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tiou, in every discussion of the problem of demobilization, the subject of land 

 settlement is given prominence. It is surely quite natural therefore that a 

 Department such as this, whose work all along has operated so largely in this 

 field, should feel that it has an important part to play in the reconstruction period 

 that we are now entering upon. 



In several ways provision has been made to strengthen the organization of 

 the Colonization Branch for the work that lies ahead. In this connection it is 

 worthy of note that the Prime Minister has appointed Brigadier-General E. Manley 

 Sims, C.M.G., D.S.O., to fill temporarily the position of Agent General in the 

 British Isles rendered vacant by the death of Mr. Richard Reid. General Sims, 

 who has had a distinguished military career, is especially well fitted for useful 

 service in this important position at the present time, when the London Office 

 is proving of such great service to our Ontario soldiers overseas, and those who 

 are returning. Mr. J. P. Young, who served in the C.E.F., and who has been 

 assistant secretary to the Prime Minister, has been appointed publicity repre- 

 sentative in the Agent General's Office, where his long experience as a newspaper 

 man in Canada and England will be used to make Ontario better known through 

 the press, and to advertise as widely as possible among Canadian soldiers and 

 others what is being done for returned soldiers in Ontario, besides conveying 

 to them information regarding land settlement, employment and re-establishment 

 generally. 



The Xewcomers' Inn in Toronto, which has done such a splendid work in 

 the past among newly arrived British immigrants, and which is largely maintained 

 by the Ontario Government, and administered by the Salvation Army, has been 

 recently completely renovated and refurnished in readiness for use when the 

 immigration business is resumed. Arrangements are also being made with the 

 Federal Government to obtain space for an Ontario Immigration Office in the 

 great new Union Station at Toronto, which is nearing completion. Being right 

 on the spot, this will enable us to serve the incoming immigrants to Ontario even 

 better than was possible in our old office on Front Street, where so many thousands 

 of British immigrants, who have since become prosperous citizens of our Province, 

 received their first welcome to Ontario, and were sent to employment. 



From these features of our present development it will be seen that the 

 Colonization Branch anticipates taking no insignificant part in the upbuilding 

 of our great and rich Province during the coming year of peace, repatriation, 

 and reconstruction. 



I have the honour to be. Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



IT. A. Macdonell, 



Director of Colonizalion. 



