REPORT OF THE No. 3 



District Free Grants Sales 



Kenora 57 Cochrane 654 



Rainy River 110 Temiskaming 88 



Thunder Bay 102 Sudbury 221 



Renfrew 28 



Parry Sound 25 



Sudbury 123 



Nipissing 68 



Sundry 57 



Total 570 963 



From the foregoing it will be seen that the bulk of the land sold to settlers 

 was in the great clay belt of Northern Ontario, where it is encouraging to note 

 more or less intensified activities are apparent due to prevailing conditions. 



Revenue from Clergy, Common School, Grammar School and University 

 continues to decline as forecast in last year's report. 



Under the Summer Resort Regulations there were 378 acres of mainland 

 and 135 acres of islands sold as compared to 251 acres and 258 acres respectively 

 during the previous year, and the individual parcels ranged in size from one- 

 tenth of an acre up to the limit prescribed by the Summer Resort Regulations. 



Satisfactory progress has been made with the collection of arrears of old 

 land sales. In many cases payment has been made in full, title has been finally 

 established and patent issued for parcels purchased before Confederation. The 

 work is continuing but the scarcity of money and the prevailing low prices for 

 farm products is certain to protract it. 



RELIEF LAND SETTLEMENT SCHEME 



As a relief measure and as an aid to those who could qualify for participation 

 in a plan to re-establish certain families on the land the Dominion Government 

 in April, 1932, passed a measure called "The Relief Act." Under this legislation 

 it was provided that the Federal Government would supply $200 per settler 

 acceptable to the Provincial Authority who would be required to provide a 

 like amount on condition that the Municipality representing the accepted 

 applicant for participation in what became known as "The Relief Land Settle- 

 ment Scheme" would also contribute $200, thereby making available a sum of 

 per family, only those, however, on relief being eligible. 



Later in the season the Province entered into an agreement with the Federal 

 Government for participation in this scheme as a result of which, for adminis- 

 trative purposes, a committee of experienced colonization officials employed by 

 the railways, the Federal Government, and other colonization organizations and 

 located in Toronto was appointed to administer the Ontario end of the scheme. 

 The members of this committee serve the Province without special remuneration 

 and as a result of their efforts and the activities of the Departmental staff to 

 the end of October, 138 settlers were placed on farm lots in Northern Ontario. 



