DEPARTMENT OE LANDS AND FORESTS FOR 1947 99 



DI\ ISION OE LAND AND RECREATIONAL AREAS 



The \olume of work completed in connection with certain phases of land 

 administration increased during the last fiscal year, as will be seen by the tables 

 and graphs forming part of this Section. This is due to more advanced methods 

 of administration, a properly trained stafif, and improved inspection facilities. 

 More rapid handling of current transactions and a continued increase in the 

 number of long outstanding cases brought to a satisfactory conclusion have been 

 gratifying. 



Summer Resort Lands 



Sales of summer resort lands, for both private and commercial use, increased 

 o\"er an all-time high during the fiscal year 1945-46, and although the number of 

 patents issued also increased, the increase would have been considerably greater 

 had it been possible to secure the services of Ontario Land Sur\eyors to do the 

 necessary sur\"ey work. 



Agricultural and Allied Uses 



An increase in the number of transactions completed in\ol\ing lands for 

 special use, agricultural lands in sale townships, and agricultural lands in free 

 grant townships, collectixely, is shown. It was expected that the sale of land for 

 this purpose would decrease, in that it was assumed that the demand would fall 

 off, due to continued favorable economic conditions. The large percentage of 

 sales and patents completed, especially under the special use section, is the result 

 directly of improved methods of administration, inspection facilities, and more 

 efficiently trained staff, as stated above. 



Provincial Parks 



There was no change made in the status of Provincial Parks, of which there 

 are six, as follows: 



Algonquin 2,741 Sq. Miles 



Quetico 1,720 Sq. Miles 



Rondeau 8 Sq. Miles 



Lake Superior 540 Sq. Miles 



Sibley 63 Sq. Miles 



Ipperwash Beach 109 Acres 



Veterans' Lands 



An agreement was concluded lietween the Dominion and Prox iiicial (ioxern- 

 nients, which became effective on April 10th, 1966, and which pro\ides for the 

 establishment of qualified veterans on Crown lands in Ontario. The agreement 

 is generally known as "The Ontario Dominion-Pro\incial Agreement" and it 

 was made under and by \irtue of Section 35 of the \'eterans' Land Act ( Dominion) 

 1942. The Proxincial C.o\ernment is responsible under the agreement for the 

 allocation of Proxincial lands, pro\iding inspection reports and extending all 

 ser\ices ordinaril\- pro\ided for persons other than \eterans. At the close of 

 the first year of operation, agreements for sale and licenses of occupation, com- 

 pleted, total nineteen. Twehe applications are pending, and two were cancelled, 

 riiese transactions are summarized in the table included herein. It is expected 

 that the number of cases which will be referred to this Department for considera- 

 tion during the ensuing year will be considerably increased. The opportunities 

 a\ailai)le to rjualified \eterans ha\e been more fully ad\ertised, resulting in 

 steadily increasing interest to participate, particularly due to the fact that the 



