To His Excellency the Gover?ior in Council: 



The Report of the Royal Commission, appointed to enquire into and 

 concerning the possibilities of the Canadian Arctic and sub-Arctic for the 

 establishment of reindeer and musk-ox herds: 



May It Please Your Excellency: 



We, the commissioners appointed by Order in Council of date May 

 20, 1919, to inquire into and concerning the possibilities of the Canadian 

 Arctic and sub-Arctic for the establishment of reindeer and musk-ox 

 herds, have the honour to present our report to Your Excellency: — 



Your commissioners, after several conferences, at which the questions 

 above referred to were fully discussed, decided that it would be advisable to 

 hold a number of public hearings for the purpose of securing and placing on 

 record the evidence of persons having a knowledge of the various matters coming 

 within the scope of the inquiry. 



Four hearings were accordingly held at Ottawa, as follows: — 



(1) January 24, 1920. 



(2) February 4 and 5, 1920. 



(3) April 29 and 30, 1920. 



(4) May 12, 1920. 



The evidence, as taken at these hearings (Volumes I and II), together with 

 the several submissions, documents and other information obtained during the 

 course of the inquiry, is submitted herewith. 



Following is a list of the witnesses who gave evidence at the hearings, in 

 the order of their appearance : — 



(1) Captain George Comer, Commander of whaling and other ships in the 



Arctic for over fifty years. 



(2) J. J. O'Neill, M.Sc, Ph.D., Geologist with Canadian Arctic Expedition 



three years in the North. 



(3) W. E. B. Hoare, C.E., Missionary, Church of England; four and a half 



years in Arctic. 



(4) Right Rev. Bishop Lucas, Missionary, Church of England; twenty-nine 



years in Arctic and sub-Arctic. 



(5) K. G. Chipman, S.B., Topographer, Canadian Arctic Expedition; five 



years in Arctic. 



(6) J. R. Cox, M.Sc, Topographer, Canadian Arctic Expedition; three years 



in Arctic. 



(7) Wm. Mclnnes, B.C., F.R.S.C., Directing Geologist, Canadian Geological 



Survey; several years in Canadian sub-Arctic. 



(8) Frits Johansen, Naturalist, Canadian Arctic Expedition ; several years in 



Arctic, including 1906 to 1908 in Greenland. 



(9) Reverend William Peck, Missionary, Church of England; in Arctic from 



1876 to 1918. 

 (10) D. Jenness, M.Sc, Ethnologist, Canadian Arctic Expedition; six years in 

 Arctic. 



