressions of interest.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Ayr and Montrose Dams : general correspondence, 1961-1963.
File consists of correspondence to and from Ilmar Kao.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Annual meeting, Brantford, Feb. 17, 1961.
File consists of annotated agenda, ms. draft minutes by I. Kao, Assistant Secretary. Includes original and carbon copies of motions signed by movers and seconders.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of Ilmar Kao's work on budget estimates for 1961. Includes notes, ms. and ts,. drafts, etc.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Forestry Department report, 1961.
File consists of report by P.M. Rogers, Chief Forester.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Salvage account : manager's residence at Shand Dam, 1960.
File consists of summaries of salvage account amounts passed at executive meetings, accompanied by correspondence, reports and invoices.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Shand operating paid accounts : no. 107 , January, February and March 1961.
File consists of quarterly financial statement for Shand operating accounts for the first quarter of 1961, accompanied by correspondence (signed E.F. Roberts, Chairman), receipts, and invoices.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Shand operating paid accounts : no. 109 , July, August and September 1961.
File consists of quarterly financial statement for Shand operating accounts for the third quarter of 1961, accompanied by correspondence, receipts, and invoices. Includes tax notices for the Township of West Garafraxa, paid July 1961.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Ontario Water Resources Commission : general correspondence.
File consists of correspondence between Ilmar Kao and the Ontario Water Resources Commission. Includes ms. notes and ephemera.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Annual meeting, Feb. 17, 1961.
File consists of agenda, minutes, supporting documents and related correspondence. Includes memoranda from I. Kao to E.F. Roberts accompanied by ms. budget check list for 1960, draft 1961 budget, expenses and revenues re logging and sawmill operations 1959-1960. Includes "Inventory values of buildings and equipment" and ts. carbon report to the Commission by Chairman Geo. F. Fisher. Includes ms. notes and calculations by Ilmar Kao.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of ts. mimeograph and ts. carbon minutes of meetings, including executive meetings, for 1961. Includes third and fourth quarterly financial statements,.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Secretary-Treasurer's report for 1961.
File consists of a copy of the agenda for the annual meeting held Feb. 16, 1962 annotated by I. Kao, accompanied by ts. mimeograph copies of the Chairman's and the Secretary-Treasurer's reports.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Shand and Conestogo operating accounts for quarter ending Sept. 30, 1961.
File consists of mimeograph pages prepared by Scully and Scully
Grand River Conservation Commission
Shand operating paid accounts : no. 108 , April, May and June 1961.
File consists of quarterly financial statement for Shand operating accounts for the second quarter of 1961, accompanied by correspondence, receipts, and invoices.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Shand operating paid accounts : no. 111 , October, November and December 1961.
File consists of quarterly financial statement for Shand operating accounts for the fourth quarter of 1961, accompanied by correspondence, receipts, and invoices. Includes tax notices for Townships of East and West Luther paid in 1961.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Shand operating paid accounts : no. 111A , October, November and December 1961.
File consists of material relating to the Shand operating accounts for Dec. 1961. Includes summaries of amounts passed at meetings, accompanied by correspondence, receipts, and invoices. Includes ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of routine correspondence and forms relating to banking.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Belwood cottage lot rentals, 1961-1962 : paid in 1961.
File consists of ms. lists of lot numbers, names and rent paid, for Belwood cottage, house and farm rentals.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Belwood Forest Tree Nursery : price list, 1961.
File consists of ts. carbon price lists dated "Fall 1960-Spring 1961."
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo cottage lot rentals, 1961.
File consists of correspondence to and from I. Kao, the GRCC and individuals regarding cottage lots, leases and payments. Includes lists of cottage lots and names, ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo operating accounts : no. 13, January, February and March 1961.
File consists of quarterly summary, supporting invoices and receipts.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo operating accounts : no. 15, July, August and September 1961.
File consists of quarterly financial statement for the Conestogo operating accounts for the third quarter of 1961, accompanied by correspondence, receipts, and invoices. Includes tax notices for Township of Maryborough for 1961.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Motor Pool daily record, 1961.
File consists of completed "Requisition for Motor Vehicles" daily record forms, submitted to Ilmar Kao and authorized by him.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Motor Pool service reports, 1961.
File consists of completed "Machine Maintenance Record" forms for vehicles Includes ms. summary in table form.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of tax assessments for properties owned by the GRCC in East Garafraxa. Includes correspondence to and from Ilmar Kao.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Shand Dam : tenders received for Diesel alternator set.
Correspondence, attachments and product literature.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of tax assessments for properties owned by the GRCC in West Garafraxa. Includes ts. carbon list of taxes for 1961 payable to the Township of West Garafraxa.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Ayr and Montrose Dams : Department of Lands and Forests.
File consists of material relating to the amalgamation of the GRCC and GVCA as well as to submission of the Ayr and Montrose Dam proposal. . Includes correspondence with A. Kelso Roberts, Minister of the Dept. of lands and Forests concerning receipt of a report by Prof. D.J. Clough, as well as other correspondence. One letter annotated by G.E. Fisher "A hot reply."
Grand River Conservation Commission
Department of Lands and Forests : Grand River Conservation Act, 1938.
File consists of correspondence between the GRCC and the Ontario Dept. of Lands and Forests Conservation Authorities Branch. The correspondence concerns amending the Grand River Conservation Act for the purposes of receiving grants from the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council, and with the mechanics of transferring the Conservation Authorities Branch from the Dept. of Commerce and Development to the Dept. of Lands and Forests.
Correspondents include J.W. Spooner and A. Kelso Roberts, Ministers of Lands and Forests in 1961 and 1963 respectively and G.E. Fisher, Chairman GRCC. Includes ms. notes; Ilmar Kao's file
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of ms. and ts. "Trial balances" for accounting purposes..
Grand River Conservation Commission
Department of Northern Affairs : gauging stations.
File consists of correspondence between Ilmar Kao and the Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources, Water Resources Branch. As well as routine correspondence, file contains correspondence explaining policies relating to release of river flow data. Includes ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Special accounts passed in 1959.
File consists of summaries of special account amounts passed in 1959 at executive meetings and paid 1961-1962 , accompanied by correspondence, reports and invoices.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Commission meeting, Brantford, Ont., June 23, 1961.
File consists of an annotated agenda, supporting documents, minutes and related correspondence. Includes ts. carbon report by the Chairman Geo. E. Fisher. Includes original and carbon copies of motions. Includes ms. notes by I. Kao. Death of E.F. Roberts noted in these minutes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Commission meeting, Kitchener, Ont., Nov. 30, 1961.
File consists of agenda, minutes, supporting documents and related correspondence, including a letter dated Nov. 21, 1961 from A.H. Richardson, Chief Conservation Engineer, Conservation Branch of the Ontario Dept. of Commerce and Development announcing the transfer of the Conservation Branch to the Dept. of Lands and Forests as of Dec. 1, 1961. Includes ts. carbon report by the Chairman. Includes ms. notes, minutes and calculations by I. Kao.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Auditors quarterly statements, 1961.
File consists of quarterly statements by Scully and Scully for March, Sept. and Dec. 1961. Includes ms. working paper by I. Kao.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo cottage lot rentals, 1961-1962 : paid in 1961.
File consists of ms. lists of lot numbers, names and rent paid, for Conestogo cottage and farm rentals.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo : former Cook house : Mrs. E. Somerville, 1961.
File consists of correspondence to and from Ilmar Kao, Mrs. E. Somerville and others relating to the lease of a property owned by the GRCC. Includes sketches.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo operating accounts : no. 14, April, May and June 1961.
File consists of quarterly financial statement for the Conestogo operating accounts for the second quarter of 1961, accompanied by receipts, and invoices.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo operating accounts : no. 16, October, November and December, 1961.
File consists of quarterly financial statement for the Conestogo operating accounts for the fourth quarter of 1961, accompanied by receipts, and invoices. Includes tax notices for the Township of Peel, 1961.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of carbon copies of weather forecasts issued for Southern Ontario, April-May, 1961.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Forestry Department : P.M. Rogers, 1961.
File consists of correspondence and memoranda to and from I. Kao and P.M. Rogers and others relating to forestry operations of the GRCC. Includes GRCC Forestry Department annual report for 1960, logging operation report Aug. 1960-march 1961, ms. calculations of tree nursery costs 1954-1961, data sheet on tree nursery, price lists for Fall 1961-Spring 1962, lists of Christmas tree sales, etc. Includes ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Head office correspondence, 1961.
File consists of correspondence to and from I. Kao, E.F. Roberts, the GRCC and others relating to Commission business and operations, such as payroll, insurance, accounting, budget check list, forestry operations, account numbers and ledger headings. Includes ms. notes and calculations.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of I. Kao's notes to self relating to GRCC business and operations.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of routine correspondence to and from I. Kao relating to insurance.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Motor Pool maintenance record, 1961.
File consists of completed "Vehicle Maintenance Record" forms.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Motor Pool mileage reports, 1961.
File consists of completed "Vehicle Mileage and Maintenance" reports submitted by L. Dunn. Includes "General rules & regulations, revised April 1st, 1961," signed by I. Kao.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of correspondence to and from Ilmar Kao relating to logging and sawmill operations. Includes ts. summary lists of logging operations, lumber stock and other lists, quotes, ms. notes and calculations.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of completed monthly "Gauge and Flow" records for the Shand Dam, recording rain amounts and lake levels.
Grand River Conservation Commission
File consists of two booklets containing pre-printed pages for entering snow data. One is filled in as an ms. draft; the other is the final ts. copy, with data recorded intermittently for several locations by H.A. Cameron.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Township of Peel : assessment notices for taxation in 1962 : list of taxes, 1961.
File consists of tax assessments for properties owned by the GRCC in the Township of Peel. Includes ts. carbon list of 1961 taxes payable.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Township of West Luther : assessment notices made in 1961 for taxation in 1962 : taxes, 1961.
File consists of tax assessments for properties owned by the GRCC in West Luther.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Anemograph charts, Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 1962 : Shand Dam.
File Consists of daily charts recording wind speed and direction.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Weekly and daily gauge cards. Weekly cards: The weekly cards are titled "Gauge and Weather Report" and are present for the following: Grand River at Waldemar; Nith River at Canning. Daily cards entitled "Daily Report" are present for the following: Galt Gauge Station, Mar. 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, Apr. 1, 9, Aug. 24, 26, 27, Sept. 30, Oct. 14, 1962; Brantford Gauge Station, Jan. 1-Dec. 29, 1962; Conestogo Dam, Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 1962; Shand Dam, Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 1962.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Ayr and Montrose Dams : annual meeting, 1962.
File consists of material relating to the Ayr and Montrose Dam project. Includes reports presented at the annual meeting and a letter from I. Kao to G.E. Fisher dated May 4, 1962 re preliminary cost estimates and construction schedule for the project. Chairman's report dated Feb. 16, 1962 refers to "sudden passing of Mr. Roberts, office moved from Brantford to Fergus, re-organization now complete.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo operating accounts : no. 18, April, May, June 1962.
File consists of quarterly financial statement for the Conestogo operating accounts for the second quarter of 1962, accompanied by correspondence, receipts, and invoices.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Conestogo operating accounts, no. 19, July, August, September, 1962.
File consists of quarterly summary, correspondence, invoices and receipts.
Grand River Conservation Commission
Flood warning system, established Jan. 11, 1955, revised March 8, 1962.
File consists of one mimeograph document issued by the GRCC containing information about the flood warning system,
Grand River Conservation Commission
Logging and sawmill operations, 1962.
File consists of correspondence, receipts and invoices relating to sawmill sales to various lumber distributors.. Includes ms. notes.
Grand River Conservation Commission