NEW POLICY 



Land to be made available to municipalities for Centennial project purposes 

 at one dollar ($1.00) per acre and the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00). 



Purchase price includes value of trees; minerals to be reserved; survey at ex- 

 pense of applicant; patent to be qualified as to use. 



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LANDS SECTION 



GENERAL 



To understand and gear administration to the ever-changing picture relating 

 new land uses, and to acquiesce in the demands of the public to the greatest 

 possible extent consistent with statutes, regulations and policy, it is increasingly 

 necessary to devote more time to the study of procedures and their effect. To this 

 end, the updating of The Public Lands Act, the Regulations thereunder and 

 policy is a continuous process. 



AGRICULTURAL LAND 



The sales of agricultural land under Section 43B of The Public Lands Act 

 though small, was comparable to the average for each year since the enactment 

 of the legislation in 1961. This is indicative of the fact that the Administrative 

 Committee which considers applications is giving each and every one very 

 careful scrutiny, and thereby preventing the taking up of land indiscriminately, 

 as was the case in the past. 



There were twelve sales completed involving a total of 1,084 acres. 



The investigation of agricultural sales and free grants, made prior to the 

 repeal of Sections 44 to 61 of The Act in 1961, with a view to issuing patent 

 or effecting cancellation continued during the year. Of 153 cases existing as 

 at April 1965, ninety-three have been satisfactorily concluded. The settlers 

 occupying the remaining sixty properties are being urged to meet the requirements 

 necessary to qualify them for patent during the next fiscal year. 



THE ONTARIO-DOMINION AGREEMENT — 

 THE VETERANS LAND ACT (CANADA) 



There were no new sales made under this Agreement. Eleven transactions 

 entered into previously remain unpatented, and of these, seven are not due for 

 review until 1967-71. Four are presently under review for the purpose of possible 

 issuance of patent. 



RESTRICTED AREA ORDERS 



Since the enactment of Section 16 of the Public Lands Act in April, 1960, 

 six orders have been passed covering approximately 1,660 square miles in five 

 administrative districts of Northern Ontario. 



Fourteen townships in the territorial districts of Nipissing and Timiskaming 

 extending north and south of Timagami Townsite were covered by an order 

 during the year. 



The purpose of a restricted area order is to control or prevent existing 

 or anticipated indiscriminate substandard residential or other development usually 

 associated with areas having large scale mining, lumbering or other industrial 

 enterprises. 



OLD CLAIMS 



There was a considerable increase in the number of old occupation cases 

 coming to our attention, due principally to accelerated investigative procedure 



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