commercial purposes after a lease has been in effect for five years. For the first 

 time a commercial highway location was offered for lease by public auction and 

 with very favourable result. 



Land disposition under The Ontario-Dominion Agreement was extended to 

 1968 by an amendment to The Veterans' Land Act (Dominion). There were no 

 new agreements entered into. Four small holdings and three agricultural trans- 

 actions were concluded. 



The graphs and tables forming part of this section show the total number of 

 all sales, assignments and cancellations made, and leases, licences of occupation 

 and land use permits issued. 



ENGINEERING SECTION 

 Buildings or Service Improvements 



A wide variety of buildings, renovations or service improvements totalling 38 

 projects were completed throughout the province, the more notable being a new 

 tree seed extraction plant constructed at Angus and a new sewage treatment plant 

 constructed at Maple. Other construction was carried on in the Gogama, Lake 

 Erie, Sudbury, Lindsay and Tweed Districts. 



Water Resources 

 APPROVAL OF DAMS 



The approval of 36 dams for construction in the fiscal year April 1, 1962, to 

 March 31, 1963, required the examination of 65 plans. 



The approval of 1 navigation channel, 1 channel improvement project and 1 

 bridge and causeway involved the examination of 3 further plans. 



LICENCES OF OCCUPATION 



Four licences of occupation were cancelled during the year, the licensees 

 having no further use for the dams. 



Two further licences of occupation will be cancelled in the current year, in 

 order that the lands may be covered by a new licence of occupation to issue. 



WATER POWER LEASE AGREEMENTS 



Water Power Lease Agreement No. 63 was issued to The Hydro-Electric 

 Power Commission of Ontario for Red Rock Falls Generating Station on the Mis- 

 sissagi River, in the District of Algoma. 



Water Power Lease Agreement No. 64 was issued to The Hydro-Electric 

 Power Commission of Ontario for Silver Falls Generating Station on the Kaminis- 

 tikwia River, in the District of Thunder Bay. 



Water Power Lease Agreement No. 65 issued to Great Lakes Power Corpo- 

 ration, Limited, to amend Water Power Lease Agreement No. 18 in respect of 

 Summer Resort Location J.C. 376. 



Water Power Lease Agreement No. 66 issued to The Hydro-Electric Power 

 Commission of Ontario to amend Water Power Lease Agreement No. 3 1 in respect 

 of additional lands required by the Commission at Hound Chute. 



Water Power Lease Agreement No. 61, in the name of The Algoma Steel 

 Corporation, Limited, for Water Power Location K.G. 5 at Steephill Falls, was 

 amended in respect of the North Limit of Location K.G. 5. 



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