1917-18 departmp:xt of lands, forests and mines. 



Municipal Surveys. 



Four municipalities petitioned for special surveys during the year and instruc- 

 tions were given authorizing the same to be made. 



Three municipal surveys for which instructions were previously given were 

 confirmed during the year under R.S.O. 1914, Cap. 166, Sections 13 and 14, 

 such surveys being final and conclusive, including a survey of part of the Toronto 

 and Hamilton Highway, between the westerly limit of the Town of Oakville and 

 the City of Hamilton. 



Particulars relating to these will be found in Appendices Nos. 18 and 19, pages 

 Nos. 77 and 78. 



Maps. 



New editions of the maps comprising the districts in Northern Ontario have 

 been issued during the year and are revised from time to time as new surveys 

 are made and additional information procured. 



Returned Soldiers and Sailors — Land Settlement. 



Work has been continued at the Kapuskasing Colony for Returned Soldiers 

 and Sailors during the past year. Numbers of soldier settlers are now residing on 

 their locations and are directing their energies towards land clearing, cutting 

 pulpwood, etc. 



A full report as to the activities at the Colony will be found in Appendix 

 No. 32, page 160. 



G. H. Ferguson, 



Minister. 



Department of I^ands, Forests and Mines, 

 Toronto, October 31st, 1918. 



