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an approach to better times and an improvement in the general opportunities 

 that may be afforded the new comer there is a renewed hope. 



Consideration has been given to the question of subsidizing the settler 

 on an acreage basis according to the quantity annually cleared and improved, 

 the idea being to encourage intensive work and assure production and con- 

 tinuity of occupancy. There is in operation in Quebec such a system and 

 while it may be subject to certain abuses and have its weaknesses it neverthe- 

 less is worthy of additional thought, and it will therefore form the subject of 

 study by our officials during the coming year. 



The above land transactions are in addition to those obtaining in connec- 

 tion with Relief Land Settlement, where those selected and allocated lands 

 are assisted under a tripartite agreement in which the Provincial and Dominion 

 Government and Municipality participate. 



RELIEF LAND SETTLEMENT 



Activities under this heading have been dealt with in a separate report 

 by the Relief Land Settlement Committee covering the years 1932 and 1933. 

 This report incorporates an explanation of the purpose of the plan, many details 

 as to its administration and more or less exhaustive information as to the 

 problems surrounding the same. It indicates that during the past two years 

 forty-six Municipalities have participated and that three hundred and eighty- 

 three families have been allocated land in Northern Ontario, of which two 

 hundred and thirty-two were taken up in the year 1932 and one hundred and 

 fifty-one in the year 1933. Twenty-six of these returned before actually 

 locating upon the land and twenty-six after locating, thus reducing the aggre- 

 gate number by fifty-four and leaving upon the land at the end of the fiscal 

 year three hundred and twenty-nine families, representing one thousand 

 seven hundred and sixty-three souls. 



Work is under way to extend the operations for the coming year, and such 

 Municipalities as may be desirous of participating will be given an opportunity 

 of doing so. 



SUMMER RESORT LANDS 



Activity in Summer Resort Lands continues. Inquiries continue to be 

 received from many parts of the United States as well as from our own citizens, 

 and it seems obvious that the great natural beauty of the lakes and rivers of 

 Ontario make a direct appeal to visitors, who become a medium for dispen- 

 sation of information relative thereto. The development of motor roads 

 through formerly inaccessible sections has stimulated activity. The number 

 of both commercial and private summer properties, steadily increases and a 

 return of normal times will no doubt see a greater interest than ever in the 

 unique Summer Resort possibilities, particularly of the Northern and North- 

 western parts of Ontario. 



