382 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1914. 
The discovery of gold was the principal means of opening up the 
Yukon district for settlement and showing that its resources are not 
entirely dependent on the yellow metal. The vast territory is imper- 
fectly explored, and although it is far north, the climate is warm and 
favorable for agriculture and grazing in summer. Further explora- 
tion is now much easier from such a good center as Dawson City than 
it was 15 years ago, and we may hope that fresh enterprise will not 
fail in revealing new resources that will lead to the permanent set- 
tlement of this remote and almost uninhabitated outpost of the 
Dominion. 
